New Starters Already Paying Dividends for Notre Dame

Notre Dame DE Khalid Kareem had 1.0 sack against Michigan. (Photo: © Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports)Notre Dame’s star players rose to the occassion on Saturday in the Irish’s big win over Michigan. Jerry Tillery, Tevon Coney, Julian Love, Brandon Wimbush, and their other establish starters brought their “A” games against the Wolverines. It was Notre Dame’s new starters though that may have just been the difference in the seven point win. Notre Dame had some monster performances from new faces in their lineup that should have Irish eyes smiling all season.

Let’s take a look back at some of those faces and how they compare to the players they have replaced.

Note, I did leave Miles Boykin off…