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Initial injury report ahead of Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame

Here is the newest injury report for both Texas A&M and Notre Dame

Texas A&M will begin the Mike Elko era with a prime-time showdown, as 7th-ranked Notre Dame will travel to Kyle Field for the first time in over 20 seasons. On Monday, Elko, alongside left tackle Trey Zuhn III and linebacker Taurean York, spoke to the media ahead of the opener.

Noting the overall health of the roster entering the matchup, sophomore running back Reuben Owens is the only player slated to miss the opener after the sophomore sustained a season-ending lower-body injury during the middle of fall camp.

“Rueben (Owens) is our only [injury]. … A couple of kids with nicks and bruises, but nothing that’s holding them back. It has been a really successful fall camp from that perspective.”

Concerning the players with “nicks and bruises” that Elko is referencing, starting quarterback Conner Weigman is not among those names, as the redshirt sophomore is completely healthy after his elongated recovery post-offseason surgery.

Notre Dame’s injury list grew on Monday as senior cornerback Chance Tucker will reportedly miss the 2024 season, according to Irish head coach Marcus Freeman. Tucker will join sophomore tackle Charles Jagusah, who was lost for the season earlier this month.

No. 20 Texas A&M will host No. 7 Notre Dame on Saturday, August 31, at 6:30 p.m. CT, and the game will air on ABC.

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Notre Dame’s O-line inexperience should greatly benefit Texas A&M’s pass rush

Texas A&M could have a huge advantage vs. Notre Dame’s young offensive line

In the wake of Notre Dame left tackle Charles Jagusah sustaining a season-ending injury earlier this month, plenty of movement is in the works under head coach Marcus Freeman, who is preparing his team for the season opener vs. Texas A&M inside what could be a sold out Kyle Field.

Knowing that the Irish O-line will face one of the top defensive lines in the country, especially after Aggie’s head coach Mike Elko landed former Purdue defensive end Nic Scourton from the transfer portal, Notre Dame O-line coach Joe Rudolph’s track record speaks for its self, but this will be a tough starting unit to assemble, and feel confident about ahead of the opener.

With Jagusah officially sidelined, it was revealed by The Athletics’ Pete Sampson that freshman Anthonie Knapp was working with the first-team offensive line this week over grad student tackle Tosh Baker at the left tackle spot. In contrast, redshirt freshman Sam Pendelton started at left guard during the team’s final open practice this week.

While the right side of the line consisted of multiple redshirt sophomores with some depth behind them, this provides Elko and defensive coordinator Jay Bateman to strategically move around Scourton, Turner, Stewart, and former Bowling Green Edge Cashius Howell to readily expose the inexperience of the left side of Notre Dame’s line.

A stat to note: All four Aggie pass rushers mentioned (Scourton, Turner, Stewart, Howell) combined for 27 sacks last season. Advantage Texas A&M for now.

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Has Notre Dame found another diamond in the rough offensive lineman?

It’s not surprising to see the Irish unearth another underrated offensive lineman

Since Notre Dame football’s projected starting left tackle [autotag]Charles Jagusah[/autotag] went down with a season-ending injury, many have wondered who would take over the spot.

When we looked at the top candidates, [autotag]Anthonie Knapp[/autotag] wasn’t one of them, but he could be forcing his way into playing time. The true freshman from Georgia didn’t enter the program with much hype. He was ranked 332nd overall on the 247Sports composite.

Clearly recruiting isn’t an exact science, see Joe Alt, but one aspect Notre Dame has been able to do over the past few years is identify underrated offensive lineman. As reported by Pete Sampson, Knapp took first-team reps at tackle on Thursday’s practice, furthering that point.

It looks like the Irish have found yet another lower-rated prospect that will contribute to the program immediately. Even if Knapp isn’t the starter, it looks like he will play much sooner rather than later.

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247Sports says two Notre Dame football former blue-chip players breakout

It wouldn’t surprise any of us if they break out

One of the advantages of playing freshman early, is they get the experience needed to perform in the future.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman has done a great job of that, some out of necessity, others due to players forcing their way into the rotation. Running back [autotag]Jeremiyah Love[/autotag] falls into the latter, as he got touches in every game.

Offensive tackle [autotag]Charles Jagusah[/autotag] falls into the former, as Joe Alt opting out of the Sun Bowl paved the way for the true freshman to get his first start. It should come as no surprise that 247Sports named each of them as a former blue-chip player that will breakout in 2024.

Both true sophomores figure to be focal points of the Irish offense this season, as they are expected to win the starting jobs. It’s almost as a breakout for them is eminent.

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Is Notre Dame going to start a freshman at offensive tackle in the Sun Bowl?

Will we be seeing another freshman starter at tackle in the Sun Bowl?

When both starting Notre Dame offensive tackles, Joe Alt and Blake Fisher, declared for the NFL draft and opted out of the Sun Bowl, it left a massive pair of holes on the Irish offensive line.

It looks like Notre Dame could be leaning towards starting another true freshman. Both Alt and Fisher started in their first seasons and now it looks like [autotag]Charles Jagusah[/autotag] will be following in his teammates footsteps.

As head coach Marcus Freeman met with the media ahead of the bowl contest against Oregon State, he was asked who led the competition to start at those opens spots and the freshman from Illinois has been taking the reps with the first team on the left side and looks like he’ll get the nod.

Tosh Baker and Aamil Wagner are battling it out on the other side, but both have been in the program for multiple years. Jagusah was the highest ranked Irish commit of the 2023 class, as he was the No. 46 overall recruit of the class according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

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Meet Notre Dame’s Now Complete 2023 Recruiting Class

Meet Notre Dame’s 26 current commitments in what is a top-five class nationally.

After a whirlwind couple of years the 2023 recruiting class has officially been completed at Notre Dame.  What started out tremendously hit a few snags along the way.  It closed with one of the strangest signing day stories you’ll ever see when Peyton Bowen bailed on Notre Dame for Oregon, only to change his mind and bail on Oregon for Oklahoma just a day later.

In all, Notre Dame wound up with 24 signed commitments after the second signing period in February.  It didn’t finish in the top couple of spots nationally like we had hoped after it’s tremendous start but will continue to add to the overall talent for Notre Dame.

Here are the 24 newest members of the Notre Dame football team:

Where each 2023 Notre Dame signee landed on ESPN’s final recruiting class update

The Irish class is loaded with talent

The first full class for [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] should be viewed at as a booming success for [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] football. Not only did the Irish fill holes but they created a lot of depth across every position group. It was extremely impressive for the first-time head coach.

Today, ESPN released their final update to the 2023 recruiting cycle and there was plenty of Irish signees that were named on their list. Even though there weren’t any players ranked inside the top 50, Notre Dame players were still all around the list.

Find out below which Fighting Irish signees made ESPN’s final top 300 list.

Watch: Highlight of Notre Dame signees at All-American Bowl

Plenty of future Irish stars in Texas this week

The Irish are very well represented at this years [autotag]All-American Bowl[/autotag]. In total there are nine [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] signees that were invited to the game but for three of them (offensive lineman [autotag]Charles Jagusah[/autotag], quarterback [autotag]Kenny Minchey[/autotag] and defensive end [autotag]Boubacar Traore[/autotag]) are out with injuries.

The majority of the healthy future Irish players are in San Antonio already but wide receiver [autotag]Rico Flores[/autotag] won’t arrive until tomorrow. There are still more than a few highlights that were shared on twitter of the soon-to-be Irish freshman. Check out the clips below of Notre Dame’s next stars.

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Notre Dame Football 2023 early signing day tracker

This class didn’t waste any time getting their signatures to South Bend

It is finally upon us, the hard work the Irish football staff has put in can finally but a “bow” on the 2023 recruiting cycle. Yes, there is still another point where recruits can sign, but Marcus Freeman and his staff have already maxed out the class with verbals and if everyone signs, they will be one over the normal allotment of 25 players.

A few of the verbals didn’t waste any time faxing their information over to South Bend but they should keep coming in as the day proceeds. Find out below which Irish commitments have made their Notre Dame pledges complete. (This list will be updated as the day goes on so make sure to return.)

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Notre Dame has two commitments selected in ESPN’s fantasy ‘23 recruit draft

It’s a great pair they selected

Call me a sucker for a good fantasy draft, I just love them. Doesn’t matter the sport, it’s just fun fodder to look at and ESPN took a stab at one today that I have yet to see before. Each of their recruiting analysts, Craig Haubert and Tom Luginbill, selected a starting lineup of 2023 recruits (insider), minus specialists.

It was a very interesting exercise, as they didn’t just select the top 44 overall recruits, they each had a strategy behind their selections which saw two Notre Dame verbal commitments selected. Find out below which pair of recruits got picked along short explanation of why there were picked.

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