Notre Dame football, jolted into an offseason of transition, can’t help but look up
New York Times— Marcus Freeman stood in the South Club, the private restaurant inside Notre Dame Stadium, two days before his first Blue-Gold Game, observing from the background. Offense Offensive coordinator Tommy Rees exited spring practice with an idea of what Notre Dame’s offense would look like now that he’s calling more of the shots under Freeman. In third and fourth downs needing short yardage last season, Notre Dame’s offensive line did not perform well enough: The Irish converted short-yardage runs 63.6 percent of the time, which was below average nationally. Fighting Irish returning production Category Percent returning Top returner Passing yards 14 Buchner, 298 Rushing yards 52 Buchner, 336 Receiving yards 65 Mayer, 840 OL starts 80 Patterson, 13 Tackles 77 Bertrand, 101 Tackles for loss 75 Foskey, 12.5 Sacks 84 Foskey, 11 Interceptions 73 Brown, 3 Defense Notre Dame’s defense will play under its third coordinator in three years in Al Golden, who inherits the architecture and roster built by Freeman and Clark Lea before him. When Notre Dame lost reserve nose guard Aidan Keanaaina to a torn ACL on the first day of spring practice, reinforcing the defensive line’s interior became a priority.
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