5/11/07--Its about damn time

Here's an honor that is very deserved...although the fact that he got in and Tim Brown (helloooo....the guy won the Heisman!) is sort of bizarre.

Zorich to Hall of FameMay 10th, 2007

Zorich becomes the 42nd Notre Dame player to join the Hall but the first who suited up in the 1980s or ’90s.

“I did some research that blows me away,” Zorich said. “There are only three defensive linemen who have been inducted from Notre Dame—Ross Browner, Alan Page and me. Are you kidding me?”

Perhaps Zorich never developed the entitlement bug because it took so long for him to feel as if he belonged.

“Even in college I was considered small,” Zorich said. He measured shorter than 6 feet and didn’t play a down as a freshman.

But Zorich was a beast on the scout team, making life hell for Notre Dame’s offensive linemen. When they protested by reminding him it was a Tuesday practice, he would yell back that this was his game.

“I got into so many fights and got kicked out of practice so many times, it was borderline hilarious,” he recalled.

“If I’m not remembered for Notre Dame or the Hall of Fame thing or playing for the Bears, it would be more than enough to be remembered as someone who cared about others,” he said.