Louisville WR Caullin Lacy ‘should’ play against Notre Dame

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisville football program gets a big chunk of its offense back in time for one of its biggest games of the season.

According to ESPN Caullin Lacy wide receiver Pete Thamel is expected to play for the Cardinals in their ranked road showdown at Notre Dame today. Thamel says Lacy is “a play call in the hopes that he will ‘give it a try’ and play.”

The South Alabama transfer suffered a broken collarbone on the final day of fall camp. The program initially said he would be out for 6-8 weeks, but later changed that to an “extended period of time.”

Lacy returned to practice just before Louisville’s game against Georgia Tech, with head coach Jeff Brohm expressing that he hoped to be able to return for the game against the Irish. Lacy was fully dressed for the game against the Yellow Jackets and underwent warmups before the game, but did not play.

The 5-foot-10, 190-pound receiver was one of the most prolific and explosive wide receivers in all of college football last season. He has caught 91 passes for 1,316 yards and seven touchdowns, with receptions good for fifth in the FBS and receiving yards ranking sixth. He earned first-team All-Sun Belt honors for his efforts.

The Mobile, Ala. native also had a productive 2022 campaign, recording 64 receptions for 812 yards and six touchdowns. In four years with the Jaguars, he caught 207 passes for 2,517 yards and 13 touchdowns; while rushing 31 times for 140 yards.

No. 15 Louisville’s game with No. 16 Notre Dame is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. EST in South Bend, Indiana.

(Photo by Caullin Lacy: Scott Utterback – Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK)

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