Notre Dame has had some greats when it comes to receivers and tight ends and never was that more present than of at all times,
the end of the Charlie Weis era when Golden Tate, Michael Floyd, and Kyle Rudolph were all tearing up the track for the Fighting Irish.
Unfortunately, that didn’t result in the number of wins anyone near South Bend would have wanted, even if the offenses were fun to watch at times.
Michael Mayer is the latest to join this list, which includes every Notre Dame player to ever haul in 1,000 or more receiving yards.
For a tight end it’s almost scary to think how high he could have ended up had he not opted for the NFL draft,
In the history of Notre Dame football 38 different players have reached the 1,000 career receiving yards mark.
In the history of Notre Dame football 38 different players have reached the 1,000 career receiving yards mark.
Here are those 38 players to have accomplished the feat since 1956:
10. Maurice Stovall Maurice Stovall 2002-2005 2195 receiving yards
9. Rhema McKnight Rhema McKnight 2002-2006 2277 receiving yards
8. Tom Gatewood Tom Gatewood 1969-1971 2283 receiving yards
7. T.J. Jones T. J. Jones 2010-2013 2429 receiving yards
6. Tim Brown Tim Brown 1984-1987 2493 receiving yards
5. Will Fuller Will Fuller 2013-2015 2512 receiving yards
4. Derrick Mayes Derrick Mayes 1992-1995 2512 receiving yards
3. Jeff Samardzija Jeff Samardzija 2003-2006 2593 receiving yards
2. Golden Tate Golden Tate 2007-2009 2707 receiving yards
1. Michael Floyd Michael Floyd 2008-2011 3686 receiving yards