Notre Dame 99-to-0: No. 52 Zeke Correll, fifth-year center, third-year starter

Listed measurements: 6-foot-3, 310 pounds. 2023-24 year, eligibility: A fifth-year veteran, Correll still has two seasons of eligibility remaining. Depth Chart: Correll will start at center, the second straight year in that role and his third beginning a season as a starting offensive lineman. Recruiting: A consensus four-star prospect and the No. 6 guard in the country, per rivals.com, Correll chose Notre Dame over other finalists Clemson, Ohio State and Stanford.

CAREER TO DATE One of the luxuries of this summertime series is how some parts of each article can be quickly researched by checking the previous year’s entry. This section of last year’s began with, “Correll spent his freshman season trying to add weight, a consistent need of his last three years …”

That prompted a thought beyond how many games (29) and starts (21) Correll can claim.

Correll was listed at 275 pounds as an early-enrolled freshman, far from small but underweight for someone standing 6-foot-3 on the interior of the offensive line. When he was poised for his first significant playing time, Correll weighed 295 pounds the spring before his junior year. Getting there, but still not in line with the rest of the Irish front. His weight had not changed a year later.

Obviously, somewhere in the last 18 months, Correll found a bit of an edge in this regard, now at a more durable weight.

As for his actual career, Correll dabbled in four games as a freshman before working as Jarrett Patterson’s backup at center in 2020. When Patterson suffered a foot injury that November, Correll started in his place. Notre Dame’s coaching staff thought, perhaps hoped, Josh Lugg would fare better than Correll did in his debut with a frustrated ankle, so