Notre Dame will be heading into Saturday’s clash with NC State without a lot of key contributors. The injury report released by Marcus Freeman reads more like a medical ward inventory. The Fighting Irish are navigating a brutal stretch of their schedule with the Trojans just around the corner, and losing multiple starters couldn’t have come at a worse time.

The injury list Freeman released hit like a ton of bricks, and Chuck Freeby laid it out on X in stark terms. His post read, “Notre Dame announces Devonta Smith (calf), Jaden Greathouse (thigh), and Will Black (concussion) are all out for this week’s game with NC State. Kicker Noah Burnette (hip) and tight end Cooper Flanagan (achilles) are questionable.” Five is not a humongous number of players to be dealing with injuries, but the con

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