ESPN recently picked a “sleeper” player from every team in their pre-season top-25. When it came to Notre Dame, their #5 team in their post-spring rankings, they tabbed defensive tackle Rylie Mills as one of their “Sleepers” for the 2024 season.
Notre Dame’s defense has star power, with reigning Bronko Nagurski Award winner and unanimous All-American Xavier Watts, second-team All-American Howard Cross, and cornerback Benjamin Morrison, who did not garner All-American honors a year ago but just could be the best cornerback in college football.
Mills enters his third season as a full-time starter for the Irish this year after bouncing around a bit from defensive end and defensive tackle early in his career.