Source: Irish’s Styles eyes new position, school

3:32 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Notre Dame wide receiver Lorenzo Styles has gotten in the NCAA transfer website, ESPN has learned.Styles went into the portal Friday, and a source informed ESPN that he will look for a position switch to defensive back at his brand-new school.He explored at cornerback this spring and had actually planned to play both positions in Notre Dame’s spring game this weekend. Rather, he will try to play defensive back at another school this fall, with cornerback the most likely area. Designs is an increasing junior who has 2 years of eligibility staying. After checking a relocate to defense in spring practice, Lorenzo Styles pictures playing cornerback after leaving Notre Dame, a source told ESPN. Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire Styles completed with the second-most catches and third-most backyards for Notre Dame in 2022, snagging 30 balls for 340 lawns. As a true freshman in 2021, he caught 24 passes for 344 backyards. He was also a valued special teams contributor, as he was the gunner on Notre Dame’s punt team.Playing defense runs in the Styles family. His father, Lorenzo Styles Sr., played linebacker at Ohio State, was a third-round draft choice and played 6 seasons in the NFL, winning Super Bowl XXXIV with the Rams.Styles ‘younger sibling, Sonny, enrolled at Ohio State a year early last summer season and is one of the most promising young players on the Buckeyes’defense. Sonny Styles is a flexible security who had the most snaps of anybody at that position in Ohio State’s spring game.

He played meaningful snaps in the Buckeyes’College Football Playoff semifinal loss to Georgia, logging two tackles.Lorenzo Designs made the switch, in part, since playing protective back is anticipated to provide him a better opportunity of continuing his career after college. He is a high-end professional athlete at 6-foot-1, 191 pounds and was an ESPN 300 recruit out of Pickerington(Ohio )Central High School.