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It’s Championship week and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have made it to the game in their one, and only, year in the ACC. The Irish will take on the Clemson Tigers for the second time this year to try and lay claim to the title and the trophy.
So... here comes a depth chart. It is A depth chart, but it might not be THE depth chart on Saturday. While this is almost always true with Notre Dame — especially this season with the one day bump back for the opening presser — this week it’s even earlier and probably less accurate.
OFFENSE
DEPTH CHART — OFFENSE
| QB | RB | WR | WR | WR | TE | LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | RB | WR | WR | WR | TE | LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| 12 Ian Book | 23 Kyren Williams | 88 Javon McKinley | 11 Ben Skowronek | 3 Avery Davis | 89 Brock Wright | 74 Liam Eichenberg | 69 Aaron Banks | 52 Zeke Correll | 78 Tommy Kraemer | 72 Robert Hainsey |
| 7 Brendan Clark | 25 Chris Tyree | 8 Jafar Armstrong | 18 Joe Wilkins Jr. | 18 Joe Wilkins Jr. | 24 Tommy Tremble | 73 Andrew Kristofic | 76 Dillan Gibbons | OR 75 Josh Lugg | 75 Josh Lugg | 77 Quinn Carroll |
| - | OR 20 C'Bo Flemister | - | - | - | OR 87 Michael Mayer | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | OR 85 George Takacs | - | - | - | - | - |
Okay... well according to Brian Kelly today, Tommy Kraemer will be back full go and is taking all the reps at RG, so there’s that. Braden Lenzy is not listed at all, and nothing was asked about him at the press conference, so your guess is as good as mine about if he’s going to make much of a difference on Saturday. The “OR” was added for Zeke Correll and Josh Lugg, but it looks like it will probably be Correll at center against Clemson.
DEFENSE
DEPTH CHART — DEFENSE
| VYPER DE | DT | NG | STRONG DE | BUCK | MIKE | ROVER | CB | SS | FS | CB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VYPER DE | DT | NG | STRONG DE | BUCK | MIKE | ROVER | CB | SS | FS | CB |
| 9 Daelin Hayes | 95 Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa | 41 Kurt Hinish | 91 Ade Ogundeji | 33 Shayne Simon | 40 Drew White | 6 Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah | 4 Nick McCloud | 20 Shaun Crawford | 14 Kyle Hamilton | 26 Clarence Lewis |
| 29 Ovie Oghoufo | 99 Rylie Mills | 54 Jacob Lacey | 19 Justin Ademilola | OR 35 Marist Liufau | 52 Bo Bauer | 10 Isaiah Pryor | 5 Cam Hart | 3 Houston Griffith | 12 DJ Brown | 28 TaRiq Bracy |
| OR 7 Isaiah Foskey | - | OR 56 Howard Cross III | OR 7 Isaiah Foskey | OR 24 Jack Kiser | - | - | - | 16 KJ Wallace | K.J. Wallace | - |
I don’t believe there are any changes here, but Jayson Ademilola is back and ready to go (despite not being on the depth chart). As always, we will find out the BUCK rotation on Saturday — but Shayne Simon was the one that had a great game against Clemson the last time around.
SPECIAL TEAMS
DEPTH CHART — SPECIAL TEAMS
| KICKOFF | PLACEKICKER | PUNTER | LONG SNAPPER | HOLDER | PUNT RETURN | KICK RETURN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KICKOFF | PLACEKICKER | PUNTER | LONG SNAPPER | HOLDER | PUNT RETURN | KICK RETURN |
| 39 Jonathan Doerer | 39 Joanathan Doerer | 19 Jay Bramblett | 65 Michael Vinson | 19 Jay Bramblett | 32 Matt Salerno | 25 Chris Tyree |
| 38 Dawson Goepferich | 38 Dawson Goepferich | 38 Dawson Goepferich | 44 Alex Peitsch | 14 JD Carney | OR Lawrence Keys III | 8 Jafar Armstrong |
All good here.