Thin Notre Dame secondary gets thinner with latest portal entry
While not a total shock, the departure of Micah Bell does leave the Notre Dame football team's secondary quite thin ahead of a big season.
Now that Notre Dame Football’s Blue-Gold game is over there are bound to be some Fighting Irish portal entries. While the one that occurred Tuesday wasn’t one that counts as one of the biggest blows, the Golden Domers can’t be thrilled about the latest loss.
On Tuesday morning, backup defensive back Micah Bell entered the portal.
“To Notre Dame nation: Thank you for taking me in as one of your own,” Bell said in a social media post. “I enjoyed getting to wear the Gold helmet and have your support. I really enjoyed connecting with you before and after games — you are truly a special group of people!”
“Last but not least,” Bell continued. “I want [to] thank my family for helping me through this process. It is never easy to make life-changing decisions and I am grateful to have them by my side. After much thought and consideration, I have decided to enter my name into the transfer portal.”
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Bell played in three games as a freshman for Notre Dame Football. The freshman made his first career tackle and tackle for loss in the Sun Bowl against Oregon State. Bell’s other appearances was in Week 1 against Tennessee State and Week 12 against Wake Forest.
Notre Dame Football gets thinner in the secondary with Micah Bell loss
While the loss of Bell is painful in that it thins out an already thin secondary, the writing might have been on the wall for the upcoming second year player.
He started his career with Notre Dame Football as a four-star prospect and top-300 player in the class of 2023 but it doesn’t appear he was going to get many snaps in his second season.
He struggled during spring practice at outside cornerback, even playing behind senior walk-on corner Marty Auer in the Blue-Gold Game. It was likely made clear to him that his fall needed to be much better in order to get a chance to get on the field much.
Now, Notre Dame Football has to hope no other injuries hit the secondary between now and 2025.