Chris Finke has beaten the odds before. He walked onto the Notre Dame football team before eventually earning a scholarship and ultimately becoming a captain this past season. Now he’ll get to try and essentially walk-on in the NFL as he’s signed with the defending NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent.
The #49ers are signing Notre Dame WR Chris “The Slippery Fox” Finke to an undrafted free agent deal that includes $95,000 guaranteed, source said.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 25, 2020
Finke was a vital part of the 2018 team that went unbeaten in the regular and had a huge game against USC in the regular season finale. After struggling most of the first half Finke had a couple huge catches before capping the first Notre Dame scoring drive of the night just before halftime.
Play #5: Book Finds Finke Against USC
Late in the first half, @ian_book23 tosses a perfect pass to @SlipperyFox10 to get the Irish on the board against USC. #ND12PlaysofChristmas pic.twitter.com/qjkbk16dHp
— Notre Dame Alumni (@NDAlumni) December 23, 2018
Finke finishes his Notre Dame career with 1251 career receiving yards and eight touchdown receptions. His best game his senior year came against Duke in early November as he found the end zone twice and was given game ball honors by his head coach.
So many of our guys stepped up tonight at Duke – but Chris Finke was all over the field and deserved the Game Ball!#GraduatingChampions pic.twitter.com/xGmm6cgJGc
— Brian Kelly (@CoachBrianKelly) November 10, 2019
The 5-9 Finke is a product of Dayton Archbishop Alter High School in Ohio and at Notre Dame majored in finance with a minor in innovation and entrepreneurship.