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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM AUGUST 2023 25 portal player would be joining the Irish. Ultimately, it was Wake Forest's Sam Hartman. "Drew was tremendous," Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman said in De- cember. "You hate to see him leave and enter the portal, but as I told him in our meeting, what he has done for our pro- gram, for him to step in at the end of Week 2 versus Marshall and throughout the season, he did a tremendous job." The four other players from the class of 2020 who transferred from Notre Dame didn't come anywhere near Pyne's Saturday success in South Bend. Wide receivers Jordan Johnson and Jay Brunelle both transferred out after one season. Cornerback Caleb Offord trans- ferred after two. Long snapper Alex Peitsch left after his third. Johnson and Offord each played in two games in 2020. Offord played in two SENIOR CLASS REVIEW Players Signed: 17 Players Available In 2023: 10 2020 Recruiting Rankings: No. 18 by On3 Industry Ranking, No. 22 by Rivals, No. 18 by 247Sports and No. 14 by ESPN Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Tosh Baker OT 6-8 310 Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams, in 2022 but will once again sit behind juniors Joe Alt and Blake Fisher on offense. Kevin Bauman TE 6-4½ 252 Tore his ACL after only playing three games last season … Is the only senior among a group of six scholarship tight ends. Jordan Botelho DE 6-2½ 255 Recorded 2 sacks on two separate occasions in 2022, including the Gator Bowl versus South Carolina. Jay Brunelle WR 6-1⅛ 196 Redshirted in 2020 and transferred to Yale in the summer of 2021 … Had 4 receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown versus Brown in 2022. Michael Carmody OL 6-5½ 280 Played in 10 games in 2021 but did not see any action until Nov. 19 in a 44-0 Notre Dame win over Boston College last year. Alexander Ehrensberger DE 6-6⅞ 267 Retired from football this offseason to pursue a career in the medical field in his native Germany. Ramon Henderson S 6-1 190 Played in 11 of 13 games in 2022 … Made a switch to safety in 2021 and started the final four games of that season in place of the injured Kyle Hamilton. Jordan Johnson WR 6-2 180 Was the No. 6 wide receiver in the country coming out of high school but transferred to UCF in 2021 … Has not recorded a reception in his career. Aidan Keanaaina DL 6-3 312 Debuted in the 2022 season in the penultimate week of the regular season versus Boston College … Had 3 tackles in the Irish's win. Clarence Lewis CB 5-11½ 196 Could compete with Oklahoma State transfer Thomas Harper for the starting nickel corner spot. Michael Mayer TE 6-4½ 265 Left Notre Dame for the NFL as the program's all-time leader in receptions (180), receiving yards (2,099) and touchdowns (18) by a tight end. Rylie Mills DL 6-5⅛ 296 Splits time at defensive end and defensive tackle … Projects as a starter at the latter entering the 2023 season. Caleb Offord CB 6-1 192 Played in two games in each of the 2020 and 2021 seasons … Transferred to Buffalo in January 2022. Alex Peitsch LS 6-1⅛ 215 Did not participate in a single game in 2022 sitting behind Michael Vinson … Entered transfer portal in January. Drew Pyne QB 5-11½ 198 Started 10 games with a record of 8-2 in 2022 … Transferred to Arizona State in December. Chris Tyree WR 5-9½ 192 Spent his first three seasons as a running back but made a switch to wide receiver this past spring. Has 2,680 career all-purpose yards, including kick returns. Xavier Watts S 5-11¾ 198 Split time at wide receiver and safety in 2022's fall camp but spent the entire season on defense … Could be a starter in 2023.