It's Monday, March 15th. I'm Tim Priestler with Tim O'Malley from Irish Illustrated. This is Irish Illustrated Insider.

NCAA tournament starting this week. We're anticipating finding out specifically when Nordame Spring Practice starts next week. We are anticipating Wednesday, March 24th for it to kick off.

Nordheim gets a verbal commitment from four-star cornerback from California, Jaden Mickey,

and Notre Dame baseball, Notre Dame hockey.

Notre Dame hockey appears that that's winding down. We'll talk about baseball later in segment

two. But Tim, um, jade Mickey,

let's start with him.

Just what you think Notre Dame is getting.

I know that,

I know that you did a,

a depth chart looking far down the road.

Do your thoughts on Jaden Mickey?

Yeah.

Whenever you look at freshman depth chart for corners,

you got to wonder if they can play nickel to start

out because Brian Kelly has employed or started five freshman defensive backs in nickel to start

a year. Now, only one of them stuck and didn't get beaten out by a older player. But it's the talented

guys that can kind of move and play in that role. And when you're projecting a sophomore that's about to play his junior spring semester so strange and a senior, it's hard to go that far ahead.

But I mean, if, as you point out, the weight room catches up, and especially if he could come in early and get some Matt Bayless work, he does have the skill set and kind of game talent and ability and kind of

approach to the game to play nickel. You know, he could come in and play nickel, where a lot of

guys don't have that when they come on a campus. Yeah, I actually like him at that nickel position,

at least initially. I still have some questions about just his flat out speed because you see

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