Notre Dame Football Position Preview: Cornerback

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Spotlight: Raeshon McNeil

	G	Tackles	INT	PBU
2007	11	9	0	3

Also Returning: Mike Anello, Terrail Lambert, John Leonis, Raeshon McNeil

Lost: Leo Ferrine, Wade Iams, William David Williams, Ambrose Wooden (graduation), Darrin Walls (personal), Munir Prince (transfer)

Gained: Leonard Gordon (position change), Gary Gray (injury), Robert Blanton, Jamoris Slaughter (freshmen)

Coming into the spring, everyone was raving about Notre Dame's secondary as the strength of its defense. That strength took a hit with the news that Darrin Walls would not be playing this season for personal reasons. The loss of Walls slides everyone up a spot on the depth chart.

Walls' best friend, Raeshon McNeil, takes over the starting spot opposite Terrail Lambert. Walls and McNeil came in together, but it always looked like Walls was the better of the two. This year is McNeil's chance to prove himself.

The loss of Walls and the transfer of Munir Prince hurt the depth of this unit. Gary Gray, Robert Blanton, and Jamoris Slaughter are talented, but have a combined zero minutes of experience at the college level (although, as a sophomore who was injured last year, Gray has at least been with the team for a while).

Leonard Gordon is a former safety who has been moved to second-string cornerback. Special teams ace Mike Anello is the No. 5 corner. That means he's one injury away from seeing the playing field in dime packages, unless one of the freshmen pass him on the depth chart.