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Notre Dame releases depth chart for Orange Bowl vs. Penn State

IMG_7504by:Jack Soble•01/04/25•

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Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love. (Chad Weaver, Blue & Gold)

Notre Dame will travel to Hard Rock Stadium Miami for the Orange Bowl against Penn State, and the Irish and Nittany Lions will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 9.

Here is how Notre Dame will line up in the College Football Playoff semifinal.

Quarterback

  1. Riley Leonard (Sr.)
  2. Steve Angeli (Jr.)

Running back

  1. Jeremiyah Love (So.) OR
  2. Jadarian Price (Jr.)
  3. Aneyas Williams (Fr.)
  4. Devyn Ford (Gr.)

Love (knee) is not on the injury report. He is good to go, although he will not be 100 percent.

Wide receiver (boundary)

  1. Beaux Collins (Sr.) OR
  2. Jayden Thomas (Sr.)

Wide receiver (field)

  1. Jordan Faison (So.) OR
  2. Kris Mitchell (Gr.)

Wide receiver (slot)

  1. Jaden Greathouse (So.) OR
  2. Jayden Harrison (Gr.)

Tight end

  1. Mitchell Evans (Sr.)
  2. Cooper Flanagan (So.) OR
  3. Eli Raridon (Jr.)

Left tackle

  1. Anthonie Knapp (Fr.)
  2. Tosh Baker (Gr.)

Left guard

  1. Billy Schrauth (Jr.)
  2. Sullivan Absher (So.)

Center

  1. Pat Coogan (Sr.)
  2. Sam Pendleton (So.)
  3. Joe Otting (So.)

Right guard

  1. Rocco Spindler (Sr.)
  2. Charles Jagusah (So.)
  3. Chris Terek (So.)

Jagusah is back, and his role is as the backup right guard.

Right tackle

  1. Aamil Wagner (Jr.)
  2. Guerby Lambert (Fr.)

Vyper

  1. Joshua Burnham (Jr.)
  2. Junior Tuihalamaka (Jr.)
  3. Loghan Thomas (Fr.)

Three-technique defensive tackle

  1. Gabriel Rubio (Sr.)
  2. Armel Mukam (So.)

Nose tackle

  1. Howard Cross III (Gr.)
  2. Donovan Hinish (Jr.)
  3. Sean Sevillano Jr. (Fr.)

Same thing as Love: Cross is not 100 percent, but he’ll gut it out.

Strong-side defensive end

  1. RJ Oben (Gr.)
  2. Bryce Young (Fr.) OR
  3. Joshua Burnham (Jr.)

Will linebacker

  1. Jack Kiser (Gr.)
  2. Jaiden Ausberry (So.) OR
  3. Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa (Fr.)

Mike linebacker

  1. Drayk Bowen (So.)
  2. Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa (Fr.)

Notre Dame used Viliamu-Asa exclusively as a pass rusher in his return to play. We’ll see if his role expands against Penn State. It should be noted that the other four linebackers are playing excellent football.

Rover

  1. Jaylen Sneed (Jr.)
  2. Jaiden Ausberry (So.)

Nickel

  1. Jordan Clark (Gr.)
  2. Karson Hobbs (Fr.)

Cornerback (boundary)

  1. Leonard Moore (Fr.)
  2. Tae Johnson (Fr.)

Cornerback (field)

  1. Christian Gray (So.)
  2. Karson Hobbs (Fr.)

Safety (boundary)

  1. Adon Shuler (So.)
  2. Luke Talich (So.) OR
  3. Kennedy Urlacher (Fr.)

Safety (field)

  1. Xavier Watts (Sr.)
  2. Rod Heard II (Gr.)

Specialists (starters only)

Place kicker: Mitch Jeter (Gr.)

Kickoff specialist: Mitch Jeter (Gr.)

Punter: James Rendell (Gr.)

Holder: Chris Salerno (Sr.)

Long snapper (punts): Joseph Vinci (Fr.)

Short snapper (field goals): Rino Monteforte (Jr.)

Kickoff returner: Jayden Harrison (Gr.) OR Jeremiyah Love (So.) OR Jadarian Price (Jr.)

Punt returner: Max Hurleman (Gr.) OR Jordan Faison (So.) OR Jaden Greathouse (So.)

Jeter returned to kickoff specialist duties after walk-on Eric Goins handled them for several weeks after his hip injury.

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