Notre Dame football potentially dodged a bullet with Jordan Faison injury

No, Notre Dame football didn’t beat Texas A&M “emphatically” like at least one analyst thought they might, but the Irish came away from College Station with the kind of victory that head coach Marcus Freeman can hang his hat on.

A lot of good surfaced in the 23-13 even while there is absolutely plenty to fix. However, there was one big negative during the contest last night and that was the early exit by Jordan Faison.

Tyler Horka was among the first to notice that the Notre Dame football star was clearly injured. 

“Jordan Faison did not walk under his own power to the injury tent after getting tackled awkwardly (hip drop??),” Horka wrote on Twitter during the game. “Two trainers helped him limp there.” 

Optimism around Notre Dame football star Jordan Faison injury

There were no updates about the injury during the game, but head coach Marcus Freeman did offer some reason to hope after the win. First of all he said Faison’s injury was his ankle, hot his hip or knee, as others speculated.

The Irish coach didn’t say whether it was a sprain or something else, and didn’t seem to know the entire issue right after beating Texas A&M. Though he did say Faison was not fazed.

“I don’t know much,” Freeman told the media during his post game press conference. “He said it was an ankle. He said like ‘Coach, I’m good. I’m done for this game but I’m good’. So, I have confidence he’ll be back. I don’t know what the timetable is."

One of the positives of the Blue and Gold schedule from here on out is there simply aren’t that many games against top level opponents. Next week, they’ll take on Northern Illinois, a squad they’re already favored to beat by more than 20 points.

There’s also depth at the receiver position like they didn’t have a year ago. Beaux Collins demonstrated that time and again on Saturday, especially in crunch time when the team needed to find a way to move the ball.

The bottom line is that Notre Dame football obviously wants Jordan Faison back as soon as possible. However, there isn’t any rush to get him back before he’s ready.