2005 Notre Dame roster

29 players. The 2005 season.

Our source’s roster for 2005 is partial: 29 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Quarterbacks 2

No.	Player		Hometown	2005
	Brady Quinn QB			3,919 passing yards, 32 TD
	David Wolke QB			28 passing yards

Running backs 3

No.	Player		Hometown	2005
	Darius Walker RB			1,196 rushing yards, 9 TD
	Travis Thomas RB			248 rushing yards, 5 TD
	Justin Hoskins RB			−1 rushing yards

Receivers 6

Player	Hometown	2005
Jeff Samardzija WR		77 catches, 1,249 yards, 15 TD
Maurice Stovall WR4-star recruit	Wayne, PA	69 catches, 1,149 yards, 11 TD
Matt Shelton WR		28 catches, 329 yards
Rashon Powers-Neal WR		100 rushing yards, 6 TD
David Grimes WR		4 returns, 17 yards
Rhema McKnight WR4-star recruit	La Palma, CA	5 catches, 69 yards, 1 TD

Tight ends 2

No.	Player		Hometown	2005
	Anthony Fasano TE			47 catches, 576 yards, 2 TD
	John Carlson TE			7 catches, 56 yards, 1 TD

Defensive backs 3

No.	Player		Hometown	2005
	Tom Zbikowski S			32 returns, 379 yards
	Mike Richardson DB			3 INT
	Chinedum Ndukwe DB			2 INT

Specialists 3

No.	Player		Hometown	2005
	D.J. Fitzpatrick K			11 of 17 field goals
	Carl Gioia K			1 of 1 field goal
	Geoffrey Price P

Athletes and others 10

Player	Hometown	2005
Ambrose Wooden		2 INT
Asaph Schwapp 3-star recruit	Hartford, CT	67 rushing yards
Leo Ferrine 2-star recruit	Jersey City, NJ	1 INT
Jeff Jenkins		56 rushing yards
Mike O’Hara		1 catch, 16 yards
Rob Woods		1 catch, 28 yards
Ashley McConnell		3 rushing yards
Marty Mooney		16 passing yards
Chase Anastasio
Marcus Freeman

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2005 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.