While Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat reporters have been as limited as everyone else when it comes to viewing practice, there have been no shortages of “sources say” coming out of fall camp. From all parties involved, one thing has become abundantly clear — Chris Tyree is balling out. The concern for some (not me) was that Tyree, while fast (4.3 forty time), was going to be too slight at just 179 pounds to be more than a gadget player as freshman. Well you can throw that out the window, as reports are that Chris showed up into camp bulked up, the good kind of bulked up, and is looking to be as close to an every down back as you see in college football 2020, per Brian Kelly in an August Zoom press conference:
“He’s not a specialist who just plays in the slot or hand-off sweeps, he’s a guy who can run the football downhill between the tackles too”
What this means, is for the first time in the Brian Kelly era, we are going to see what the rest of the college football world seemingly gets to experience — immediate contributions from a talented freshman running back.