SOUTH BEND, Ind. — In a benevolently compressed offseason interval extended by the longest Notre Dame football season ever, much of the vision and planning for the 2025 season has been done in pencil.
With an eraser close at hand.
We do know officially when Irish spring football practice will end — April 12 with the annual Blue-Gold Game at Notre Dame Stadium (2 p.m. EDT, Peacock Streaming). And thanks to an oopsy/since-deleted social media post, the start of spring practice is believed to be March 18.
Much less certain is what the Irish depth chart will look like when those 15 spring practices commence. But Inside ND Sports is willing to make that projection, so below you’ll find that position-by-position breakdown.
We’ll update it as less-certain injury situations gain definition in regard to player availability. And as players move up and down throughout the spring in position battles, we’ll update the depth chart regularly to reflect those changes.
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For now, players who won’t arrive until June are placed at the bottom of the depth chart, even those like Virginia transfer wide receiver Malachi Fields, a probable starter eventually. Also placed at the bottom are players who will have no involvement in spring practice due to injury or players like wide receiver Jordan Faison, who are primarily playing another sport in the spring.
Incoming freshmen default to the bottom of the depth chart among healthy options. Players who can partially participate in spring while on the comeback trail may be listed in their eventual projected position.
The Inside ND Sports' projected depth chart goes beyond the two-deeps based on conversations with head coach Marcus Freeman, his coaching staff, players, others in the know and observations from practices.
Heights and weights were last updated on Aug. 27, the first day of fall-semester classes for undergrads. We expect updates in March.
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
SPECIAL TEAMS
*-Denotes player who could be limited but still participate while rehabbing from surgery.
#-Denotes player whose participation will be limited in spring due to playing another sport.
x-Denotes freshman or transfer who won't enroll at Notre Dame until June.
y-Denotes player expected to miss spring football due to injury.
+-Denotes player exercising extra year of eligibility through COVID exemption.
^-Rendell is guaranteed two years of eligibility by the NCAA and is petitioning for a third.
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