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Notre Dame Legend and Hall of Famer Ross Browner Passes Away

Ross Browner, a 1999 College Football Hall of Fame inductee who played defensive end at Notre Dame on two Irish national championship teams, passed away Jan. 4. He was 67.

In a release from the National Football Foundation, NFF President and CEO Steve Hatchell said, ”Ross Browner was one of the nicest and classiest guys who we ever put in the College Football Hall of Fame. He’s a real credit to the game and Notre Dame. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this time of loss.