Blue & Gold Illustrated: 2020 Notre Dame Football Preview
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2020 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ISSUE SENIOR EDITOR: Lou Somogyi STAFF WRITER: Patrick Engel RECRUITING REPORTER: Mike Singer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Todd D. Burlage, Andrew Mentock MANAGING EDITOR: Steve Downey CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Ryan Tice, Mark Panus COVER PHOTO: Courtesy Fighting Irish Media PHOTOGRAPHY: Andris Visockis, Mike Miller, Bill Panzica DESIGN: Jeanette Blankenship, Chris Miller PUBLISHER: Stu Coman BUSINESS MANAGER: Linda Autry ADVERTISING: Michelle DeLee-Hamilton MERCHANDISE MANAGER: Beverly Taylor CUSTOMER SERVICE: Cathy Jones, Laura Thornton The BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED FOOTBALL PREVIEW is published by Coman Publishing Company, 905 W. Main St. Suite 24F, Durham, NC 27701. The BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED FOOTBALL PREVIEW is printed by Walsworth, St. Joseph, Mich. Postmaster: Send address changes to BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED, PO Box 2331, Durham, NC 27702- 2331. For advertising or subscription information call 1-800-421-7751 or write to BLUE & GOLD ILLUS- TRATED, PO Box 2331, Durham, NC 27702-2331. PHOTOS BY ANDRIS VISOCKIS ON THE COVER FEATURES DECADE BY DECADE ......................................... 28 WHAT AWAITS IN THE 2020S .......................... 32 BRIAN KELLY "RARE AIR" ................................. 36 OFFENSE OVERVIEW ................................. 41 IAN BOOK ..................................................... 48 BRADEN LENZY ............................................ 62 LIAM EICHENBERG AND TOMMY KRAEMER ...76 DEFENSE OVERVIEW ................................... 81 DAELIN HAYES AND ADE OGUNDEJI .......... 90 JEREMIAH OWUSU-KORAMOAH ............. 100 KYLE HAMILTON ........................................ 110 OPPONENT SUPERLATIVES ....................... 118 2019 IN REVIEW ......................................... 136 CLASS OF 2015 REVIEW ............................. 146 POSITION OVERVIEWS QUARTERBACKS ...................................... 44 RUNNING BACKS ..................................... 52 WIDE RECEIVERS ..................................... 56 TIGHT ENDS............................................. 66 OFFENSIVE LINEMEN .............................. 70 DEFENSIVE LINEMEN .............................. 84 LINEBACKERS .......................................... 94 DEFENSIVE BACKS ..................................104 SPECIALISTS ...........................................114 DEPARTMENTS THE FIFTH QUARTER ................................. 2 UNDER THE DOME .................................... 4 RECRUITING 2020 STORYLINES ...................................150 2021 POSITION-BY-POSITION OVERVIEW ...154 FIVE-STARS UNDER BRIAN KELLY ..........157 ALSO INSIDE 2020 ROSTER ........................................... 18 OPPONENT PREVIEWS ...........................122 2020 PREDICTIONS .................................... 134 2019 STATISTICS .....................................140 IRISH IN THE NFL ....................................142 2020 Notre Dame Football Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET) Sept. 5/6 at Navy (ABC/ESPN) TBA Sept. 12 Arkansas (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Sept. 19 Western Michigan (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Sept. 26 vs. Wake Forest* TBA Oct. 3 vs. Wisconsin^ (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 Stanford (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Pittsburgh TBA Oct. 31 Duke (NBC) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 Clemson (NBC) 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 vs. Georgia Tech# TBA Nov. 21 Louisville (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at USC TBA * at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.; ^ at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.; # at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta SEASON PREVIEW A comprehensive guide to Notre Dame's 2020 campaign amid a unique college football year PAGE 20 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED 2020 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ✦ 1 70 DOWN THE LINE High expectations await the veteran Notre Dame front on offense that the team will lean on heavily in 2020