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Notre Dame football: Previewing the 2021 Quarterbacks

By Brad Weiss

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 01: Ian Book #12 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Drew Pyne #10 warms up before the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl football game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at AT&T Stadium on January 01, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 31-14. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 01: Ian Book #12 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Drew Pyne #10 warms up before the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl football game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at AT&T Stadium on January 01, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 31-14. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) /
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May 1, 2021; Notre Dame, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Football quarterback Jack Coan (17) takes the snap in the first half of the Blue-Gold Game at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /

The Notre Dame football program has some talented players at quarterback, and we preview the position group heading into the 2021 season.

Across the past three seasons, the Notre Dame football program has been lucky to have Ian Book as their starting quarterback. Ending his collegiate career as the all-time winningest quarterback in program history, Book parlayed his solid career to be a fourth-round pick of the New Orleans Saints, and will now fight to advance up that depth chart.

In Book, the Irish had a playmaker who could not only make plays with his arm, but also his legs, and that ability extended drives time and time again. Sure, there were plenty of frustrating moments with Book under center, but the fact is, he led this program to more wins than any other quarterback in history, as well as two of the last three College Football Playoffs.

As he begins his NFL journey, the Irish will now be placed in the hands of a new signal-caller, and it could be anyone from a true freshman who did not play his senior year, to a graduate transfer who had a ton of success in the Big Ten. Either way, Kelly is turning the page on the quarterback spot, which is never easy to do, especially when the previous quarterback had so much success.

With Book gone, Brian Kelly and his staff will now look to a new signal-caller to lead the way in 2021.

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