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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Freshman Steve Elmer working at first team right tackle in place of the injured Ronnie Stanley.</p>— Irish Illustrated (@NDatRivals) <a href="https://twitter.com/NDatRivals/statuses/370569773593030656">August 22, 2013</a></blockquote>
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based off of what?
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'Based on', and probably because of his excess weight.
Sorry to go dshans on your ***, lol.
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so not corresponding to today's practice?
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Okay sweet, I was not fully aware of the specifics of the rule before
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So nothing really? Ok, got it.
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Pretty much. And I expect him to be in shape by season's start, so if it happens, it's probably nothing more than a freak accident, which a lot of knee injuries are. But if he IS overweight for the season, it does increase his or anyone else's chances at knee injury.
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He just wants to be able to be the one to say "Told ya so" should it happen.
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I hope so, but that's in one week. He may need to go all Vision Quest.
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kuehnja in October:
I knew Tuitt was going to injury his knee in the USC game two months ago!
I knew Tuitt was going to injury his knee in the USC game two months ago!
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LB Jaylon Smith took first-team reps on defense.
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Come on! There's clearly a difference between 'taking first team reps' and 'working with first team'.
If you can't see the difference, then I cannot help you.
So is it safe to assume Tuitt owes certain people some money?
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In other news... the equipment manager was seen missing a pinky finger.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>... Chris Brown lined up with the 1s at slot receiver and had some nice catches and made some strong moves in the red zone drills.</p>— Eric Hansen (@hansenNDInsider) <a href="https://twitter.com/hansenNDInsider/statuses/370574822608080896">August 22, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Looking more and more like freshman Jaylon Smith is going to start at Dog LB. Been a great camp for the former 5-star prospect. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NotreDame&src=hash">#NotreDame</a></p>— Jake Brown (@Jake_Brown) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jake_Brown/statuses/370577610742300672">August 22, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Danny Spond, who announced this week that recurring migraines have forced him to drop the game, was at practice as a coach of sorts. He gave pointers to some of the linebackers during the drills. The player whom he chatted with the most was freshman Dog linebacker Jaylon Smith, who received the bulk of first-team reps at Thursday’s practice.
Running backs and slot receivers coach Tony Alford returned to the team Sunday after the death of his brother last week. Today marked the first session open to the media that Alford participated in since returning.
While he gave instruction to each of Notre Dame’s running backs at different times, he seemed to spend extra time with freshman running back Tarean Folston. In one instance, Alford took Folston aside for a teaching moment after Folston dropped a pass during drills. The freshman is playing catch-up after missing some practice last week due to a death in the family.
Irish athletics director Jack Swarbrick also stopped by to view a portion of practice on what was an unseasonably cool and overcast day.
Offense — Lou Somogyi
Throughout this August, junior guard Conor Hanratty had been sidelined (neck strain). Thus, 2013 starting right tackle Christian Lombard was shifted to right guard and sophomore Ronnie Stanley moved to No. 1 right tackle. However, on Thursday, Hanratty was back (working with the twos at right guard) while Stanley was on the sideline . Stanley wasn’t wearing a brace or sling that suggested any major injury issues. Sophomore right guard Mark Harrell also was sidelined and riding the stationary bike, but he didn’t have any brace or sling either.
• With Stanley sidelined, the offensive line saw freshman Steve Elmer work with the No. 1 unit at right tackle. Elmer is an amazing freshman story. He has worked at left tackle, behind fifth-year senior All-America candidate Zack Martin. Last Saturday, when No. 1 left guard Chris Watt was sidelined (he was back today), Elmer was working as the No. 1 left guard. Today, with Stanley out, he was the No. 1 right tackle. There’s little doubt now that Elmer will see the field this year if he is healthy.
• The No. 2 offensive line had freshman right tackle Mike McGlinchey, right guard Hanratty, junior center Matt Hegarty, freshman left guard Hunter Bivin and senior left tackle Bruce Heggie. During scrimmage work, though, we saw Bivin and Heggie flip-flop positions. Like Elmer, Bivin already is demonstrating some advanced versatility (he played tackle in high school but center in the Under Armour All-American Game.)
• Junior running back Cam McDaniel was back in action after he had been sidelined during Saturday’s session. He was sharing reps at the No. 2 spot with junior Amir Carlisle and freshmen Greg Bryant and Tarean Folston, while junior George Atkinson III was usually first to take reps for specific drills.
• Junior Josh Atkinson switched from cornerback to wide receiver. With eight scholarship cornerbacks and freshman Cole Luke and senior Lo Wood nailing down the No. 2 spots there, Atkinson’s speed might be better utilized at receiver. Of course, there is a glut of bodies there, too.
• The first three wideouts to come out were senior TJ Jones, junior DaVaris Daniels and sophomore Chris Brown, whose presence is beginning to be felt more. The second group included freshmen Corey Robinson and James Onwualu and sophomore CJ Prosise. Onwualu has been overshadowed by Robinson, but he was quite active today and also made a fine block on a bubble screen play.
• Speaking of numbers at receiver, sophomore Will Mahone, sidelined with a high ankle sprain, was working with them. Brian Kelly has commented on Mahone’s impressive “ball skills” in the slot, and he was working with the receivers, carrying a blocking bag for them in individual drills. He had been at running back.
• Senior receiver Daniel Smith, who had been sidelined this August, was working out for the first time in 11-on-11 drills.
• There was no tackling in drills today even though it was full pads. In sequence, the offense first worked on shovel passes, followed by the inside running game and then running from the Pistol formation (running back behind the quarterback).
It was used as an auxiliary element in the offense, not as a base. On one play, Bryant lined up behind Rees, and then shifted out and lined next to the quarterback. Offensive line coach Harry Hiestand was very vocal during this session with his linemen and the scout defense to present the right looks.
Next were bubble screens and then red-zone passing drills.The defense made the plays early in receiver versus corner work, but then all three quarterbacks began to connect better with the receivers.
• After 11-on-11 drills, which usually saw four wideouts, a tight end and an empty backfield alignment, the media’s viewing session ended. The first play on the 11-on-11 (no tackling) was quarterback Tommy Rees keeping on the read option for about four or five yards. The best pass was a deep ball from Andrew Hendrix to Daniels that was caught in stride.
Defense — Dan Murphy
Preseason All-American Stephon Tuitt brought a brief pause to Thursday’s practice when he needed help getting off the turf during an 11-on-11 scrimmage. Tuitt was engaged by an offensive lineman when one of his defensive teammates rolled underneath him and took out his legs. Tuitt remained on the ground for a couple minutes before walking off the field under his own power. Trainers appeared to be fitting him for a brace when the media viewing portion of practice ended.
The rest of the defensive line maintained the status quo. Senior Louis Nix and Sheldon Day held their regular starting spots along the line. Freshman Isaac Rochell, playing behind Tuitt, continues to hold his own when given an opportunity in live action. He created pressure on a few pass attempts during the 11-on-11 work.
Senior safety Austin Collinsworth moved into a first-team role in the defensive backfield for the first time during practices open to the media this August. He lined up next to junior Matthias Farley at the field safety position, where sophomore Elijah Shumate had previously held down the starting role.
Shumate ran with the second team during Thursday’s practice. On Monday, he said he was still “a work in progress” when it came to understand the communication and mental sides of his job. Collinsworth has a leg up on him in that department.
During a red zone simulation Shumate and Farley both did a nice job of throwing Notre Dame’s tight ends off their routes in the middle of the field and preventing them from muscling their way into open space.
The cornerbacks had more difficulty in the red zone drill. Senior Bennett Jackson ceded a touchdown to Davaris Daniels on a slant route despite tight coverage. Collinsworth, senior Lo Wood, freshman Cole Luke and freshman Devin Butler were also beat soundly by good routes from Notre Dame’s wide receivers in the end zone.
Freshman Jaylon Smith remained the first-team Dog linebacker for the majority of Thursday’s practice. The former five-star recruit stepped into that role last week when senior Danny Spond decided to end his career because of debilitating migraine headaches. Junior Ben Councell remained with the second team throughout the practice, but is expected to split time with Smith during the season. Councell did a nice job of holding his ground on the edge of the line of scrimmage during 11-on-11 work. He won head-to-head match-ups with tight end Ben Koyack several times.
Fifth-year seniors Dan Fox and Carlo Calabrese were once again the starting inside lineabackers. Junior Jarrett Grace rotated into that group, taking reps against the first team offense during scrimmage work. [link url=]See a full version of the defensive two-deep here.[/link]
Freshmen Impressions
Steve Elmer: Elmer worked with the first team at right tackle for much of the day in place of the injured Ronnie Stanley. He stays compact and packs a tremendous punch when working against the defensive lineman opposite him.
Jaylon Smith: Smith was working with the first team again today. It looks like he could have the edge for the starting job for the opening game.
Greg Bryant: Bryant had one of the best all-around days of practice. He broke off some nice, long runs and gashed the defense at times.
James Onwualu: Onwualu had a very strong day catching the ball and his blocking skill was commended often by wide receivers coach Mike Denbrock.
Isaac Rochell: Rochell continues to impress. Every day it looks more and more like he won’t be redshirting this season.
Max Redfield: Redfield had another strong day in the secondary. He flips his hips with ease, gets in and out of his breaks quickly and high-points the football just about every time.
Durham Smythe: Smythe has the makings of a future star at the tight end position. He runs smooth routes, his physical off the line of scrimmage and gets great separation in one-on-ones.
Running backs and slot receivers coach Tony Alford returned to the team Sunday after the death of his brother last week. Today marked the first session open to the media that Alford participated in since returning.
While he gave instruction to each of Notre Dame’s running backs at different times, he seemed to spend extra time with freshman running back Tarean Folston. In one instance, Alford took Folston aside for a teaching moment after Folston dropped a pass during drills. The freshman is playing catch-up after missing some practice last week due to a death in the family.
Irish athletics director Jack Swarbrick also stopped by to view a portion of practice on what was an unseasonably cool and overcast day.
Offense — Lou Somogyi
Throughout this August, junior guard Conor Hanratty had been sidelined (neck strain). Thus, 2013 starting right tackle Christian Lombard was shifted to right guard and sophomore Ronnie Stanley moved to No. 1 right tackle. However, on Thursday, Hanratty was back (working with the twos at right guard) while Stanley was on the sideline . Stanley wasn’t wearing a brace or sling that suggested any major injury issues. Sophomore right guard Mark Harrell also was sidelined and riding the stationary bike, but he didn’t have any brace or sling either.
• With Stanley sidelined, the offensive line saw freshman Steve Elmer work with the No. 1 unit at right tackle. Elmer is an amazing freshman story. He has worked at left tackle, behind fifth-year senior All-America candidate Zack Martin. Last Saturday, when No. 1 left guard Chris Watt was sidelined (he was back today), Elmer was working as the No. 1 left guard. Today, with Stanley out, he was the No. 1 right tackle. There’s little doubt now that Elmer will see the field this year if he is healthy.
• The No. 2 offensive line had freshman right tackle Mike McGlinchey, right guard Hanratty, junior center Matt Hegarty, freshman left guard Hunter Bivin and senior left tackle Bruce Heggie. During scrimmage work, though, we saw Bivin and Heggie flip-flop positions. Like Elmer, Bivin already is demonstrating some advanced versatility (he played tackle in high school but center in the Under Armour All-American Game.)
• Junior running back Cam McDaniel was back in action after he had been sidelined during Saturday’s session. He was sharing reps at the No. 2 spot with junior Amir Carlisle and freshmen Greg Bryant and Tarean Folston, while junior George Atkinson III was usually first to take reps for specific drills.
• Junior Josh Atkinson switched from cornerback to wide receiver. With eight scholarship cornerbacks and freshman Cole Luke and senior Lo Wood nailing down the No. 2 spots there, Atkinson’s speed might be better utilized at receiver. Of course, there is a glut of bodies there, too.
• The first three wideouts to come out were senior TJ Jones, junior DaVaris Daniels and sophomore Chris Brown, whose presence is beginning to be felt more. The second group included freshmen Corey Robinson and James Onwualu and sophomore CJ Prosise. Onwualu has been overshadowed by Robinson, but he was quite active today and also made a fine block on a bubble screen play.
• Speaking of numbers at receiver, sophomore Will Mahone, sidelined with a high ankle sprain, was working with them. Brian Kelly has commented on Mahone’s impressive “ball skills” in the slot, and he was working with the receivers, carrying a blocking bag for them in individual drills. He had been at running back.
• Senior receiver Daniel Smith, who had been sidelined this August, was working out for the first time in 11-on-11 drills.
• There was no tackling in drills today even though it was full pads. In sequence, the offense first worked on shovel passes, followed by the inside running game and then running from the Pistol formation (running back behind the quarterback).
It was used as an auxiliary element in the offense, not as a base. On one play, Bryant lined up behind Rees, and then shifted out and lined next to the quarterback. Offensive line coach Harry Hiestand was very vocal during this session with his linemen and the scout defense to present the right looks.
Next were bubble screens and then red-zone passing drills.The defense made the plays early in receiver versus corner work, but then all three quarterbacks began to connect better with the receivers.
• After 11-on-11 drills, which usually saw four wideouts, a tight end and an empty backfield alignment, the media’s viewing session ended. The first play on the 11-on-11 (no tackling) was quarterback Tommy Rees keeping on the read option for about four or five yards. The best pass was a deep ball from Andrew Hendrix to Daniels that was caught in stride.
Defense — Dan Murphy
Preseason All-American Stephon Tuitt brought a brief pause to Thursday’s practice when he needed help getting off the turf during an 11-on-11 scrimmage. Tuitt was engaged by an offensive lineman when one of his defensive teammates rolled underneath him and took out his legs. Tuitt remained on the ground for a couple minutes before walking off the field under his own power. Trainers appeared to be fitting him for a brace when the media viewing portion of practice ended.
The rest of the defensive line maintained the status quo. Senior Louis Nix and Sheldon Day held their regular starting spots along the line. Freshman Isaac Rochell, playing behind Tuitt, continues to hold his own when given an opportunity in live action. He created pressure on a few pass attempts during the 11-on-11 work.
Senior safety Austin Collinsworth moved into a first-team role in the defensive backfield for the first time during practices open to the media this August. He lined up next to junior Matthias Farley at the field safety position, where sophomore Elijah Shumate had previously held down the starting role.
Shumate ran with the second team during Thursday’s practice. On Monday, he said he was still “a work in progress” when it came to understand the communication and mental sides of his job. Collinsworth has a leg up on him in that department.
During a red zone simulation Shumate and Farley both did a nice job of throwing Notre Dame’s tight ends off their routes in the middle of the field and preventing them from muscling their way into open space.
The cornerbacks had more difficulty in the red zone drill. Senior Bennett Jackson ceded a touchdown to Davaris Daniels on a slant route despite tight coverage. Collinsworth, senior Lo Wood, freshman Cole Luke and freshman Devin Butler were also beat soundly by good routes from Notre Dame’s wide receivers in the end zone.
Freshman Jaylon Smith remained the first-team Dog linebacker for the majority of Thursday’s practice. The former five-star recruit stepped into that role last week when senior Danny Spond decided to end his career because of debilitating migraine headaches. Junior Ben Councell remained with the second team throughout the practice, but is expected to split time with Smith during the season. Councell did a nice job of holding his ground on the edge of the line of scrimmage during 11-on-11 work. He won head-to-head match-ups with tight end Ben Koyack several times.
Fifth-year seniors Dan Fox and Carlo Calabrese were once again the starting inside lineabackers. Junior Jarrett Grace rotated into that group, taking reps against the first team offense during scrimmage work. [link url=]See a full version of the defensive two-deep here.[/link]
Freshmen Impressions
Steve Elmer: Elmer worked with the first team at right tackle for much of the day in place of the injured Ronnie Stanley. He stays compact and packs a tremendous punch when working against the defensive lineman opposite him.
Jaylon Smith: Smith was working with the first team again today. It looks like he could have the edge for the starting job for the opening game.
Greg Bryant: Bryant had one of the best all-around days of practice. He broke off some nice, long runs and gashed the defense at times.
James Onwualu: Onwualu had a very strong day catching the ball and his blocking skill was commended often by wide receivers coach Mike Denbrock.
Isaac Rochell: Rochell continues to impress. Every day it looks more and more like he won’t be redshirting this season.
Max Redfield: Redfield had another strong day in the secondary. He flips his hips with ease, gets in and out of his breaks quickly and high-points the football just about every time.
Durham Smythe: Smythe has the makings of a future star at the tight end position. He runs smooth routes, his physical off the line of scrimmage and gets great separation in one-on-ones.
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Well that answers the question regarding field vs nickel depth chart.
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Is J Jones behind Day now that Springmann is out?
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thanks for the link. was about to ask.
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After Tuitt and Day isn't it
1. Ishaq
Then
Rochell
Jarron Jones?
not exactly sure the order of that after Ishaq (not including Springmann).
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NotreDame&src=hash">#NotreDame</a> grass looks like its still hurting a little bit from last year's Stanford game. <a href="http://t.co/xaXa83fpMT">pic.twitter.com/xaXa83fpMT</a></p>— Dan Murphy (@BGI_DanMurphy) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGI_DanMurphy/statuses/370585878596300801">August 22, 2013</a></blockquote>
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