UHND.com · Aug 9, 2019
Notre Dame TE Cole Kmet Breaks Collarbone in Practice
Notre Dame Fighting Irish tight end Cole Kmet (84) looks on in action during the Notre Dame Football Blue and Gold Spring game on April 13, 2019 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire)Notre Dame suffered its first injury to an expected starter of 2019 on Thursday with reports of starting tight end Cole Kmet breaking his collarbone in practice.
A broken collarbone is usually a 4-6 week recovery time. If that is how long Kmet is out, it’s not ideal, but it’s far from disastrous at the same time. That kind of timeframe would likely mean a return in time for Notre Dame’s trip to Athens, if not sooner.
