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TRACKING TOP DRAFT PROSPECTS - WEEK 1: 30. Cam Hart, rJr, CB, Notre Dame, 6-2, 198,...Former wide receiver in 2019, Hart became one of Notre Dame's best defensive backs, with his experience as a receiver translating to ball skill ability at corner. He also showed good physicality last season. In Notre Dame's 21-10 loss at Ohio State he had two total tackles. He was burned by wide receiver Emeka Egbuka on a 31-yard touchdown with 5:32 left in the third quarter, which gave Ohio State a 7-3 lead. - Frank Cooney/NFL Draft Scout

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CB Cam Hart, Notre Dame
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09/02/22 - Riley Leonard, Sr/2025, Notre Dame, 6-4, 216 (DS#9 QB) + More +

Riley Leonard threw for two touchdowns and completed his first 15 passes of the season, boosting Duke to a 30-0 victory over Temple as coach Mike Elko won in his debut Friday night. Duke recorded its first shutout of a Football Bowl Subdivision team since 1989 at North Carolina. Leonard, a sophomore, completed 24 of 30 passes for 328 yards. He also was the top rusher in the game with 64 yards on 11 carries. Elko was in his first game as a head coach after replacing David Cutcliffe, who spent 14 seasons in charge of the Blue Devils. Duke is coming off three consecutive losing seasons with a combined 10-25 record during that stretch.

It was a disappointing opening game for first-year Temple coach Stan Drayton, who had been the associate head coach at Texas. Temple was held to 179 yards of total offense, with just 50 in the first half compared to Duke's 337 by halftime. Duke scored five plays into the game on Jaylen Coleman's 1-yard run. Moore threw touchdown passes of 4 yards to Jordan Moore and 39 yards to Sahmir Hagans in the first half. Moore was the game's second-leading receiver with 77 yards on six catches. He competed with Leonard for the starting quarterback role in the preseason and is listed as the backup quarterback. - Duke/AP College Football

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QB Riley Leonard, Notre Dame
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09/01/22 - *Michael Mayer, Jr/2023, Notre Dame, 6-5, 249 (DS#1 TE) + More +

ESPN TOP 100 PRESEASON 2022 CFB PLAYERS (Selected Aug. 17): No. 16. Michael Mayer, TE, Notre Dame, Junior. Notable 2021 stats: 840 yards, 7 TDs. Last year's ranking: 47. Along with Georgia's Brock Bowers, Mayer is a prime Mackey Award candidate in what should be his final college season. He has been dominant from the start, recording 113 receptions for 1,290 yards and nine touchdowns in his first two seasons. His presence will be huge for Notre Dame's new starting quarterback, Tyler Buchner. - ESPN.com

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TE *Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
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09/01/22 - *Brandon Joseph, rJr/2023, Notre Dame, 6-0, 202 (DS#7 FS) + More +

ESPN TOP 100 PRESEASON 2022 CFB PLAYERS (Selected Aug. 17): No. 37. Brandon Joseph, S, Notre Dame, Junior. Notable 2021 stats: 79 tackles (54 solo), 3 INT. Last year's ranking: 62. A 2020 All-America selection at Northwestern, Joseph could be one of the most important transfers on defense in the past cycle. After six interceptions two seasons ago, his playmaking production dipped last fall, but he brings experience and talent to a Notre Dame secondary that will be tested right away against Ohio State. - ESPN.com

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FS *Brandon Joseph, Notre Dame
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09/01/22 - *Isaiah Foskey, rJr/2023, Notre Dame, 6-5, 264 (DS#7 DE) + More +

ESPN TOP 100 PRESEASON 2022 CFB PLAYERS (Selected Aug. 17): No. 31. Isaiah Foskey, DE, Notre Dame, Senior. Notable 2021 stats: 52 tackles (38 solo), 11 sacks, 6 FF. Last year's ranking: NR. Pass rush should be a strength for Notre Dame's defense, and Foskey will lead the effort after recording team-highs in sacks (11) and tackles for loss (12.5) in 2021. Foskey was among the nation's most disruptive defenders, tying for the FBS lead in forced fumbles (6) and tying for 11th in sacks per game (.85). - ESPN.com

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DE *Isaiah Foskey, Notre Dame
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09/01/22 - Jarrett Patterson, rSr/2023, Notre Dame, 6-5, 306 (DS#6 C) + More +

ESPN TOP 100 PRESEASON 2022 CFB PLAYERS (Selected Aug. 17): No. 22. Jarrett Patterson, C, Notre Dame, Senior. Notable career stat: Has never allowed a sack. Last year's ranking: NR. The three-year starter and 2021 captain has not been responsible for a sack in his college career, a big reason why he ranks No. 2 on Mel Kiper Jr.'s list of draft-eligible centers for 2023. The 6-foot-4, 310-pound Patterson will anchor one of the nation's best lines, and should push to become Notre Dame's first Rimington Trophy winner. - ESPN.com

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C Jarrett Patterson, Notre Dame
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09/01/22 - Sam Hartman, rSr/2024, Notre Dame, 6-1, 211 (DS#13 QB) + More +

ESPN TOP 100 PRESEASON 2022 CFB PLAYERS (Selected Aug. 17): No. 21. Sam Hartman, QB, Wake Forest, Junior. Notable 2021 stats: 4,228 yards, 39 TDs. Last year's ranking: NR. Hartman will miss the early part of the season while rehabbing from a non-football issue that required surgery in August. His absence will be felt by Wake Forest, as Hartman delivered arguably the best season in school history in 2021, accounting for 4,591 yards of total offense and 50 combined touchdowns. He's just the 16th Power 5 QB in history to record 50 TDs in a season, a group that includes 11 first-round draft picks and eight Heisman Trophy winners. - ESPN.com

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QB Sam Hartman, Notre Dame
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08/31/22 - *Michael Mayer, Jr/2023, Notre Dame, 6-5, 249 (DS#1 TE) + More +

2022 COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S TOP STAR DUOS/TRIOS: Notre Dame tight end Michael Mayer, edge rusher Isaiah Foskey and center Jarrett Patterson. Patterson and Foskey are first-team preseason AP All-Americans. Mayer is a second-teamer after leading Notre Dame with 71 catches for 840 yards and seven touchdowns as a sophomore. Patterson is a graduate student who hasn't allowed a sack in his career. Foskey had 11 sacks last season, third-most in program history. - AP College Football

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TE *Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
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08/30/22 - Jarrett Patterson, rSr/2023, Notre Dame, 6-5, 306 (DS#6 C) + More +

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said Monday that offensive lineman Jarrett Patterson was questionable for the fifth-ranked Fighting Irish's opener against No. 2 Ohio State. Patterson has been dealing with an injury to his right foot for about two weeks. Freeman said he did expect the fifth-year senior to practice this week. "We'll see as we get closer to game-time where he'll be, but I would say he's questionable right now," Freeman said. Patterson was one of the best centers in the country last year for Notre Dame and a preseason All-American. He was listed as the starter at left guard on the Irish's first depth chart of the season, released Monday. Patterson's injury gave Zeke Correll an opportunity to earn the start at center. - AP College Football

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C Jarrett Patterson, Notre Dame
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08/29/22 - *Michael Mayer, Jr/2023, Notre Dame, 6-5, 249 (DS#1 TE) + More +

Isaiah Foskey, Jarrett Patterson and Michael Mayer aren't just preseason All-America selections for Notre Dame football. Friday, they learned they would be 2022 captains as well. Joining them on the six-player list are wide receiver Avery Davis, out for the season with his second ACL tear in nine months but still helping out at practice; and linebackers Bo Bauer and JD Bertrand.

Davis and Patterson also held the honor last season, making them the 21st and 22nd two-time Irish captains over the past century. Robert Hainsey (2019-20), Ian Book (2019-20), Drue Tranquill (2017-18), Mike McGlinchey (2016-17), Nick Martin (2014-15), Sheldon Day (2014-15) and Zack Martin (2012-13) also repeated as captains in recent years. Patterson, a three-year starter at center who converted to left guard before training camp, is questionable for the season opener on Sept. 3 at Ohio State with a sprained right foot. Mayer, the record-breaking tight end projected to go in the top 10 of the NFL Draft next spring, is the only junior on the list. Foskey, a fourth-year junior defensive end, is a likely first-round pick in 2022 as well. - South Bend Tribune

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TE *Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
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08/28/22 - Sam Hartman, rSr/2024, Notre Dame, 6-1, 211 (DS#13 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Sam Hartman, Jr., Wake Forest,...Hartman, who is one of eight returning semifinalists for the Maxwell Award from a year ago and one of five returning finalists for the Manning Award, goes into the 2022 season with 9,266 career passing yards, ranking second in program history. Additionally, he holds the program record with 72 career touchdown passes while also ranking in the top-five in program history in career completions, attempts, completion percentage and passing efficiency. He is the only Wake Forest quarterback with three or more four-plus touchdown games in his career. Last season, the Charlotte, N.C. native had a breakout sophomore campaign, being named a finalist for the Manning Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award while also being chosen as a Semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Award. - Wake Forest Football

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QB Sam Hartman, Notre Dame
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08/22/22 - Jarrett Patterson, rSr/2023, Notre Dame, 6-5, 306 (DS#6 C) + More +

Notre Dame's offensive line has been hit hard by injuries in recent practices and had a limited number of bodies during Friday's session. Senior left guard Jarrett Patterson wheeled into practice with his right lower leg on a scooter and in a cast. Marcus Freeman said Patterson would miss about 10 days of practice and his status for the Irish season opener at Ohio State on Sept. 3 is questionable. Aamil Wagner, Caleb Johnson, Michael Carmody and Tosh Baker were also unavailable among Notre Dame's lineman group. Andrew Kristofic, who took most of the first-team reps at left guard, and Joe Alt, each were seen limping after separate plays during practice, but remained in drills throughout the day. - South Bend Tribune

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C Jarrett Patterson, Notre Dame
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08/17/22 - Tyler Buchner, rSr/2026, Notre Dame, 6-1, 206 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Not since Brady Quinn was heading into his senior season has Notre Dame been ranked higher in the Associated Press preseason college football poll. In their first season under new coach Marcus Freeman, the Irish checked in at No. 5 on Monday after occupying that same spot last week in the USA Today/Coaches Poll. It's the first time since 2006, when Charlie Weis' second edition was preseason No. 2, that Notre Dame could make a top-five claim heading into the year. The Irish finished last season ranked eighth after going 11-2 and losing to Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl, which also marked Freeman's debut at the helm.

Ohio State, which Notre Dame will visit on the night of Sept. 3 in the season opener, is ranked second. Fourth-ranked Clemson (Nov. 5), 14th-ranked USC (Nov. 26) and No. 25 BYU (Oct. 8 in Las Vegas) are the other ranked teams on the Irish schedule this fall. This marks the 18th time Notre Dame has been ranked in the top five of the AP preseason poll since it started in 1950. The only other time the Irish were ranked fifth was 1978, when they were coming off a national championship under coach Dan Devine. That 1977 team, which opened at No. 3, was Notre Dame's only eventual national champion ranked in the AP preseason top five. In the seven-plus decades of the AP preseason poll, the other Irish national champions opened sixth (1966), eighth (1973) and 13th (1988). - South Bend Tribune

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QB Tyler Buchner, Notre Dame
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08/15/22 - Avery Davis, rSr/2023, Notre Dame, 5-11, 199 (DS#182 WR) + More +

Losing slot receiver Avery Davis to his second ACL tear in nine months was a "huge blow" to Notre Dame's collective team psyche, not just its offense, coach Marcus Freeman said Saturday. A returning captain, Davis' 66 career receptions and eight touchdowns rivaled the total combined production from the returning receiver group of Braden Lenzy (50 catches/six touchdowns), Lorenzo Styles (24/1), Joe Wilkins Jr. (11/2), Deion Colzie (4/0) and Matt Salerno (1/0).

Freeman met Friday night with receivers coach Chansi Stuckey to discuss how Davis' snaps could be redistributed. Further meetings will be held with coordinators Tommy Rees (offense) and Al Golden (defense) as additional options are considered. One of those, Freeman agreed, would be to move reserve safety Xavier Watts back to offense. Signed as a three-star recruit from Omaha, Neb., where he posted 1,072 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior, Watts was rated among the top 75 receivers in the 2020 recruiting class. "Xavier Watts is having a really good camp," Freeman said, noting the starting safety role opposite Brandon Joseph remains an open competition. - South Bend Tribune

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WR Avery Davis, Notre Dame
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08/15/22 - Tyler Buchner, rSr/2026, Notre Dame, 6-1, 206 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Long considered the prohibitive favorite to open the season as Notre Dame's starting quarterback, Tyler Buchner learned in a Friday night position meeting he had indeed won the two-man battle with Drew Pyne. Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman made the public announcement Saturday, three weeks before the fifth-ranked Irish open the season at No. 2 Ohio State. It will be the first career start for Buchner, who appeared in 10 games as a freshman last season, mostly as a change-of-pace option to Jack Coan. "We just felt like it was time," Freeman said. "It was time to give the offense clarity on who's going to be the starting quarterback."

Calling it an "extremely difficult decision" and one he and offensive coordinator Tommy Rees "spent an enormous amount of time" discussing, Freeman cited the "entire body of work" from both quarterbacks. Buchner, the top returning rusher on the team after a 336-yard, three-touchdown debut season with his legs, has just 35 career pass attempts. That's the fewest for a Notre Dame season-opening starter since Brandon Wimbush had five pass attempts heading into 2017. Buchner, who averaged 7.3 yards per carry last season, passed for 298 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions in 2021. He did not appear in the Fiesta Bowl loss to Oklahoma State and missed the Blue-Gold Game with a sprained ankle after impressing the coaching staff through the first 13 practices. - South Bend Tribune

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QB Tyler Buchner, Notre Dame
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