2008 Notre Dame roster

32 players. From 16 states; the most from Ohio (4) and North Carolina (3). The 2008 season.

Our source’s roster for 2008 is partial: 32 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Quarterbacks 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
7	Jimmy Clausen QB5-star recruit		6′3″		Westlake Village, CA	3,172 passing yards, 25 TD
13	Evan Sharpley QB		6′2″	217	Marshall, MI	18 passing yards

Running backs 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
34	James Aldridge FB5-star recruit		6′0″		St. Louis, MO	357 rushing yards, 3 TD
25	Jonas Gray RB4-star recruit		5′10″		Pontiac, MI	90 rushing yards

Receivers 6

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
23	Golden Tate WR4-star recruit	5′11″	Hendersonville, TN	58 catches, 1,080 yards, 10 TD
3	Michael Floyd WR5-star recruit	6′3″	Saint Paul, MN	48 catches, 719 yards, 7 TD
	David Grimes WR			35 catches, 321 yards, 3 TD
18	Duval Kamara WR5-star recruit	6′5″	Jersey City, NJ	20 catches, 206 yards, 1 TD
82	Robby Parris WR	6′3″	Olmsted Falls, OH	9 catches, 50 yards
	George West WR			2 returns, 3 yards

Tight ends 3

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
9	Kyle Rudolph TE4-star recruit	6′6″	Cincinnati, OH	29 catches, 340 yards, 2 TD
88	Will Yeatman TE	6′6″	San Diego, CA	2 catches, 6 yards
84	Mike Ragone TE4-star recruit	6′4″	Cherry Hill, NJ

Linebackers 4

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
56	Kerry Neal OLB4-star recruit	6′2″	245	Bunn, NC	1 INT
41	Scott Smith LB	6′3″	245	Highland Park, IL	1 return, 6 yards
49	Toryan Smith LB4-star recruit	6′1″	244	Rome, GA	1 return, 14 yards
58	Brian Smith OLB	6′3″		Overland Park, KS

Defensive backs 7

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
	David Bruton S				4 INT
4	Gary Gray CB4-star recruit	5′11″		Columbia, SC	2 INT
8	Raeshon McNeil CB4-star recruit	6′0″	190	Cooleemee, NC	2 INT
12	Robert Blanton CB4-star recruit	6′1″		Matthews, NC	2 INT
28	Kyle McCarthy S	6′1″		Youngstown, OH	2 INT
37	Mike Anello CB	5′10″	180	Orland Park, IL	1 return, 28 yards
2	Darrin Walls CB4-star recruit	6′0″		Pittsburgh, PA

Specialists 3

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
96	Brandon Walker PK	6′3″	210	Findlay, OH	14 of 24 field goals
43	Eric Maust P	6′2″		Roswell, GA	54 punts, 41.1 average
97	David Ruffer PK	6′1″		Oakton, VA

Athletes and others 5

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
5	Armando Allen Jr. 4-star recruit	5′10″	Opa Locka, FL	585 rushing yards, 3 TD
33	Robert Hughes 4-star recruit	5′11″	Chicago, IL	382 rushing yards, 4 TD
	Pat Kuntz			1 INT
	Asaph Schwapp 3-star recruit		Hartford, CT	2 catches, 13 yards
	Harrison Smith			58 rushing yards

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2008 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.