Matt Cashore / Irishillustrated.com
Notre Dame left tackle Ronnie Stanley tonight became the fifth Irish player under Brian Kelly to earn a first round NFL Draft selection through the head coach’s first six seasons.
The words are Zack Martin’s circa spring practice 2013 and they proved prescient tonight in Chicago for his former teammate, Ronnie Stanley
Asked to evaluate the sophomore offensive line prospect – just named the sixth-pick of the 2016 NFL Draft and newest member of the Baltimore Ravens – Martin, Notre Dame’s most decorated offensive lineman of the last two decades and a two-time Pro Bowl selection in his first two NFL seasons as a member of the Dallas Cowboys, offered:
“Ronnie is talented enough to play anywhere.