Notre Dame football begins fall camp

 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Irish start fall camp just 31 days before season opener against Texas A&M.

Head Coach Marcus Freeman steps into year three at the helm with high expectations of making the playoffs.

After finishing as a top five defense last season, Freeman saw early on that the experienced defense will improve the offense, adjusting to new quarterback Riley Leonard.

"Riley is going with the one Steve's one with the twos I didn't get a chance to watch a whole bunch of seven on seven I was with the other group, but I'll go back and watch film but the time I was over there I was pleased with both of them," states Notre Dame Football Head Coach Marcus Freeman.

The real key to Notre Dame's offense is new offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock. Denbrock is back with the Irish for a third season, after leading LSU's offense as the number offense in the country last year.

"Coach, Denbrock brings an intensity, but leadership to our offensive side of the ball. And I think great leaders understand when things need to be said, right? It's not just yelling and screaming over and over and over makes you a great leader. It's understanding, okay, at this point, this needs to be a point of emphasis, I need to get these guys going, hold them accountable. And I think he has a great feel for that. And you can see you can see our offense respond to that," states Freeman.