After transferring to Notre Dame, S Brandon Joseph has a fresh start in a new system this year. Will it be enough to make him 2023's top safety? GrindingTheTape takes a look. FrontOffice33 | GoIrish
was set to enter his redshirt sophomore season with red-hot buzz as a pro prospect. The Northwestern safety was an AP All-American as a redshirt freshman in 2020 and had just finished showcasing himself as one of the country’s best ballhawks — logging six interceptions in the Wildcats’ COVID-19 abbreviated season.
And this is where this conversation gets interesting. Joseph is not wrong in that the Irish are loaded with returning talent coming out of 2021 and that there is a clear vacancy on the depth chart to accommodate Joseph’s presence. But the contrast between Hamilton’s skillset and Joseph’s is a big one. Joseph is a self-described ballhawking safety with abilities to “shine” on the back-end of the defense.
Can Joseph be that kind of player? He could be — although he’ll have to do it without the rare size and length and likely initial explosiveness that made Hamilton a rare talent in this regard. Joseph has shown an appetite for tackling in the past, but it wasn’t necessarily a strength of his game last season.
Golden has run several defensive variations across his years in football, toggling between both odd and even fronts — expect to see more even front looks from the Irish as the defense has been promised to be “aggressive.” Joseph’s new teammate, DJ Brown, has indicated there will be more disguising of intentions on the back end for the safeties at Notre Dame this year.. “Really just playing both zone and man coverage.
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