Blue and Gold Illustrated

April 2025

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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36 APRIL 2025 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED BY TYLER HORKA E ight former Notre Dame players were in Indianapolis for the NFL Combine the last week of Feb- ruary. But if you were looking for some theatrics from their perfor- mances, you didn't really get any. Most of the Fighting Irish representa- tives did not partake in testing drills be- cause of how quickly the combine came following Notre Dame's Jan. 20 partici- pation in the national championship game. They opted to sit out the physical parts of the combine to rest and recover, likely choosing instead to get to work at Notre Dame's pro day. One player, though, decided to do ev- erything. Blue & Gold Illustrated's high- lighting of three of the eight Notre Dame combine participants in this feature be- gins with that one particular player. DOING IT ALL Mitchell Evans fielded a couple ques- tions in the early portion of his NFL Scouting Combine media session that had to be incredibly easy to answer — way easier than anything the teams themselves were bound to ask in their closed-door meetings with the former Notre Dame tight end. The first — why Notre Dame? FACE TIME Notre Dame was well represented at the NFL Combine, but for most players it was a mere formality to be there

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