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Sheldon Day, Nick Martin, Jaylon Smith, Matthias Farley And Joe Schmidt Elected As Captains

Sixth-year Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly has tapped Senior Defensive Linemen Sheldon Day, Fifth-year Senior Center Nick Martin, Junior Linebacker Jaylon Smith, Fifth-year Senior Defensive Back Matthias Farley and Fifth-year Linebacker Joe Schmidt.

Nick Martin, Jaylon Smith, Sheldon Day, Joe Schmidt and Matthias Farley are your 2015 Notre Dame team captains. pic.twitter.com/4A6fOa3MiE

— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) August 27, 2015

Notre Dame also had five captains in 1995 and 2007. In 1995, the Irish were represented by Paul Grasmanis, Ryan Leahy, Derrick Mayes, Shawn Wooden and Dusty Zeigler.