Notre Dame Football: 3 freshmen who could start in 2021

By Dante Pryor | Jul 17, 2021

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 01: Head coach Brian Kelly and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players run on the field during player introductions before the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl football game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at AT&T Stadium on January 01, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 31-14. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) /

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2. Deion Colzie, WR

When Michael Floyd stepped on Notre Dame’s campus, he was the best wide receiver prospect the Irish ever recruited. The fact that Floyd is the sixth-highest rated player ever recruited by the Irish proves that.

Though true freshman Deion Colzie is not rated as highly as Floyd was coming out of high school, he is a bit toolsy. At 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, Colzie has the ideal size you want in a wide receiver. The Georgia high school stand-out will have little problem with 50/50 balls; he’s a track standout.

Colzie is the type of receiver Notre Dame had in two different players. Notre Dame has had a speed guy like Braden Lenzy and a big receiver like Javon McKinley. In Colzie, the Irish have both. The last combination of size and speed for the Irish? Floyd.

If Colzie does not start this season, Lenzy and Kevin Austin Jr. managed to stay healthy for an entire season. It also did not help that Colzie did not arrive on campus until the summer.

Colzie’s motive for not enrolling early is defensible. He was in Georgia competing in the state private school track and field state championships. Colzie came away with three medals.

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