Notre Dame football’s offensive line has had some issues this season with injuries, but that hasn’t stopped them from performing at an extremely high level.
The starting group of Anthonie Knapp, Bill Schrauth, Pat Coogan, Rocco Spindler, Aamil Wagner along with backups Sam Pendleton and Tosh Baker, have all been great when they’ve stepped on the field.
The unit helped the runners average 6 yards-per-carry while allowing just 12 sacks through nine games. That was enough for the Joe Moore Award to name the Notre Dame offensive line as one of its semifinalists for the best group in the country. A good amount of credit is due to the coaching of Joe Rudolph.
While the award is fairly new, it started in 2015, the Irish already have one of its former line take home the honors in 2017. That unit was highlighted by [autotag]Quenton Nelson[/autotag], who was an All-American that year, before getting drafted at No. 6 overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
With a few more impressive performances from the Notre Dame offensive line, there is a very good possibility that a second Joe Moore Award is heading to South Bend.
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