'23 IL OT Charles Jagusah (Notre Dame Signee)

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More impressed with the 6’7 than I am the 330. Very few 6’7 OL players that can move.
 
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On his podcast today prister said jagusah is obviously still hurt and is way too big. Couldn't train properly because of his injury. Did he get hurt this winter and have surgery?
 
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stpeteirish said:
On his podcast today prister said jagusah is obviously still hurt and is way too big. Couldn't train properly because of his injury. Did he get hurt this winter and have surgery?
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Had knee surgery in January.

Wasn’t able to wrestle & too late to EE at ND.
 
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The sort of guy who could "muscle in" even freshman year. Power and leverage surely no problem. As a wrestling champ, probably elite core strength already. Look out first team.
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I don't see it happening. If it does, either something incredibly good has gone right for Jagusah or something incredibly bad has happened for the program.

Just bring him along. There is plenty of time.
 
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Saw in the box score he had 2 assists on tackles but doesn’t show up anywhere on snap count.. did he play D for a few plays?!? Or was it special teams? I missed it
 
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Jagusah is # 56...same # as NT Howard Cross....he's getting credit for some of Cross' tackles
 
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Southside Sully said:
Saw in the box score he had 2 assists on tackles but doesn’t show up anywhere on snap count.. did he play D for a few plays?!? Or was it special teams? I missed it
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Must've been Howard Cross's tackles. They wear the same number. ESPN box score showed Cross with 6 tackles. Did find one Box Score that showed Cross with 4 and Jagusah with 2.
 
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Interesting indeed, but I also think this kids going to be a monster. Strong, big body, used to using leverage. I have never been much a fan of Baker any time he has played, but also interested to see what Wagner can do if he can get his weight up to 315. He has an incredible frame to add the weight, just a matter of if he can.
 
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Kind of surprised by that. I thought it would have been Wagner or Baker. I’m not sure what it says that he jumped both of them, but certainly interesting!

Any mention who is going to be starting at RT?
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Head coach Marcus Freeman made a surprising announcement during today's press conference when he stated it would be true freshman Charles Jagusah that would be replacing Alt.

"Charles Jagusah has gotten the majority of the first team reps at the left tackle, and Tosh and (Aamil Wagner) have really been battling it out at the right tackle position," Freeman said. "We've been rotating them through the first six practices or five practices that we've had, but today as we started going towards scout teams, Jagusah will be at the left and then it will be a battle to see whose going to be the right tackle for the game."
 
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He’s the future so might as well get him comfortable now. As I mentioned in the game day thread, Oregon State has Andrew Chatfield who has 9 sacks on the season. It’ll be a solid first test for Charles.
 
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Tosh Baker keeps fighting, I like him.
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Definitely would’ve been easy to transfer by now. He gets looked poorly on for his play earlier in his career, but he’s no doubt been putting in work since. I remember watching him get in extra work after practice when I went up to a practice a while back.

Jagusah has huge shoes to fill. Hope people don’t expect him to be perfect from the get go.
 
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It sounds like Baker's been passed by Jagusah and possibly Wagner as well. Doubt if he sticks around to be a back up. We will be pretty light numbers wise at OT come the fall. Will need a transfer unless some of the surplus guys at C or G can play T.
 
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It sounds like Baker's been passed by Jagusah and possibly Wagner as well. Doubt if he sticks around to be a back up. We will be pretty light numbers wise at OT come the fall. Will need a transfer unless some of the surplus guys at C or G can play T.
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IMO, his skill set is a more natural fit at RT. It would be his best position for 2024 so it’s worth seeing what he can do there.
 
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My reaction to this is more like Beau's than some of these other comments. One always must be somewhat surprised when an untried freshman ascends to first team at any position, but the fact that Jagusah is getting one of the tackle positions doesn't surprise me much. This is an athlete who is a forever winning wrestler at the heavyweight level. That means that he is never overpowered, never outquicked, never outleveraged in his career. Kind of astounding. As Beau says, this is his first game: Show a little patience. I'm really looking forward to his career, and we all should be. He could be BOTH a "dancer-puncher" AND a roadgrading mauler.

As to RT: from the comments it is not at all obvious that Tosh Baker has been eclipsed by Wagner, even though Jagusah has taken the left side. Baker can beat out Wagner for RT on power considerations --- OR, he might not beat Wagner, but next year become a killer guard. Let's not transfer him out too quickly. As to Wagner, the comment that he has plenty of "frame" on to which to hang lots of weight is not at all obvious to me by eye. He almost looks like a giant tight end as much as a tackle. or a game-wrecking defensive lineman. I HOPE that he can put on and be fast with significant new weight, but I'll wait and see.
 
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notredomer23 said:
I’m sure on a site like Irishenvy, everyone will rate his performance fairly
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Honestly, I think everyone needs to brace for the possibility that he could struggle, but hell....he might end up being great. If all that was keeping him from meaningful reps as a true freshman was Joe Alt, that's nothing to shake a stick at.
 
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Plus I doubt Angeli will be getting the ball out quicker than Hartman most downs. May be more sacks because of that.
 
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Plus I doubt Angeli will be getting the ball out quicker than Hartman most downs. May be more sacks because of that.
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That was a knock on Angeli on this site that his long wind up got him sacked/pressured in action. The script seemed to flip this year I think so maybe it was last year in relief.
 
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Old Man Mike said:
My reaction to this is more like Beau's than some of these other comments. One always must be somewhat surprised when an untried freshman ascends to first team at any position, but the fact that Jagusah is getting one of the tackle positions doesn't surprise me much. This is an athlete who is a forever winning wrestler at the heavyweight level. That means that he is never overpowered, never outquicked, never outleveraged in his career. Kind of astounding. As Beau says, this is his first game: Show a little patience. I'm really looking forward to his career, and we all should be. He could be BOTH a "dancer-puncher" AND a roadgrading mauler.

As to RT: from the comments it is not at all obvious that Tosh Baker has been eclipsed by Wagner, even though Jagusah has taken the left side. Baker can beat out Wagner for RT on power considerations --- OR, he might not beat Wagner, but next year become a killer guard. Let's not transfer him out too quickly. As to Wagner, the comment that he has plenty of "frame" on to which to hang lots of weight is not at all obvious to me by eye. He almost looks like a giant tight end as much as a tackle. or a game-wrecking defensive lineman. I HOPE that he can put on and be fast with significant new weight, but I'll wait and see.
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This^ I was surprised to see Jagusah getting first team projections, but 1) the staff must think he’s legit and 2)I am now really interested to see what weight Wagner is at. I feel like the staff has to be hesitant putting a 280 guy on Angeli’s blindside no matter how athletic and talented he is (and honestly he has looked really light when he plays in garbage time)
 
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