DEPTH CHART: ‘Notre Dame’ Offense vs. NC State

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According to the latest injury report, starting Wide Receiver Jaden Greathouse is definitively out for the second straight week, apparently with the same thigh injury, even though he was still listed as a presumptive starter in the official depth chart that came out earlier in the week. The alternate starter for his position, with an “or” next to his name, is senior transfer Will Pauling, who reputedly has 4.4 speed, and had a 19-yard touchdown catch last week against Boise State.  The depth chart apparently is otherwise unchanged.

Average size interior offensive line: 6-6, 312
(average size OL starters 6-6, 314)

[Jersey Number, Name, Height, Weight, [Eligibility-]Year, unofficial 40 times (from third-party sources; 40 times not necessarily current)]

– QB –

13 CJ Carr 6-3 210 Fr. – 4.94
8 Kenny Minchey 6-2 208 So. – 4.78
10 Tyler Buchner 6-1 206 Sr. – 4.65

– RB –

4 Jeremiyah Love 6-0 214 Jr. – 4.44
24 Jadarian Price 5-11 210 Jr. – 4.42
22 Aneyas Williams 5-10 205 So. – 4.46
23 Nolan James Jr. 5-10 215 Fr.

– WR –

0 Malachi Fields 6-4 222 Sr. – 4.5
14 Micah Gilbert 6-2 204 Fr. – “closer to a 4.7 … than … a 4.4”
5 Cam Williams 6-2 200 Fr. – 4.4

1 Jaden Greathouse 6-1 215 Jr. – 4.46
or 2 Will Pauling 5-10 190 Sr. – 4.39
19 Logan Saldate 6-0 189 Fr. – 4.47

6 Jordan Faison 5-10 185 Jr. – 4.4
11 KK Smith 6-0 176 So. – 4.59(?)
17 Elijah Burress 6-0 185 Fr. – 4.5 “range”

– TE –

9 Eli Raridon 6-7 252 Sr. – 4.68
7 Ty Washington 6-4 248 Jr. –
or 85 Jack Larsen 6-3 250 Fr. – 4.87

– LT –

54 Anthonie Knapp 6-4 300 So. – 5.33
71 Styles Prescod 6-6 292 Fr.

– LG-

74 Billy Schrauth 6-4 310 Jr.
55 Chris Terek 6-6 322 So.

– C-

70 Ashton Craig 6-5 310 Jr.
64 Joe Otting 6-4 308 So.

– RG –

76 Guerby Lambert 6-7 335 Fr.
or 75 Sullivan Absher 6-8 327 So.

– RT –

59 Aamil Wagner 6-6 300 Jr. – 5.15
76 Guerby Lambert 6-7 335 Fr.

[official release for offense, defense, special teams at: fightingirish.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-Depth-Chart-Game-06.pdf]

IRISH NEWSLINK: “How the Irish got right in the pass game” – Scout/Irish Illustrated

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Equanimeous St. Brown pads Notre Dame receiving numbers” – South Bend Tribune NDInsider

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St. Brown padded his team-leading totals with four more catches, 182 more yards and two long touchdowns in a 50-33 squashing of Syracuse Saturday at MetLife Stadium. … with 25 for 541 and six scores on the season, the owner of one career catch coming into this season is ahead of [Will] Fuller’s All-America pace of last season. … The 79-yard touchdown pass from DeShone Kizer to St. Brown on the opening play from scrimmage was the longest completion of the season for Notre Dame and the sixth-longest pass play of the Brian Kelly Era. … the Irish had five scoring plays of 50 yards or more against the Orange, with St. Brown accounting for two of them.

Click here for South Bend Tribune NDInsider: “Equanimeous St. Brown pads Notre Dame receiving numbers”

IRISH NEWSLINK notredame.247sports: “Three takeaways: ND cruises past Nevada to earn first win”

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… 1. St. Brown emerges as go-to target in Hunter’s absence: A different wide receiver steps up every year. T.J. Jones transformed into the go-to target in 2013, Will Fuller had a breakout season the following year and he delivered the same kind of production in 2015. Senior Torii Hunter Jr. was expected to lead an inexperienced group of wide receivers and in two and a half quarters of action, he has. But sophomore Equanimeous St. Brown snared five receptions for 75 yards against Texas—he also scored the Irish’s first two touchdowns. …

IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Lack of replay on hit that sidelined Notre Dame WR Torii Hunter Jr. raises questions” – South Bend Tribune Irish Insider

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… Texas safety DeShon Elliott delivered a blow to [Torii Hunter, Jr.’s] head as Hunter tried to haul in a DeShone Kizer pass in the end zone. … More stunning than the hit may have been the lack of replay from the officiating crew. Even though a targeting penalty wasn’t initially called on the field, the replay official could have overruled officials on the field. The NCAA rulebook … states the replay official ‘may create a targeting foul, but only in egregious instance in which a foul is not called by the officials on the field. Such a review may not be initiated by a coach’s challenge.’ … [Notre Dame Head Coach] Brian Kelly … described his discussions with the officials as ‘heated’ …. on-field officials never signaled that replay official Richard Jordan had called the play under review. ‘It wasn’t even reviewed, which just doesn’t make any sense to me,’ Kelly said. ‘I’ve been in this game a long time, and I know when somebody gets hit in the head. He certainly was hit in the head on that play in the end zone. It’s just unfortunate that it wasn’t officiated or reviewed in a manner that I thought it should have been.’

Click here for South Bend Tribune Irish Insider: “Lack of replay on hit that sidelined Notre Dame WR Torii Hunter Jr. raises questions”

 


 

 

IRISH VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: Notre Dame Touchdown vs. Texas, 2nd Quarter, Kizer to St. Brown 30-yard TD Pass

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Notre Dame fights back to tie the score 14-14 at Texas late in the first half, with an electric, acrobatic 30-yard touchdown pass from DeShone Kizer to Equanimeous St. Brown, their second of the game, with 3:44 to go in the half. Kizer hits St. Brown in mid-stride around the Texas 4, with St. Brown flying forward off a hit from a Texas defender, then doing a somersault off his hand to flip into the end zone.

 

IRISH VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: Notre Dame Touchdown vs. Texas, 1st Quarter, Kizer to St. Brown 13-yard TD Pass

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Notre Dame gets on the board 7-0 in their first offensive drive at Texas, with a 13-yard touchdown pass from DeShone Kizer to Equanimeous St. Brown.  Kizer lofts a well-placed pass to the outside shoulder of a leaping St. Brown near the left sideline, five yards deep in the end zone. The Texas defender had decent height, at 6-2, yet the 6-5 St. Brown combined physical size with athleticism and grace, to snag the well-thrown ball for the score and get his right foot down just in-bounds. It would be Notre Dame’s only score in a first quarter that ended with the score 7-7.