It’s fitting that Drue Tranquill is making an impact on special teams his first year in the NFL as the first memory most Notre Dame fans have of him is a blocked punt he had against Stanford in his freshman year of 2014.
Tranquill went on to become a captain and a huge reason Notre Dame’s defense was lights-out in 2018, helping guide them to a 12-0 regular season.
Tranquill was drafted in fourth round of last year’s NFL Draft to the Los Angeles Chargers and has already turned heads across the league for his play there.
Wednesday the Pro Football Writers Association released their All-Rookie Team and Tranquill was named to it as the Special Teams Specialist.
🏆 PFWA All-Rookie Team 🏆
Irish alum and @Chargers rookie @DTranquill has been named to the @PFWAwriters All-Rookie Team for his prowess on Special Teams this season.#IrishInTheNFL #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/Z3ETGhzdwA
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) January 16, 2020
Tranquill was the only Notre Dame product named to the team and finished 2019 with 71 tackles between special teams and on defense for the Chargers.