2017 Notre Dame Football Spring Depth Chart
Notre Dame hasn’t come close to publishing an official depth chart for 2017 just a couple practices into spring, so consider this depth chart a best guess/work in progress as we read through the tea leaves of spring practice and make our best guess as to the current pecking order of the Irish lineup.
Note: classes listed at for the current school year not the classes the players will be in the fall semester for the 2017 season.
Offense
| POS | Starter | Backup | Third Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Brandon Wimbush (So) | Ian Book (Fr) | Montgomery VanGorder (Jr) |
| RB | Josh Adams (So) | Dexter Williams (So) | Tony Jones Jr (So) |
| X | Kevin Stepherson (Fr) | Miles Boykin (So) | Javon McKinley (Fr) |
| Z | CJ Sanders (So) | Chris Finke (Jr) | Deon McIntosh (Fr) |
| W | Equanimeous St. Brown (So) | MIles Boykin (So) | Chase Claypool (Fr) |
| LT | Mike McGlinchey (Sr) | Hunter Bivin (Sr) | Aaron Banks (Fr) |
| LG | Quenton Nelson (Sr) | Robert Hainsey (Fr) | Logan Plantz (Jr) |
| C | Sam Mustipher (Jr) | Tristen Hoge (So) | Parker Boudreaux (Fr) |
| RG | Alex Bars (Jr) | Trevor Ruhland (So) | Jimmy Byrne (Sr) |
| RT | Tommy Kraemer (Fr) | Liam Eichenberg (Fr) | Sam Bush (Sr) |
| TE | Durham Smythe (Sr) | Nic Weishar (Jr) | Alize Jones (Jr) |
Defense
| POS | Starter | Backup | Third Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| SDE | Andrew Trumbetti (Jr) | Jay Hayes (Sr) | Khalid Kareem (Fr) |
| DT | Jerry Tillery (Jr) | Jonathan Bonner (Sr) | Elijah Taylor (Jr) |
| NT | Daniel Cage (Jr) | Micah Dew Treadway (So) | Pete Mohwuah (Jr) |
| WDE | Daelin Hayes (Fr) | Julian Okwara (Fr) | Adetokunbo Ogundeji (So) |
| MIKE | Nyles Morgan (Jr) | Jonathan Jones (Fr) | Jamir Jones (Fr) |
| BUCK | Greer Martini (Sr) | Tevon Coney (So) | Josh Barajas (So) |
| ROVER | Asmar Bilal (So) | Robert Regan (Jr) | Devyn Spruell (Jr) |
| CB | Julian Love (Fr) | Troy Pride (Fr) | |
| SS | Drue Tranquill (Jr) | Devin Studstill (Fr) | |
| FS | Nick Coleman (So) | Jalen Elliot (Fr) | |
| CB | Nick Watkins (Jr) | Donte Vaughn (Fr) |
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Trumbetti must really dominate against the backups in practice.