Notre Dame 99-to-0: No. 91 Aiden Gobaira, sophomore defensive end, former four-star recruit

17.05.2023 - 11:57 nbcsports.com

Listed measurements: 6-foot-4 ⅝, 241 pounds 2023-24 year, eligibility: A sophomore, Gobaira has all four seasons of eligibility remaining since he did not take the field in 2022. Depth Chart: Gobaira exited his second spring practices as the third in line at “Big” defensive end behind fifth-year NaNa Osafo-Mensah and Ohio State transfer Javontae Jean-Baptiste.

More playing time should be available for Gobaira at “Big” end rather than at Vyper, where he may be more of a fit but would be No.

4 on the depth chart. Recruiting: A consensus four-star and the No. 6 weakside defensive end in the class of 2022, per rivals.com, Gobaira turned down an aggressive chase from Arizona State to choose Notre Dame.

Virginia Tech, Nebraska and Kentucky also sought the No. 84 overall prospect in the class. A top-100 recruit would normally elicit offers from more blue-blood programs, but Gobaira was an under-the-radar prospect before his junior season was delayed until the spring by the pandemic.

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Listed measurements: 6-foot-5, 310 pounds. 2023-24 year, eligibility: A sophomore, Chan has all four seasons of eligibility remaining. Depth Chart: Chan might crack the two-deep as the backup to junior Blake Fisher at right tackle, conceivably competing with classmate Aamil Wagner for that theoretical honor. “Theoretical” because the practical backup to Fisher would more likely be senior Tosh Baker, though Baker will not be listed as No. 2 at both left and right tackle. Recruiting: Chan’s low-maintenance recruitment fit both an offensive lineman prospect and a Massachusetts product, turning down Boston College, Penn State and Syracuse when he committed to Notre Dame more than a year before he could sign his National Letter of Intent. The No. 11 offensive tackle and No. 221 overall prospect in the class, per rivals.com, Chan never wavered in that lengthy commitment.

Notre Dame 99-to-0: No. 78 Pat Coogan, junior interior offensive lineman

Listed measurements: 6-foot-5 ⅛, 309 pounds. 2023-24 year, eligibility: A junior, Coogan has three seasons of eligibility remaining. Depth Chart: An interior offensive lineman through and through, expect Coogan to spend some preseason practices working among the guards before being listed as the backup center on the public depth chart, behind fifth-year Zeke Correll. Recruiting: The recruiting rankings industry rarely respects centers, thus effectively capping Coogan’s ceiling at a consensus three-star prospect. Yet, Stanford and Michigan chased him until he chose Notre Dame, a clear choice all along given the Chicagoland product was a lifelong Irish fan.

Notre Dame 99-to-0: No. 79 Tosh Baker, senior tackle, again a backup but next year …

Listed measurements: 6-foot-8, 310 pounds. 2023-24 year, eligibility: A senior, Baker has two years of eligibility remaining. Depth Chart: Baker had the misfortune of arriving at Notre Dame just one year before the increasingly-heralded tackle duo of Blake Fisher and Joe Alt. Thus, Baker remains a backup as a senior, presumably penciled in as the No. 2 left tackle behind Alt on the public depth chart but perhaps the immediate option at both tackle positions if injury befalls either Fisher or Alt. Recruiting: The No. 5 offensive tackle in his class, per rivals.com, when he signed with Notre Dame, Baker fell to No. 13 by the end of the recruiting cycle, another example of recruiting rankings being fickle and confounding. Baker chose the Irish over the likes of Alabama, Michigan and Ohio State, a high-profile recruitment despite coming from Scottsdale, Ariz.

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