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Watch: Michael Mayer destroys Stanford defender

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It was nothing short of laughable earlier this week when Notre Dame tight end Michael Mayer was left off the list of three finalists for the Mackey Award which goes to the nation’s best tight end each season.

Mayer responded by having a fantastic first half at Stanford in Notre Dame’s regular season finale, pulling in five receptions for 61 yards in the game’s first-30 minutes.  His biggest highlight of the first half however was in another part of the game he stars in, the blocking game.

Michael Mayer is the best tight end in college football whether the award goes to him or not.

Notre Dame leads 24-0 at halftime, as we post this.  If the second half gets as lopsided as it appears to be headed then I’ll probably find myself going to back to watching this no less than 64 times before midnight.

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Happy National Tight Ends Day from Tight End U

We can’t possibly let #NationalTightEndsDay go by without celebrating. Who is the best to ever play the position at Tight End U?

Happy National Tight Ends Day to all that celebrate.

And if you’re a fan of Notre Dame football either past or present, you’re likely a fan of the tight end as nobody has produced as much talent at the position for as long as Notre Dame.

In all, 25 Notre Dame tight ends have had their names called in the NFL draft, the most recent being Tommy Tremble who went in the third round of the 2021 NFL draft.  He’s the most recent for Brian Kelly, who has seemingly put a tight end into the NFL every year.

According to ProFootballNetwork.com, National Tight End’s Day became a thing thanks to San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.

 “We were on the sidelines after Celek’s score when Jimmy asked, ‘What is it, like National Tight Ends Day?.’ I was like, ‘yeah, it’s National Tight Ends Day. It’s a holiday. Tight ends all over the league are scoring touchdowns.’ That’s how it came to be. We just kind of rolled with it.”
– George Kittle, star tight end for San Francisco 49ers

So let’s take a look at just a few of the great tight ends that have played for Notre Dame aka Tight End U over the years.