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Newsstand: Notre Dame has nation’s No. 8 QB room per Pro Football Focus

IMG_9992by:Tyler Horka•06/06/24•

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Notre Dame quarterbacks. (Photo by Chad Weaver)

The Notre Dame quarterback room has been landing in all kinds of top-10 lists this offseason, and that of Pro Football Focus is on par with the rest of them. PFF has the Fighting Irish’s contingent of four scholarship QBs ranked eighth nationally.

“For the second straight season, Notre Dame will be starting an ACC transfer under center,” PFF’s Max Chadwick wrote. “Riley Leonard comes to South Bend from Duke and will take over for the departed Sam Hartman. He led the ACC with a 2% turnover-worthy play rate over the past two years, and his 17 rushing touchdowns in that span tied for the most.

“Redshirt sophomore Steve Angeli will be his backup and impressed in that role last year, posting a 79.3 passing grade on 49 drop backs. The Fighting Irish also have a couple of former four-star recruits behind him in redshirt freshman Kenny Minchey and true freshman CJ Carr, the latter being the No. 6 quarterback recruit in the 2024 cycle.”

Here’s Chadwick’s entire top 10.

  1. Georgia
  2. Oregon
  3. Texas
  4. Ohio State
  5. Alabama
  6. Ole Miss
  7. Florida
  8. Notre Dame
  9. Penn State
  10. Missouri

The Irish do not face any of the other nine teams they share space with in Chadwick’s rankings. But in a 12-team College Football Playoff format, the Irish should be prepared to play any one of them in the postseason.

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— Irish head coach Marcus Freeman on future revenue sharing in college football

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