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Intel: Inside the QB1 decision at Notre Dame and where CJ Carr and the Irish go from here

Eric Hansenby: Eric Hansen08/19/25EHansenND
CJ Carr
Redshirt freshman CJ Carr on Tuesday got the green light to be Notre Dame's starting QB in the Aug. 31 season opener at Miami. Jeff Douglas, Inside ND Sports

Kenny Minchey’s surge was real, but so was the deciding factor that finally separated eventual No. 1 option CJ Carr in a photo-finish QB duel