The 2022 NFL Draft begins Thursday, April 28, 2022, at Caesars Forum on the Las Vegas Strip and will be televised on ESPN, ABC and the NFL Network. The first round will begin at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, followed by the second round on Friday at 8 p.m. ET, then rounds four through seven on Saturday starting at noon ET.
Ten former Irish players from the 2021-22 team are hoping to hear their named called during the draft, including projected first round selection Kyle Hamilton. Notre Dame is expected to have multiple players selected for the 10th time in the last 11 seasons.
Continue to return to this page over the course of the NFL Draft to stay updated on Notre Dame Football news in the draft.
DRAFT UPDATE – DAY 4
Isaiah Pryor – Signed
DRAFT UPDATE – DAY 3
Kyren Williams – Drafted
University of Notre Dame running back Kyren Williams was drafted in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. Williams, who was taken with the 164th pick, joins safety Kyle Hamilton as Irish selected in the 2022 draft.
A St. Louis, native, Williams is Notre Dame’s first running back drafted since Dexter Williams in 2019 and is the 34th Irish player to be selected by the Super Bowl Champion Rams.
A finalist for the 2021 Paul Hornung Award, Williams led Notre Dame in rushing for the second-consecutive season last fall with 1,002 yards. Williams had 14 rushing touchdowns in 2021, and added 359 receiving yards and three touchdowns through the air.
Williams concluded his Irish career with 2,153 rushing yards on 419 carries, with 27 touchdowns. He also caught 78 passes for 675 receiving yards and four TDs. He was a Second Team All-America by the Sporting News in 2020 and also took home both ACC Freshman of the Year and ACC Offensive Freshman of the Year honors.
Williams joins wide receiver Ben Skowronek on the Rams. Skowronek was selected by the Rams in the 2021 draft in the seventh round and saw extensive action for the Super Bowl Champs on both offense and special teams in 2021.
With the selections of Hamilton and Williams, Notre Dame concluded the 2022 draft with 522 all-time NFL draft selections, the most of any college football program.
Kurt Hinish – Signed
Drew White – Signed
Kevin Austin Jr. – Signed
Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa – Signed
Jack Coan – Signed
DRAFT UPDATE – DAY 1
Kyle Hamilton – Drafted
University of Notre Dame football All-American Kyle Hamilton was selected in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens with the 14th overall selection, becoming the 70th first round selection from Notre Dame and the first since 2019.
Hamilton was a consensus All-America selection as a junior safety in 2021 while being limited to seven games due a knee injury. He made 34 tackles in those seven contests with three interceptions and piled up 138 tackles and eight interceptions in his three years on the Irish roster.
Hamilton is the first defensive back from Notre Dame selected in the first round since perennial all-pro safety Harrison Smith was taken by the Minnesota Vikings with the 29th pick in 2012. It is the highest an Irish defensive back has been selected since Todd Lyght went fifth overall in 1991. He also is the highest drafted Notre Dame defensive player since defensive tackle Bryant Young, a member of the 2022 NFL Hall of Fame class, was taken seventh overall in 1994.
The Atlanta, Georgia, native joins former teammate Daelin Hayes on the Ravens roster. Hayes was selected in the fifth round by the Ravens in the 2021 draft. He is the highest Baltimore draft pick from the Irish since all-pro Ronnie Stanley was selected sixth overall in 2016.
Notre Dame now boasts 521 all-time NFL draft selections, the most of any college football program.
Draft Prospects
DRAFT FACTS
6 ⋅ Defensive backs from Notre Dame selected in the first round of the NFL, where All-American Kyle Hamilton is predicted to be selected. The highest Irish DB first round selection was Todd Lyght, fifth overall in 1991. Perennial all-pro Harrison Smith was the last Irish DB taken in the first round of the draft with the 29th overall selection in 2012.
9 ⋅ Student-athletes drafted last year from Notre Dame. At least six Irish players have been drafted by NFL teams six times in the last nine years.
16 ⋅ Notre Dame players selected by the NFL in 1946, which is the second-most all-time behind Texas’ 17 players selected in 1984.
42 ⋅ Draft selections of former Notre Dame players by the Chicago Bears – the most of any NFL franchise. The Bears also were the team that drafted Dick Corbett Head Football Coach Marcus Freeman in the fifth round in 2009.
44 ⋅ From 1944-46 Notre Dame saw 44 players drafted by the NFL, by far the most in a three-year span of any other school. No other program has produced more than 32 picks in a three-year span.
49 ⋅ There were 49 former Notre Dame players rostered by the NFL at the conclusion of the 2021-22 season.
65 ⋅ Former ‘backs’ for the Irish drafted in the NFL, the most of any listed position since 1938. The Irish also have seen 64 tackles drafted, along with 54 defensive backs and offfensive guards.
69 ⋅ Number of first-round draft picks in Notre Dame history, a number which ranks fourth all-time.
84 ⋅ Notre Dame has seen at least one player drafted by the NFL every season since 1938 – an 84-year streak. In 1977, the Irish only had one player selected in the NFL’s supplemental draft (Al Hunter in the fourth round) which marks the only year since 1938 the Irish have not seen a player selected in the NFL’s primary draft.
520 ⋅ Number of Notre Dame football student-athletes drafted by the NFL. The most of any school in the history of the draft.