SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The glimpses of potential have always been present in Jaylen Sneed’s Notre Dame career.
The former top 50 recruit from Hilton Head Island, S.C., started to evolve his game into the more sustainable version that college coaches covet last season as a junior. He’s paired that with a physical transformation this offseason that’s shown up on the scale.
“He’s done an incredible job,” said Notre Dame linebackers coach Max Bullough. “He’s a guy that before this year was never able to stay above 220 [pounds]. He’d get to 221 and be 213 the next morning.
“Now he’s put himself in a position where he’s consistently above 230. He’s right around 235 right now. The cap’s actually 240, so make sure the next time you talk to him he’s staying underneath that.”
“It’s completely transformed what Jaylen Sneed can be. It’s transformed his ceiling. It’s made him into really what I think he’s viewed himself as his whole life. And that’s as good as it gets.”
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That should be a frightful development for opposing offenses on Notre Dame’s 2025 schedule. The 6-foot-2 Sneed, who Rivals ranked as the No. 4 outside linebacker and No. 46 overall in the 2022 recruiting class, ...
