Former or projected offensive line starters Billy Schrauth, Ashton Craig and Anthonie Knapp will be on limited to modified activity following surgeries.

After only an eight-week lay-off, the Notre Dame football program returns to the practice field this week. The Fighting Irish are set to kick off spring practice Tuesday. It will be the first time Marcus Freeman’s team is together on the field with the coaching staff in an official capacity since facing Ohio State in the national championship game on Jan.

Notre Dame will enter a very unique spring in terms of the wide receiver room as several young players look to make a lasting impression.

The 94 th edition of the Blue-Gold Game is set for April 12 at Notre Dame Stadium, but that doesn’t mean coach Marcus Freeman and the Irish will arrive there in the usual fashion. A 16-game season that ended on Jan. 20 in Atlanta with a loss to Ohio State in the national championship game still looms large in Notre Dame’s rearview mirror.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - The Notre Dame football team has had one of the nation’s best defenses the past few years under defensive coordinator Al Golden. That success prompted the Cincinnati Bengals to offer Golden their defensive coordinator position and he accepted.

Notre Dame will be starting its spring practices in a little less than two weeks. But like during a typical football season, certain players won't be available because of injuries, or they will be available but watched very closely by team personnel.

The offense has been examined previously, so now here’s a spring preview of how Notre Dame’s defensive roster looks like it will shake out for the 2025 season. Position: Interior Defensive Line Scholarship players: 10 Projected starters: Gabriel Rubio and Jared Dawson Rubio became a starter slightly ahead of schedule,