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SOUTH BEND — In Mike Elko’s lone season at Notre Dame football as its defensive coordinator, the 2017 Irish featured Quinton Nelson and Mike McGlinchey along their offensive line.
Both went in the top nine picks of the next year’s NFL Draft.
Now running his own program at Texas A&M, Elko doesn’t sound like he has too much sympathy for Notre Dame as it puts forth a projected five-man offensive line with six career starts heading into Saturday night’s showdown at Kyle Field.
“Notre Dame has recruited offensive linemen really, really well for a really long time,” Elko said at his Monday news conference. “If they have young kids that have entered into the starting lineup, it probably means they’re NFL Draft picks.”
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Notre Dame offensive lineman Anthonie Knapp (54) Saturday, April 20, 2024, at the annual Notre Dame Blue-Gold spring football game at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend.
Midyear enrollee Anthonie Knapp and redshirt sophomore Sam Pendleton rode a late-camp surge into first-string status on the left side of the offensive line Notre Dame listed on its official depth chart, released Monday. Third-year housemates Ashton Craig and Billy Schrauth remain the starting center and right guard after filling those spots in the final three games of 2023.
Aamil Wagner, another redshirt sophomore with just 52 career game snaps, is listed as the starting right tackle after working there throughout fall camp.
Listed as the primary backups are left tackle Tosh Baker (four career starts), left guard Rocco Spindler (10 career starts), center Pat Coogan (13 starts), redshirt freshman Sullivan Absher and freshman right tackle Guerby Lambert.
Notre Dame offensive lineman Sam Pendleton (72) at Notre Dame spring football…
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Author : South Bend Tribune
Publish date : 2024-08-27 08:06:33
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