On Monday, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman got in front of the media for the first time in a week to kick off this week’s game against the Pittsburgh Panthers. Besides dragging Irish Illustrated’s Tim O’Malley for his [Tim’s] poor red zone production and equipment malfunctions in a 2nd/3rd grade flag football game, Freeman also gave some updates to the status of the team’s health and the mindset this week.
Notre Dame also released the latest depth charts, and there are significant changes.
OFFENSE
2023 ND OFFENSE DEPTH CHART
| WR | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | TE | WR | WR | RB | QB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 Jayden Thomas | 76 Joe Alt | 78 Pat Coogan | 52 Zeke Correll | 50 Rocco Spindler | 54 Blake Fisher | 88 Mitchell Evans | 17 Rico Flores | 4 Chris Tyree | 7 Audric Estime | 10 Sam Hartman |
| 19 Jaden Greathouse | 79 Tosh Baker | 74 Billy Schrauth | 70 Ashton Craig | 73 Andrew Kristofic | 59 Aamil Wagner | 13 Holden Staes | 5 Tobias Merriweather | 80 Jordan Faison | 3 Gi'Bran Payne | 18 Steve Angeli |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | OR 9 Eli Raridon | - | - | OR 24 Jadarian Price | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | OR 87 Cooper Flanigan | - | - | OR 22 Devyn Ford | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | OR 12 Jeremiyah Love | - |
The passing game has not been good over the past several games due to injuries and inconsistent play, so changes were absolutely needed.