Notre Dame snapped its draft drought when tight end Ben Koyack finally came off the board in the seventh round. Selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars, Koyack was the 229th overall player taken and the 16th tight end to be drafted.
A native of Oil City, Pennsylvania, Koyack was a regular for the Irish offense, their top participant from a snap-count perspective among skill players. While early projections (at least those in the media) had Koyack among the highest profile tight ends in the draft coming into the 2014 season, a modest season that had evaluators vexed even before an underwhelming Senior Bowl slid Koyack down most boards.