The 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team will represent the

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as an

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during the

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. The Fighting Irish will be led by

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in his third year as Notre Dame's head coach. They will play their home games at

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Offseason

Coaching changes

The following coaches left the program: *

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and

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s coach

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left for the

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position with

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. *

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s and

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coach Chris O'Leary left for the

coach position with the

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of the

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. * Wide receivers coach

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was not retained. The following coaches were hired: *

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was hired from

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to be the

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and

s coach. * Mike Brown was hired from

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to be the wide receivers coach. * Loren Landow was hired to be the director of football performance. The position has been vacant since Matt Balis resigned prior to the 2023 season. The following coaches were promoted: *

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s coach and run game coordinator

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was promoted to associate head coach and

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s coach. *

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was promoted to

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s coach. *

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s coach and defensive pass game coordinator

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was promoted to

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s coach and defensive pass game coordinator. The following coaches were demoted: *

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and

s coach

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was demoted to

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Departures

NFL

Transfers out

* CB Ryan Barnes transferred to

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. * CB Micah Bell transferred to Vanderbilt. * OL Michael Carmody transferred to

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. * S Antonio Carter II transferred to

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. * OL Zeke Correll transferred to

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. * WR Rico Flores Jr. transferred to

. * S Ramon Henderson transferred to

. * WR Braylon James transferred to

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. * DL Aidan Keanaaina transferred to

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. * CB Clarence Lewis transferred to

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. * P Bryce McFerson transferred to

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. * WR Tobias Merriweather transferred to

. * OL Quinn Murphy transferred to

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. * DL Nana Osafo-Mensah transferred to

. * TE Holden Staes transferred to

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. * OL Joey Tanona transferred to

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; previously medically retired. * WR Chris Tyree transferred to

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. * RB Skip Velotta transferred to

. * LB Nolan Ziegler transferred to

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Retirements

* RB Sam Assaf * DL Cole Aubrey * S DJ Brown * WR Henry Cook * WR Chase Dixon * P Bryan Dowd (selected 6th overall by

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in the

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) * WR Griffin Eifert * DL Tyson Ford (medically retired) * DL Aiden Gobaira (medically retired) * RB Chase Ketterer * P Ben Krimm * OL Andrew Kristofic * WR Matt Salerno * TE Hakim Sanfo * S Eddie Scheidler * OL Brennan Wicks

Additions

Transfers in

* DL Quentin Autry transferred in from Columbia as a

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. * P William Bartel transferred in from Villanova as a

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. * S Jordan Clark transferred in from

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. * WR Beaux Collins transferred in from Clemson. * K Eric Goins transferred in from

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. * WR Jayden Harrison transferred in from

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. * S Rod Heard II transferred in from Northwestern. * CB Max Hurleman transferred in from Colgate as a

. * K Mitch Jeter transferred in from

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. * QB

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transferred in from

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. * WR Kris Mitchell transferred in from

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. * DL R.J. Oben transferred in from

. * RB Jake Tafelski transferred in from

as a

Recruiting

New walk-ons

* OL Max Anderson * CB Mickey Brown * CB Charles Du * WR Matt Jeffery (on

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scholarship) * DL Eric Lindstrom * LB Tommy Powlus * QB Anthony Rezac * WR Xavier Southall * LS Joseph Vinci * OL Robbie Wollan

Other

* LB Kahanu Kia returned from

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. * P James Rendell joined from the

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and

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Changes

* Marty Auer switched positions from S to CB. * Dylan Devezin switched positions from QB to RB. * Justin Fisher switched positions from TE to RB. * Kahanu Kia switched positions from DL to LB. * Chris Salerno switched positions from P to K. * S Luke Talich earned scholarship on March 7; previously

Schedule

Personnel

Roster

* Notre Dame is currently 1 player over the scholarship limit of 85.

Depth chart

References

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