Kyle Rudolph and Harrison Smith have been sharing the same football field since 2008, when Rudolph joined the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Smith was already there as a redshirt freshman.
“You know, it’s funny Harrison and my relationship started with a fight in training camp my freshman year,” Rudolph said. “Harrison played outside linebacker and I was playing tight end, and you know we were obviously both freshmen at the time. Harrison was a redshirt freshman and I was a true freshman and we were both trying to prove ourselves, that we belonged.
“So our first interaction as friends and as teammates was a fight in training camp.