The boy had died three months earlier. Even by Notre Dame standards, Joe Schmidt's storybook career at the school -- which will come to a close with Friday's BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl against Ohio ...

A Notre Dame defense that's struggled in recent weeks could find life even more difficult after losing its leading tackler for the remainder of the season. Linebacker Joe Schmidt suffered a broken ...

Joe Schmidt settled into a front-row seat inside the Isban Auditorium early Thursday evening. He wasn’t there to audition. The linebacker — who recruited Notre Dame because Notre Dame couldn ...

SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame players prepared for pushups at the start of a recent practice. Joe Schmidt stood among those at the head of the group, ready to lead. He knows that is one of his roles ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Former walk-on Joe Schmidt doesn't believe he has made it because he is now Notre Dame's starting middle linebacker. The 6-foot, 235-pound senior said he doesn't ever want to ...

The Hall of Fame website reports that one of Schmidt's ex-teammates said at the time, "We were more afraid of Joe than we were of Notre Dame." A lengthy injury history caused Schmidt to fall all ...