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Notre Dame vs. South Florida Depth Charts:
Dual-Column HTML & What's New
Leprechaun Express: Notre Dame Football Intel Update Sept. 2, 2011
What's New - Notre Dame Offense vs. South Florida Defense - Notre Dame Defense vs. South Florida Offense - Notre Dame vs. South Florida Special Teams
Notre Dame vs. South Florida depth charts, in complementary dual-column format, follow below in HTML-based text. [click here to jump to directly to the depth chart] The Fighting Irish take on the Bulls in Notre Dame Stadium, the House That Rockne Built on Saturday, Sept. 3, at 3:30 PM ET, on national broadcast television on NBC, kicking off the second season of the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame.
What's New
:: Dayne Crist returns as starting quarterback after knee surgery and successful rehab
:: wide receiver and Wildcat quarterback Theo Riddick is the starting return man on both punts and kickoffs; note that Riddick has speed but also, like Tommy Zbikowski and Rocket Ismail, appears to be a very strong runner as well
:: Bennett Jackson and Austin Collinsworth, who made names for themselves as kickoff gunners with blistering speed last year, before also breaking into roles as return men, are now on the depth chart in the defensive secondary
:: freshman Kyle Brindza joins the team starting at kickoffs, with a past reputation for consistently very deep kicks
:: freshmen also are in the two-deep at wide receiver, offensive and defensive line, and linebacker
:: Notre Dame otherwise has a very experienced offense with upperclassmen and others with game experience at the skilled positions, as well as key veterans on defense
:: familiar faces and names appear to be a bit bigger this year, and the entire defensive line has 300-pounders either starting or in the two deep at all three positions; the linebacker corps also is big, with multiple positions in the 250-pound range
:: Zach Martin is backed up by his freshman brother Nick Martin at left tackle on the offensive line
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Notre Dame vs. South Florida Depth Charts
The Fighting Irish take on the Bulls at Notre Dame Stadium, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, at 3:30 PM ET on NBC
Keep in mind that, in the past, Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly sometimes has featured extensive rotation at a some positions. All players listed have to be ready to play like a starter, and additional players, not listed, might sometimes might see crucial game action.
Notre Dame Offense
QB
10 DAYNE CRIST 6-4 235 Sr.
11 Tommy Rees 6-2 215 So.
RB
20 Cierre Wood 6-0 215 Jr.
25 Jonas Gray 5-10 230 Sr.
WR
3 MICHAEL FLOYD 6-3 224 Sr.
81 John Goodman 6-3 207 Sr.
WR
7 TJ JONES 5-11 187 So.
16 DaVaris Daniels 6-1 1/2 185 Fr.
WR
6 THEO RIDDICK 5-11 198 Jr.
9 Robby Toma 5-9 185 Jr.
TE
80 TYLER EIFERT 6-6 249 Jr.
83 Mike Ragone 6-4 250 Sr.
LT
70 ZACK MARTIN 6-4 303 Jr.
72 Nick Martin 6-4 1/4 280 Fr.
LG
66 Chris Watt 6-3 310 Jr.
76 Andrew Nuss 6-5 303 Sr.
C
52 BRAXSTON CAVE 6-3 303 Sr.
57 Mike Golic Jr. 6-3 295 Sr.
RG
78 TREVOR ROBINSON 6-5 311 Sr.
65 Conor Hanratty 6-4 1/2 315 Fr.
RT
75 TAYLOR DEVER 6-5 301 Sr.
74 Christian Lombard 6-5 301 So.
South Florida Defense
CB
6 Kayvon Webster 5-11 196 Jr.
24 Ernie Tabuteau 5-10 180 Jr.
SS
8 Jon Lejiste 6-0 199 RJr.
4 Tyson Butler 6-0 202 RSr.
FS
1 Jerrell Young 6-1 209 RSr.
26 Mark Joyce 5-10 197 So.
CB
2 Quenton Washington 5-10 196 RSr.
30 JaQuez jenkins 6-2 187 RSo.
SAM
16 Reshard Cliett 6-2 217 RFr.
13 Curtis Weatherspoon 6-0 215 Sr.
MIKE
36 Sam Barrington 6-1 232 Jr.
55 Michael Lanaris 6-0 235 RJr.
WILL
34 DeDe Lattimore 6-1 230 RSo.
35 Mike Jeune 6-0 226 Jr.
DE
97 Ryne Giddins 6-3 261 RSo.
54 Julius Forte 6-2 264 RSo.
DT
46 Cory Grissom 6-2 322 RJr.
53 Elkino Watson 6-2 291 Fr.
DT
91 Keith McCaskill 6-0 289 RSr.
92 Luke Sager 6-3 282 RSo.
DE
41 Patrick Hampton 6-2 246 RSr.
96 Anthony Hill 6-4 288 Jr.
Notre Dame Defense
CB
12 Robert Blanton 6-1 200 Sr.
23 Lo Wood 5-10 195 So.
S
22 HARRISON SMITH 6-2 214 Sr.
15 Dan McCarthy 6-2 205 Sr.
S
26 Jamoris Slaughter 6-0 198 Sr.
or 17 ZEKE MOTTA 6-2 215 Jr.
28 Austin Collinsworth 6-1 200 So.
CB
4 GARY GRAY 5-11 195 Sr.
2 Bennett Jackson 6-0 185 So.
OLB
45 DARIUS FLEMING 6-2 255 Sr.
46 Steve Filer 6-3 245 Sr.
or 1 Ishaq Williams 6-5 255 Fr.
ILB
48 Dan Fox 6-3 240 Jr.
or 44 CARLO CALABRESE 6-1 245 Jr.
ILB
5 MANTI TE'O 6-2 255 Jr.
54 Anthony McDonald 6-2 238 Sr.
OLB
55 Prince Shembo 6-2 250 So.
13 Danny Spond 6-2 242 So.
or 56 Troy Niklas 6-6 1/2 250 Fr.
DE
90 ETHAN JOHNSON 6-4 300 Sr.
19 Aaron Lynch 6-6 265 Fr.
NG
98 Sean Cwynar 6-4 285 Sr.
or 9 Louis Nix III 6-3 326 So.
DE
89 KAPRON LEWIS-MOORE 6-4 300 Sr.
7 Stephon Tuitt 6-6 1/4 295 Fr.
96 Kona Schwenke 6-4 285 So.
South Florida Offense
QB
7 B.J. Daniels 6-0 223 RJr.
13 Bobby Eveld 6-5 211 So.
RB
21 Demetris Murray 6-0 215 RJr.
or 3 Darrell Scott 6-1 239 RJr.
WR
11 A.J. Love 6-2 208 RSr.
80 Stephen Bravo-Brown 5-10 178 So.
WR
17 Sterling Griffin 6-0 191 RSo.
83 Deonte Welch 6-0 204 RFr.
WR
25 Joel Miller 5-10 196 Sr.
15 Victor Marc 5-11 221 Jr.
TE
9 Evan Landi 6-3 228 Jr.
88 Andreas Shields 6-4 246 RJr.
LT
74 Mark Popek 6-7 283 RJr.
75 Darren Powe 6-3 296 RSr.
LG
55 Jeremiah Warren 6-4 330 RSr.
65 Tony Kibler 6-4 324 RFr.
C
79 Chaz Hine 6-4 299 RSr.
78 Austin Reiter 6-3 278 RFr.
RG
60 Danous Estenor 6-3 295 Jr.
66 Kevin McCaskill 6-1 320 RSr.
RT
70 Quinterrius Eatmon 6-6 301 RFr.
73 Damien Edwards 6-5 330 RJr.
Notre Dame Special Teams
PK
97 David Ruffer 6-1 176 Sr.
40 NICK TAUSCH 6-0 190 So.
27 Kyle Brindza 6-1 219 Fr.
KO
27 Kyle Brindza 6-1 219 Fr.
97 David Ruffer 6-1 176 Sr.
P
35 BEN TURK 5-11 196 So.
27 Kyle Brindza 6-1 219 Fr.
PR
6 Theo Riddick 5-11 198 Jr.
81 John Goodman 6-3 207 Jr.
KR
6 Theo Riddick 5-11 198 Jr.
2 BENNETT JACKSON 6-0 185 So.
34 George Atkinson III 6-1 1/4 200 Fr.
28 Austin Collinsworth 6-1 200 So.
HLD
50 Ryan Kavanagh 6-3 200 Jr.
35 Ben Turk 5-11 196 So.
LS
60 JORDAN COWART 6-2 215 So.
50 Ryan Kavanagh 6-3 200 Jr.
SLS
52 BRAXSTON CAVE 6-3 301 Jr.
60 JORDAN COWART 6-2 215 So.
South Florida Special Teams
PK
28 Maikon Bonani 5-10 187 RJr.
KO
99 Marvin Kloss 6-0 191 RFr.
P
18 Justin Brockhaus-Kann 6-2 222 Jr.
49 Mattias Ciabatti 6-0 178 Fr.
H
18 Justin Brockhaus-Kann 6-2 222 Jr.
LS
68 Mike Walsh 5-10 219 Jr.
KR
5 Lindsey Lamar 5-9 168 Jr.
PR
10 Terrence Mitchell 5-10 154 So.
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