Cue Up
The Mike
The graduation of Manti Te���o
leaves a huge void
T
Jarrett Grace, who made 12 tackles while serving as a special teams
regular during his sophomore campaign in 2012, will have an opportunity to seize a more prominent role this fall.
Photo by bill panzica
By Lou Somogyi
alking about Notre
Dame���s four linebacker spots for
2013 ��� Mike and
Will on the inside and
the Dog and Cat on the
outside ��� is like advertising an upcoming Rolling Stones concert that
will not include Mick
Jagger.
The show still should
be entertaining, but it���s
not the same.
In 2013, 11 of the 12
members of the first
three linebacker units
from the 2012 Fighting
Irish return. Yet it���s the
one who doesn���t that is
the focal point.
Mike linebacker Manti
Te���o, the most decorated
defensive player in college football history, has
been in the news the
past few months for reasons that have nothing