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freshmen that will arrive in June, Lyght noted that a couple could make immediate contributions. "First guy I think about is Jalen El- liott," he said. "He's a warrior and he's going to be able to come in and be able to help us right away. He's been work- ing on his body physically, his mental part of the game. "Donté Vaughn, really long corner who can run, Troy Pride and Julian Love. I think Julian Love will work inside and outside because he's a re- ally smart, savvy football player, and Troy Pride with his speed is going to be tremendous." While the freshmen will infuse some depth this summer, the numbers at safety, particularly after the transfer of Mykelti Williams, have led some to wonder whether the Irish might move a cornerback there to bolster the numbers. Lyght indicated that such thinking is premature. "Not right now," he said. "You get two, three injuries in, that might be a situation where we might have to move a corner to the inside, but as of right now our numbers are really good and obviously during the recruiting process we're going to have to load up at safety with this class coming in, the 2017-18 class. "Right now I like our numbers, I like where we're at, and I think we've got a really good group and we could do special things this year." NICKEL BACK PROVIDES GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO UNIT This spring, Notre Dame is already looking toward the fall with optimism now that Crawford is back on the field after last August's torn ACL. "More than anything else [we're ex- cited about] the ability to play man Sophomore Shaun Crawford — who missed the 2015 campaign after tearing his ACL in August — could start at cornerback, nickel back or both this fall. PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND