The Notre Dame football team is hosting talented prospects this weekend, and a special event in South Bend helped the Irish secure an unexpected assist with those officials from Baker Mayfield. Mayfield, along with Trevor Lawrence, was spotted around town, and Mayfield visited the Fighting Irish campus. During his trip to the ND campus, Mayfield even spent time with several of the visiting prospects, as evidenced by long snapper commit Sean Kraft, who snapped a picture.
Mayfield, the Tampa Bay Bucs’ starting quarterback, and Lawrence, the QB for the Jacksonville Jaguars, are in town for the wedding of former Irish offensive lineman Robert Hainsey.
Hainsey, who played for Notre Dame from 2017 to 2020, announced a year ago to the day that he would marry his fiancée Marielle Corbett. On Saturday, they are officially becoming betrothed.
Hainsey met and became friends with Mayfield when the two were teammates in Tampa, where the offensive lineman was selected in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft. He played four seasons with the Bucs and then departed for free agency last offseason.
Baker Mayfield’s South Bend stop boosts Notre Dame football official visits
Lawrence became friends with Hainsey when he signed his big free agent deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Hainsey will enter his second season with the Jags this fall, but for now, old and current teammates are in South Bend to celebrate his big day.
Hainsey was already one of the more popular ex-Notre Dame players of the modern era. Now that he’s bringing in some extra help to try and land a couple of the Irish’s top targets, he’s going to be even more of a hero. Mayfield was spotted with Kraft, but it’s a safe bet he was also talking to guys like Brayden Parks and Abraham Sesay, considering just how badly ND would love to get them both to pull the trigger on a commitment this weekend.
It never hurts for targets to see real, live NFL stars, even if they aren’t alums. That they’re in South Bend for one of their Notre Dame teammates is something that can absolutely still be used as a reason to become part of the fraternity.
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