Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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20 APRIL 2019 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED Updated heights and weights are from the Notre Dame media relations office and were re- leased prior to the start of spring drills March 2. The number next to the class year represents years of eligibility remaining. The depth chart is based on observations from the first practice March 2 (March 5 and March 7 were closed), with educated guesses mixed in. OFFENSE Quarterback No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 12 Ian Book 6-0 208 Sr./2 15 Phil Jurkovec 6-4½ 225 So./4 Walk-ons: J.D. Carney (14) and Nolan Henry (17) Running Back No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 8 Jafar Armstrong 6-1 220 Jr./3 6 Tony Jones Jr. 5-11 227 Sr./2 34 Jahmir Smith 5-11 207 So./4 20 C'Borius Flemister 5-11 195 So./4 23 Kyren Williams 5-9 209 Fr./4 Walk-ons: Mick Assaf (32) and Cameron Ekanay- ake (16) Wide Receiver (X) No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 87 Michael Young 5-10 190 Jr./2 25 Braden Lenzy 5-11½ 184 So./4 17 Isaiah Robertson 6-1½ 202 Jr./3 Wide Receiver (Z) No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 10 Chris Finke 5-9½ 182 5th/1 13 Lawrence Keys 5-10½ 172 So./4 18 Joe Wilkins Jr. 6-1½ 190 So./4 Wide Receiver (W) No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 83 Chase Claypool 6-4½ 229 Sr./1 4 Kevin Austin 6-2 210 So./3 80 Micah Jones 6-4½ 215 So./4 Walk-ons: Leo Albano (26), Greg Mailey (43), Matt Salerno (29) and Arion Shinaver (27) Note: Senior Javon McKinley is not listed while serving suspension for a Feb. 7 arrest in which he has an April 15 court date. Tight End No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 84 Cole Kmet 6-5½ 255 Jr./2 89 Brock Wright 6-4½ 250 Jr./2 24 Tommy Tremble 6-3 237 So./4 85 George Takacs 6-6 255 So./4 Walk-ons: Cole Capen (31) and Xavier Lezynski (48) Left Tackle No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 74 Liam Eichenberg 6-6 305 Sr./2 60 Cole Mabry 6-5 273 So./4 73 Andrew Kristofic 6-5 275 Fr./4 Left Guard No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 69 Aaron Banks 6-6 325 Jr./3 75 Joshua Lugg 6-7 310 Jr./3 76 Dillan Gibbons 6-4 308 Jr./3 Walk-on: Max Siegel (64) Center No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 68 Jarrett Patterson 6-4½ 300 So./4 57 Trevor Ruhland 6-3½ 293 5th/1 70 Luke Jones 6-5 305 So./4 52 Zeke Correll 6-3 275 Fr./4 Walk-on: Colin Grunhard (61) Right Guard No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 78 Tommy Kraemer 6-5½ 319 Sr./2 75 Joshua Lugg 6-7 310 Jr./3 56 John Dirksen 6-5 310 So./4 71 John Olmstead 6-4½ 280 Fr./4 Right Tackle No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 72 Robert Hainsey 6-4½ 298 Jr./2 77 Quinn Carroll 6-7 285 Fr./4 DEFENSE Strongside End No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 53 Khalid Kareem 6-4 262 Sr./1 91 Ade Ogundeji 6-4½ 250 Sr./2 44 Jamir Jones 6-3 257 Sr./1 Defensive Tackle No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 95 Myron Tagovailoa 6-2½ 286 Jr./3 57 Jayson Ademilola 6-3 285 So./3 90 Hunter Spears 6-4 295 Fr./4 Note: Spears suits up for practices, but is limited while recovering from November ACL surgery. Nose Tackle No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 41 Kurt Hinish 6-2 295 Jr./2 54 Jacob Lacey 6-2 294 Fr./4 94 Darnell Ewell 6-3 340 Jr./3 55 Ja'Mion Franklin 6-1½ 308 So./4 Walk-on: Logan Plantz (62) Notes: Franklin is recovering from quadriceps surgery, and also changed his number from 98 to 55 … Ewell also was sidelined on the first day and switched from his No. 58 at offensive guard to 94. Drop End No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 42 Julian Okwara 6-4½ 240 Sr./1 9 Daelin Hayes 6-4 268 Sr./1 19 Justin Ademilola 6-2 250 So./4 47 Kofi Wardlow 6-2½ 245 Jr./3 29 Ovie Oghoufo 6-3 230 So./4 18 NaNa Osafo-Mensah 6-3 235 Fr./4 Mike Linebacker No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 40 Drew White 6-0 225 Jr./3 52 Bo Bauer 6-3 230 So./3 45 Jonathan Jones 5-11½ 227 Sr./2 Buck Linebacker No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 22 Asmar Bilal 6-2 227 5th/1 2 J. Genmark Heath 6-1 231 Jr./2 31 Jack Lamb 6-4 227 So./4 Rover No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 33 Shayne Simon 6-3 230 So./3 30 J. Owusu-Koramoah 6-1½ 215 Jr./3 24 Jack Kiser 6-1½ 212 Fr./4 Walk-on: Reed Gregory (50) Field Cornerback No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 5 Troy Pride Jr. 5-11½ 194 Sr./1 10 TaRiq Bracy 5-10 172 So./3 20 Shaun Crawford 5-9 186 5th/2 Walk-ons: Temitope Agoro (26) and Brandon Gar- cia (39) Note: Bracy switched his number from 35 as a freshman to 10. Field Safety No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 21 Jalen Elliott 6-0½ 210 Sr./1 12 D.J. Brown 6-0½ 192 So./4 Note: Brown played cornerback as a freshman, but lined up at safety the first day of spring prac- tice while doing cross-training. Boundary Safety No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 11 Alohi Gilman 5-10½ 201 Sr./2 7 Derrik Allen 6-1½ 220 So./4 13 Paul Moala 5-11½ 210 So./3 Walk-ons: John Mahoney (25), Patrick Pelini (32), Christopher Schilling (38) and Marcus Thorne (43) Note: Gilman is seeing limited time this spring because of an adductor injury. Boundary Cornerback No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 3 Houston Griffith 6-0 205 So./3 4 Avery Davis 5-11 200 Jr./3 16 Noah Boykin 6-0½ 179 So./4 8 Donte Vaughn 6-3 210 Sr./1 Notes: Griffith moved from safety/nickel and Da- vis from running back in an effort to shore up con- sensus All-American Julian Love's vacated spot … Davis also changed his jersey number from 3 to 4. SPECIAL TEAMS Kicker No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 39 Jonathan Doerer 6-3 200 Jr./2 Punter No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 19 Jay Bramblett 6-1 189 Fr./4 Walk-on: Jake Rittman (30) Long Snapper No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 54 John Shannon 6-2 238 Sr./2 Walk-on: Michael Vinson (65) BGI 2019 Spring Scholarship Depth Chart