The 2023 NFL Draft begins Thursday, April 27, 2022, at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri and will be televised on ESPN, ABC and the NFL Network. The first round will begin at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, followed by the second round on Friday at 8 p.m. ET, then rounds four through seven on Saturday starting at noon ET.
Twelve former Irish players from the 2022-23 team are hoping to hear their named called during the draft, including projected first round selection Michael Mayer. Notre Dame is expected to have multiple players selected for the 11th time in the last 12 seasons.
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DRAFT FACTS
6 ⋅ Defensive backs from Notre Dame selected in the first round of the NFL, where All-American Kyle Hamilton is predicted to be selected. The highest Irish DB first round selection was Todd Lyght, fifth overall in 1991. Perennial all-pro Harrison Smith was the last Irish DB taken in the first round of the draft with the 29th overall selection in 2012.
9 ⋅ Student-athletes drafted last year from Notre Dame. At least six Irish players have been drafted by NFL teams six times in the last nine years.
16 ⋅ Notre Dame players selected by the NFL in 1946, which is the second-most all-time behind Texas’ 17 players selected in 1984.
42 ⋅ Draft selections of former Notre Dame players by the Chicago Bears – the most of any NFL franchise. The Bears also were the team that drafted Dick Corbett Head Football Coach Marcus Freeman in the fifth round in 2009.
44 ⋅ From 1944-46 Notre Dame saw 44 players drafted by the NFL, by far the most in a three-year span of any other school. No other program has produced more than 32 picks in a three-year span.
49 ⋅ There were 49 former Notre Dame players rostered by the NFL at the conclusion of the 2021-22 season.
65 ⋅ Former ‘backs’ for the Irish drafted in the NFL, the most of any listed position since 1938. The Irish also have seen 64 tackles drafted, along with 54 defensive backs and offfensive guards.
69 ⋅ Number of first-round draft picks in Notre Dame history, a number which ranks fourth all-time.
84 ⋅ Notre Dame has seen at least one player drafted by the NFL every season since 1938 – an 84-year streak. In 1977, the Irish only had one player selected in the NFL’s supplemental draft (Al Hunter in the fourth round) which marks the only year since 1938 the Irish have not seen a…