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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com PRESEASON 2021 3 THE NEXT ISSUE OF BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED WILL BE MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 6* ROAD BLOCK Florida State looks to get back on track against Notre Dame ✦ STARTS ON PAGE 38 ON THE CUSP Senior wide receiver Kevin Austin Jr. is poised for a long-delayed breakout season ✦ PAGE 20 PHOTO COURTESY FLORIDA STATE ATHLETICS Sept. 5 Florida State Sept.11 Toledo Sept. 18 Purdue Sept. 25 Wisconsin Oct. 2 Cincinnati Oct. 9 Virginia Tech Oct. 23 USC Oct. 30 N. Carolina Nov. 6 Navy Nov. 13 Virginia Nov. 20 Georgia Tech Nov. 27 Stanford 2021 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SCHEDULE * SUBJECT TO CHANGE ✦ INSIDE THIS ISSUE Upon Further Review ✦ Todd D. Burlage ............... 4 Fan Forum ............................................................... 5 Under The Dome ..................................................... 6 Senior Class Review ............................................... 16 BGI's Top 25 For 2021 ............................................ 22 Fall Camp Overview ............................................... 28 Offense: Coming Together .................................... 30 Defense: Building On Success ............................... 33 Freshman Class Projections .................................. 36 Notre Dame and Florida State Rosters .................. 46 Football Recruiting ................................................ 48 Football Commitment Profiles .............................49 Prep Profiles .........................................................52 2022 and 2023 Master Lists .................................53 Basketball Commitment Profile ............................55 Men's Basketball ...................................................56 Women's Basketball .............................................58 ND Sports .............................................................60 Irish In The Pros ....................................................62 Blue & Gold Marketplace .....................................63 Irish Echoes ✦ Jim Lefebvre ............................. 64 Engel's Angle ✦ Patrick Engel ............................... 66 PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER PRESEASON 2021 ✦ VOLUME 40, ISSUE 20 SENIOR EDITOR (1985-2021) Lou Somogyi EDITOR Patrick Engel MANAGING EDITOR Steve Downey CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ryan Tice Mark Panus Matt Herb S TAFF WRITER Tyler Horka RECRUITING REPORTER Mike Singer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Todd D. Burlage Jim Lefebvre PHOTOGRAPHY Chad Weaver Mike Miller Notre Dame athletics C OVER PHOTO Chad Weaver DESIGN Jeanette Blankenship Chris Miller ✦ ✦ ✦ PUBLISHER Stu Coman BUSINESS MANAGER Linda Autry ADVERTISING SALES Michelle DeLee-Hamilton 877-630-8768 CIRCULATION MANAGER Beverly Taylor CUSTOMER SERVICE Cathy Jones Laura Thornton 800-421-7751 ✦ ✦ ✦ BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED (ISSN 0746-2557) is published 20 times annually — weekly Sept.-Nov. and monthly Dec.-Aug., except June — by Coman Publishing Company, 905 W. Main St., Suite 24F, Durham, NC 27701. (www.comanpub.com) A one- year (20 issues) subscription is $67.95. BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED is printed by The Papers in Milford, Ind. Postmaster: Send address changes to Blue & Gold Illustrated, P.O. Box 2331, Durham, N.C. 27702. Periodical postage paid at Durham, NC 27702 and additional offices. For advertising or subscription information call 1-919-688-0218 or write BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED, P.O. Box 2331, Durham, N.C. 27702.