Aaron Henry Is Fine Tuning The Details And Aims To Leave No Doubt In The Notre Dame Secondary

I'm extremely confident in saying that Notre Dame has the best returning secondary in college football, and I'd argue it isn't overly close. They return the No. 1 cornerback in the country in Leonard Moore , the No.

1 safety duo in the country in Adon Shuler and Tae Johnson , a soon-to-be three-year starter in Christian Gray and a host of young talent including Dallas Golden , Mark Zackery , Michigan transfer Jayden Sanders and safety Luke Talich and that doesn't include DJ McKinney coming over from Colorado in the summer or any of the true freshman. New defensive backs coach Aaron Henry is stepping into some big shoes with Mike Mickens departing for the NFL. Now, the team is over the halfway mark in spring training and Henry has a really good grasp on this elite-level secondary and how good they can be this upcoming season.

"They’re hearing about how good they are or how good they could be, and every day we walk in that building and I’m trying to humble them," Henry explained. "We have some great young men; these young men are incredible. They take the coaching, they take the points and they’re very gracious.

But I don’t want to be just good, man. "I tell them all the time, it’s like you’re at a buffet," Henry continued. "You cannot get full.