On the first day of fall practice Notre Dame has seen three players play their final downs of collegiate football due to injury.
Wide receiver Isaiah Robertson, offensive lineman Cole Mabry and running back Trevor Speights have all been categorized as medical non-counters meaning their scholarships will remain but their football careers will be over.
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Robertson played in 18 games between 2017 and 2018 for Notre Dame, the majority of ’17 being on special teams before spending ’18 at various places defensively and at wide receiver. He missed all of 2019 with a leg injury.
Mabry did not play in any game action as a freshman in ’18 before getting some reps in mop-up duty last year. A shoulder/neck injury has unfortunately ended his football career.
And Trevor Speights drew attention this off-season as a graduate transfer from Stanford but his Notre Dame career is unfortunately over before it really even began. Speights was supposed to add another body to the running backs room but injuries have apparently caught up to him again. After missing two full seasons at Stanford, the most recent due to a knee injury, Speights will not play for the Fighting Irish.