Notre Dame wide receiver Chase Claypool is coming off ankle surgery as he enters his final year with the Irish. Indications out of preseason camp are that the injury hasn’t slowed him a bit, and he’s in prime position to build on his effective 2018 campaign and become the next lanky wideout to make his mark for Brian Kelly’s squad. Michael Floyd comparisons have even begun. That’s quite the progression for someone who struggled out of the gates as a junior in 2018.
That level of production hasn’t always been in evidence over the course of Claypool’s previous three years under the Golden Dome.