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IRISH & OPPOSITION DEPTH CHARTS: Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest – Dual-Column Depth Charts

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[click here to jump directly to depth charts] Notre Dame and Wake Forest depth charts follow below in a responsive layout, with parallel dual columns on a regular desktop or laptop view; with smaller screens, columns might jump down and stack up.  Keep in mind that Brian Kelly sometimes features extensive rotation at some positions.  This year, right tackle, especially, is a shared position.  … Alizé Mack is still

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Adams Hauls In Maxwell Semifinalist Honors; Irish RB leads the nation with seven runs of at least 60 yards this season.” – UND

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Notre Dame TE Alizé Mack Mack (concussion) won’t play Saturday” – ESPN

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “With Alizé Mack out, Notre Dame digs into its tight end depth” – ND Insider/South Bend Tribune

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DEPTH CHART: Notre Dame vs. North Carolina State – Dual-Column Depth Charts

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[#NotreDame and North Carolina State depth charts appear below, side-by-side in parallel dual columns in a regular computer view; on a smaller view screen, the responsive layout will cause the columns to jump down and stack up.] NOTRE DAME OFFENSE QB 7 *Brandon Wimbush 6-1 3/4 228 Jr./2 12 Ian Book 6-0 1/8 208 So./1 4 *Montgomery VanGorder 6-1 3/8

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Brian Kelly Talks Notre Dame Offensive Line” – Blue & Gold Illustrated/Rivals

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “McGlinchey: ‘I blew it on the last play’” – NotreDame.247Sports

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“Notre Dame had one chance to drive the field and steal a late victory from Georgia. However, the Irish turned the ball over and dropped a close one to the Bulldogs. …”

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Former football player sues Notre Dame, Brian Kelly alleging negligence led to spine damage” – Indianapolis Star/ USA Today

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Ex-Notre Dame player suing school, Brian Kelly for negligence” – NotreDame.247Sports

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Notre Dame’s Daelin Hayes works to carry big spring into fall” – Chicago Tribune

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Daelin Hayes raced around from the left side and nearly got to quarterback Brandon Wimbush on the first play of Sunday’s scrimmage. The sophomore defensive end made a habit of getting into the backfield during Notre Dame’s spring camp. He’s hoping to carry it over to this fall. “You try to move…

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Inside Notre Dame QB Brandon Wimbush’s journey to the top of the depth chart” – South Bend Tribune/ ND Insider

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“… And now the deal gets real and the lights get bright, and the only conventional tangibles Wimbush has on his college résumé are five passing attempts and seven runs spread over two cameos two years ago. Are we there yet? The college football world is about to find out. …”

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Notre Dame Football’s Backfield is LOADED in 2017” – uhnd

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“For all of the consternation over Brian Kelly’s preference for a passing game, Notre Dame has actually had a few years under his tenure where the Irish were a bonafide running team. Think 2011, 2012, and 2015. With an experienced offensive line that looks like it could be one of the nation’s best, the Irish have the kind of backfield

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Notre Dame’s Middle Men” – Blue and Gold Illustrated/Rivals

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“When it comes to discussing Notre Dame’s 2017 offensive line, the conversation generally steers into two directions. One is whether the left side with graduate student/tackle Mike McGlinchey and senior guard Quenton Nelson — both consistently placed in the first round of 2018 mock drafts — comprises the best in the nation. The other is right tackle, where fledgling sophomore

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “Notre Dame Roster & New Number Updates” – Blue and Gold Illustrated 7.14.17

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“A total of 113 football players — 84 on scholarship and 29 walk-ons — are projected to partake in the team’s opening practice that is scheduled to be at the Culver Academies on Tuesday, August 1. …”

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IRISH NEWSLINK Chicago Tribune: “Notre Dame grants QB Malik Zaire’s release, with conditions”

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“Malik Zaire’s days as a Notre Dame quarterback are over. The school granted his request to be released from his scholarship and to seek a transfer …. Zaire …  has one remaining season of eligibility … expected to graduate in December and would be eligible to play next fall as a grad student. … Florida, Pittsburgh and Wisconsin are among

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IRISH NEWSLINK AP/Fox: “Notre Dame DL Tillery apologizes for actions vs. USC”

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“Notre Dame defensive lineman Jerry Tillery has tweeted an apology for kicking USC running back Aca’Cedric Ware in the helmet while Ware was on the ground with an apparent head injury and stomping on the foot of USC offensive tackle Zach Banner while he was on the ground.”  

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IRISH NEWSLINK ESPN: “Notre Dame DL Jerry Tillery apologizes for dirty play vs. USC”

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“Notre Dame defensive lineman Jerry Tillery apologized Monday for his actions in Saturday’s loss at USC, in which the sophomore appeared to nudge one injured Trojans player in the head and step on the foot of another during a fourth-quarter drive. ….”

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IRISH NEWSLINK NBC: “Tillery apologizes for actions during USC game”

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“‘I want to take full responsibility for my actions on Saturday. I am truly sorry. I acted in a way that was out of character for me. What I displayed in those two instances were completely unbecoming and not indicative of the kind of player or person I am. My actions in those two instances do not represent what my

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Kelly prepared for unique Senior Day send-off” – NBC

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“… while Brian Kelly will greet and appreciate 28 seniors who’ll run out of the tunnel in the season’s final home game, he’s hopeful that this won’t be goodbye for most. … while Jarron Jones, James Onwualu, Isaac Rochell, Cole Luke, Mark Harrell, Scott Daly and Avery Sebastian are saying goodbye, there’s plenty of eligibility remaining. … ‘We don’t have

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Shrinking senior classes at Notre Dame mean perpetual youth movement” – South Bend Tribune/ND Insider ……. #NOTREDAME #FOOTBALL

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“… just eight ND players who will run out of the tunnel … are exhausting their eligibility …. Only six of them came to Notre Dame as recruited high school prospects. … Increasingly, a share of the elite seniors on a five-year track and true juniors are going to cannonball into the NFL Draft pool early. … of the 13

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IRISH NEWSLINK UND: “Smythe Joins Ranks of Irish Veterans; The Journey of the Tenacious Tight End”

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#NOTREDAME #FOOTBALL: “My first year was a big transition for me, a guy coming from central Texas up to northern Indiana, away from my family and then just jumping into college,” Smythe says. “I think at first I was in shock because of the academic load and the athletic load and the time management required for all those things. I

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IRISH VIDEO: Inside Notre Dame Football – Syracuse Recap, Looking Ahead to North Carolina State

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Brian Kelly and Jack Nolan recap the Irish victory over Syracuse and look ahead to Notre Dame’s upcoming game at North Carolina State.   A Make-A-Wish Foundation wish is fulfilled; and there are some closer looks at some Notre Dame players.

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Notre Dame DB Drue Tranquill Out For Season with ACL; Sixth Irish Player Lost

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Sophomore Irish defensive back Drue Tranquill, who played a dynamic partial game in a dramatic win over Georgia Tech, is out for the season with a torn ACL to his right knee. Tranquill likely will undergo surgery in a few weeks, having already had surgery for a torn ACL on his other knee about a year ago.  According to a

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NEWSLINK Fox Sports: “Notre Dame safety Tranquill injures knee after pass breakup”

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Notre Dame safety Drue Tranquill sustained a right knee injury while celebrating a pass break up just before halftime against Georgia Tech. Coach Brian Kelly said it was too early to know how bad the injury is, but that he wasn’t optimistic. Notre Dame already has lost four starters, including quarterback Malik Zaire and running back Tarean Folston, to season-ending

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NEWSLINK Chicago Tribune: For Notre Dame it’s win some (games) and lose some (players)

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Brian Kelly’s evaluation of DeShone Kizer’s first start? “Good. There’s a lot to get better,” the Notre Dame coach said of his redshirt freshman quarterback after the Irish’s 30-22 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday. And safety Drue Tranquill’s right knee? “Doesn’t look good,” Kelly said, adding Tranquill will undergo an MRI on Sunday. “We’re not optimistic at this point.”

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NEWSLINK South Bend Tribune: CJ Prosise thriving in Notre Dame’s backfield

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C.J. Prosise grinned at the hypothetical. What if Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly had dreamt up this running back experiment earlier in the senior’s career? “Well it’s definitely great so far,” Prosise understated after rushing for 198 yards on 22 carries and three TDs Saturday in his third game at his new position and only second start there.

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