Notre Dame Football: Let’s Talk About Drue Tranquill

Notre Dame safety Drue Tranquill looks to be a big part of the Irish defense in 2016.

There was a time last year when the Georgia Tech game loomed large over the hopes of the Notre Dame faithful. The Irish have had some difficulties in the recent past with Navy and their option attack, and now Notre Dame faced this “more athletic” Navy type attack from the godfather of modern option football, Paul Johnson and his Yellow Jackets.

Enter Drue Tranquill (with an awesome assist from Notre Dame staff analyst Bob Elliot) and that pretty much ended Georgia Tech’s option attack. Tranquill’s stout play, and unmatched emotion that highlighted his tough play.

Unfortunately, Tranquill injured himself while jumping up in celebration towards the end of that first half against Georgia Tech- and there went the season and a whole lot of “what if?”.

So, the question is… what will Notre Dame have with Drue Tranquill this year? A lot of people will say the term, “box safety.” They will say it so much, you might start to believe that the Notre Dame defense is a new study method for geometry. What it is, is the safety rolling up closer to the line of scrimmage to help against the run.