Phil Steele's annual returning starters chart

[Riddickulous]

Phil Steele

Notre Dame is sitting high and mighty at #12, with 18 starters returning.

Our opponents? (# of returning starters in parentheses)

Note that there are several teams with the same number of returning starters, and so some of the rankings are skewed. Also note that the starters include special teams.

Michigan - #2 (20)
Purdue - #13 (18)
Wake Forest - #15 (18)
Boston College - #17 (17)
Pittsburgh - #40 (16)
Air Force - #63 (14)
Maryland - #74 (14)
Michigan State - #88 (13)
Stanford - #94 (13)
USC - #99 (13)
Navy - #108 (12)
USF - #112 (12)

Other notables:

TCU and Auburn are #119 and #120, respectively. Auburn has 7 returning starters.

 

[A Pac]

TCU and Auburn are #119 and #120, respectively. Auburn has 7 returning starters.

yeah but they're well paid so don't feel bad for them.

 

[IrishLax]

This is inaccurate for us. We only lose one starter on offense and that is Chris Stewart. He is probably counting Rudolph and Armando as starters but they were not starters for roughly the last half of the season.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

This is inaccurate for us. We only lose one starter on offense and that is Chris Stewart. He is probably counting Rudolph and Armando as starters but they were not starters for roughly the last half of the season.

Nope you are wrong...He is counting Stewart, Neal, Williams and Walls. 22-4=18

 

[Riddickulous]

Nope you are wrong...He is counting Stewart, Neal, Williams and Walls. 22-4=18

Fortunately...

We have Chris Watt to replace Stewart, Prince Shembo/Dan Fox/Steve Filer to replace Kerry Neal, Sean Cwynar/Louis Nix to replace Ian Williams, and Robert Blanton (pretty much a starter, anyway) to replace Walls.

 

[IrishLax]

Nope you are wrong...He is counting Stewart, Neal, Williams and Walls. 22-4=18

No.... he includes the punter and kicker. He says we are only returning 8 on offense which is incorrect. Did you even go to the web page?

 

[D-BOE34]

I dont expect any drop off with who we are losing to who is replacing them. Considering they will be under Longo supervision!

 

[Sherm Sticky]

No.... he includes the punter and kicker. He says we are only returning 8 on offense which is incorrect. Did you even go to the web page?

Nope I didn't my bad man. You are correct. He is counting Stewart, Rudolph and Allen on offense.