One of the great things about college football - historically and still today - is the opportunities it creates for unconventional players and stories that have outsized impacts on the game. This week we’ll highlight a few players with unusual backgrounds before, during and/or after their time with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and shoutout their accomplishments. People forget...
Shane Walton Came to Notre Dame as a Soccer Player
Shane Walton emerged in his last year as one of the top defensive backs in the country - in 2002 he had seven interceptions, including two pick-sixes, as part of a dominant defensive unit that basically served as the team’s offense for much of that fun-but-bizarre season.