Notre Dame's Equanimeous St. Brown picked by Green Bay Packers in sixth round of NFL Draft

Notre Dame wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown has been drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the NFL draft on Saturday.

St. Brown, who decided to leave school early to pursue his professional career, is an imposing figure at 6-5, 214, but didn't reach his potential at Notre Dame. That’s certainly due in part to playing in an offense that relied on its running game to win while quarterback Brandon Wimbush struggled passing the football and didn’t have great chemistry with his receivers.

As a junior, St. Brown led all Irish receivers in 2017 with 33 catches for 515 yards and four touchdowns. Sophomore year he caught 58 passes for 961 yards and nine touchdowns. He had one catch as a freshman.

He had a solid performance at NFL combine though and was confident about it afterward. St. Brown ran a 4.48 40-yard dash and bench-pressed 225 pounds 20 times.

St. Brown is the third Notre Dame player to be drafted this year, following Quenton Nelson (Indianapolis Colts) and Mike McGlinchey (San Francisco 49ers), who were both top 10 picks.

Durham Smythe drafted by Miami

Notre Dame tight end Durham Smythe was drafted by the Miami Dolphins with the 123rd overall pick and 23rd in the fourth round.

Smythe is the 16th tight end in school history to be selected in the top four rounds. He only had 15 catches for 244 yards and one touchdown last fall, but was arguably Notre Dame’s most solid and reliable weapon in addition to being a perfect veteran receiving option for rookie starting quarterback Brandon Wimbush.

Smythe, who nearly opted to graduate transfer before last season, was used mostly as a blocking tight end, but had great hands and rarely lost sight of the ball in traffic.

Josh Adams signs with Eagles

Notre Dame running back Josh Adams signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent.

Adams, who left school early to pursue his NFL career, had a prolific junior year at Notre Dame. He was briefly in the Heisman Trophy conversation, piling up 1,430 total yards (14th most in the country) on 6.9 yards per carry. The 6-2, 213 back led the country in rushing plays of 60 yards or more (seven) and scored nine touchdowns.

The Irish relied on the running game to win while quarterback Brandon Wimbush struggled throwing the football last season.

Adams’ productivity trailed off toward the end of the season, however, as he was hampered by injuries. He averaged 146.1 yards per game and 8.9 yards a carry through Notre Dame’s first eight games, then dipped to average 54.5 yards and 3.7 yards per carry over the last four regular season games.

Jay Ajayi and Corey Clement are the Eagles top returning backs and Wendell Smallwood and Donnell Pumphrey round out the depth chart.

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