Notre Dame Football Depth Chart: Week 2 Rice

Notre Dame released its week 2 depth chart Tuesday, ahead of Saturday’s 3:30 home opener against Rice. Injuries suffered during the Wisconsin game to a pair of defensive starters led to a few changes from last week’s.

Jason Onye and Tae Johnson both started against Wisconsin. Neither finished the game and both are listed out this week. Onye with a left ankle and Johnson with a left foot. Freeman said on Tuesday that both will be out a couple of weeks, but both are expected back this season.

Tionne Gray, the Oregon transfer, takes that spot now, with Pitt transfer Francis Brewu listed alongside him – and Brewu also stays listed behind Armel Mukam at the other tackle. With Onye and Tiki Hola both unavailable, the interior rotation is down to five names and one of them is filling two jobs. Elijah Hughes played against Wisconsin but isn’t listed on the depth chart.

Johnson’s injury moves Luke Talich up to field safety with true freshman Joey O’Brien behind him. It also puts Ethan Long in the two-deep for the first time. Long is a sophomore out of Brunswick School in Connecticut who wasn’t on last week’s chart at all. Long showed glimpses last year and O’Brien was one of the most highly rated defensive backs in last year’s class.

Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa is questionable with the same left knee for a second straight week. Everyone who sat against Wisconsin is still sitting, Jagusah, Terek and Augustine included, so the list is at 10.

The offensive line reads exactly as it did last week. Will Black at left tackle, Anthonie Knapp at left guard, and right guard still Sullivan Absher or Styles Prescod.