May 15, 2022; Jerome Bettis, former football player and NFL Hall of Fame member, walks up the Main Building steps following Commencement 2022, a tradition for new graduates. Bettis arrived at Notre Dame as an undergraduate with the class of 1994 but left early for the NFL. He promised his mother he would complete his degree and he returned to the Mendoza College of Business at age 49 to finish and earn a Bachelor degree. (Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame)