Joseph Fauria News

Tight ends coach Bernie Parmalee's take: 'Tyler is doing a great job. He has a real good mental attitude and catches on real well.

Notre Dame starts training camp in six days , but that hasn't stopped ATB from stepping out onto limbs large and small for position-by-position predictions for 2009.

Bronco Mendenhall knew what he was going to say was going to come off creepy and a little mean, so he prefaced an answer to a question about the recruitment of uber-linebacker Manti Te'o like so: I am going to try to stereotype as best I can, so I protect their family and BYU.

The UCLA football team will welcome another highly touted tight end to its squad.

So I go away on vacation for three weeks and the world pretty much erupts, both Notre Dame-wise and in the land of celebrity.

As expected, Joseph Fauria's search for a new college home didn't extend too far from his actual home.

Former Notre Dame tight end Joseph Fauria said today he is transferring to UCLA, and he recently gave coach Rick Neuheisel a non-binding oral commitment.

While we were wrapped up with draft related news stories, some notes have been trickling in over at the football fronts.

Joseph Fauria , a former Encino Crespi High tight end who was a backup last season as a freshman at Notre Dame, said Friday he has been granted a release and will transfer to a Pacific 10 Conference school, with UCLA among the schools he hopes to consider.

It may be just the end of June, but it's a very busy weekend for the Irish football program.

More tight ends problems for the Irish. Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis says sophomore tight end Joseph Fauria will miss the season for personal reasons.

While on vacation, Insights will have a series breaking down where Notre Dame currently stands at each of its position groups, what needs to happen this year for success, a best-case scenario and a worst-case one.

In the back of his mind, playing football at Notre Dame was always Bobby Burger's dream.