Notre Dame’s unsung, special-teams-first bruiser with pro-minded versatility
Tafelski’s 2025 role at Notre Dame was tiny on offense, but his value shows up in the dirty work: he played in one game in 2025 and, in 2024, appeared in seven games with one catch for 14 yards and one carry for 2 yards, while Notre Dame listed him as a 6-foot, 206-pound graduate student RB. He’s not a headline-grabber in the box score; his edge is toughness, special-teams utility, and the kind of football IQ that earned Notre Dame trust after he arrived as a walk-on/portal addition and carved out a niche alongside deeper backfield talent. If your team wants a low-drama, team-first depth piece who will do the hard, unglamorous stuff, he fits the bill.
