Newsstand: Two Notre Dame freshmen make The Athletic's midseason All-Freshman team
Two Notre Dame freshmen landed on The Athletic’s midseason All-Freshman team. Quarterback CJ Carr and safety Tae Johnson, both redshirt freshmen, made the cut.
Carr has been the Irish’s season-long starter for the first time in his career. Through seven games, Carr is completing 65.8 percent of his passes for 251.1 passing yards per game with 14 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. He’s also accounted for two rushing scores.
Johnson took over as a starter for the Irish two games into the season and hasn’t looked back. He’s been one of the Irish’s defense’s most productive players with 34 total tackles, which ranks third on the team, to go along with two passes defended and an interception.
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Here’s a look at the entire midseason All-Freshman team from The Athletic.
Offense
| QB | CJ Carr | Notre Dame |
| RB | Bo Jackson | Ohio State |
| RB | Nate Sheppard | Duke |
| WR | Braylon Staley | Tennessee |
| WR | Malachi Toney | Miami |
| TE | Kaelan Chudzinski | Boston College |
| OT | Jesse Perry | Tennessee |
| OT | Jacob Ponton | Texas Tech |
| OG | John Mills | Washington |
| OG | Ezomo Oratokhai | Northwestern |
| C | Brock Riker | Texas State |
Defense
| DL | Mandrell Desir | Florida State |
| DL | Tristan Johnson | TCU |
| Edge | Wendell Gregory | Oklahoma State |
| Edge | Zahir Mathis | Maryland |
| LB | Antoine Deslauriers | Syracuse |
| LB | Luke Ferrelli | California |
| CB | Nehemiah Chandler | South Alabama |
| CB | Graceson Littleton | Texas |
| CB | Demetres Samuel Jr. | Syracuse |
| S | Tae Johnson | Notre Dame |
| S | Jessiah McGrew | FIU |
Notre Dame social media posts of the day
The Fighting Irish head coaching job is being discussed as a “stepping stone” type of gig. Something says a lot of people will disagree with this.
Is there an agreed upon nickname for Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price yet? They need one.
Speaking of Love. The world is watching.
Fighting Irish quote of the day
“The culture there is just really special. They develop their O-linemen, and a Notre Dame’s degree is no joke.”
— new Fighting Irish offensive line commit James Halter
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• Chat Transcript: What to make of Notre Dame QB CJ Carr’s statistical sag