The freshmen invasion: Texas Longhorns football depth chart for Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Here it is, all prettied up courtesy of BON

Some quick thoughts:

-  Multiple freshmen starting.  Six true and redshirt.  Two dozen true and redshirt freshmen on the depth chart overall.  Real young.

- This depth chart is written in clay, not stone.  It will look different by midseason.

- Ridgeway's back issues basically kept him from practicing.  He'll play and his snaps will be dictated by health and conditioning.

- We knew about starting two true freshmen on the OL, but it's shocking to see it in black and white.  Best five start -  so don't expect orderly replacements if a starter goes down.

- Antwuan Davis has clearly stepped up.  He's listed as #2 CB, but the OR between Duke Thomas and John Bonney is interesting.  It appears that Davis is the 3rd corner overall and will start in our base nickel D unless we go with a three safety package.  Bryson Echols has receded, which we predicted in the preview.  PJ Locke beat out Adrian Colbert (who had been having a good camp) for #2 FS.  That's impressive.

-  Davante Davis is backing up Duke Thomas.  Kris Boyd also in the mix.  The freshman DB class is as good as advertised.

- Daje Johnson backing up Marcus Johnson is interesting.  I don't read too much into it - he and Johnson are cross-trained at other positions and can be on the field at the same time.  It's also a message to Daje not to coast.

-  Shiro Davis better watch his back.  Bryce Cottrell had a good camp and he's arguably the most gifted pass rusher on the team.  The growth of Cottrell and Roberson allowed the Bluiett TE move.

-  Jinkens gets his shot again.  He has started for three different defensive coordinators in his career at Texas.  And been benched by all of them.  Jean-Mary and Strong are talking break-out.  Let's see it.

- We're going to spend a lot of time in nickel, which takes WLB Freeman off of the field.

- Dylan Haines was predicted to be eclipsed at safety by a lot of people.  Not us.  He's got physical limitations but he has better range and anticipation than his testing suggests.

-  Lorenzo Joe didn't make the depth chart.  Interesante.

- This is a really young football team.

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