Go back and look at the best Notre Dame teams of the last decade and themes will emerge with those squads. One of those themes is that veteran players step up and play the best football of their careers. Notre Dame needs players on both sides of the ball to do that in 2024, and Bryan breaks down the players that Notre Dame needs the most to emerge.

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