Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAA Football News

Offensive headliner : Running back Ezekiel Graham is the top offensive threat, rushing for 861 yards and five touchdowns last season.

The alleged assault occurred in April 2012 at an off-campus house in Annapolis. According to the female's lawyer, the woman woke up with bruises after drinking heavily one night and learned from friends and social media later that three football players - whom she considered friends - were claiming to have had sex with her while she was intoxicated ... (more)

National Championship Game, the 2013 offseason was supposed to be one of adulation and looking forward to a bright future for the Irish.

Browns rookie free safety Jamoris Slaughter is ready to take the next major step in his comeback attempt -- and his young career.

Forget Manti Te'o , it was defensive end Stephon Tuitt who had the bigger impact on the Notre Dame defense last season.

BYU may not have a schedule worthy of competing in the top end of the SEC, but it has assembled a spectacular one considering it's just its third year of independence.

School: University of Arizona When you started with Bonneville Phoenix: Fall 2008, right before Cardinals Super Bowl run Favorite sports memory: Being at Game 7 of the 2001 World Series with my dad Favorite all-time athlete: Larry Centers Favorite sports movies: The Sandlot, Rookie of the Year, Jerry Maguire Most crushing sports moment: Kurt Warner ... (more)

Notre Dame's Manti Te'o meets Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien before a press conference for the 76th Maxwell Football Club National Awards.

Of the variety of the unique tenets within the program, perhaps none set the Irish apart from others as powerfully as their annually grueling schedule.

Coach Brian Kelly says he decided to announce Tommy Rees as Notre Dame's starting quarterback after having time to think, even though he initially said it would be a three-way competition in August.

The questions about the hoax and its aftermath are diminishing. With minicamps wrapping up and training camp closer than you think, the narrative is shifting to a better place: the football field.

With a bit of roster movement, it is time to reassess where the staff will prioritize scholarship numbers for the 2014 class.

Former Vero Beach High School football standout Zeke Motta, who helped Notre Dame to last season's BCS National Championship Game in Miami, came away from his first rookie camp with the Atlanta Falcons feeling upbeat.

San Diego fullback and former Alabama star Le'Ron McClain said he likes the tempo of the Chargers under first-year coach Mike McCoy.

Aug. 6, 2011; South Bend, IN, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish linebacker Prince Shembo gets ready for a drill during practice at the LaBar Practice Complex.

College football has an inherently cyclical nature, presenting coaching staffs across the country the task of replacing starters each and every season.

Coming out of the 2012 college football regular season, it appeared that Notre Dame's biggest problem was solving Alabama's defense.

"[ Cam Johnson , Trenton Robinson , Darius Fleming are] all a whole lot better than they were last year.

Throughout the spring we heard the Notre Dame coaching staff talk about the need for George Atkinson III to run with a lower pad level.

Coach Brian Kelly says he decided to announce Tommy Rees as Notre Dame's starting quarterback after having time to think, even though he initially said it would be a three-way competition in August.