Down to 2: Notre Dame football loses QB Steve Angeli to transfer portal
SOUTH BEND —And then there were two.
Notre Dame football saw its three-way quarterback battle for the 2025 starting job reduced by one with Thursday's news that fourth-year junior Steve Angeli is headed to the transfer portal.
Advertisement
Angeli confirmed the decision with a social media post on Saturday evening.
Angeli finished 8-of-11 passing for 108 yards and one sack in the Blue-Gold Game on April 12. Angeli hit freshman wideout Scrap Richardson for a 16-yard score on his fourth and final series, but redshirt freshman CJ Carr and third-year backup Kenny Minchey apparently did enough to this spring to close the experience gap with Angeli.
A three-star recruit from Bergen Catholic in northern New Jersey, Angeli learned under three different offensive coordinators during his time in South Bend. He also won the Sun Bowl against Oregon State in 2023 with quarterbacks coach Gino Guidugli calling plays as the interim OC.
Advertisement
Marcus Freeman: Notre Dame football coach talks current transfer rules: 'That's not real life'
When Riley Leonard was briefly sidelined due to concussion protocol in the Jan. 9 Orange Bowl win over Penn State, it was Angeli who led the Irish downfield for their first points of the game.
Irish coach Marcus Freeman suggested after the spring game that there had been little separation between the three starting candidates through 12 spring practices.
'It's crazy to think this, but you've got three guys that all could lead your program to a victory and be your starting quarterback,' Freeman said. 'You would like to go into fall with a two-quarterback battle. It's really hard truly having a three-quarterback battle.'
Advertisement
With practice repetitions at a premium, Freeman added there would be 'conversations about what's best for our program, what's best for our quarterbacks, and we'll make those decisions in the future.'
Comparing QB candidates by the numbers
For the Irish and their first true quarterback derby since 2022 (Tyler Buchner vs. Drew Pyne), the next phase of that future started Wednesday.
Kenny Minchey: Don't overlook rocket-armed Minchey in Notre Dame football's QB battle
Kennedy Urlacher: Safety reportedly headed to transfer portal after one year at Notre Dame football
A top-50 recruit from Saline, Mich., Carr has four game snaps to his credit, all in last year's blowout win at Purdue. After suffering an injury to his throwing elbow in practice in late September, Carr spent the rest of his redshirt season rehabbing.
Advertisement
In this year's spring game, Carr went 14-of-19 passing for 170 yards and two touchdowns. The grandson of former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr also threw an interception.
Minchey, the Hendersonville, Tenn., product with the most dual-threat capability of the trio, went 7-of-15 passing for 106 yards and added a 4-yard touchdown run in the scrimmage. Minchey, who dealt with a minor shoulder injury in his senior year at Pope John Paul II High School, also took two sacks and finished with 11 rushing yards on six attempts.
Minchey has appeared in four games (17 total snaps) and is 3-for-3 passing for 16 yards.
In an indoor scrimmage on April 5, Angeli struggled to a 1-for-7 showing in the team portion with his lone completion going for 7 yards to freshman Elijah Burress. Angeli's last five pass attempts fell incomplete, although a short pass to Jadarian Price was wiped out by a defensive penalty for roughing the quarterback.
Advertisement
Unofficially in that same scrimmage, Carr went 2-of-3 passing for 29 yards and a sack, courtesy of Bryce Young. Carr finished the session with a 25-yard scoring strike to Burress on a seam route.
Minchey went 5-for-10 passing for 63 yards and interception (Isaiah Dunn). Minchey ran twice for 16 yards in the team portion.
Mike Berardino covers Notre Dame football for the South Bend Tribune and NDInsider.com. Follow him on social media @MikeBerardino.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Notre Dame loses veteran QB Steve Angeli to transfer portal
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
New York Post
an hour ago
- New York Post
Steve Wright, Packers Super Bowl champion whose likeness was used on iconic NFL trophy, dead at 82
Steve Wright, a three-time NFL champion with the Packers whose likeness was used on the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year trophy, died on Sunday in Alabama, the team announced Tuesday. He was 82. Born in Kentucky in 1942, Wright was a tackle at the University of Alabama under legendary coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant from 1961-63, winning a national title during his sophomore year. Robert Brown, Ron Kosteinik and Steve Wright (72) of the Packers look on against the Raiders during Super Bowl II on Jan. 14, 1968 at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Getty Images Even though he did not start a game with the Crimson Tide, Wright was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round of the 1964 NFL Draft and eighth round of the AFL draft by the Jets, ultimately signing with Green Bay. He played 56 games over the next four seasons, starting in 13, as the Packers won the NFL title in 1965 and Super Bowls I and II the following two seasons. He then played two seasons in New York with the Giants before single-season stints with Washington, the Bears and the Cardinals. But it was in 1969 as a member of Big Blue that Wright truly became part of NFL lore forever. That's when he was used by artist Daniel Bennett Schwartz as the model for a statue called 'The Gladiator,' which became the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year trophy. Cam Heyward receives the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year award before the Chiefs' win over the 49er in Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11, 2024 in Las Vegas. Getty Images Wright's likeness, with the cape around his shoulders, is still used as the trophy for the yearly award. In 1974, two years after his NFL career was over, the lineman came out with a memoir entitled 'I'd rather be Wright: Memoirs of an Itinerant Tackle,' which gave a 'fly-on-the-wall look' at life in the NFL in the 1960s and early '70s. The Packers' social media team succinctly summed up Wright's NFL legacy. 'A quiet legacy, cast in bronze,' the team wrote on X.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
IB Nation Sports Talk: Notre Dame Football Start, Bench Or Cut
IB Nation Sports Talk: Notre Dame Football Start, Bench Or Cut originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Irish Breakdown takes a look at several groups of former Notre Dame football players and coaches and decides which we would start, which we would bench and which ones we would cut. For example: Brady Quinn, Ian Book and Riley Leonard - who would we start, cut or bench? Same for Jeff Samardzija, Golden Tate and Will Fuller. Advertisement We have more to discuss and debate in Rapid Fire as well. See the list of topics below! Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * We hear comments from Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman from Greg McElroy's podcast and debate whether or not we think both CJ Carr and Kenny Minchey will play quarterback for the Irish this season. * We guess the season over/under win total for the Florida State Seminoles. * Fill-in the blank: It's BLANK that Bill Belichick that as of June 1st, Bill Belichick has a buyout that allows him to leave North Carolina by paying the school $1 million dollars. * We have a few more start, bench or cut options to go through: Advertisement - Pete Carroll, Jimmy Johnson and Jim Harbaugh - Dabo Swinney, Kirby Smart and Ryan Day - Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber and Anthony Rizzo - Jerry McGuire, Top Gun and A Few Good Men * Fill-in the blank: It's BLANK that Joe Schoen and the New York Giants will be back on HBO's Hard Knocks this season as part of the in-season edition of the show that will feature all four NFC East teams: The Giants, Cowboys, Commanders and Eagles. * ESPN is set to televise several of the Savannah Bananas games at Major League ballparks this summer. On a scale of 1 to 10: How interested are you in the Savannah Bananas? Be sure to check out the Irish Breakdown message board, the Champions Lounge Advertisement Irish Breakdown Content 2025 Scholarship Chart 2025 Football Schedule Notre Dame 2026 Scholarship Offers 2025 Commit Rankings - Offense 2025 Commit Rankings - Defense 2024 Recruiting Class 2023 Recruiting Class 2022 Recruiting Class Become a premium Irish Breakdown member, which grants you access to all of our premium content and our premium message board! Click on the link below for more. BECOME A MEMBER Be sure to stay locked into Irish Breakdown all the time! Join the Irish Breakdown community! Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown YouTube channel Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes Follow me on Twitter: @SeanStires Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 4, 2025, where it first appeared.
Chicago Tribune
2 hours ago
- Chicago Tribune
Gabby Tylka, who will play this summer with U23 semipro soccer team, makes promise for Providence. ‘We'll be back.'
WASHINGTON, Ill. — Freshman midfielder Gabby Tylka is one of many reasons why Providence feels that — after winning its second straight sectional title and putting a scare Tuesday night into powerhouse Peoria Notre Dame — this might be just the start. Tylka, who scored 10 goals this season and whose skills are advanced enough that she is set to play this summer with a U23 semipro team, certainly believes the future is bright. 'It's been a great year,' Tylka said. 'We had to lose at some point after we've won all these games. But I'm really excited about next year. We'll be back.' The Celtics put themselves in a good position to push for the program's first state appearance, but it slipped away late as Peoria Notre Dame pulled away for a 3-0 win in the Class 2A Washington Supersectional. Senior goalkeeper Claire Wajda made seven saves for Providence (22-1-2), including stopping Irish superstar Ava Lafollette on a penalty kick. Alyssa Thulin had the lone shot on goal for the Celtics. Lafollette responded to the missed penalty kick by scoring a hat trick over the final 24 minutes, adding to her program record for goals in a season with 57. Peoria Notre Dame (25-1-1) remained undefeated against Illinois competition. The Celtics, however, started only four seniors and figure to bring back a heap of talent. That includes Tylka, who will be playing with the Joliet-based Steel City FC women's U25 team. 'One of our freshman coaches is an assistant for them and he told me to try out,' Tylka said. 'It's great. I went to a few tryouts. All the players are really nice. Some of them are like 9 years older than me and one of them asked, 'How are you here?' 'But it's really fun. It's a great opportunity. I can't wait.' While the future is exciting, the Celtics felt like they took a big step in the present Tuesday night. Providence coach Mike Taylor was thrilled after his team held off Peoria Notre Dame while playing with a strong wind disadvantage in the first half, going into halftime scoreless. Taylor felt it was a much different game from last season when the same two teams met in a supersectional and the Irish won 4-0. 'Last year, we knew it was going to be rough,' Taylor said. 'It was just our first year getting there and stuff like that. This year, anyone could have won. We're as good as them. 'Take away that first goal and we're going to overtime, maybe going to PKs, because they only scored those last two after we pushed everybody up in the final minutes.' Wajda kept the game scoreless by tipping Lafollette's penalty kick over the crossbar with 28:53 left. 'She's just a gamer,' Taylor said of Wajda. 'She hates to dive in practice. She'll wave at the ball and I'll yell at her. But we come into games, she'll dive for the ball. She made a couple nice diving saves. 'The PK just exemplified her. She gave everything she had every game.' Lafollette broke through just under six minutes later with a shot that went off Wajda's leg and the inside of the post before tucking into the net. Lafollette added two goals in the final five minutes. That didn't take away the Celtics' pride. 'We probably could have pushed a little more, but I'm so proud of our team,' Thulin said. 'We've come so far and we just fell a little short.' Thulin, a junior midfielder, is confident bigger things are ahead. 'I think it's just the start,' she said. 'I think next year we'll for sure have it. We're going to come back stronger, remember this feeling, remember it sucks and push even harder for that win.'
