Yeah it’s February but who gives a shit, here’s my Notre Dame football 2021 Preview. Defense:

Yeah it’s February but who gives a shit, here’s my Notre Dame football 2021 Preview. Defense:




Early February I previewed the Notre Dame offense for the upcoming 2021 season, now it’s time to take a look at the defense. I already spoke on the key losses to both offense and defense, so I’m just gonna jump right into it……





Defensive End:

Losing Daelin Hayes and Adetokunbo Ogundeji is going to hurt, these guys made big plays pretty consistently. I thought Hayes was super underrated, such speed off the edge was a terror for quarterbacks. But I think this spot on the defense won’t hurt that much because of the losses at defensive end. With guys like Isaiah Foskey and Justin Ademilola will step right in and make a pretty big impact on defense for the Irish.


Predicted Starters Defensive End: Isaih Foskey and Justin Ademilola


Defensive Tackle:

Not really losing many guys here, but the lack of depth in my opinion might hurt the Irish here. Unfortunately this isn’t the only position Notre Dame is lacking for depth on defense. With names like Myron Tagovaiola-Amosa, Kurt Hinisch, Jacob Lacey and Howard Cross III. By no means am I saying these kids aren’t talented and could make some noise on defense. I'm just sayin it might not be enough firepower to contend for the playoffs again.


Predicted Starters Defensive Tackle: Myron Tagovaiola-Amosa and Kurt Hinisch


Linebackers:

Oh boy, is it time for some guys to step up. With losing Butkus Award winner Jeremiah Owuso-Koramoah let’s see what some of these guys can do. I think these linebackers may perhaps be sneaky underrated. With names like Drew White, Isaiah Pryor(moving from safety), Shayne Simon, Bo Bauer, Jack Kiser and Marist Liufau JR. I honestly, don’t hate this corp of Linebackers, you’re gonna see a lot of rotation here and that's not a bad thing.


Predicted Starters Linebacker: Drew White, Isaiah Pryor and Shayne Simon JR.


Secondary:

Another position that always seems to be a weak spot for the irish, the secondary. Not really losing too many key pieces here outside of Shaun Crawford, but the secondary has always been a spot for concern for Notre Dame. You’re going to see probably at least 8-10 different guys lining up in the secondary. The talent is there, but the question is? Who’s gonna step up? Pre-season All-American Kyle Hamilton will be leaned on a lot to be the leader of the secondary this year and in no way is that a bad thing.


Predicted Starters Secondary: Cam Hart(CB) TaRiq Bracy(CB) Kyle Hamilton(S) Houston Griffith (S)


Predicted Starters: Jonathan Doerer(K) Jay Bramblett(P)


MY EXTRA POINTS: CAPTAINS

Jarretty Patterson (OL)

Kyren Williams (RB)

Kurt Hinisch (DT)

Kyle Hamilton (S)

Jonathan Doerer (K)

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