Daelin Hayes has been an impressive player and team leader throughout his career at Notre Dame, and his charisma and communications savvy have been apparent since his awesome commitment video from a few years back. He’s been a treasure to the program for years, but last Friday we saw him become something else entirely: a powerful leader for change, and a guy who embodies what Notre Dame Fighting Irish football stands for.
We had a post about Notre Dame’s on-campus Juneteenth rally last week, but I want to highlight Daelin’s contribution again because it was especially powerful.