Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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2013 BGI Defense Depth Chart No. Defensive End 7 Stephon Tuitt 94 Jarron Jones 53 Justin Utupo 89 Jacob Matuska 50 Chase Hounshell Ht. 6-6 6-5 6-1 6-4 6-4 Wt. Cl./Elig. 322 Jr./2 305 So./4 290 Sr./2 275 Fr./4 271 Jr./3 No. 1 96 92 Ht. 6-3 6-4 5-11 Wt. Cl./Elig. 357 Sr./2 303 Sr./1 284 5th/1 Nose Guard Louis Nix III Kona Schwenke Tyler Stockton No. Defensive End Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 6-2 290 So./3 91 Sheldon Day 90 Isaac Rochell 6-4 280 Fr./4 56 Anthony Rabasa 6-3 243 Jr./3 69 Tony Springmann 6-6 296 Jr./3 Notes: Hounshell is out for this season with a shoulder injury … Springmann suffered a knee injury in August and will miss at least the season opener against Temple … Junior outside linebacker Ishaq Williams will also take snaps at defensive end. No. 55 11 45 19 Cat OLB Prince Shembo Ishaq Williams Romeo Okwara Doug Randolph No. Dog OLB 9 Jaylon Smith 30 Ben Councell No. 48 59 42 Mike ILB Dan Fox Jarrett Grace Michael Deeb Ht. 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-2 Wt. Cl./Elig. 258 Sr./1 261 Jr./2 258 So./3 233 Fr./4 Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 6-3 230 Fr./4 6-5 254 Jr./3 Ht. 6-3 6-3 6-2 Wt. Cl./Elig. 245 5th/1 253 Jr./3 242 Fr./4 No. Will ILB Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 44 Carlo Calabrese 6-1 250 5th/1 8 Kendall Moore 6-1 251 Sr./2 38 Joe Schmidt 6-1 230 Jr./3 Notes: With senior Danny Spond's career coming to an end due to medical reasons, Smith and Councell are vying for the starting job at Dog … Smith received first-team reps in practices that were open to the media in August … Okwara and sophomore safety John Turner are also spending some time training at the Dog position … Randolph will miss the entire season after undergoing shoulder surgery. No. Boundary Safety Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 41 Matthias Farley 5-11 204 Jr./3 28 Austin Collinsworth 6-1 205 Sr./2 6-1 194 Fr. 4 10 Max Redfield 6-0 197 So./4 16 Chris Badger Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. No. Field Safety 22 Elijah Shumate 6-0 213 So./3 4 Eilar Hardy 5-11 201 Jr./3 31 John Turner 6-1 212 So./4 29 Nicky Baratti 6-1 206 So./3 Note: Baratti is out for the year after reinjuring his shoulder in August. No. 6 23 24 26 Field Corner Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. KeiVarae Russell 5-11 190 So./3 Lo Wood 5-11 194 Sr./2 Josh Atkinson 6-0 197 Jr./2 Rashad Kinlaw 5-11 182 Fr./4 No. Boundary Corner Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 2 Bennett Jackson 6-0 195 Sr./1 3 Cole Luke 5-11 184 Fr./4 21 Jalen Brown 6-1 202 Jr./3 12 Devin Butler 6-1 181 Fr./4 Note: Luke was not only making a case to be the team's nickel back, he was pushing Wood for the third corner role.