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NOTRE
DAME FIGHTING IRISH
2015
College Football Early Bird Preview
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OFFENSE
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------RETURNING
STARTERS------ |
DEFENSE
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KEY
LOSSES |
OFFENSE:
Cam McDaniel-RB, Ben Koyack-TE, Christian
Lombard-OT, Kyle Brindza-K/P |
DEFENSE:
Justin
Utupo-DT, Cody Riggs-CB |
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WR
Will Fuller |
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Time for the
Irish to step back up to the
plate. After losing the last
four games of the regular season
there is still hope given the
shear amount of experience set
to return in South Bend. Quarterback
Everett Golson can throw and
run with the ball in his hand.
He also has a monster propensity
to turn the ball over. Don't
be surprised if former blue
chipper Malik Zaire pushes Golson
this off-season. With 19 starters
set to come back it's feasible
to believe this team is capable
of getting back into the Top
25. It's also not a stretch
to believe that by game five,
they aren't back in the Top
4 playoff discussion (at least
by Lou Holtz' annual account).
A boat load of top quality receivers
and one of the better offensive
lines in the country are going
to carry the load while the
punch less defense attempts
to find itself. As if head coach
Brian Kelly doesn't have enough
pressure, 2015 will be a defining
moment in his thus far six year
Notre Dame coaching stint. Too
much talent and experience for
the Irish to fall out of the
rankings again. |
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LB
Jaylon Smith |
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NOTRE
DAME 2015 DEPTH CHART
Returning
Starters/Key
Players |
OFFENSE |
QB |
Everett
Golson-Sr |
Malik
Zaire-So |
RB |
Tarean
Folston-Jr |
Greg
Bryant-So |
WR |
Will
Fuller-Jr |
Torii
Hunter-So |
WR |
Amir
Carlisle-Sr |
C.J.
Prosise-Jr |
WR |
Chris
Brown-Sr |
Corey
Robinson-Jr |
TE |
Durham
Smythe-So |
.. |
OT |
Ronnie
Stanley-Jr |
.. |
OG |
Nick
Martin-Sr |
Conor
Hanratty-Sr |
C |
Matt
Hegarty-Sr |
.. |
OG |
Steve
Elmer-Jr |
.. |
OT |
.. |
.. |
K |
.. |
.. |
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NOTRE
DAME 2015 DEPTH CHART
Returning
Starters/Key
Players |
DEFENSE |
DE |
Isaac
Rochell-Jr |
Grant
Blankenship-So |
DT |
Sheldon
Day-Sr |
.. |
DT |
Jarron
Jones-Jr |
.. |
DE |
Romeo
Okwara-Sr |
Andrew
Trumbetti-So |
OLB |
James
Onwualu-Jr |
Greer
Martini-So |
MLB |
Jaylon
Smith-Jr |
.. |
OLB |
Joe
Schmidt-Sr (inj.) |
Nyles
Morgan-So |
CB |
Cole
Luke-Jr |
Devin
Butler-Jr |
CB |
.. |
.. |
S |
Elijah
Shumate-Sr |
Drue
Tranquill-So |
S |
Max
Redfield-Jr |
Matthias
Farley-Sr |
P |
.. |
.. |
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