Big news in college football came out of South Bend, Indiana on Monday. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are out to a 2-1 start to the season. After a Week 1 victory at Texas A&M, the Fighting Irish rebounded on their face by losing to Northern Illinois. After rebounding last time around, Notre Dame now intends to move forward. But they’re going to do so without one of their veteran players. Junior defensive back Jaden Mickey will redshirt and then transfer at the end of the 2024 college football season.
During media availability, Irish head coach Marcus Freeman announced the stunning news on Monday morning.
“Marcus Freeman announces that Jaden Mickey will redshirt the rest of the season with plans to transfer out of Notre Dame after the season,” Fighting Irish writer Pete Sampson wrote on X, the website formerly known as Twitter.
“Mickey had been the third corner in the defensive rotation,” he added.
Marcus Freeman announces that Jaden Mickey will red shirt the rest of this season with plans to transfer out of Notre Dame after the season. Mickey had been the third corner in the defensive rotation.
— Pete Sampson (@PeteSampson_) September 23, 2024
Mickey later confirmed the news on his status with the Fighting Irish with a post on social media.
Since we’re now four games into the college football season, don’t expect Jaden Mickey to be the last name to potentially transfer out. The new redshirt rule now goes into effect, so it could prove interesting to see these kinds of moves pop up, as some alluded to after the news broke.
Best of luck to Jaden Mickey moving forward.
He will have two years of eligibility after transferring and will be graduating from Notre Dame after just three years, which is impressive to say the least. https://t.co/JFJL0Jkr3N
— Notre Dame Recruiting (@NDrecruiting01) September 23, 2024
This is a good time to remind everyone that most CFB teams have played 4 games already, so the redshirt rule comes into play moving forward. https://t.co/GWRcXQV3yL
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) September 23, 2024
Not specific to Notre Dame here, but this is probably why you won’t see a head coach getting fired anywhere until the fifth game of the season has been played.
ADs are very aware of the possibility of rosters thinning out if they fire their coach with redshirts still available. https://t.co/G0x59Op26q
— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) September 23, 2024
The availability report for Louisville/ND this weekend is going to be absurd. https://t.co/0J8ygWqdf3
— Matt McGavic (@Matt_McGavic) September 23, 2024
