Notre Dames Depth chart (best I can tell)

[Fighting_Irish9]

From what I have read...seems its this. Please feel free to suggest changes...I'm sure I'm wrong on more than a few things especially in the depth outside of starters

Quarterback
#10 Sr Brady Quinn
--#13 rFr Evan Sharpley
--#12 Fr Zach Frazer
--#4 Fr Demtrious Jones

Running Back
#3 Jr Darius Walker
--#26 rJr Travis Thomas (if Walker goes down)
--#25 Fr Munir Prince
--#37 rSo Junior Jabbie
--#34 Fr James Aldridge

Fullback
#44 So Asaph Schwapp
--#35 Asley McConnell
--#32 Luke Schmidt

Wide Reciever
#83 Sr Jeff Samardzija
#5 rSr Rhema McKnight
--#11 So David Grimes
--#81 rSo Darren Bragg
--#21 Fr Barry Gallup
--#19 Fr George West
--#80 Fr Richard Jackson
--#23 rJr Chase Anastasio
--#82 Fr Rob Parris
--INJ #1 So DJ Hord (out for season)

Tight End
#89 rJr John Carlson
#87 rSr Marcus Freeman
--#88 Konrad Rueland
--#84 Will Yeatman

O-line

Center
#78 rJr John Sullivan
--#76 rSr Bob Morton
--#51 Fr Dan Wenger

Guard
#76 rSr Bob Morton
#50 rSr Dan Santucci
--#77 So Micheal Turkovich
--#59 Fr Chris Stewart
--#55 Fr Eric Olsen
--#73 Fr Matt Carufel

Tackle
#68 Sr Ryan Harris
#78 rSr Brian Mattes
--#74 Fr Sam Young
--#72 So Paul Duncan
--#71 Fr Bartley Webb


Defensive End
#95 Sr Victor Abiamiri
#75 rSr Chris Frome
--#99 rSo Ronald Talley
--#97 Fr Kellan Wade
--#94 rSo Justin Brown
--#60 rJr Casey Cullen
--#90 Fr John Ryan

Defensive Tackle
#66 rSr Dereck Landri
#98 rJr Trevor Laws
--#91 rSr Travis Leitko
--#57 rJr Dwight Stephenson Jr
--#92 rFr Darrell Hand
--#96 So Patrick Kuntz
--#93 Fr Paddy Mullen

Can play inside and outside
Frome
Leitko
Stephenson Jr
Cullen

Linebacker

Apache/WLB
#26 rJrTravis Thomas
--#54 rSo Anthony Vernaglia
--#41 So Steve Quinn
--#53 Fr Morrice Richardson

Middle LB
#40 rSo Maurice Crum Jr
--#56 rJr Nick Borsetti
--#49 Fr Toryan Smith

SLB
#47 rJr Mitchell Thomas
--#52 rJr Joe Brockington
--#41 So Scott Smith

Cornerback
#22 rJr Ambrose Wooden
#30 rSr Mike Richardson
--#20 rSo Terrail Lambert
--#2 Fr Darren Walls
--#15 rSo Leo Ferrine
--#8 Fr Raeshon McNeil
--#24 Fr Leonard Gordon

Free Safety
#9 rJr Tommy Zbikowski
--#27 So David Bruton
--#28 rFr Kyle McCarthy

Strong Safety
#18 Sr Chinedum Ndukwe
--#31 Fr Sergio Brown
--#6 So Ray Herring
--#29 Fr Jashaad Gaines

Punter
#17 rJr Geoffry Price

Kicker
#45 rJr Carl Gioia
--#39 Fr Ryan Burkhart


Punt Return
Tommy Zbikowski
George West

Kick return
David Grimes
Munir Prince
Ambrose Wooden

 

[Fighting_Irish9]

OFFENSE

Samardzija................Harris...Santucci...Sullivan...Morton...Mattes
............................................................Quinn..............................................McKnight
..........................................................Schwapp
............................................................Walker

DEFENSE

..........................................Abiamiri...Laws...Landri...Frome
...............................T.Thomas...............Crum...................M.Thomas
Wooden......................................................................................................Richardson
................................................................................Ndukwe
....................................................Zbikowski

 

[nshope]

Where is big Sam Young at?

Where is big Sam Young at?

I thought I read somewhere here on the board on elsewhere that it looked as though Sam Young was impressing everyone and he was going to knock down the RT spot?

Maybe they mean later in the year, but it sounded to me like a serious bet he would be starting since he's a monster.

Anyone that can help and shed some light...greatly appreciated.

P.S. Look out Georgia Tech...first step to a National Championship goes through you. As Stone Cold would say, "I'm gonna stomp a mudhole in you and walk it dry".

 

[Irish Legend]

I thought I read somewhere here on the board on elsewhere that it looked as though Sam Young was impressing everyone and he was going to knock down the RT spot?

Maybe they mean later in the year, but it sounded to me like a serious bet he would be starting since he's a monster.

Anyone that can help and shed some light...greatly appreciated.

P.S. Look out Georgia Tech...first step to a National Championship goes through you. As Stone Cold would say, "I'm gonna stomp a mudhole in you and walk it dry".

Per UND.com CW interview, Sam Young is listed as a starter.

 

[Irish Legend]

Georgia Tech - 2 Deep

Offense


QB - Quinn
Sharpley

RB - Walker
(T. Thomas)
Prince

FB - Schwapp
McConnell

Z - Samardzija
Grimes

X - McKnight
Anastasio
West

TE - Carlson
Freeman

RT - Young
Duncan

RG - Morton
Mattes

C - Sullivan
(Morton)
Chervanick

LG - Santucci
Olsen

LT - Harris
Turkovich

Defense

LDE - Abiamiri
Ryan or J. Brown

LDT - Laws
Leitko

RDT - Landri
Kuntz

RDE - Talley
Frome

SLB - M. Thomas
Vernaglia

MLB - Crum
T. Smith

WLB - T. Thomas
Brockington

LC - Wooden
Walls

SS - Zbikowski
Herring

FS - Ndukwe
McCarthy or Bruton

RC - Richardson
Lambert or McNeil

Specialists

LS - Jansen
Duncan

P - Price
Renkes

PK - Gioa
Burkhart

Holder - Samardzija
Sharpley

PR - Zbikowski
Grimes
West

KR - Grimes
West

KO - Renkes
Burkhart

 

[domer88]

Per Charlie on UND.com

Talley beat out Frome, but both will play.

Right now Renkes beat out Burkhart for the kick-off duty.

Young is the lone freshman starter....but...

in the 2 deep are:

T Smith
D Walls
R McNiel
M Prince
Olsen
Ryan
G West
Burkhart

 

[domer88]

the entire 2 deep can be seen at:

http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/082406aaa.html

 

[NDAlumSon]

From what I have read...seems its this. Please feel free to suggest changes...I'm sure I'm wrong on more than a few things especially in the depth outside of starters

Fellas, fellas, fellas.......with all due respect, just link to the actual list.

Irish9, you're header there doesn't exactly inspire confidence in it's accuracy.
I'd rather see the official Notre Dame press release.

 

[bmf175]

I guess all the freshman QB lovers are shocked. I know Weis said that they still have a chance, but I dont think the QB order will change until next spring. I didnt think the incoming freshman would over take Sharpley and I doubt it will happen next year as well.

 

[Irish Legend]

I guess all the freshman QB lovers are shocked. I know Weis said that they still have a chance, but I dont think the QB order will change until next spring. I didnt think the incoming freshman would over take Sharpley and I doubt it will happen next year as well.

FYI - Weis said that Frazer and Jones were gonna be on the bus to Georgia for week 1.

 

[bmf175]

FYI - Weis said that Frazer and Jones were gonna be on the bus to Georgia for week 1.

Yeah thanks Ive watched the press conference but that means nothing. All that means is that he hasnt chosen 3rd string yet and wants to keep it competitive between the two freshman. So they can be on the bus it doesnt affect Quinn or Sharpley.
Once the season officially starts 1st string QB gets 70-80% of snaps and the rest go to 2nd string. You dont have time to split the remaining 20-30% of the snaps among three QBs. The others are working scout team and barring poor performance from Sharpley or injury of the first two strings thats usually where they stay until next season..

 

[jiggafini19]

Does anyone really care who is going to hand the ball off during mop up time when Quinn gets yanked because they're up by four touchdowns?

Honestly. Evan Sharpley better practice his handoffs.

 

[Guest]

Talley starting over Frome makes sense, Frome was more fundamentally sound last year, but I think Talley has much more of an upside.

 

[scooper]

Fellas, fellas, fellas.......with all due respect, just link to the actual list.

Irish9, you're header there doesn't exactly inspire confidence in it's accuracy.
I'd rather see the official Notre Dame press release.

To be fair, he posted his guess well before the official list was released.

 

[scooper]

I guess all the freshman QB lovers are shocked. I know Weis said that they still have a chance, but I dont think the QB order will change until next spring. I didnt think the incoming freshman would over take Sharpley and I doubt it will happen next year as well.

I don't think many here are shocked. Most expected Sharpley to win the backup role. Next year is a long way off. Though any experience he gets this year will only help his development for the future.

Jigg's right. He'll hand off a lot. The real benefit for him will be actually taking snaps in ND's offense during practice. The others will play for Michigan, USC, etc. this season.

 

[NDAlumSon]

To be fair, he posted his guess well before the official list was released.

Oh...OK. But why guess moments before the official is actually released. No biggie.

Talley starting over Frome makes sense, Frome was more fundamentally sound last year, but I think Talley has much more of an upside.

Only if he has learned how to fire off the ball. He must have improved to be named the #1.

 

[NDAlumSon]

BTW, Kudos to the most under-hyped, least talked about of all the 2006 prospects,
John Ryan. Play well young man.
Also, Leo Ferrine has fallen down the chart somewhat surprisingly.

 

[Fighting_Irish9]

Fellas, fellas, fellas.......with all due respect, just link to the actual list.

Irish9, you're header there doesn't exactly inspire confidence in it's accuracy.
I'd rather see the official Notre Dame press release.

Yea, I was bored and put it together...I didn't know the 2 deep was coming out 2 hours later

 

[bmf175]

Does anyone really care who is going to hand the ball off during mop up time when Quinn gets yanked because they're up by four touchdowns?

Honestly. Evan Sharpley better practice his handoffs.

Yes I think everybody that cares about the teams success should care. Second string is one play away from being first string. SO does it matter, Hell yes it does.

Like I said earlier in practice once the season starts there are only so many snaps to go around in practice. If you are not 1st or 2nd string you are not getting in unless with the scout team (thean your running the other teams plays for the starting defense). So does it matter who is 2nd string handing off the ball when up "four touchdowns", you better believe it. Anybody ever heard of Kevin McDougal????????????

 

[bmf175]

I don't think many here are shocked. Most expected Sharpley to win the backup role. Next year is a long way off. Though any experience he gets this year will only help his development for the future.

Jigg's right. He'll hand off a lot. The real benefit for him will be actually taking snaps in ND's offense during practice. The others will play for Michigan, USC, etc. this season.

Wrong. there was a thread a month back that had Frazier and Jones fighting for second and then in the same thread had Clausen jumping these guys plus Sharpley to start the following year.
I believe there were ony 2 maybe 3 people that actually made sense and went with the experience rather than HS recruiting hype.

 

[scooper]

Wrong. there was a thread a month back that had Frazier and Jones fighting for second and then in the same thread had Clausen jumping these guys plus Sharpley to start the following year.
I believe there were ony 2 maybe 3 people that actually made sense and went with the experience rather than HS recruiting hype.

You mean this thread? http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10004&highlight=backup

Where Sharpley got twice as many votes as the next guy?

 

[BGIF]

You mean this thread? http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10004&highlight=backup

Where Sharpley got twice as many votes as the next guy?

Yeah but Gorski was coming on strong!