A few changes to the Notre Dame depth chart this week as the Irish expect to welcome back their top wide receiver, lost one of their best defenders, and welcome a new starting WILL. Â Get ready for this weekend’s showdown with Michigan State with this week’s depth chart.
- Torii Hunter is back atop the depth chart at the X receiver position as he is expected back this week from the concussion he suffered on the missed targeting call against Texas.
- Josh Adams and Tarean Folston are still listed as the co-starters at RB
- Tevon Coney makes his first appearance on the depth chart as the starting WILL. Â Greer Martini moved to the #2 MIKE behind Nyles Morgan.
- Nick Coleman makes his debut as a starter with Shaun Crawford lost for the season.
- Freshman Donte Vaughn cracks the 2-deep as Coleman’s backup. Â Vaughn impressed in camp and Coleman might have a short leash this week after struggling the last two weeks.
- Safety positions remain the same this week with two frosh listed at FS.
Notre Dame Offensive Depth Chart
| POS | STARTER | YEAR | BACKUP | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB* | Deshone Kizer | JR | Malik Zaire | SR |
| RB* | Josh Adams | SO | OR Tarean Folston | SR |
| W WR | Equanimeous St Brown | SO | Miles Boykin | SO |
| X WR | Torii Hunter | SR | Kevin Stepherson | FR |
| Z WR | CJ Sanders | SO | Corey Holmes | JR |
| TE | Durham Smythe | SR | Nic Weishar | JR |
| LT | Mike McGLinchey | SR | Hunter Bivin | SR |
| LG | Quenton Nelson | JR | Trevor Ruhland | SO |
| C | Sam Mustipher | JR | Mark Harrell | 5th |
| RG | Colin McGovern | SR | Tristen Hoge | SO |
| RT | Alex Bars | JR | Tommy Kraemer | FR |
Notre Dame Defensive Depth Chart
| POS | STARTER | YEAR | BACKUP | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDE | Andrew Trumbetti | JR | Daelin Hayes OR Jay Hayes | FR JR |
| NT* | Jarron Jones | 5th | OR Daniel Cage | JR |
| DT | Jerry Tillery | SO | Elijah Taylor | SO |
| SDE | Isaac Rochell | SR | Jonnathan Bonner | JR |
| WILL | Tevon Coney | SO | Asmar Bilal | SO |
| MIKE | Nyles Morgan | JR | Greer Martini | JR |
| SAM | James Onwualu | SR | Jamir Jones | FR |
| CB | Cole Luke | SR | Julian Love | FR |
| CB | Nick Coleman | SO | Donte Vaughn | FR |
| FS | Devin Studstill | FR | Jalen Elliot | FR |
| SS | Drue Tranquill | JR | Avery Sebastian | 6th |
Notre Dame Special Teams Depth Chart
| POS | STARTER | YEAR |
|---|---|---|
| K | Justin Yoon | SO |
| P | Tyler Newsome | JR |
| LS | Scott Daly | 5th |
| HOLD | Montgomery VanGorder | JR |
| KO | Tyler Newsome | JR |
| KR | CJ Sanders | SO |
| OR Dexter Williams | SO | |
| PR | CJ Sanders | SO |
| OR Chris Finke | SO |
I thought H was before T.
Hayes has been slowed with the high ankle sprain. When it happened we wrote that there was no way a 290 lb DE was going to be back as quickly as Kelly suggested. Those injuries linger – especially for big men. Daelin Hayes is still a freshman and missed a lot of time in high school with injuries so he’ll take time as well.
Sure thing Ramone, it’s actually quite simple. A comes before J in the alphabet.
Can anyone tell me why Andrew Trumbetti is still the starter over Jay Hayes??? I really don’t believe it is injury related and Trumbetti’s play has been subpar to say the least.