Even though CJ Carr never came close during Notre Dame’s four-game playoff run to adding to the more four game reps he logged during the regular season, the elongated practice schedule deep into January may turn out to be a huge blessing for the sophomore-to-be Irish QB.
And perhaps make a difference in the most-pivotal, most-discussed and perhaps most-unpredictable as well of the position battles set to animate Wednesday morning, when Notre Dame stages the first of its 15 spring football practices.
Senior-to-be Steve Angeli, with 10 cameo reps combined in ND’s four playoff games, is ND’s most experienced option (94 regular-season snaps in 2024 and a start in the 2023 Sun Bowl) as well as the only former three-star prospect among the technically four — realistically three — contenders to be Riley Leonard’s successor.