Notre Dame’s receiver room is headed for a real trim as training camp winds down, and the picture is already coming into focus.
One name sits in a category of his own: Jordan Faison.
A second tier is also starting to separate from the pack. Jaden Greathouse, Mylan Graham, and Micah Gilbert are the clearest bets to land among the varsity group, the game-day six- or seven-man rotation Notre Dame plans to use on offense.
Beyond that, the conversation gets murkier fast.
Wide receivers coach Mike Brown has a 15-deep group that is still largely unproven, and the Irish are close to the point where that big camp-wide shuffle gives way to actual roster separation. Notre Dame is not in a hurry, but sometime after or by this weekend, the team is expected to split its receivers into varsity and scout-team roles.
That will end the heavy rotation. Notre Dame won’t keep cycling through 15 receivers, or even 12. The varsity side probably won’t stretch past nine.
Everyone else will be asked to do the dirty work of scout team duty, lining up against Notre Dame’s defense while mimicking that week’s opponent. That job will fall alongside a show-team quarterback, with Noah Grubbs, Blake Hebert, or Teddy Jarrard taking those reps.
For a handful of receivers, the next stretch is basically the final chapter of an eight-month audition.
A breakdown of what we think and what Brown told the media Sunday heading into camp’s final week:
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