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Irish Have High Hopes for Year Four Under Coach Kelly.

Posted on April 9, 2013 at 06:26 PM.

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After a brief flirtation with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, Brian Kelly elected to return to the school which he previous led to an undefeated regular season, only stumbling in the last game of the season, a 42-14 thrashing by SEC heavyweight Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game.

The defense is in good hands with Bob Diaco - a rising star in the coaching business - whose 3-4 defense finished second in the nation in scoring defense.

The offense grew throughout the 2012 campaign as red-shirt freshman, Everett Golson grew into the offense, finishing the season strong with 286 passing yards and 2 total touchdowns against the revered Crimson Tide Defense.

Chuck Martin begins his second season as the Fighting Irish's Offensive Co-ordinator and looks to put a deadly, balanced spread offense on the field in the 2013-2014 season.

PRESEASONSON AP POLL RANKING: 12

Team Schedule:
@ Air Force Falcons
@ Purdue Boilermakers
vs Michigan State Spartans
at #23 Michigan Wolverines
at Hawai'i Warriors
vs Arizona State Sun Devels(Shamrock Series)
at #3 Stanford Cardinal
at Pittsburgh Panthers
vs #17 Oklahoma Sooners
vs BYU Cougars
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vs #25 Southern California Trojans
vs Navy Midshipman

Week 1 Offensive Depth Chart @ Air Force:

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Depth Chart - 2013-14
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	7 T. Jones	87 Daniel Smith
TE	85 Troy Niklas	18 Ben Koyack	9 Mike Heuerman
LT	70 Zack Martin	78 Ronnie Stanley
LG	66 Chris Watt	65 Conor Hanratty
C	77 Matt Hegarty	51 Bruce Heggie
RG	72 Nick Martin	75 Mark Harrell
RT	74 Christian Lombard	71 Steve Elmer
WR	10 Davaris Daniels	88 Cory Robinson
QB	5 Everett Golson	11 Tommy Rees	12 Andrew Hendrix	8 Malik Zaire
H	2 Chris Brown	20 C.J. Prosise
HB	4 George Atkinson III	6 Greg Bryant	3 Amir Carlise	33 Cam McDaniel
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PR	7 T.J. Jones	3 Amir Carlise
KR	4 George Atkinson III	33 Cam McDaniel	3 Amir Carlise