Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived at perhaps the biggest question mark on the team, cornerback! A good case could be made that wide receiver is an even bigger question, but it’s inarguable that corner is at least in the top two, with little clarity going into the 2021 off-season.
Before we get into the full breakdown of the position, there is something to keep in mind. Here are the positions we saw as major question marks heading into each of the last four seasons:
- 2017 Defensive Line- turned out to be a strength on the heels of Tillery, Okwara, and Kareem making big leaps
- 2018 Safeties- turned out to be a strength with Jalen Elliott and Alohi Gilman making big leaps
- 2019 Linebackers- turned out to be a strength with Asmar Bilal and Jeremiah Owusu Koramoah making big leaps
- 2020 Running Backs- turned out to be a strength with Kyren Williams making a big leap
This off course does not make it a guarantee that the corners will be a strength in 2021, but Notre Dame does have a pretty good track record of solving what we think are big problems heading into each season.