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Notre Dame Football 2021: 25 Most Impactful Players, No. 5-1

By Jack Leniart

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA - MAY 01: Cole Capen #17 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish hands the football off to Kyren Williams #23 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in thee first half of the during the Blue-Gold Spring Game at Notre Dame Stadium on May 01, 2021 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA - MAY 01: Cole Capen #17 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish hands the football off to Kyren Williams #23 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in thee first half of the during the Blue-Gold Spring Game at Notre Dame Stadium on May 01, 2021 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images) /
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SOUTH BEND, IN – NOVEMBER 23: Kyle Hamilton #14 of the Notre Dame Football intercepts a pass against the Boston College Eagles in the second half at Notre Dame Stadium on November 23, 2019, in South Bend, Indiana. Notre Dame defeated Boston College 40-7. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

We continue our ranking of the top-25 most impactful players for the Notre Dame football team in 2021 with No. 5 through No. 1.

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 football 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 6. If you missed our previous articles (25-21, 20-16, 15-11, and 10-6), 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
  • 15. Jayson Ademilola
  • 14. Kurt Hinish
  • 13. Kevin Austin
  • 12. Chris Tyree
  • 11. Avery Davis
  • 10. Clarence Lewis
  • 9. Drew White
  • 8. Cain Madden
  • 7. Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa
  • 6. Isaiah Foskey

Now, we enter the top 5. Here are the players who are ranked 5-1 on our list.

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