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Notre Dame State of the Program: Part 2 - Defensive End

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Irish Breakdown

Football, Sports, Notre Dame, Ncaa Team, Big Ten, Nfl Draft

4.5828 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Irish Breakdown takes a deep dive into the defensive end group at Notre Dame.

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0:00.0

Trevor, when we kind of look at this breakdown, what we kind of, you know, we're breaking into different parts. And part one, obviously, it we kind of look at this breakdown, what kind of, you know, we're breaking into

0:22.6

different parts and part one, obviously, he's kind of looking at the spring. And in part two of

0:27.7

this conversation here on the Irish Breakdown podcast brought to you by our friends of Handel is,

0:34.0

okay, so what now? Right. Like, okay, they did this in the spring what now and we're not

0:41.4

going to talk about well you know they're going to work on their footwork and they're going to do

0:44.3

we're saying like what are the things what's the growth specific growth that we need to see

0:50.2

moving forward and what are the things that say okay i, I like where the D-Ns are at?

0:55.9

I definitely need to see more. Like, they're not, they haven't like arrived. Like, oh, my gosh.

1:01.0

Like, going into 2018, we were talking about, like, and I was, I think I was Lou and

1:07.5

Samoji and I were doing shows back then. But I remember just being very excited all spring about the breakouts from Chase Claypool and Miles Boykin.

1:16.9

They were major question marks going into the spring, but coming out of spring, like, they're dogs.

1:22.2

And there was no doubt that just keep doing what you're doing right now in the fall.

1:26.1

That's where they were at.

1:27.6

I think with this unit, they're not there yet. They're, they're coming along, but there are some

1:33.5

things that I need to see from this group as a whole. And then more specifically from some

1:39.0

individual players to say, okay, keep building on the things you're learning from Coach

1:42.2

Partridge, because you're only 15 practices into 40 actual practices,

1:46.2

plus more football school, things like that over the summer.

1:50.2

But, okay, take this next step as a group,

1:55.3

but then more specifically, certain players.

1:57.9

And I think the first player to me that is still sort of in a,

2:05.4

you've got to take your game to another level. You've got to, you've got to take that next step.

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