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Notre Dame Sophomore Class Has Impact Talent On Defense

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🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Bryan and Trevor break down the talented sophomore class on defense and why Notre Dame needs that group step up big in 2025.

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0:00.0

All right, Brian, we are going to wrap up today by talking about the defensive class for the

0:22.4

24 recruiting class. And it's a little bit different of a conversation, what we had on

0:26.4

offense. On defense, this is more of a, gosh, I'm trying to think of the best way to put it.

0:32.6

There's a lot of supporting members in this.

0:36.9

What's interesting about the sophomore class on defense, Trevor, is there's a difference

0:41.9

between the potential of the class and the need of the class.

0:46.7

Leonard Moore has to be a star.

0:48.0

You need them to be a star.

0:49.7

The rest of them, you just need to give you depth.

0:53.0

You just need Bryce Young to be a good part of your

0:55.5

defensive end rotation you just need Kingston to be a good part of your linebacker rotation you just

1:01.2

hope that Sean Sevalano can give you some nice minutes you hope that Bronte Johnson can crack the

1:05.9

two deep at that position you hope that Carson Hobbs can it. So there's a lot of all the need for,

1:11.8

you don't need Bronte Johnson to emerge as a starter. If he does, great, but you don't need it.

1:17.9

You need him to be a depth, a good depth player. You don't need Carson Hobbs to outplay Leonard Moore

1:22.5

or Christian Gray. You need him to give you a good, to give you good depth to where if something happens,

1:28.2

one of those guys, he can step in. You don't need Kingston to be a first team all-American

1:32.4

this year. You just need him to be a good depth, rotation player for you, which is exactly

1:37.9

what he was last year. But here's what makes it interesting. There's also a lot more potential

1:43.8

star power in 2025 on defense than on offense.

1:48.0

On offense, you need C.J. Carr to step in and be the guy.

1:51.6

You need Anthony Knapp to step in and be a really good football player left tackle.

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