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Phil Steele Ranks Notre Dame #21 in the Country

Link to the Notre Dame page for his upcoming summer preview magazine here.

NOTE: THE ABOVE LINK WILL ONLY BE UP FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO BUY THE MAGAZINE LIKE THE REST OF US.

A quick summary below:

Projected Depth Chart

QB- Hendrix, Golson, Rees

RB- Wood, Riddick, Atkinson

Slot WR- Toma, Neal, Ferguson

WR- Jones, Smith, Brown

WR- Daniels, Goodman, Massa

TE- Eifert, Niklas, Koyack, Welch

LT- Z. Martin, Prestwood

LG- Watt, Hanratty, Harrell, Heggie

C- Cave, Hegarty

RG- Golic, Jr., Martin, Carrico

RT- Lombard, Nichols, Stanley

DE- Lewis-Moore, Day, Jones

NT- Nix, Springmann, Schwenke, Stockton

DE- Tuitt, Hounshell

OLB- Shembo, Councell, Rabasa

MLB- Te'o, Grace, Utupo

MLB- Fox, Calabrese, Moore

OLB- Williams, Spond, Okwara

CB- Jackson, Brown, McDaniel, Barratti

CB- Wood, Atkinson, Prosise, Salvi, Badger

S- Slaughter, McCarthy, Hardy

S- Motta, Collinsworth, Farley

As someone who tries to put together a depth chart for opposing teams I know how difficult it can be sometimes. So I can't really "LOL Okwara at Dog" too much.

Obviously this depth chart means nothing really outside of the stone cold lock starters like Zack Martin, Eifert, Te'o, Slaughter, etc.

On the QB (paraphrasing):

"I look for the best production from this unit in the Kelly era no matter who plays."

RB

"Slightly down from last year losing the team's most explosive player (Gray), but a lot of talent across the board."

WR & TE

"Down a notch from last year with loss of Floyd."

OL

"Only 3 starters return but 65 career starts surpasses last year's 4 returning starters. This unit should be just as strong."

DL

"This unit should impress even with the loss of their top pass rusher."

LB

"Group has 11 VHT's (Very Highly Touted in Steele speak) and should be one of the best in the country."

DB

"Less experienced than last year but calling for better production."

Special Teams

"They should improve."

Forecast

"Most wins this season since 2006."

Michigan is ranked No. 22 by Mr. Steele.

Manti Te'o and Tyler Eifert both 1st team All-Americans.

Opponent All-Americans

1st Team:

USC QB Matt Barkley

USC WR Robert Woods

Stanford LB Shane Skov

USC S T.J. McDonald

2nd Team:

OU QB Landry Jones

Stanford RB Stepfan Taylor

USC C Khaled Holmes

Stanford LB Chase Thomas

MSU CB Johnny Adams

3rd Team:

OU WR Kenny Stills

Michigan OT Taylor Lewan

MSU DE William Gholston

Purdue DT Kawaan Short

Miami S Ray Ray Armstrong

4th Team:

Pitt RB Ray Graham

Oklahoma OG Gabe Ikard

USC CB Nickell Robey

Oklahoma S Tony Jefferson

No Denard Robinson!?!?

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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