Cole Kmet’s mom was the first to gasp.
Her son, the St. Viator alum who went to Notre Dame as a two-sport star and left it as the NFL draft’s top tight end prospect, answered a FaceTime call Friday to see Bears coach Matt Nagy staring back at him.
“Coming back home, baby,” Nagy said. “You’re coming back home.”
“Let’s do it,” Kmet said, thumping his chest with his right arm.
By then, the rest of the Kmet family, gathered around the couch in Arlington Heights, knew what was happening — the Bears were taking him with the No.