2026 Spring Practice Thread

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Don't read if you're anti-nerd - Carr series, not every play, after rewatch IMHO:

1st Series
- 3rd and 2 - Wham. Otting really walls of T. Gray and Flanagan stones LB. 1st Down.
- 2nd and 5 - Deep ball to Gilbert broken up by Sanders. Nice late hands. Really clean pocket - Black stones Keeley, Otting/Knapp pass of Hughes/Brewu stunt. C. Gray in stride with Graham on Cross.
- 3rd and 5. Another solid pocket. Seemed like a bad throw by CJ on a curl which should be inside, not outside to Gilbert.

2nd Series
- 2nd and 6 - Brewu stones and sheds Absher for no gain
- 3rd and 5 - another solid pocket, curl to Gilbert again. On target but Sanders is sticky - PBU.
- 2 and 10 - Mukam easily gets off Absher. No gain.
- 3rd and 9 backed into endzone - Someone beats Augustine, throw has to come out quick, Sanders all over Williams makes it a throwaway.

3rd Series
- 1 and 10 - Shuler knows the play too well pre-snap and blows up toss before it even happens. Tae does the same on drive later.
- 1 and 10 - Another wham. Flanagan helps Knapp on T. Gray enough. Sneed is too slow to diagnose giving ample time for Flanagan to get both. 7 yard gain.
- 2 and 3. Sneed nice zone drop covers Gilbert and then tackles check down to RB for nothing.
- 4 and 2 - Finally go to Faison. Thud but probably makes Zackery miss tackle for first down and more.
- 1 and 10 - IZ and C. Gray is coming on a blitz. They call it dead for 4. Not sure he makes that tackle on Williams cut back, ton of space if missed.
- 2 and 6 - Brewu again destroys Absher. Give them 4.
- 3 and 2 - Williams hits hole quickly. Otting and Knapp big whole v T. Gray and Young

4th Series
- 1 and 10 - Ref called hold on Augustine vs Thomas. Debatable. Beat him, lunged, but didn’t seem egregious and Carr checked it down in time before sack
- 1 and 20 - now Thomas beats him clean for sack
- 2 and 30 - Dunham whips Black. Graham gets loose against Sanders in zone and YAC. Sanders does not look like a nickel.
- 3 and 20 - laser on the hands to Washington between the zone. INT off his hands by Sneed


Some non-obvious from first watch takeaways: Absher was not good in the run game, Knapp was good all day, pass protection as a whole was pretty good though obviously not too exotic. T. Gray plays a bit too tall.
 
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Dale said:
Don't read if you're anti-nerd, Carr series, not every play, after rewatch IMHO:

1st Series
- 3rd and 2 - Wham. Otting really walls of T. Gray and Flanagan stones LB. 1st Down.
- 2nd and 5 - Deep ball to Gilbert broken up by Sanders. Nice late hands. Really clean pocket - Black stones Keeley, Otting/Knapp pass of Hughes/Brewu stunt. C. Gray in stride with Graham on Cross.
- 3rd and 5. Another solid pocket. Seemed like a bad throw by CJ on a curl which should be inside, not outside to Gilbert.

2nd Series
- 2nd and 6 - Brewu stones and sheds Absher for no gain
- 3rd and 5 - another solid pocket, curl to Gilbert again. On target but Sanders is sticky - PBU.
- 2 and 10 - Mukam easily gets off Absher. No gain.
- 3rd and 9 backed into endzone - Someone beats Augustine, throw has to come out quick, Sanders all over Williams makes it a throwaway.

3rd Series
- 1 and 10 - Shuler knows the play too well pre-snap and blows up toss before it even happens. Tae does the same on drive later.
- 1 and 10 - Another wham. Flanagan helps Knapp on T. Gray enough. Sneed is too slow to diagnose giving ample time for Flanagan to get both. 7 yard gain.
- 2 and 3. Sneed nice zone drop covers Gilbert and then tackles check down to RB for nothing.
- 4 and 2 - Finally go to Faison. Thud but probably makes CB miss tackle for first down and more.
- 1 and 10 - IZ and C. Gray is coming on a blitz. They call it dead for 4. Not sure he makes that tackle on Williams cut back, ton of space if missed.
- 2 and 6 - Brewu again destroys Absher. Give them 4.
- 3 and 2 - Williams hits hole quickly. Otting and Knapp big whole v Gray and Young

4th Series
- 1 and 10 - Ref called hold on Augustine vs Thomas. Debatable. Beat him, lunged, but didn’t seem egregious and Carr checked it down in time before sack
- 1 and 20 - now Thomas beats him clean for sack
- 2 and 30 - Dunham whips Black. Graham gets loose against Sanders in zone and YAC. Sanders does not look like a nickel.
- 3 and 20 - laser on the hands to Washington between the zone. INT off his hands by Sneed
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Btw that field goal with no rush cleared the goal post with two yards to spare on a 43 yard field goal. Nothing to write home about.
 
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Dale said:
Don't read if you're anti-nerd - Carr series, not every play, after rewatch IMHO:

1st Series
- 3rd and 2 - Wham. Otting really walls of T. Gray and Flanagan stones LB. 1st Down.
- 2nd and 5 - Deep ball to Gilbert broken up by Sanders. Nice late hands. Really clean pocket - Black stones Keeley, Otting/Knapp pass of Hughes/Brewu stunt. C. Gray in stride with Graham on Cross.
- 3rd and 5. Another solid pocket. Seemed like a bad throw by CJ on a curl which should be inside, not outside to Gilbert.

2nd Series
- 2nd and 6 - Brewu stones and sheds Absher for no gain
- 3rd and 5 - another solid pocket, curl to Gilbert again. On target but Sanders is sticky - PBU.
- 2 and 10 - Mukam easily gets off Absher. No gain.
- 3rd and 9 backed into endzone - Someone beats Augustine, throw has to come out quick, Sanders all over Williams makes it a throwaway.

3rd Series
- 1 and 10 - Shuler knows the play too well pre-snap and blows up toss before it even happens. Tae does the same on drive later.
- 1 and 10 - Another wham. Flanagan helps Knapp on T. Gray enough. Sneed is too slow to diagnose giving ample time for Flanagan to get both. 7 yard gain.
- 2 and 3. Sneed nice zone drop covers Gilbert and then tackles check down to RB for nothing.
- 4 and 2 - Finally go to Faison. Thud but probably makes Zackery miss tackle for first down and more.
- 1 and 10 - IZ and C. Gray is coming on a blitz. They call it dead for 4. Not sure he makes that tackle on Williams cut back, ton of space if missed.
- 2 and 6 - Brewu again destroys Absher. Give them 4.
- 3 and 2 - Williams hits hole quickly. Otting and Knapp big whole v T. Gray and Young

4th Series
- 1 and 10 - Ref called hold on Augustine vs Thomas. Debatable. Beat him, lunged, but didn’t seem egregious and Carr checked it down in time before sack
- 1 and 20 - now Thomas beats him clean for sack
- 2 and 30 - Dunham whips Black. Graham gets loose against Sanders in zone and YAC. Sanders does not look like a nickel.
- 3 and 20 - laser on the hands to Washington between the zone. INT off his hands by Sneed


Some non-obvious from first watch takeaways: Absher was not good in the run game, Knapp was good all day, pass protection as a whole was pretty good though obviously not too exotic. T. Gray plays a bit too tall.
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Notre Dame Joe said:
Spring game is obselete, I don't know if it was ever worth while. Might as well do combine drills or bring back the alumni team.
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And yet 45,000 people showed up to watch it.
IDK. It has always been a practice, and not the one where the real work of spring ball takes place. Is it any more or less obsolete than it has ever been?
 
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It's the spring game, but seeing Dunham's nose for the football and the sheer size of Tionne Gray has me extremely excited for this defensive line. I expected Dunham to just be a situational passrusher this year, but you can tell he's going to be a hit and will be ready to contribute in the 2 deep. The depth on the DL is just unlike anything we've seen at ND in years.
 
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notredomer23 said:
It's the spring game, but seeing Dunham's nose for the football and the sheer size of Tionne Gray has me extremely excited for this defensive line. I expected Dunham to just be a situational passrusher this year, but you can tell he's going to be a hit and will be ready to contribute in the 2 deep. The depth on the DL is just unlike anything we've seen at ND in years.
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The depth should allow them to be dominant in the 4th
 
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Dale said:
He doesn’t look like he has any juice at all out there

Hopefully he can defend the run. But we basically just completed the spring and not once did Keeley flash.
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I actually thought he popped several times yesterday but im no expert
 
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Some names I didn’t hear much yesterday Burgess? Golden DT?
Interesting they kinda made it seem like Mukam is improving a ton and making a name for himself
 
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Dale said:
He doesn’t look like he has any juice at all out there

Hopefully he can defend the run. But we basically just completed the spring and not once did Keeley flash.
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This and Dunham is gonna be hard to keep off the field, Young better step up and Keeley or Dunham will be playing a lot
 
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  • Sneed is out for revenge this year
  • Dunham is going to give opposing o-line fits this year
  • Sanders will be a nice gain this year
  • We will have to be patient with Keeley he will be a rotational guy, but summer/fall camps will be important for him
  • I didn't expect Aneyas to play, but I saw enough
  • Walton could easily be RB2
  • ND has a kicker
  • Overall the defense was more impressive than the offense
Go Irish!
 
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TheProspector said:
I agree in the sense that his athleticsm flashed when I focused on him. Not sure how great he is in run support. He seems like the exact opposite of Burnham.
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Speaking of Burnham, I don't know why he left for Indiana as opposed to sticking around. Indiana brought in 2 other Defensive Ends from the portal and there's no guarantee that he will start.
 
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Yeah in limited reps Nolan James didn’t show me much that says he should be above Jonaz. Jonaz also compliments Aneyas in a way Nolan doesn’t with his home run ability.
 
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irishandy said:
  • Sneed is out for revenge this year
  • Dunham is going to give opposing o-line fits this year
  • Sanders will be a nice gain this year
  • We will have to be patient with Keeley he will be a rotational guy, but summer/fall camps will be important for him
  • I didn't expect Aneyas to play, but I saw enough
  • Walton could easily be RB2
  • ND has a kicker
  • Overall the defense was more impressive than the offense
Go Irish!
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James gets all the hype from the staff, but he hasn't made much happen yet in televised carries. Williams is going to have a big year.
 
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