Blue & Gold Illustrated: 2012 Notre Dame Football Preview
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BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED 2015 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ✦ 75 OFFENSIVE LINEMEN the team's first 11 games in 2013 at center before suf- fering a season-ending knee injury … Was the primary backup at both tackle positions by the end of the 2012 campaign … Appeared in all 13 games that year, playing primarily on special teams. Prep: Regarded as a three-star prospect, the No. 8 senior in Indiana and the No. 66 offensive tackle na- tionally by Rivals … Was selected to the first-team 3A all-state squad by the Associated Press and Indiana Football Coaches Association … A second-team se- lection to the U.S. Air Force Medium Schools Prep All-America team … Helped Bishop Chatard to a state- record 10th state crown as a senior … Started on both the offensive and defensive lines. Personal: Born April 29, 1993 … Father, Keith, played football at Kentucky … Older brother, Zack, was a four- year starting tackle for Notre Dame and first-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys … Zack was named first- team All-Pro in 2014, making him the first NFL rookie offensive lineman to earn that honor since 1947 … Enrolled in Mendoza College of Business, majoring in management-consulting. MIKE MCGLINCHEY • OT Jr. • Philadelphia Ht.: 6-7½ • Wt.: 310 Career Highlights: Appeared in every game during the 2014 cam- paign … Played primarily on special teams before earning his first career start at right tackle in the 31-28 win over No. 22 LSU in the Music City Bowl. Prep: Regarded as a four-star prospect, the No. 4 player in Pennsylvania, and the No. 8 offensive tackle and No. 90 overall player in the land by Scout … Played all four years on the varsity football and basketball teams at William Penn Charter … Averaged 10 stops and three tackles for loss per game as a senior … Also scored three touchdowns on offense … Was named to the Pennsylvania Sportswriters' AAAA All-State first team … Served as a team captain for the East squad in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl … In addition to being named all-league on the hardwood, won a state title in the shot put. Personal: Born Jan. 12, 1995 … His uncle, John Lough- ery, was the starting quarterback at Boston College in 1980 … Another former BC signal-caller, current Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowler Matt Ryan, is his cousin … Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business. COLIN MCGOVERN • OG Jr. • New Lenox, Ill. Ht.: 6-4½ • Wt.: 315 Career Highlights: Made his Irish debut in 2014 and played in two games. Prep: Rated as a four-star pros- pect, the No. 5 player in Illinois, and the nation's No. 10 offensive tackle and No. 124 overall prospect by ESPN … Started at left tackle for Lincoln-Way West as a senior and tallied 70 pancake blocks while helping his team to the quarterfinals of the Illinois 5A state playoffs … Earned first-team all-state honors from the Illinois Football Coaches Association and The Chicago Tribune … Selected to Under Armour All-American Game, but could not participate due to a knee injury … Did not allow a sack during his junior or senior years. Personal: Born Oct. 29, 1994 … Enrolled in the Men- doza College of Business. JOHN MONTELUS • OG Jr. • Everett, Mass. Ht.: 6-4 • Wt.: 310 Career Highlights: Made his Irish debut against Michigan, his lone ap- pearance of the 2014 season. Prep: Listed by Rivals as a four- star recruit, the No. 1 prospect in Massachusetts, and the No. 4 offensive guard and No. 74 overall player in the land … Started at left tackle and helped lead Everett High to three consecutive state championships … Did not allow a sack during his prep career … Selected as a first-team all-state pick at left tackle as a sophomore, junior and senior … Was the first lineman ever named a finalist for ESPN Boston's Mr. Football Award … Played in the U.S. Army All- American Bowl. Personal: Born Sept. 8, 1995 … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters. SAM MUSTIPHER • C So. • Olney, Md. Ht.: 6-2 • Wt.: 305 Career Highlights: Did not see game action last season. Prep: Tabbed as a four-star pros- pect, the No. 3 player in Maryland, and the nation's No. 12 offensive guard and No. 203 overall recruit by Rivals … An all- state pick on the offensive line as a senior at Good Counsel High … Was also a first-team pick for The Wash- ington Post All-Met squad … As a junior, anchored a line that helped the team rush for 2,374 yards, captured the school's fourth straight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference crown and allowed only 16 sacks … Named to MaxPreps U.S. Air Force Sophomore All-America first team in 2011 as a defender … Played in the Under Armour All-American Game. Personal: Born Aug. 13, 1996 … Enrolled in First Year of Studies. QUENTON NELSON • OG So. • Holmdel, N.J. Ht.: 6-4½ • Wt.: 325 Career Highlights: Did not see game action last season. Prep: Rivals ranked him as a five- star talent, the No. 2 prospect in New Jersey, and the No. 3 offen- sive tackle and No. 29 overall player in the land … A second-team offensive lineman on USA Today's All-USA prep All-America squad as a senior … Also was named second-team All-American by MaxPreps, while he was listed as an honorable mention selection on Parade's squad … Was an all-state pick according to USA Today and MSG Varsity … Nelson also totaled 61 tackles and three sacks on defense … Was a second-team all-state pick as a junior, while helping his squad to a state title … MaxPreps named him a second-team Junior All-American in 2012 … Played in the U.S. Army All- American Bowl. Personal: Born March 19, 1996 … Enrolled in First Year of Studies. RONNIE STANLEY • OT Sr. • Las Vegas Ht.: 6-5½ • Wt.: 315 Career Highlights: Has started each of the last 26 games over the past two seasons … Was named Notre Dame's Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2014 and was projected to be a high draft pick at left tackle, but he decided to come back to school … The 2014 campaign was his first at left tackle, with his pre- vious 13 career starts coming on the right side … Recorded 16 knock- down blocks and allowed just one sack, despite lining up against some of the nation's top defensive linemen … One of 10 players that started all 13 games in 2013 … Line allowed just eight sacks, which ranked second nationally, despite 429 pass attempts … Logged action as a rookie reserve in two games in 2012, against Navy and Michigan. Prep: Ranked by Scout as a four-star prospect, the No. 1 player in Nevada, and the No. 11 offensive tackle and No. 66 overall recruit nationally … Named to The Tacoma News Tribune Western 100 list as one of the top players in the 13 Western states … First-team all-state pick in 2011 … Honorable mention selection to SI.com's High School All-America team … Helped Bishop Gorman finish 16-1 and win its third straight Nevada Class 4A title as a senior … A three-year starter who was picked to play in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl … Also was a standout in basketball and played on a prep team that featured Shabazz Muhammad, the nation's top recruit in the class of 2012. Personal: Born March 18, 1994 … Enrolled in Men- doza College of Business, majoring in management- consulting. NEWCOMERS TRISTEN HOGE • C Fr. • Pocatello, Idaho Ht.: 6-4½ • Wt.: 281 Career Highlights: Enrolled in January 2015. Prep: Scout rated him as a four-star prospect, the top player in Idaho, and the No. 2 offensive guard and No. 48 overall recruit in the class of 2015 … Recorded 133 pancake blocks (11.6 per game) and helped High- land win the 5A state championship as a senior … Named a Parade All-American and was also tabbed as a first-teamer on the 2014 USA Today and Max- Preps All-American squads … Started all 47 of his high school games and led Highland to a 41-6 record while averaging 7.9 pancake blocks per contest … Two-time Gatorade Player of the Year for Idaho, making him the first player to capture the award (which began in 1986) multiple times … Played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Personal: Born April 23, 1997 … Nephew of former Pittsburgh Steelers running back and current ESPN analyst Merril Hoge. TREVOR RUHLAND • OL Fr. • Cary, Ill. Ht.: 6-4 • Wt.: 285 Prep: ESPN listed him as a four-star recruit, the No. 3 prospect in Illinois, and the No. 24 offensive guard and No. 288 overall player nationally … Had 38 pancake blocks during his senior season … Helped lead Cary Grove to a 13-1 record in 2014 and its second state 7A runner-up finish in three years … Recognized as an Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 7A first- team all-state pick … Named all-state by The Chicago Tribune and The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette. Personal: Born May 21, 1997 … Father, Matt, played defensive tackle at Iowa and was an All-Big Ten selection.