Notre Dame’s defensive flux will continue well into the summer, and a few moves Saturday underscored that. While the Irish linebackers have not settled into any regular rotation or even positions preferred by the coaching staff, it at least seemed a finite pool of options was at hand, a number temporarily lowered by one with rising junior Drew White’s shoulder injury.
Instead, rising sophomore Shayne Simon dabbled at the Buck linebacker spot, something that seemed to be a piece of his cross-training past, only a future at rover awaiting him. In his place, classmate Paul Moala got some work up a level from his usual role as a safety.