The first-string Blue squad beat the Gold team 28-21 with a late fourth-quarter drive led by rising junior quarterback Steve Angeli and senior transfer wide receiver Kris Mitchell, who hauled in a 62-yard bomb laid perfectly in his bread basket after a double-move about ten yards out from the line of scrimmage.
“They’ve been progressing all spring,” head coach Marcus Freeman said in the quarterback room of rising junior Steve Angeli, sophomore Kenny Minchey, early-enrollee CJ Carr, and graduate transfer Riley Leonard. However, Leonard has missed time after foot surgery to treat a stress fracture. Angeli wore the red jersey and was not allowed to be hit, while Minchey and Carr took hits and sacks when the Irish’s front seven rushed the passer and showed why it is one of the potential top units in the country in 2024.