ND RB Josh Adams declares for NFL draft
Per his instagram account.
Of note since we open up the season at South Bend. A lot of production to replace... 1430 rushing yards with 9 rushing TD's
As it stands right now ND is going to be replacing 4 of 5 starting O-linemen, top WR (St. Brown), top RB, top 2 TE's (Smythe, Weishar). While on the defensive side they lose a couple of contributors on the D-Line (Bonner, Hayes, Trumbetti), and their 3 starting LB's.
January 5th, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
Smell right!
January 5th, 2018 at 1:05 PM ^
Sorry.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:08 PM ^
Brian kelly went tomsula on you.
January 5th, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
Can he take Pep with him?
January 5th, 2018 at 12:57 PM ^
Kelly finally jumping to the pros? That always seems to be the rumor every year.
January 5th, 2018 at 12:59 PM ^
Not threadworthy of course, but the ads have been strange today! I'm pretty sure I've never searched for realistic meat-look hoody.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:19 PM ^
"Pardon my forwardness, but that hoodie you have on appears well marbled."
January 5th, 2018 at 1:27 PM ^
I prefer my hoodie prepared medium.
January 5th, 2018 at 3:11 PM ^
I usually just have ads about tshirts or mail order brides. Only one of those things I search for on the web.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:00 PM ^
Their D coordinator went to A&M.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:01 PM ^
All of these departures won't mean a thing if the offense can't stop getting in its own way.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:28 PM ^
We all know the offense has work to do. I hope this doesn't have to get brought up in every thread between now and the start of the season.
January 5th, 2018 at 2:18 PM ^
It can stop being brought up in every thread when the offense stops getting in its own way and when we beat MSU and OSU. Beat Spring Game.
January 5th, 2018 at 3:59 PM ^
We can't discuss opponents' departures until we beat our rivals.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:03 PM ^
Wimbush (the QB) was not particularly impressive this year. This turnover doesn't leave them with much.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:11 PM ^
I wish we had an unimpressive qb that led us to a 10-3 record.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:21 PM ^
We actually did in 2016
January 5th, 2018 at 1:37 PM ^
2016 Wilton Speight before breaking his collarbone against Iowa:
2,053 yards
64.5 completion %
8.9 YPA
15 TDs
3 INTs
We'll never know how he would have played with a fully healthy 2017. But this is an entirely unfair take. And despite a couple disastrous plays against Ohio State, he stepped up and made big throws under pressure when this fanbase had very little faith an injured version of him could.
He was no Heisman contender, but damnit that version of healthy Speight was enough to make us at legitimate Top 5 team when paired with our nasty defense and far superior special teams (a factor that gets overlooked when considering the dropoff this year). That level of QB play would have at the very least gotten us a 9-3 year (likely with a bowl win as well for a third consecutive 10-3 season).
January 5th, 2018 at 1:21 PM ^
We were probably pretty close to having an unimpressive QB lead us there. Healthy Speight probably would have gotten wins against MSU and SCar. With ND losing a ton of its production on offense and their DC, I like our chances. Just about our entire team will be back.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:25 PM ^
Healthy Speight probably wins us OSU as well.
But Healthy Speight might have lost us Purdue. O'Korn was legit good in that game.
January 6th, 2018 at 10:26 AM ^
Adams is a real loss for ND: over 1400 net yards last year, about 7 yards per attempt. But the next leading ND rusher was QB Brandon Wimbush, who ran for over 800 net yards in 2017, and scored 14 TDs. Passing? --- not so great. Only a 49.5% completion percentage with 6 INTs. But he did throw 16 TDs, almost as many as he rushed for.
Anyway, think Brian Lewerke, who was also his team's second leading rusher. Wimbush and Lewerke are two dual-threat QBs who pose a threat to any defense.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:07 PM ^
I don’t think that’s accurate. I looked at a depth chart and some of those seniors are redshirt juniors who will probably be back.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:22 PM ^
I checked two and both list four senior linemen.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:33 PM ^
Bars and Mustipher took redshirts in 2014.
They do lose their entire left side sooooo Rashan Gary should be an early Heisman favorite after week 1
January 6th, 2018 at 8:08 AM ^
You are still not quite understanding the difference between class standing and eligibility are you?
January 5th, 2018 at 1:42 PM ^
Has anyone ever told you that you look like umbig11? Uncanny.
January 5th, 2018 at 2:03 PM ^
ND returns most of their defense like Michigan assuming Coney, Tillery and Tranquill stay in school.
I think ND loses 1-2 starters on defense and 4-5 starters on offense.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:07 PM ^
the week before the game.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:08 PM ^
When the leprechaun leaves..... well where there is smoke, there is fire.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:10 PM ^
I mean, I get it, we're coming off a crappy season and we're the away team.
But the talent on our team I think is a slight notch above ND's when it comes to current players (based on 24/7 recruiting rankings)...
2016: M = ranked 8, ND = ranked 15
2017: M = ranked 5, ND = ranked 10
All in all though, I'm guessing the line will be ND - 6 or so. Sound about right?
January 5th, 2018 at 1:21 PM ^
ND is a 2.5 point favorite as the lines for a few games got released this week. Will likely flucuate.
January 5th, 2018 at 3:56 PM ^
it will flatulate.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:11 PM ^
They don't lose all 3 LBs, Drue Tranquill is coming back for a 5th year. They did lose their DC though
January 5th, 2018 at 1:17 PM ^
They aren’t losing 4 OL either. I think only 2. 2 guys will be back for a 5th year after some googling. I’m less concerned with our D in that matchup and more concerned that our offense will really struggle against a veteran D on the road to start the year.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:20 PM ^
I checked two sites and both list four senior linemen.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:31 PM ^
By class. Not eligibility. Just like Winovich is listed as a senior for us.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:58 PM ^
I think PSU and ND both adopted this practice like Michigan. But at least PSU's roster lists both their class and eligibility.
January 5th, 2018 at 3:13 PM ^
Notre Dame has always listed players by academic class. I don't think they ever refer to someone redshirting.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:19 PM ^
He was very mediocre this year, but knowing Dantonio he'll probably "evolve" into a Big Ten RB of the Year in 2018
January 5th, 2018 at 1:39 PM ^
Heres to hoping I am wrong and he stinks next year
January 5th, 2018 at 4:01 PM ^
As long as he only gets arrested 7 times.
January 5th, 2018 at 1:44 PM ^
cool
January 5th, 2018 at 1:50 PM ^
Will have 8 months to prepare for Notre Dame. I would hope with everyone coming back that Harbaugh will have a pretty solid game plan going into this game.
January 5th, 2018 at 2:27 PM ^
Expect same with ND
January 5th, 2018 at 4:28 PM ^
Overwhelmed Florida because they were terrible. They fired their coach mid-season. I dont think we're capable of overwhelming ND
January 5th, 2018 at 2:43 PM ^
They are also down a DC.