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Notre Dame Football 2021: Most Impactful Players, No. 15-11

By Jack Leniart

Nov 7, 2020; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish defensive lineman Kurt Hinish (41) and defensive lineman Jayson Ademilola (57) pressure Clemson Tigers quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei (5) in the third quarter at Notre Dame Stadium. Notre Dame defeated Clemson 47-40 in two overtimes. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 7, 2020; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish defensive lineman Kurt Hinish (41) and defensive lineman Jayson Ademilola (57) pressure Clemson Tigers quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei (5) in the third quarter at Notre Dame Stadium. Notre Dame defeated Clemson 47-40 in two overtimes. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – DECEMBER 19: The Notre Dame Football huddle before the ACC Championship game against the Clemson Tigers at Bank of America Stadium on December 19, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – DECEMBER 19: The Notre Dame Football huddle before the ACC Championship game against the Clemson Tigers at Bank of America Stadium on December 19, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

We continue our ranking of the top-25 most impactful players for the Notre Dame football team in 2021 with No. 15 through No. 11.

The annual ranking of the top-25 most impactful players was started by Douglas Farmer of NBC’s Inside the Irish blog. It involves several Notre Dame media outlets and blogs. Each voter submits a ballot with their rankings, and then all ballots were totaled to determine the final top-25.

Our writers at Slap the Sign complete that same voting process to determine the top-25 players that we will submit to Inside the Irish. For this year’s rankings, a total of four ballots were submitted by current and former Slap the Sign writers.

We are not ranking the players based on their talent. Instead, we are ranking them based on who we think will have the greatest impact on the Irish during the 2021 season. In other words: which players will help Notre Dame football win games.

Our countdown started with the four Irish players who earned honorable mention in our rankings. We have since worked our way from 25 down to 16. If you missed our previous articles (25-21 and 20-16), here are the rankings that have been revealed thus far:

  • 25. Lawrence Keys III
  • 24. Jordan Botelho
  • 23. Shayne Simon
  • 22. Houston Griffith
  • 21. Zeke Correll
  • 20. Braden Lenzy
  • 19. Cam Hart
  • 18. Blake Fisher
  • 17. Jack Kiser
  • 16. Josh Lugg

Now, we enter the top 15. Here are the players who are ranked 15-11 on our list.

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