The Notre Dame football team practices for the eighth time in fall camp Thursday. A Blue & Gold source said it\u2019s a significant scrimmage, especially for players teetering on the edges of the depth chart either as fringe starters or backups trying to earn some playing time this season. <\/p>\n
The same source gave Blue & Gold some inside information on how fall camp has gone for the Notre Dame offense beyond the portions of five practices the media has been allowed to view so far. Here is the scoop. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Let\u2019s start with quarterback Sam Hartman<\/a><\/strong>. Blue & Gold\u2019s source called him an absolute \u201cdude.\u201d The source said if Hartman was on the Notre Dame roster in 2022, the Irish would have \u201ceasily\u201d been a College Football Playoff<\/a><\/strong> team. That\u2019s obviously easy for someone close to the program to say, but it\u2019s not farfetched. <\/p>\n \u2022 Hartman likely would not have lost to Marshall and Stanford, and then he\u2019d have just needed to beat Ohio State or USC. The Irish lost both of those games on the road by 11 points. The Irish led OSU late in the third quarter. An 11-1 Notre Dame team quarterbacked by Hartman would have had a strong case to be a playoff team.<\/p>\n \u2022 The source said Notre Dame freshman wide receiver Rico Flores Jr.<\/a><\/strong> is \u201clooking good.\u201d He\u2019s \u201cgetting comfortable.\u201d That\u2019s assuring considering he looked very settled in as early as spring ball when he was just a few weeks removed from packing his things and moving to South Bend to from California as an early enrollee. <\/p>\n \u2022 Per Blue & Gold\u2019s source, sophomore offensive lineman Aamil Wagner<\/a><\/strong> is \u201ca beast.\u201d He\u2019s probably one year away from being a solid starter on the Notre Dame offensive line. That\u2019s only because he weighs 288 pounds. If he was a little heavier, he might be starting in 2023. <\/p>\n \u2022 All Wagner might need is one year to become a serious NFL prospect according to Blue & Gold\u2019s source. Like current juniors Joe Alt<\/a><\/strong> and Blake Fisher<\/a><\/strong> are likely to be, Wagner might be a draft pick after three years at Notre Dame. The source called him \u201cfreaky.\u201d Wagner, a true tackle, has been cross-training at left guard this week. <\/p>\n \u2022 Speaking of guard play, Blue & Gold\u2019s source said it has looked \u201csolid.\u201d The source went as far as to say it might be a better overall group of guards than the one Notre Dame worked with last year. That unit included two graduate student starters in Jarrett Patterson<\/a><\/strong> and Josh Lugg<\/a><\/strong>, too. <\/p>\n \u2022 The potential of Notre Dame\u2019s guard play is raised by sophomore Billy Schrauth<\/a><\/strong>. If he is what the program believes he will be, then Notre Dame is indeed in good hands at the position. Thursday\u2019s scrimmage is especially important for the right guard competition between graduate student Andrew Kristofic<\/a><\/strong> and junior Rocco Spindler<\/a><\/strong>, meanwhile. <\/p>\n \u2022 Blue & Gold\u2019s source said junior tight end Mitchell Evans<\/a><\/strong> has looked better as an in-line blocker than he has split out wide. His blocking has improved tremendously. He\u2019s a viable receiving threat as well. <\/p>\n \u2022 Sophomore Eli Raridon<\/a><\/strong> is coming along as a potential breakout pass-catcher, but he is still not 100 percent healthy from ACL surgery<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n \u2022 The source was blunt in saying Notre Dame \u201chas had better tight end groups.\u201d What\u2019s lacking in this one is experience. The source said as it stands, Evans is the No. 1 option. Sophomore Holden Staes<\/a><\/strong> is slotting in as TE2. <\/p>\n \u2022 Freshman tight end Cooper Flanagan<\/a><\/strong> \u201chas been good,\u201d but he still has a \u201cbit of a ways to go.\u201d He\u2019s \u201cfiguring it out.\u201d The source said he\u2019s a physical player and runs well. <\/p>\n The post IRISH INTEL: Inside scoop on Notre Dame offense from first week of fall camp<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Notre Dame football team practices for the eighth time in fall camp Thursday. 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