2012 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Roster

Head Coach: Brian Kelly

Season: 12th

Alex Bullard

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 305

High School:: Brentwood Academy
Hometown:: (Brentwood, TN)

88.15

Natl: 372

Pos: 28

St: 7

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Alex Welch

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 225

High School:: Elder
Hometown:: (Cincinnati, OH)

89.05

Natl: 301

Pos: 18

St: 14

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Andrew Hendrix

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 226

High School:: Archbishop Moeller
Hometown:: (Cincinnati, OH)

90.85

Natl: 191

Pos: 13

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Anthony Rabasa

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 250

High School:: Columbus
Hometown:: (Miami, FL)

90.50

Natl: 216

Pos: 21

St: 47

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Arturo Martinez

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 250

High School:: Belen Jesuit Prep
Hometown:: (Miami, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Austin Collinsworth

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 178

High School:: Highlands
Hometown:: (Fort Thomas, KY)

81.80

Natl: 1209

Pos: 89

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Ben Councell

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 254

High School:: AC Reynolds
Hometown:: (Asheville, NC)

91.73

Natl: 147

Pos: 17

St: 6

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Ben Koyack

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 253

Age: 32 yrs

High School:: Oil City
Hometown:: (Oil City, PA)

94.06

Natl: 58

Pos: 6

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Age: 32

Ben Turk

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190

High School:: St. Thomas Aquinas
Hometown:: (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

84.05

Natl: 794

Pos: 3

St: 112

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: K

Bruce Heggie

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 290

High School:: Mt. Dora
Hometown:: (Mount Dora, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

C.J. Prosise

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 220

Age: 31 yrs

High School:: Woodberry Forest
Hometown:: (Woodberry Forest, VA)

85.70

Natl: 674

Pos: 61

St: 18

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Age: 31

Cam McDaniel

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 205

High School:: Coppell
Hometown:: (Coppell, TX)

85.60

Natl: 685

Pos: 61

St: 105

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Cameron Roberson

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 215

High School:: Newbury Park
Hometown:: (Newbury Park, CA)

89.90

Natl: 246

Pos: 25

St: 34

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Carlo Calabrese

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 225

High School:: Verona
Hometown:: (Verona, NJ)

88.10

Natl: 396

Pos: 43

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Charlie Fiessinger

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185

High School:: Archbishop Moeller
Hometown:: (Cincinnati, OH)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Chris Badger

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195

High School:: Timpview
Hometown:: (Provo, UT)

88.55

Natl: 350

Pos: 25

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Christian Lombard

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 290

High School:: Palatine
Hometown:: (Palatine, IL)

90.58

Natl: 206

Pos: 16

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Cierre Wood

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 215

High School:: Santa Clara
Hometown:: (Santa Clara, CA)

94.52

Natl: 69

Pos: 8

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Connor Cavalaris

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 194

High School:: Lake Forest
Hometown:: (Lake Forest, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Connor Little

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 225

High School:: Hill Murray School
Hometown:: (Saint Paul, MN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Conor Hanratty

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 310

High School:: New Canaan
Hometown:: (New Canaan, CT)

84.30

Natl: 841

Pos: 78

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Dan Fox

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 219

High School:: St. Ignatius
Hometown:: (Cleveland, OH)

87.70

Natl: 435

Pos: 51

St: 19

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Daniel Smith

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 205

High School:: Clay
Hometown:: (South Bend, IN)

85.85

Natl: 650

Pos: 83

St: 7

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Danny Spond

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 232

High School:: Columbine
Hometown:: (Littleton, CO)

88.60

Natl: 324

Pos: 5

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: ATH

DaVaris Daniels

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 201

High School:: Vernon Hills
Hometown:: (Vernon Hills, IL)

93.04

Natl: 89

Pos: 18

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

DaVonte' Neal

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 173

High School:: Central
Hometown:: (Paradise Valley, AZ)

95.15

Natl: 51

Pos: 3

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Derek Roback

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 221

High School:: Waverly
Hometown:: (Waverly, OH)

81.80

Natl: 1210

Pos: 50

St: 66

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: ATH

Eilar Hardy

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 188

High School:: Pickerington Central
Hometown:: (Pickerington, OH)

90.86

Natl: 194

Pos: 12

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Eric Lee

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 180

High School:: Dowling Catholic
Hometown:: (West Des Moines, IA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Everett Golson

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 199

High School:: Myrtle Beach
Hometown:: (Myrtle Beach, SC)

90.23

Natl: 235

Pos: 16

St: 6

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

George Atkinson III

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 218

High School:: Granada
Hometown:: (Livermore, CA)

91.64

Natl: 155

Pos: 18

St: 16

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Gerard Martinez

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 200

High School:: Belen Jesuit Prep
Hometown:: (Miami, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Gunner Kiel

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 215

High School:: Columbus East
Hometown:: (Columbus, IN)

96.61

Natl: 19

Pos: 2

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Jake Golic

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 220

High School:: Northwest Catholic
Hometown:: (West Hartford, CT)

81.97

Natl: 1069

Pos: 51

St: 6

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Jalen Brown

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 202

High School:: MacArthur
Hometown:: (Irving, TX)

84.73

Natl: 781

Pos: 68

St: 123

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Joe Romano

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 175

High School:: Fenwick
Hometown:: (Oak Park, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Joe Schmidt

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 235

High School:: Mater Dei
Hometown:: (Santa Ana, CA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Jordan Cowart

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 225

High School:: St. Thomas Aquinas
Hometown:: (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

80.24

Natl: 1298

Pos: 115

St: 173

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Josh Atkinson

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 197

High School:: Granada
Hometown:: (Livermore, CA)

86.07

Natl: 634

Pos: 53

St: 64

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Justin Ferguson

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 192

High School:: Charles W Flanagan
Hometown:: (Hollywood, FL)

90.08

Natl: 266

Pos: 45

St: 39

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Justin Utupo

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 240

High School:: Lakewood
Hometown:: (Lakewood, CA)

87.65

Natl: 464

Pos: 50

St: 53

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

KeiVarae Russell

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 196

Age: 31 yrs

High School:: Mariner
Hometown:: (Everett, WA)

91.62

Natl: 167

Pos: 19

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 31

Kendall Moore

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 232

High School:: Southeast Raleigh
Hometown:: (Raleigh, NC)

88.15

Natl: 376

Pos: 36

St: 13

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Kevin Carr

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-7
Weight: 325

High School:: Montgomery Bell Academy
Hometown:: (Nashville, TN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Kona Schwenke

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 285

High School:: Kahuku
Hometown:: (Kahuku, HI)

88.10

Natl: 404

Pos: 42

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Kyle Brindza

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 236

High School:: Plymouth
Hometown:: (Canton, MI)

82.22

Natl: 1109

Pos: 2

St: 21

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: K

Lo Wood

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 194

High School:: Apopka
Hometown:: (Apopka, FL)

88.10

Natl: 405

Pos: 32

St: 59

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Louis Nix III

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 331

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Raines
Hometown:: (Jacksonville, FL)

94.06

Natl: 70

Pos: 10

St: 14

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Age: 34

Luke Massa

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 205

High School:: St. Xavier
Hometown:: (Cincinnati, OH)

85.40

Natl: 723

Pos: 59

St: 35

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Manti Te'o

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 241

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Punahou
Hometown:: (Honolulu, HI)

99.11

Natl: 4

Pos: 1

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Elite

Position Abbreviation: LB

Age: 34

Matt Hegarty

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 295

High School:: Aztec
Hometown:: (Aztec, NM)

94.30

Natl: 55

Pos: 3

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Nick Tausch

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180

High School:: Jesuit
Hometown:: (Dallas, TX)

81.07

Natl: 1192

Pos: 15

St: 184

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: K

Prince Shembo

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 253

Age: 33 yrs

High School:: Ardrey Kell
Hometown:: (Charlotte, NC)

89.04

Natl: 310

Pos: 33

St: 11

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Age: 33

Ronnie Stanley

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 315

Age: 31 yrs

High School:: Bishop Gorman
Hometown:: (Las Vegas, NV)

91.48

Natl: 173

Pos: 15

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Age: 31

Ryan Liebscher

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 205

High School:: Cheyenne Mountain
Hometown:: (Colorado Springs, CO)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Sheldon Day

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 294

Age: 31 yrs

High School:: Warren Central
Hometown:: (Indianapolis, IN)

92.83

Natl: 112

Pos: 19

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Age: 31

Stephon Tuitt

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 303

Age: 32 yrs

High School:: Monroe Area
Hometown:: (Monroe, GA)

95.77

Natl: 29

Pos: 3

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Age: 32

Tate Nichols

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-7
Weight: 278

High School:: Ryle
Hometown:: (Union, KY)

84.50

Natl: 846

Pos: 55

St: 5

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Theo Riddick

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 200

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Immaculata
Hometown:: (Somerville, NJ)

89.03

Natl: 299

Pos: 41

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Age: 34

Tommy Rees

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 192

High School:: Lake Forest
Hometown:: (Lake Forest, IL)

88.55

Natl: 352

Pos: 25

St: 6

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Tony Springmann

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 284

High School:: Bishop Dwenger
Hometown:: (Fort Wayne, IN)

87.73

Natl: 448

Pos: 58

St: 6

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Troy Niklas

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 270

Age: 32 yrs

High School:: Servite
Hometown:: (Anaheim, CA)

90.52

Natl: 215

Pos: 14

St: 27

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Age: 32

Tyler Eifert

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 250

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Bishop Dwenger
Hometown:: (Fort Wayne, IN)

86.30

Natl: 576

Pos: 27

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Age: 34

Tyler Plantz

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 202

High School:: Providence Catholic
Hometown:: (New Lenox, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Tyler Stockton

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 290

High School:: Hun School
Hometown:: (Princeton, NJ)

92.36

Natl: 123

Pos: 16

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Will Mahone

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 214

High School:: Fitch
Hometown:: (Youngstown, OH)

88.73

Natl: 362

Pos: 30

St: 19

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

RS-JR

Zack Martin

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 308

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Bishop Chatard
Hometown:: (Indianapolis, IN)

91.05

Natl: 168

Pos: 14

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Age: 34

Zeke Motta

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-2.25
Weight: 213

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: Vero Beach
Hometown:: (Vero Beach, FL)

92.62

Natl: 120

Pos: 13

St: 21

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Age: 35

Chris Brown

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 191

High School:: Hanahan
Hometown:: (Charleston, SC)

88.40

Natl: 405

Pos: 70

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Amir Carlisle

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 195

High School:: The King's Academy
Hometown:: (Sunnyvale, CA)

93.10

Natl: 87

Pos: 17

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Mark Harrell

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 306

High School:: Charlotte Catholic
Hometown:: (Charlotte, NC)

88.03

Natl: 441

Pos: 34

St: 17

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Eamon McOsker

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 200

High School:: Loyola
Hometown:: (Los Angeles, CA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Scott Daly

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 250

High School:: Downers Grove South
Hometown:: (Downers Grove, IL)

78.75

Natl: 1852

Pos: 2

St: 42

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LS

Chase Hounshell

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 255

High School:: Lake Catholic
Hometown:: (Mentor, OH)

87.47

Natl: 481

Pos: 31

St: 28

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Bennett Jackson

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195

Age: 33 yrs

High School:: Raritan
Hometown:: (Hazlet, NJ)

87.65

Natl: 463

Pos: 39

St: 6

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 33

Jarron Jones

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 300

High School:: Aquinas Institute
Hometown:: (Rochester, NY)

92.68

Natl: 120

Pos: 11

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

T.J. Jones

Class year: 2010 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 195

Age: 33 yrs

High School:: Gainesville
Hometown:: (Gainesville, GA)

93.08

Natl: 99

Pos: 16

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Age: 33

Jamoris Slaughter

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 185

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: Tucker
Hometown:: (Stone Mountain, GA)

91.98

Natl: 132

Pos: 10

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Age: 35

Kapron Lewis-Moore

Class year: 2008 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 298

Age: 35 yrs

High School:: Weatherford
Hometown:: (Weatherford, TX)

89.05

Natl: 278

Pos: 24

St: 42

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Age: 35

Nick Martin

Class year: 2011 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 295

Age: 32 yrs

High School:: Bishop Chatard
Hometown:: (Indianapolis, IN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Age: 32

RS-JR

Chris Watt

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 310

Age: 34 yrs

High School:: Glenbard West
Hometown:: (Glen Ellyn, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Age: 34

Tyler Stockton

Class year: 2009 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 290

High School:: Hun School
Hometown:: (Princeton, NJ)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Nicky Baratti

Class year: 2012 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 215

High School:: Klein Oak
Hometown:: (Spring, TX)

87.77

Natl: 456

Pos: 3

St: 61

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S