Despite missing two games, Evans still leads Notre Dame in targets, catches and catch percentage among regulars at receiver and tight end. When the best tight end is out for the season - Mitchell Evans was lost for the year with a torn ACL suffered against Pittsburgh - it only exacerbates that problem. “It’s hard to protect them when your best pass catching options are your tight ends,” McElroy said. The Demon Deacons had 18 100-yard games by receivers in Hartman’s final two seasons there. And there’s the issue of Hartman having few outs at receiver, which he had at Wake Forest. Sometimes that’s the running backs failing to protect, eaten alive by Clemson’s linebackers two weeks ago. Sometimes that’s the offensive line breaking down, with the Irish rotating at center and both guard spots this season. Against Clemson, that pressure rate jumped to 61 percent of drop backs, against Duke it was 54 percent, essentially making life untenable for Hartman in the backfield. The results suggest the Irish actually have one All-American in Joe Alt and four other linemen still under development.Īccording to TruMedia, Notre Dame ranks 106th nationally in pressure rate allowed at 36 percent of drop backs. The Irish have also been poor in pass protection all season, challenging the notion that Notre Dame opened the year with two future NFL offensive tackles. Only Rutgers, UConn, Iowa, Navy and Wyoming have gone longer without hitting that mark. Notre Dame has gone 23 games without a 100-yard performance by a wide receiver. He failed to loft a pass to Gi’Bran Payne over defensive end Xavier Thomas that could have gone for another score. Hartman missed Rico Flores in the second quarter for a potential touchdown. The pick six thrown to Clemson linebacker Jeremiah Trotter was a poor decision, thrown to a tight end who failed to separate. That’s not saying Hartman is without fault, something he accepted in bulk after Clemson when he stepped in front of the bus headed toward Parker. But as McElroy sees it, the narrative of “what’s wrong with Sam Hartman?” should zoom out from a quarterback with 128 career touchdown passes, seventh most in FBS history. The reasons why are multiple, from injury misfortune, to poor recruiting, to transfer misevaluations, to offensive game plans that can go stale after halftime. “Who’s the catch-and-run guy that you’re just going to say, ‘Man, we gotta get that guy 12-to-15 looks a game.’ A Marvin Harrison-type player, a Malik Nabers-type player, they don’t have that guy.” And I don’t think Notre Dame has enough of it. And explosiveness at receiver is of paramount importance.

“Because receiver is now a premium position. “I think we’ve come to a time in the college football world where you can’t play quarterback by yourself,” McElroy said. And as Notre Dame heads toward this season’s final two games, including Hartman’s alumni reunion with Wake Forest on Saturday, what’s wrong with the Irish offense isn’t exactly a quarterback story.

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