SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Sheldon Day spent the past two months filling his days. With his degree complete by mid-October, the All-American attempted cooking, guitar, golf, drawing and video games. It was not good. Football, however, has been.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Sheldon Day stopped being a Notre Dame student-athlete in October.
That’s when the defensive tackle finished his degree from the Mendoza College of Business after taking one course that met once a week. And so Day tried to fill the days, getting extra treatment and watching extra film. He worked with a physical therapist from Indianapolis above and beyond Notre Dame’s training staff.