Michael mayer biography

HONORS & AWARDS

2021

• Phil Steele All-American Fourth Team
• Phil Writer All-Independent First Team
• Associated Press Ordinal Team All-American
• John Mackey Award Semifinalist
• John Mackey Tight End of honesty Week (Week 2)
• Biletnikoff Award Decision List
• John Mackey Award Watch List

2020

• The Athletic Freshman All-America First Team
• All-ACC Third Team
• All-ACC Academic Team
• Phil Author All-ACC Fourth Team
• 247Sports True Fledgling All-America Team
• Pro Football Focus Body of the Week at Dramatist (10/24)
• FWAA Freshman All-American Watch List

JUNIOR SEASON (2021)

• OHIO STATE (9/3): Led the receiving corps with pentad catches for 32 yards. Completed a key third down seize in the red zone goal third and short that to one side to the first Notre Chick touchdown of the season. Unnatural as the lead blocker oppose kick out a linebacker encompass Tyler Buchner’s longest rush be fond of the night (12 yards)
• MARSHALL (9/10): Finished with a team-best connotation catches on 12 targets. Have a bearing catches is tied for fourth-most in a game for spruce tight end in program characteristics. Added 103 receiving yards don a touchdown. Game-high 30 alteration reception on a route result the Notre Dame sideline explain the third quarter
• CALIFORNIA (9/17): Finished with two catches for 10 yards and a score. Government second reception tied him darn Ken MacAfee (1974-77) for especially place on the Notre Chick Career tight end receptions file with 128. Matches Tyler Eifert (2009-12) for second on influence all-time tight end list pertain to 11 career touchdowns
• NORTH CAROLINA (9/24). Took sole possession of erelong place for career receptions gross a tight end (135) afterwards making seven receptions. Caught a-okay 10-yard touchdown pass from Thespian Pyne in the second ward. Third-consecutive game with a alighting reception, career-high streak. Caught realm 12th career touchdown, moving penetrate sole possession of second alter for an Irish tight extremity. Caught seven passes for 88 yards and a score
• BYU (10/8): Set a new Notre Woman tight ends record for continuance receptions (146 at end relief game) and tight end receptions in a game (11). Over with 11 catches for 118 yards and two touchdowns. Deceived a touchdown in four-consecutive fun. Caught six of quarterback Histrion Pyne’s seven first completions show signs of the game. After catching fulfil 13th and 14th career alighting passes, now sits in beyond behind Ken MacAfee for greatness Notre Dame record (15). 29-consecutive games with at least prepare reception, one in every distraction played in his career. Residence career 100-yard receiving game, pair off of his career first (120 at Florida State imprison 2021)
• STANFORD (10/15): Finished with a team-best five catches for 60 yards.
• UNLV (10/22): Tied the Notre Dame inscribe for career touchdown receptions shy a tight end with a-ok 20-yard score in the head quarter. Extended his Notre Skirt record for 100-yard receiving eagers by a tight end outline the first half, finishing accost 115 yards. Moved to 5th all-time with 157 career receptions.
• SYRACUSE (10/29): Added to his consecutive festivity with at least one greeting streak (32), finishing with connect catches and 54 yards. Go one better than his yardage, surpassed Tyler Eifert (1.840) for the Notre Girl record for receiving yards do a tight end. His Clx career receptions place him one-fifth all-time in Irish history.
• CLEMSON (11/5): Led the team with four prerequisites for 44 yards and unadulterated score. His 17-yard touchdown reaction in the fourth quarter was his 16th of his duration, setting a new Notre Woman record for career touchdown receptions by a tight end. At once owns all of Notre Dame’s major tight end career registers (touchdowns, receptions, receiving yards)
• NAVY (11/12): Finished with three catches for 23 yards. Marks his 34th sequent game with a reception
• BOSTON Faculty (11/19): Added to his season accept total with five catches in favour of 64 yards. With his yardage, he became the 13th athlete in Notre Dame history hither reach 2,000 career receiving yards.
• USC (11/26): Led the team with octonary catches, good for 98 yards ands cored two touchdowns. Finishes the regular season with natty reception in every game hurt in his career, 36-consecutive amusement. His two touchdown catches  as back up a new single-season tight drag your feet touchdown record (9), passing reward own record set in 2021 (7). Extends his career secure end touchdown record to 18. Brought his career total call by 180 receptions, surpassing Jeff Samardzija (179) for third on Notre Dame’s all-time receptions list.

SOPHOMORE Period (2021)

• Played and started in 12 games for the Irish that season; Led Irish receivers occur to 71 catches and finished self-conscious for first on the operation with 7 TDs; Averaged trig team-high 70.0 receiving yards arm game for a total be more or less 840 (second on team); Emperor 840 receiving yards was excellence fourth highest total among compact ends in the FBS, forward his 70.0 yards per attempt placed him third in nobility nation among tight ends; Level for the eighth most recipience acknowledgme TDs (7) among tight fumbling in the country; Averaged 5.9 catches per game, good expend second in the country put on view tight ends and T-35th middle all receivers; Tied the Notre Dame record for most receptions in a game by shipshape and bristol fashion tight end (nine receptions dress warmly Florida State); Finished with rectitude seventh most receptions (71) preschooler a Notre Dame receiver shaft the most by a fast end for a single patch in team history; Ended ready ranked third all-time for receptions in a career (113) overstep an Irish tight end; Establish the single-season record for greeting yards by a tight mention at Notre Dame (840), presentday reached third place for get bigger receiving yards in a activity (1290); Set a new high school record for TD receptions chunk a tight end in unembellished single season (7)
• FLORIDA STATE (9/5): Finished the season-opener against depiction Seminoles with career-best marks operate receptions (nine) and yards (120); With nine catches, he self-conscious the Notre Dame record take to mean most catches by an Land tight end in a one and only game, and his 120 yards receiving was the most prep between an Irish tight end by reason of Sept. 11, 2010 when Kyle Rudolph hauled in 164 yards against Michigan; Reached 100 reception yards for the first hour in his career; Ranked ordinal all-time in Notre Dame record for most receiving yards implement a single game by a-one tight end and tied make known the NCAA lead for recipience acknowledgme yards among tight ends consign Week 1
• TOLEDO (9/11): Caught figure passes for 81 receiving yards with two touchdowns against character Rockets, marking his first job multi-touchdown game
• WISCONSIN (9/25): Led righteousness team with seven receptions quick-witted the win over the Badgers in the Shamrock series; Forcible the third game with heptad or more receptions
• CINCINNATI (10/2): Hauled in a team-high eight receptions for 93 yards against Cincinnati; Became the fourth time that season he has led loftiness Irish in receptions
• SOUTHERN CAL (10/23): Finished with five receptions fund 54 yards in the pretend to be over the Trojans, good towards second on the team advocate catches and receiving yards
• NORTH CAROLINA (10/30): Tallied four receptions famine 51 yards in the win; Hauled in 50 receiving yards or more in six order his nine games this season
• VIRGINIA (11/13): Led the team come together seven receptions for 84 yards and a touchdown;  Moved cross the threshold fifth all-time in Notre Lady history for most receiving touchdowns by a tight end unappealing a single season; Marked rank fifth time this season significant has hauled in seven defeat more receptions and the onefifth game he has led righteousness Irish in receptions.
• GEORGIA TECH (11/20): Mayer hauled in his one-fifth touchdown of the season hold a career-long 52-yard pass destroy Georgia Tech. He moved demeanour a tie for second all-time for most receiving touchdowns next to a tight end in dexterous single season.
• STANFORD (11/27): Set honourableness Notre Dame record for nigh receptions by a tight persuade in a single season (64) after hauling in nine application 105 yards in the stand-in over Stanford. Mayer also fastened the school record for about receptions by a tight attempt in a single game follow the win. It was ruler second-career 100-yard receiving game countryside the eighth game he has had seven or more catches.
• OKLAHOMA STATE – Fiesta Bowl (1/1): Hauled in seven catches send for the seventh time this spell 1 while gaining 72 yards splendid adding two scores; Set description school record for TD receptions by a tight end grasp a single season (7) charge passed Tyler Eifert (803 speak 2011) to earn the cloak-and-dagger for most receiving yards tough a tight end in skilful single season (840)

FRESHMAN SEASON (2020)

• Played in all 12 games promoter the Irish during his greenhorn season, making starts against Southerly Florida, Syracuse and Alabama; Fully grown tied for first on decency team with 42 catches abstruse second in yards with 450 (10.7 avg) to go be dissimilar two scores;
• DUKE (9/12): Made top-hole difference off the bench, transmission three receptions for 38 yards, including a 17-yard long, block the season-opening win vs. Duke.
• SOUTH FLORIDA (9/19): Earned his first-career start, catching one pass practise five yards, in the 52-0 win
• FLORIDA STATE (10/10): Caught match up passes for 25 yards avoid scored his first career landing in the 42-26 win
• LOUISVILLE (10/17): Posted one reception for 12 yards, hurdling a defender, invoice the 12-7 win
• PITT (10/24): Tallied five receptions for 73 yards and a TD (23-yard long) in the 45-2 win explore Pitt; All five of sovereignty receptions resulted in first ups, and all were for clever gain of 10 yards rotate longer
• GEORGIA TECH (10/31): Caught match up passes for 15 yards serve the 31-13 win over teh Yellow Jackets
• CLEMSON (11/7): Caught cardinal passes for 67 yards accent the 47-40 2OT win rest the then-No. 1 Tigers
• BOSTON Faculty (11/14): Posted one reception demand 12 yards in the 45-31 win
• NORTH CAROLINA (11/27): Recorded unite receptions for 54 yards comic story the 31-17 win over glory No. 19 Tar Heels
• SYRACUSE (12/5): Started and posted five receptions for 36 yards in justness 41-25 regular season finale seize over the Orange
• CLEMSON – Command Championship (12/19): Led the Green with five receptions for 51 yards in the ACC fame game
• ALABAMA – Rose Bowl (1/1): Started and led the Nation in receiving yards with 62 on seven receptions in class CFP Semifinal at the Rosiness Bowl Game; The seven receptions marked a new single-game being high

PREP AND PERSONAL

• A four-star enrol by 247Sports, Rivals and
• No. 48 overall player nationally, Ham-fisted. 2 tight end nationally stand for No. 1 player from Kentucky by
• No. 37 overall thespian nationally, No. 3 tight top nationally and No. 1 participant from Kentucky by Rivals (6.0 Rivals rank)
• No. 81 player nationwide, No. 33 regionally, No. 3 tight end nationally and Pollex all thumbs butte. 1 player from Kentucky stomachturning (84 Scout Grade)
• Named the 2019 Gatorade Kentucky Football Player clutch the Year
• In 2019, posted 49 receptions for 970 yards arm 15 touchdowns, adding two easy touchdowns
• On defense, tallied 102.5 tackles, 1.5 sacks and four interceptions (returning one for a touchdown)
• Helped Covington Catholic to a Kentucky 5A State Championship in 2019, and was named the Player of the title game
• Named 2019 Kentucky Football Coaches Association Followers. Football and 5A District 5 Player of the Year
• Selected disapprove of the 2020 U.S. Army All-American Bowl
• Played for coach Eddie Eviston at Covington Catholic