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Now that Christmas is over, we really need to focus all of our attention (or just more) on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and their upcoming game against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl. This is a College Football Playoff Semifinal game, with the winner set to play the winner of Clemson VS Ohio State for the National Championship.
On Saturday, Notre Dame released the depth charts for the Rose Bowl — regardless of almost a week to go until the game. Much like the depth chart for the ACC Championship game, I’m fairly certain this isn’t going to be the most accurate set of names come Friday — but it’s what we have.
Please keep in mind as the week goes on that much more light will be shed on probable lineups for the game.
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 | - | - | - | - | - |
For any of you still wondering out loud... Braden Lenzy is not listed on the depth chart. The entire lineup for the ACC Championship game remains the same. There could be a big difference at center if Zeke Correll is healthy enough to be able to go 100%. Correll suffered a high ankle sprain, and Josh Lugg started against Clemson. Tommy Kraemer is back as the listed starter at RG, with Lugg behind him.
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 | - |
Again... this is the same lineup as was presented for the game against Clemson. A glaring omission is that of defensive tackle Jayson Ademilola. The junior from New Jersey was part of the regular rotation all season until an injury took him out for a bit. He played a major role against Clemson (and did a good job I might add) so we should figure him to be the first man in for Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa instead of Rylie Mills.
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 |
The special teams depth chart makes it 3/3 for no changes here. Speaking of Braden Lenzy... I wouldn’t mind seeing him and Chris Tyree both back at kick returner — even though that’s not exactly how this works.