Notre Dame Football: The top 5 Wide Receivers the Irish will face in 2020
By Andrew Hall
No. 1 – Tutu Atwell – Junior – Louisville
This selection may puzzle Notre Dame fans who watched the Irish defense relatively contain the Louisville offense on Labor Weekend. Against the Golden Domers, Tutu Atwell caught 5 passes for 47 yards – a 9.4 yard average. This was the last time Atwell would average less than 12.1 yards per reception.
In his Sophomore campaign, he exploded for 1,276 yards on 70 receptions. His 18.23 yard average ranked 30th in the country. Atwell compiled these elite numbers because of his unmatched ability in the screen game. Pro Football Focus ranked him as the No. 8 receiver in 2020 and wrote:
"If you don’t know the name Tutu Atwell by now, be sure to make a note of it, as his 91.7 receiving grade in 2019 was the third-best at his position. The 5-foot-9, 153-pound sophomore broke out this year and made his mark as one of the top screen receivers in college football with his elite speed. Atwell was the only wideout to produce a 90.0-plus grade on screens, and he led the country in explosive plays generated off those, with eight of his 23 screen receptions going for 15 or more yards."
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Notre Dame Linebackers Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah and Drew White possess an adept ability of diagnosing and stopping screen plays. When the Irish play the Cardinals, these two players and the rest of the Notre Dame defense will need to know where No. 1 is at all times.