With just three scholarship running backs on the roster for spring practice and just one more arriving in the summer, it was inevitable that someone would move to running back this spring. Monday we found out that someone is rising sophomore Jafar Armstrong. Originally recruited as a wide receiver, Armstrong was listed as a wide receiver OR running back on the roster and Brian Kelly said Monday that he will play both positions.
With Deon McIntosh and CJ Holmes both off the Irish roster – and Brian Kelly refusing to comment on any potential path to reinstatement for either – Notre Dame came into spring with the oft injured Dexter Williams and Tony Jones Jr and early enrollee Jahmir Smith as the only scholarship running backs on the roster.