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The #8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish did not release a depth chart this week for the game against the #19 Michigan Wolverines. You know how it goes:
No Michigan depth chart, so no #NotreDame depth chart this week.
— Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) October 21, 2019
As a general service to you, we are posting the assumed depth chart for Notre Dame — which is basically the same as what we had against the USC Trojans.
OFFENSE
Notre Dame *way too early* Depth Chart — Offense
WR | TE | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | WR | WR | RB | QB |
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WR | TE | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | WR | WR | RB | QB |
25 Braden Lenzy | 89 Brock Wright | 74 Liam Eichenberg | 69 Aaron Banks | 55 Jarrett Patterson | 78 Tommy Kraemer | 72 Robert Hainsey | 13 Lawrence Keys | 4 Kevin Austin | 8 Jafar Armstrong | 12 Ian Book |
Fr Jordan Johnson | OR 24 Tommy Tremble | 73 Andrew Kristofic | 76 Dillan Gibbons | 61 Colin Grunhard | 56 John Dirksen | 75 Josh Lugg | 18 Joe Wilkins | Tr Ben Skowronek | 34 Jahmir Smith | 7 Brendon Clark |
- | Fr Michael Mayer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 C'Bo Flemister | Fr Drew Pyne |
- | OR George Takacs | - | - | - | - | - | - | OR Fr Chris Tyree | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | OR 23 Kyren Williams | - |
Notre Dame is really healthy now on the offensive side of the football with a full return of Jafar Armstrong expected this week. Jafar and Tony Jones Jr. might finally get a full game where Chip Long employs a lot of 2 back sets like they started off with against Louisville. Against the Cardinals, Notre Dame was in a 2 back set 5 times, and have only used it 7 times since then.
DEFENSE
Notre Dame *way too early* Depth Chart — Defense
CB | FS | ROVER | DE | NG | DT | DE | BUCK | MIKE | SS | CB |
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CB | FS | ROVER | DE | NG | DT | DE | BUCK | MIKE | SS | CB |
20 Shaun Crawford | 14 Kyle Hamilton | 13 Paul Moala | 9 Daelin Hayes | 41 Kurt Hinish | 95 Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa | 91 Ade Ogundeji | 6 Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah | 40 Drew White | Tr Isaiah Pryor | 28 TaRiq Bracy |
16 KJ Wallace | 12 DJ Brown | 24 Jack Kiser | 29 Ovie Oghoufo | 54 Jacob Lacey | 57 Jayson Ademilola | 19 Justin Ademilola | 2 Jordan Genmark Heath | 52 Bo Bauer | 3 Houston Griffith | 15 Isaiah Rutherford |
9 Cam Hart | - | - | 94 Isaiah Foskey | 55 Ja'mion Franklin | 90 Hunter Spears | 18 NaNa Osafo-Mensah | - | - | - | 4 Avery Davis |
There should be one change this week with the return of Shaun Crawford. I put Crawford in as an “OR” with TaRiq Bracy, and under them, Donte Vaughn (who Kelly named as a guy that will play Saturday). It’s a little messy but I wouldn’t expect Crawford to play the same amount of reps that he was prior to his injury.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Notre Dame *way too early* Depth Chart — Special Teams
KICKOFF | PLACEKICKER | PUNTER | LONG SNAPPER | HOLDER | PUNT RETURNER | KICK RETURNER |
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KICKOFF | PLACEKICKER | PUNTER | LONG SNAPPER | HOLDER | PUNT RETURNER | KICK RETURNER |
39 Jonathan Doerer | 39 Jonathan Doerer | 19 Jay Bramblett | Fr Alex Peitsch | 19 Jay Bramblett | 18 Joe Wilkins | 25 Braden Lenzy |
98 Harrison Leonard | 98 Harrison Leonard | 98 Harrison Leonard | 65 Michael Vinson | 14 J.D. Carney | 23 Kyren Williams | 20 C'Bo Flemister |
We should see Michael Young back at kick returner again, and other than that... all good here. Young was not listed as the KR before the USC game.