Notre Dame needs to pursue these players IF they enter the transfer portal

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Ryan Roberts discusses which Stanford Cardinal players the Notre Dame Fighting Irish should pursue should they enter the transfer portal.

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00:00Stanford football said goodbye to head coach Troy Taylor in the age of the transfer portal. That means

00:05some talent could be entering very shortly. Let's talk about four players that I think

00:09Notre Dame football should keep a close eye on if they do indeed. And

00:15Ryan Roberts from A to Z sports bring down everything Notre Dame football folks in the

00:19age of the transfer portal. Anytime we see a coaching change, which you saw obviously for

00:23Stanford Cardinal this this week, they let go of Troy Taylor. That means that you're in threat

00:29of losing some talent to the transfer portal. It's obviously very easy and accessible for

00:33players to now find new homes. So I want to talk about four players that I think Notre Dame

00:37should keep a close eye on if they do intend to transfer and find a new home. I want to start

00:42out on the edge, David Bailey, who's a senior six foot three, 250 pounds, 14 and a half sacks in his

00:49career, over 20 tackles for loss. This is a player that I think Notre Dame fans are pretty familiar

00:53with. Obviously they've played Stanford over the last couple of years and he has been a stalwart

00:57and one of the best defensive players that Stanford has had over the last few years on.

01:01This is a NFL talented defensive ends and edge player. And I do think that although

01:08when you look at Notre Dame's roster, you say Notre Dame is pretty loaded at defensive end,

01:12especially if Boobacar Traore and Jordan Patel will get back to full health from their season

01:16and the injuries. There is a little bit of depth concerns if they do not get back.

01:21And ultimately you can never have enough good pass rushers in the modern age of

01:25college and NFL football, the space game, the passing game, having guys that affect the

01:30quarterback are so, so important. So I would definitely kick the tires of David Bailey if

01:35he chose to enter the transfer portal. You know, what's better than Boobacar Traore and Bryce Young

01:40and Jordan Patel and Joshua Burnham, all four of those guys with David Bailey also on obviously

01:46passing situations. It's a one-year rental, a one-year talent until he's off to the NFL

01:50and could be an interesting player to use on passing downs. I want to go to one that is

01:55going to be probably less likely, but an interesting one. Emmett Mosley, the fifth,

02:00obviously he's a double legacy. We've talked about him a ton on this channel. And then

02:04obviously my writing at A to Z sports father, Emmett Mosley played wide receiver at Notre Dame

02:10mother, Cynthia Dawes, now Cynthia Mosley was a great soccer player at Notre Dame.

02:15So this is a double legacy, but in the 2024 recruiting class, Emmett just wasn't overly

02:21interested in Notre Dame. Obviously chose to go to Stanford this time around. Could things be

02:26different? Not a hundred percent sure, but all I know is the show man had 40 plus catches last

02:29year over 500 yards. He's a talented wide receiver and Notre Dame just fell one wide

02:35receiver number short in 2025 wide receiver recruiting. They wanted four, they got three.

02:41You add a player with three years of eligibility, like an Emmett Mosley to mix into that room.

02:45Pretty interesting possibility. At tight end, they have a very talented and productive one.

02:50And Sam Roush, who actually six or five, 260 pounds, 68 receptions the last two years for

02:57Stanford, big body, physical has played in line. They've asked him to do a lot of different things

03:03over the last couple of years. Specifically. I don't think that Sam Roush would come into

03:07Notre Dame year one and be a difference maker, be tight end one for this team. I still think

03:12that would be Eli Raritan in 2025, but here's the issue that you have at tight end. Eli Raritan has

03:18his past injuries. Cooper Flanagan, who would have fought to be tight end one in this offense

03:22had an Achilles injury down the stretch of the season. Nobody knows exactly what his timetable

03:26is of a return. If he was even going to have a possibility to return in 2025, nobody knows that

03:32for sure. You also have Ty Washington and James Flanagan on this roster, but neither of those

03:37players are going to be here until the summer that leaves right now. Kevin Bowman injury issues

03:42talked about Eli Raritan, and then you have a redshirt freshman in Jack Larson. That's not

03:47great depth, to say the least, at the tight end position. Someone like Roush could come in

03:51immediately and at least provide a big body as a tight end two. Very interesting potential to mix

03:57with Eli Raritan. Last guy I want to talk about if he does choose to enter the transfer portal.

04:02Kind of an off-the-wall one. Tiger Bachmeier, and I think a lot of people will remember the

04:06name Bear Bachmeier. He was a 2025 quarterback recruit that Notre Dame liked a lot along with

04:11Deuce Knight early on in the process. He ended up at Stanford as well. I'm very interested in his

04:15brother Tiger, who's two years older than him, so he's going to be a true junior this year.

04:21Had a really nice freshman year. Over 30 receptions, over 400 yards, showcased himself and

04:26showed that he has a lot of talent. But this past year he just wasn't overly productive at wide

04:31receiver and he didn't take that next step. But the reason that I'm interested in Tiger is one,

04:35he has two years of eligibility, so there's still developmental upset at wide receiver,

04:38but he was also the team's main punt returner last year and averaged over 12 yards per punt

04:42and had a punt return for a touchdown. Who was Notre Dame's punt returner in the 2025 season?

04:48No one really knows. Maybe it's a Jordan Faison, maybe it's a Jaden Greathouse,

04:52but having a guy like a Tiger Bachmeier who's been a legitimately difference maker at punt

04:56returner this past year for Stanford could be an interesting one to at least up the special

05:00team's value and then maybe develop into a wide receiver. Folks, do any of these guys interest

05:05you? Who are some other players on the Stanford roster that you might look at and say, that would

05:09be a really interesting player for Notre Dame to kick the tires for? We're going to cover spring

05:13practice, fall camp, 2025 season, everything in between. Make sure you like and subscribe

05:19to the channel and as always, Go Irish!

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