The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are expected to have a great season in 2026 and are one of the favorites to win the national championship. Notre Dame has a deep roster, but they do have to replace a generational backfield of running backs Ja’Darian Price and Jeremiah Love. The key player moving up to RB1 is Aneyas Williams.
Of course, it will take more than just Anias Williams to replace Price and Love, and Marcus Freeman said the same thing on Greg McElroy’s show.
“You’re not going to replace Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price with one guy, right?” Freeman said. “You can’t do that. You may never find a duo like that again, but how do we replace the lineup? A couple of them are injured, right?
“Agnas will be restricted in the spring.”
Oh…Williams is limited in what he can do.
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With Kedron Young likely not ready yet, Notre Dame is looking to redshirt freshman Nolan James and early-enrolled freshmen Javion Osborne and Jonaz Walton. Given that both Osborne and Walton have high recruiting rankings, there will be a lot of excitement this spring to see who moves up the depth chart to build fall camp development.
You don’t want any player to be out with an injury, but I think the Irish know what they have in Anias Williams and they like him a lot because he’s been so effective when given the opportunity the past two seasons. However, the situation does give Mike Denbrock a better idea of ​​what they can get out of their young players this year – because the Irish are going to need them.
Lemon to raspberry lemonade, my friends.
