Current depth chart updated a couple weeks ago...
https://notredame.rivals.com/cdepthtext.asp?Year=2013&Team=NOTREDAME
I don't see this suspension as any concern for the Irish.
To give an idea of the "impact" that I'd expect the loss of Bryant to have on the ND/Texas game, barring any major injuries, a blowout, etc. my expectation of the rushing distribution would have been something like:
Folston - 20 carries
Zaire - 15 carries
Bryant - 10 carries
Prosise - 5 carries
Instead I think we'll end up seeing something like
Folston - 25 caries
Zaire - 15 carries
Prosise - 10 carries
Right now, I'm expecting Bryant's carries to just get split up between Folston and Prosise (with Prosise taking a more RB centric role, instead of a more Slot centric role) but depending on how fall practice goes, I could see incoming frosh RB Dexter Williams also picking up some of those carries
Fwiw, I think ND is probably better served with the 2nd distribution early in the year.
In the 7 games where Folston got 15+ touches in 2014, he averaged:
135 total yards (from scrimmage)
6.3 yards/play (from scrimmage)
1+ TD
Prosise only average 3 touches (from scrimmage) per game in 2014...but he average 16.5 yards/touch (from scrimmage) on those and scored a TD on every 13th touch (on average)
Zaire (new starting QB) only got to rush the ball 33 times in 2014, but averaged 5.7 yards/carry and a TD every 16 carries on those touches
In all fairness Bryant showed similar potential (though in a smaller sample size) to the above players in the 5 games in 2014 where he got 7-8 touches or more, averaging:
8.2 touches (from scrimmage) per game
55 yards (from scrimmage) per game
6.8 yards (from scrimmage) per play
1 TD every 14 touches
Bryant has a lot of talent/potential to help this team, but the 3 guys mentioned above him are guys we REALLY NEED to feed the ball to (if 2014 is any kind of evidence) as getting them all the ball more often will REALLY help our offense.