Let’s take you back about a month ago to Tuesday, November 28th and Coach Marcus Freeman (CMF) and Notre Dame saying goodbye to Chansi Stuckey. It was a surprise move coming shortly after CMF had stated that he hoped to keep his staff in place for the next season. And if you had polled ND fans at that time, it would have been Gerad Parker leaving which is what most would have expected as the season came to a close (more on that move later).
Around the same time as the Stuckey move, WR Chris Tyree entered the portal as a graduate transfer (btw best of luck to Chris, he is a graduate of Notre Dame and gave nothing but his ALL to ND and I am wishing him all the best moving forward), WR Braylon James decided to transfer from ND following his first fall on the team and WR Tobias Merriweather decided to leave ND after two seasons.