Former Irish running back Will Mahone left the Notre Dame and the football program after an incident with Youngstown police resulted in an arrest and multiple criminal charges filed against him. It was the type of event that could’ve been life defining—Mahone not only lost his scholarship at Notre Dame, he stared down significant jail time.
But Matt Freeman of IrishSportsDaily.com has a wonderful update on Mahone, and the former running back has turned his life around, spending a year in the Teen Challenge program, a faith-based residential living facility that helps young men rebuild their lives.