2011 Notre Dame Football Spring Prospectus by Chris Masters

ILB Manti Te’o

S Harrison Smith

PK David Ruffer

2011 SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS

BRIAN KELLY Honors & Rankings

Winningest Active NCAA FBS Coaches Since 2001 (By Victories) Name, School 1. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 2. Mack Brown, Texas 3. Jim Tressel, Ohio State 4. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 5. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 6. Gary Patterson, TCU 7. Mark Richt, Georgia 8. Les Miles, LSU

W 109 106 105 102 99 98 96 89

L 26 23 22 29 34 28 34 38

Pct. .807 .822 .827 .779 .744 .778 .739 .701

Winningest Active NCAA FBS Coaches Since 2006 (By Victories)

Schutt Sports 2008 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Coach of the Year

(Minimum six years as FBS head coach; record at four-year colleges only)

Name, School 1. Chris Petersen, Boise State 2. Jim Tressel, Ohio State 3. Gary Patterson, TCU 4. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 5. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 6. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 7. Mack Brown, Texas 8. Bronco Mendenhall, BYU 8. Les Miles, LSU 8. Kyle Whittingham, Utah

W 61 55 55 54 51 51 50 50 50 50

L 5 9 10 15 15 16 14 15 15 15

Pct. .924 .859 .846 .783 .773 .761 .781 .769 .769 .769

Schutt Sports 2001 NCAA Division II Coach of the Year

2002 and 2003 American Football Coaches Association NCAA Division II Coach of the Year

Winningest Active NCAA FBS Coaches (By Win Percentage) (Minimum six years as FBS head coach; record at four-year colleges only)

Name, School Years W 1. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 12 129 2. Gary Patterson, TCU 11 98 3. Jim Tressel, Ohio State 25 240 4. Joe Paterno, Penn State 45 401 5. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 20 179 6. Kyle Whittingham, Utah 6 57 7. Mark Richt, Georgia 10 96 7 64 8. Bobby Petrino, Arkansas 9. Bronco Mendenhall, BYU 6 56 10. Nick Saban, Alabama 15 135

L 31 28 79 135 62 20 34 23 21 53

T 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2

Pct. .806 .778 .751 .747 .741 .740 .739 .736 .727 .717

Winningest Active NCAA FBS Coaches (By Victories) (Minimum six years as FBS head coach; record at four-year colleges only)

Name, School Years 1. Joe Paterno, Penn State 45 2. Jim Tressel, Ohio State 25 3. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 30 4. Mack Brown, Texas 27 5. Chris Ault, Nevada 26 6. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina 21 7. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 20 8. Dennis Erickson, Arizona State 22 9. Mike Price, UTEP 29 10. Howard Schnellenberger, FAU 26 Records are through end of 2010 season

W 401 240 240 219 218 186 179 173 169 157

L 135 79 118 108 97 73 62 89 167 140

T 3 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 0 3

Pct. .747 .751 .6685 .6692 .691 .716 .741 .660 .503 .528

2007-09 Back-to-Back-to-Back BIG EAST Coach of the Year 2009 Football Bowl Subdivision Home Depot Coach of the Year

TABLE OF CONTENTS Game Recaps ..............................................................................79-85 2010 Irish Honor Roll........................................................................85 Game Results and Defensive Stats ...................................................86 Individual Offensive Stats .................................................................87 Individual Offensive and Team Stats ................................................88 Game-by-Game Starters ..................................................................89 Individual Game by Game Statistics ........................................90-100 Individual Game Highs ...................................................................101 Week-by-Week Leaders and Quarter-by-Quarter Scoring ...........................................................102 Third and Fourth Down Efficiency .................................................103 Drive Engineering ...........................................................................104 Red Zone Production ......................................................................105 Turnover Ratio .................................................................................106 Turnover Breakdown .......................................................................107 Scoring Drives .................................................................................108 Opponent Scoring Drives................................................................109 20-Yard Passing Plays .....................................................................110 10-Yard Rushing Plays ....................................................................111 20- or 30-Yard Return Plays ...........................................................112

2011 SPRING OUTLOOK

Fighting Irish At A Glance................................................................... 4 Irish By State and Hometown ............................................................ 5 Fighting Irish Roster........................................................................ 6-7 Spring Football Outlook ............................................................... 8-13 2011 FIGHTING IRISH

Returning Student-Athletes .......................................................15-54 2011 Signees ..............................................................................55-59 COACHES & SUPPORT STAFF

Brian Kelly ...................................................................................61-64 Bob Diaco ..........................................................................................65 Charley Molnar .................................................................................66 Tony Alford ........................................................................................67 Kerry Cooks .......................................................................................68 Mike Denbrock ..................................................................................69 Mike Elston........................................................................................70 Tim Hinton ........................................................................................71 Chuck Martin ....................................................................................72 Ed Warinner.......................................................................................73 Paul Longo ........................................................................................74 Support Staff...............................................................................75-78

2011 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPEC TUS

The 2011 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS is a copyright production of the University of Notre Dame Athletics Media Relations Department, Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556. This publication was written, compiled and edited by director of football media relations Brian Hardin, assistant sports information director Michael Bertsch and senior associate athletics director John Heisler with assistance from student assistants Andrew Bartolini, Nich Bucholtz, Kevin Paczesny and Sarah Rodts. Cover and page design by Dave Scholtes of Ave Maria Press in Notre Dame, Ind. Special thanks to Mike and Sue Bennett plus Eric and Michelle Szajko from Lighthouse Imaging, Kevin Leahy, Bill Panzica/Sporting Shots, Joe Raymond, Marcus Snowden and Brian Spurlock Photography for their photographic contributions. Thanks also to Chuck Cealka of Ave Maria Press.

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2010 SEASON REC AP

MEDIA INFO

MEDIA INFORMATION

Media Information.............................................................................. 2 Athletics Media Relations Staff and Spring Football Practice Calendar ...................................................... 3

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MEDIA INFORMATION COVERING PRACTICE

CREDENTIALS FOR BLUE-GOLD GAME

Members of the media are welcome to attend practice on days scheduled to be open to practice viewing. This spring, media are invited to watch practice from 8-10 a.m. on March 23, April 1, April 6 and April 13, and can view the entire practice from 9-11 a.m. on March 26. Media members should gather outside the gates at the northwest corner of the LaBar Practice Complex and wait to be escorted into practice by members of the Notre Dame athletics media relations staff. If practice is inside, media members should gather in the hallway connecting the Guglielmino Athletics Complex and Loftus Sports Center. All practice dates and times are subject to change.

All requests for working press, photo and broadcast credentials for the 2010 BlueGold Spring Game should be made in writing on company letterhead by Monday, April 4. Direct all requests to John Heisler, Senior Associate Athletics Director, University of Notre Dame, C112 Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556. All credentials which cannot be mailed are left at the press will call site. The press will call site for Notre Dame Stadium is at the press box elevator on the west side of the stadium between Entrances D and E. All members of the media will have to provide photo identification and the name must match the name on the credential.

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

PHOTOGRAPHERS/VIDEOGRAPHERS

A schedule detailing the availability of head coach Brian Kelly and his assistants plus members of the Fighting Irish has been created and is available by request from Brian Hardin. Requests for interviews with coaches or players following a practice should be made to Brian Hardin by noon the day before the proposed interview. All post-practice interviews will be conducted in the Isban Auditorium at the Guglielmino Athletics Complex immediately following practice. Members of the media can gather inside the auditorium and wait for the requested players or coaches to enter following practice. All availability to players and coaches are subject to change.

For practices sessions open to the media, photographers and videographers are permitted around the perimeter of the fields being used. Tripods are not allowed at any time during Notre Dame’s football practices and should be left outside the practice facility. For the Blue-Gold Spring Game, credentials must be requested in the same manner as other members of the media. All photographers must pick up vests necessary for admittance to the sideline area at the press will call window at Notre Dame Stadium. The press will call site for Notre Dame Stadium is at the press box elevator on the west side of the stadium between Entrances D and E. All members of the media will have to provide photo identification and the name must match the name on the credential. Photographers are not permitted inside the 30-yard lines and must remain outside the restraining lines surrounding the field.

PRACTICE LOCATION Notre Dame’s football team will practice outside at the LaBar Practice Complex unless inclement weather forces the team to Meyo Field inside the Loftus Sports Center. The LaBar Practice Complex is located directly south of the Guglielmino Athletics Complex (The Gug) and immediately east of Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center. The Loftus Sports Center is connected to the Guglielmino Athletics Complex and is just east of The Gug and north of the Courtney Tennis Courts.

MEDIA PARKING Videographers from television stations may park in the loading dock of the Guglielmino Athletics Complex with a parking pass obtained from Brian Hardin. Cars parked in the loading dock should not block the entrance and exit to the gated staff parking lot and should attempt to park in a single file row to not block deliveries to the loading dock. Any car parked in the loading dock without a parking pass is subject to ticket and/or tow. Photographers with heavy equipment may park in the gated parking lot west of the main entrance to the Guglielmino Athletics Complex after receiving the punch code from Brian Hardin. Reporters and other media members without heavy equipment should park either north of Guglielmino Athletics Complex in the general parking lot or south of Purcell Pavilion or Alumni Stadium. Parking is NOT permitted on the Jordan Hall of Science driveway immediately west of the main entrance to the Guglielmino Athletics Complex.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? Most of Indiana, including the South Bend area, now observes Daylight Savings Time, changing clocks in the spring and fall while remaining in sync with the Eastern Time Zone year round. Notre Dame and South Bend are now on the same time throughout the year as the East Coast and one hour ahead of Chicago and most of the Midwest. Note that not all counties in Indiana are on Eastern Time, including the Northwest Indiana counties of Lake, Porter and LaPorte, aligning themselves with Chicago and the Central Time Zone.

UND.COM All Notre Dame football information is available on the official athletics department website of the University of Notre Dame, UND.com. Game notes, depth chart, biographies of players and coaches, transcripts of press conferences, video archives of interview sessions and special features can all be found at UND.com

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ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF MEDIA INFO

Sean Carroll Assistant Director Work Phone: 574.631.2664 Cell: 574.340.2177 e-mail: scarrol3@nd.edu

Brent Henningfeld Media Relations Assistant Work Phone: 574-631-1762 Cell: 574-286-0161 e-mail: bhennin1@nd.edu

Bernadette Cafarelli Assistant Athletics Director/ Sports Information Director Work Phone: 574.631.8458; Home: 574.273.2390 Cell: 574.532.0249 e-mail: bcafarel@nd.edu

Tim Connor Associate Director Work Phone: 574.631.7519; Home: 574.273.1038 Cell: 574.532.0274 e-mail: tconnor@nd.edu

Robbin Cooley Media Relations Assistant Work Phone: 574-631-4780 Cell: 574-532-4151 e-mail: rcooley@nd.edu

Brian Hardin Director of Football Media Relations Work Phone: 574.631.9471 Cell: 574.532.4134 e-mail: bhardin2@nd.edu

Alan George Assistant Director Work Phone: 574.631.3397 Cell: 574.340.3977 e-mail: ageorge2@nd.edu

Susan McGonigal Senior Administrative Assistant Work Phone: 574.631.6453 e-mail: sreed@nd.edu

Michael Bertsch Assistant Director Work Phone: 574.631.864 Cell: 574.532.4154 e-mail: mbertsc1@nd.edu

Chris Masters Associate Director Work Phone: 574.631.8032; Home: 574.273.1728 Cell: 574.532.4166 e-mail: cmaster1@nd.edu

Carol Copley Senior Staff Assistant Work Phone: 574.631.7517 e-mail: ccopley1@nd.edu

2011 OUTLOOK

John Heisler Senior Associate Athletic Director For Media and Broadcast Properties Work Phone: 574.631.7516; Home: 574.277.3523 Cell: 574.532.0293 e-mail: jheisler@nd.edu

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SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE SCHEDULE SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY 22

WEDNESDAY 23

THURSDAY

FRIDAY 24

Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

MARCH 28

Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

11 Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

30 Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

26 Practice 9 am – 11 am

1 Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

APRIL 6

Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

25 Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

13 Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

15 Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

9 Practice 9 am – 11 am

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8 Practice 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.

2 Practice 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

COACHES AND STAff

SATURDAY

NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL . . . AT A GLANCE Location: Notre Dame, Ind. Founded: 1842 Nickname: Fighting Irish Colors: Blue and Gold Enrollment: 8,363 (undergraduates), 11,731 (total) Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium (Natural Grass/80,795) President: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. Provost: Thomas Burish NCAA Faculty Representative: Patricia Bellia Athletics Director: Jack Swarbrick Sr. Associate Athletics Director/Media Relations and Broadcast Properties: John Heisler Director of Football Media Relations: Brian Hardin Athletics Department Website: und.com

FOOTBALL INFORMATION Offensive Formation: Spread Defensive Formation: 3-4 2010 Overall Record: 8-5 Final Ranking: Unranked/Unranked Starters Returning/Lost: 19/6 Offensive Starters From 2010 Returning/Lost: 8/3 Defensive Starters From 2010 Returning/Lost: 8/3 Special Teams Starters From 2010 Returning/ Lost: 3/0 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 49/25

COACHING STAFF Name (Alma Mater, Year) Brian Kelly (Assumption, ’83) Bob Diaco (Iowa, ’95) Charley Molnar (Lock Haven, ’84) Tony Alford (Colorado State, ’92) Kerry Cooks (Iowa, ’00) Mike Denbrock (Grand Valley State, ’87) Mike Elston (Michigan, ’98) Tim Hinton (Wilmington, ’82) Chuck Martin (Millikin, ’90) Ed Warinner (Mount Union, ’84) Jon Carpenter (Cincinnati ’08) Michael Painter (Bowling Green ’06)

Title Head Coach Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Wide Receivers Cornerbacks Tight Ends Defensive Line/Special Teams Coordinator Running Backs Safeties/Recruiting Coordinator Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator Graduate Assistant (Defense) Graduate Assistant (Defense)

2010 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Dec. 31

Opponent Purdue Michigan at Michigan State #16 Stanford at Boston College Pittsburgh Western Michigan at Navy Tulsa #15 Utah vs. Army at USC vs. Miami (Fla.)

W/L W L L (OT) L W W W L L W W W W

Score 23-12 24-28 31-34 14-37 31-13 23-17 44-20 17-35 27-28 28-3 27-3 20-16 33-17

Attendance 80,795 80,795 78,411 80,795 44,500 80,795 80,795 75,614 80,795 80,795 80,795 85,417 54,021

TV NBC NBC ABC NBC ABC NBC NBC CBS NBC NBC NBC ABC CBS

RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS Passing Dayne Crist Tommy Rees

Comp. Att. 174 294 100 164

Yards 2,033 1,106

Pct. 59.2 61.0

TD 15 12

Rushing Cierre Wood Jonas Gray

Att. 119 20

Yards 603 100

Avg. 5.1 5.0

TD 3 0

Yds/Gm Long 46.4 39 14.3 36

Receiving Theo Riddick Tyler Eifert

Rec. 40 27

Yards 414 352

Avg. 10.4 13.0

TD 3 2

Yds/Gm Long 46.0 37 32.0 39

Solo 66 56

Assist Sacks 67 1.0-7 37 0.0-0

Tackles Total Manti Te’o 133 Harrison Smith 93

INT 7 8

TFL INT 9.5-34 0 0.5-1 7

Avg./Gm 225.9 122.9

PBU 3 7

Effic. 129.34 132.01

FF 0 0

FR 1 0

RETURNING IN 2011 OFFENSIVE LETTERMEN RETURNING (20) C Braxston Cave, OT Lane Clelland, RB Patrick Coughlin, QB Dayne Crist, OT Taylor Dever, TE Tyler Eifert, C Mike Golic Jr., WR John Goodman, RB Jonas Gray, WR TJ Jones, OT Zack Martin, OG Andrew Nuss, TE Mike Ragone, QB Tommy Rees, WR Theo Riddick, OG Trevor Robinson, WR Daniel Smith, WR Robby Toma, OG Chris Watt, RB Cierre Wood DEFENSIVE LETTERMEN RETURNING (24) CB Robert Blanton, LB Carlo Calabrese, S Austin Collinsworth, NG Sean Cwynar, OLB Steve Filer, OLB Darius Fleming, ILB Dan Fox, CB Gary Gray, CB Bennett Jackson, DE Ethan Johnson, DE Kapron Lewis-Moore, CB Nick Lezynski, ILB Anthony McDonald, S Zeke Motta, ILB David Posluszny, S Chris Salvi, DE Kona Schwenke, OLB Prince Shembo, S Jamoris Slaughter, S Harrison Smith, ILB Danny Spond, ILB Manti Te’o, DE Hafis Williams, CB Lo Wood

SPECIAL TEAMS LETTERMEN RETURNING (5) LS Jordan Cowart, LS/H Ryan Kavanagh, K David Ruffer, K Nick Tausch, P Ben Turk LETTERMEN LOST (25) RB Armando Allen, OLB Steve Botsford, TE Bobby Burger, QB Brian Castello, LS Bill Flavin, WR Michael Floyd, CB Barry Gallup Jr., S Michael Garcia, WR Christopher Gurries, RB Derry Herlihy, RB Robert Hughes, WR Duval Kamara, OLB Kerry Neal, DE Emeka Nwankwo, ILB Steve Paskorz, CB James Redshaw, OT Matt Romine, TE Kyle Rudolph, CB Ryan Sheehan, DE Christopher Skubis, OLB Brian Smith, CB Thomas Smith, OG Chris Stewart, CB Darrin Walls, NG Ian Williams

STARTERS OFFENSIVE PLAYERS WITH STARTING EXPERIENCE RETURNING (14) Pos. Name Career 2010 OG Trevor Robinson 27 13 C Braxston Cave 13 13 OT Zack Martin 13 13 OT Taylor Dever 10 10 QB Dayne Crist 9 9 TE Mike Ragone 9 2 WR Theo Riddick 9 8 TE Tyler Eifert 8 8 WR TJ Jones 7 7 RB Cierre Wood 5 5 WR John Goodman 4 3 QB Tommy Rees 4 4 WR Robby Toma 2 2 RB Jonas Gray 1 0 OFFENSIVE PLAYERS WITH STARTING EXPERIENCE LOST (9) Pos. Name Career 2010 OG Chris Stewart 35 13 WR Michael Floyd 29 12 TE Kyle Rudolph 28 6 RB Armando Allen Jr. 26 7 WR Duval Kamara 24 4 C Dan Wenger 19 0 RB Robert Hughes 7 1 OT Matt Romine 3 3 TE Bobby Burger 2 0 WHAT RETURNS BY PERCENTAGE Rushing Yards 50.1 Total Yards Passing Yards 96.4 All-Purpose Yards Receiving Yards 49.2 Field Goals Punt Return Yards 48.4 Punting Yards Kickoff Return Yards 99.3 Tackles Scoring 59.1 Tackles for Loss

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS WITH STARTING EXPERIENCE RETURNING (11) Pos. Name Career 2010 S Harrison Smith 34 13 DE Ethan Johnson 28 13 OLB Darius Fleming 23 13 ILB Manti Te’o 23 13 DE Kapron Lewis-Moore 22 13 CB Gary Gray 20 13 CB Robert Blanton 13 1 ILB Carlo Calabrese 8 8 S Zeke Motta 8 8 S Jamoris Slaughter 6 5 NG Sean Cwynar 5 4 DEFENSIVE PLAYERS WITH STARTING EXPERIENCE LOST (4) Pos. Name Career 2010 CB Darrin Walls 34 13 OLB Kerry Neal 33 12 OLB Brian Smith 29 5 NG Ian Williams 27 9

80.4 57.9 100.0 100.0 81.0 83.3

Sacks Fumble Recoveries Interceptions Passes Broken Up

85.2 71.4 72.2 76.1

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IRISH BY STATE AND HOMETOWN

IRISH BY CLASS

SENIORS (28) CB Robert Blanton, C Braxston Cave, OT Lane Clelland, QB Dayne Crist, NG Sean Cwynar, OLB Steve Filer, OLB Darius Fleming, LB Jonathan Frantz, C Mike Golic Jr., WR John Goodman, RB Jonas Gray, P Mike Grieco, DE Ethan Johnson, LS/H Ryan Kavanagh, DE Kapron Lewis-Moore, OT Dennis Mahoney, S Dan McCarthy, ILB Anthony

McDonald, QB Matthew Mulvey, NG Brandon Newman, ILB Sean Oxley, CB Andrew Plaska, ILB David Posluszny, OG Trevor Robinson, S Chris Salvi, S Jamoris Slaughter, WR Deion Walker, NG Hafis Williams JUNIORS (17) ILB Carlo Calabrese, LS Jordan Cowart, TE Tyler Eifert, WR Nick Fitzpatrick, OLB Dan Fox, TE Jake Golic, OT Zack Martin, S Zeke Motta, WR Theo Riddick, NG Tyler Stockton, OL Matt Tansey, K Nick Tausch, ILB Manti Te‘o, WR Robby Toma, P Ben Turk, OG Chris Watt, RB Cierre Wood

SOPHOMORES (20) S Austin Collinsworth, DE Bruce Heggie, QB Andrew Hendrix, CB Bennett Jackson, WR TJ Jones, OT Christian Lombard, WR Luke Massa, ILB Kendall Moore, OT Tate Nichols, NG Louis Nix III, QB Tommy Rees, RB Cameron Roberson, CB Joe Romano, DE Kona Schwenke, OLB Prince Shembo, WR Daniel Smith, OLB Danny Spond, OLB Justin Utupo, TE Alex Welch, CB Lo Wood

MEDIA INFO

IRISH BY CLASS 5TH YEAR SENIORS (8) RB Patrick Coughlin, OT Taylor Dever, CB Gary Gray, CB Nick Lezynski, OL Andrew Nuss, TE Mike Ragone, K David Ruffer, S Harrison Smith

FRESHMEN (5) K/P Kyle Brindza, OL Brad Carrico, QB Everett Golson, DE Aaron Lynch, OLB Ishaq Williams

IRISH BY STATE AND HOMETOWN Hometown

Dayne Crist Taylor Dever Anthony McDonald Matthew Mulvey Cameron Roberson Justin Utupo Cierre Wood

Canoga Park Grass Valley Serman Oaks Del Mar Newbury Park Lakewood Oxnard

High School Notre Dame Nevada Union Notre Dame La Jolla Newbury Park Lakewood Santa Clara

Colorado (1) Danny Spond

Littleton

Columbine Northwest Catholic Northwest Catholic

Plantation Sorrento Cape Coral Vero Beach Jacksonville Davie Apopka

St. Thomas Aquinas Mount Dora Island Coast Vero Beach Raines St. Thomas Aquinas Apopka

Owings Mills Baltimore

McDonogh Boys Latin School

Canton Beverly Hills Zeeland

Plymouth Detroit Country Day Zeeland West

Maryland (2) Lane Clelland Dennis Mahoney

Michigan (3) Kyle Brindza Jonas Gray Andrew Plaska

Nebraska (1) Trevor Robinson

Elkhorn

Carlo Calabrese Bennett Jackson Mike Ragone Theo Riddick Tyler Stockton Matt Tansey Hafis Williams

Verona Hazlet Cherry Hill Manville Linwood Berkely Heights Elizabeth

Verona Raritan Camden Catholic Immaculata Hun School Governor Livingston Elizabeth

Brad Carrico Dan Fox Jonathan Frantz Andrew Hendrix Luke Massa Dan McCarthy Sean Oxley Alex Welch

Dublin Rocky River Avon Lake Cincinnati Cincinnati Youngstown Avon Lake Cincinnati

Coffman St. Ignatius St. Ignatius Moeller St. Xavier Cardinal Mooney Avon Lake Elder

Portland

Lincoln

West Chester Newon Aliquippa

Salesianum Notre Dame H.S. Hopewell

Myrtle Beach Columbia

Myrtle Beach Richland Northeast

Knoxville

Knoxville Catholic

Weatherford Plano

Weatherford Jesuit

Ashburn Oakton Christchurch

Stone Bridge Gonzaga Christchurch

Oregon (1) Ethan Johnson

Gainesville Tucker

Gainesville Tucker Kahuku Punahou Punahou

Patrick Coughlin Sean Cwynar

Oak Lawn McHenry

Steve Filer Darius Fleming Michael Grieco Christian Lombard Tommy Rees Joe Romano Chris Salvi Chris Watt

Chicago Chicago Glen Ellyn Inverness Lake Forest River Forest Lake Forest Glen Ellyn

Brother Rice Marian Central Catholic Mount Carmel St. Rita St. Ignatius Fremd Lake Forest Fenwick Carmel Catholic Glenbard West

Mishawaka Ft. Wayne Mishawaka Ft. Wayne Indianapolis South Bend

Penn Bishop Dwenger Marian Bishop Dwenger Bishop Chatard Clay

Brooklyn

Lincoln

Matthews Cary Charlotte

Butler Southeast Raleigh Ardrey Kell

North Carolina (3) Robert Blanton Kendall Moore Prince Shembo

South Carolina (2) Everett Golson Gary Gray

Tennessee (1) Harrison Smith Kapron Lewis-Moore Nick Tausch

Virginia (3) Andrew Nuss David Ruffer Deion Walker

COACHES AND STAff

Hauula Laie Laie

Ishaq Williams

Ryan Kavanagh Nick Lezynski David Posluszny

Texas (2)

New York (1)

Hawaii (3) Kona Schwenke Manti Te’o Robby Toma

Highlands Pleasure Ridge Park Ryle

New Jersey (7)

Georgia (2) TJ Jones Jamoris Slaughter

Ohio (8) Fort Thomas Louisville Walton

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West Hartford West Hartford

Florida (7) Jordan Cowart Bruce Heggie Aaron Lynch Zeke Motta Louis Nix III Ben Turk Lo Wood

Austin Collinsworth Brandon Newman Tate Nichols

Pennsylvania (3)

Connecticut (2) Jake Golic Mike Golic Jr.

Kentucky (3)

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Player California (7)

(non-scholarship players in italics)

Illinois (10)

Indiana (6)

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NOTRE DAME SPRING ROSTER

Alphabetical Roster

Numerical Roster

No. Name

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

Cl./Elg.^ Hometown/High School

***Blanton, Robert

6-1

196

Sr./4

Matthews, NC/Butler

Brindza, Kyle

K/P

6-1

219

Fr./1

Canton, MI/Plymouth

OLB

*Calabrese, Carlo

ILB

6-1

245

Jr./2

Verona, NJ/Verona

Carrico, Brad

6-5

285

Fr./1

Dublin, OH/Coffman

No.

Name

Position

Deion Walker

Ishaq Williams

Bennett Jackson

Gary Gray

**Cave, Braxston

6-3

303

Sr./3

Mishawaka, IN/Penn

*Clelland, Lane

6-5

297

Sr./3

Owings Mills, MD/McDonogh School

*Collinsworth, Austin

6-1

200

So./2

Fort Thomas, KY/Highlands

*Coughlin, Patrick+

6-0

195

5Sr./4

Oak Lawn, IL/Brother Rice

6-2

215

Jr./3

Plantation, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas

Everett Golson

Manti Te’o

ILB

Theo Riddick

**Cowart, Jordan

TJ Jones

**Crist, Dayne

6-4

235

Sr./3

Canoga Park, CA/Notre Dame

**Cwynar, Sean

6-4

280

Sr./3

McHenry, IL/Marian Central Catholic Nevada City, CA/Nevada Union

Kendall Moore

ILB

Louis Nix III

**Dever, Taylor

6-5

297

5Sr./4

*Eifert, Tyler

6-6

242

Jr./2

Fort Wayne, IN/Bishop Dwenger

***Filer, Steve

OLB

6-3

235

Sr./4

Chicago, IL/Mount Carmel

Robby Toma

Dayne Crist

Fitzpatrick, Nick+

5-8

160

Jr./2

Mishawaka, IN/Marian

Tommy Rees

***Fleming, Darius

OLB

6-2

250

Sr./4

Chicago, IL/St. Rita

Robert Blanton

*Fox, Dan

ILB

6-3

230

Jr./2

Rocky River, OH/St. Ignatius

Frantz, Jonathan+

OLB

6-2

211

Sr./3

Avon Lake, OH/St. Ignatius

Golic, Jake

6-4

235

Jr./2

West Hartford, CT/Northwest Catholic

*Golic Jr., Mike

6-3

295

Sr./3

West Hartford, CT/Northwest Catholic

Golson, Everett

6-0

180

Fr./1

Myrtle Beach, SC/Myrtle Beach

Andrew Hendrix

Danny Spond

OLB

Luke Massa

Dan McCarthy

**Goodman, John

6-3

207

Sr./4

Fort Wayne, IN/Bishop Dwenger

Zeke Motta

***Gray, Gary

5-11

195

5Sr./4

Columbia, SC/Richland Northeast)

Matthew Mulvey

**Gray, Jonas

5-10

230

Sr./4

Pontiac, MI/Detroit Country Day

Grieco, Mike+

6-1

185

Sr./3

Glen Ellyn, IL/St. Ignatius

Heggie, Bruce

6-5

270

So./1

Sorrento, FL/Mount Dora

Hendrix, Andrew

6-2

218

So./1

Cincinnati, OH/Moeller

*Jackson, Bennett

6-0

181

So./2

Hazlet, NJ (Raritan) Portland, OR/Lincoln

Aaron Lynch

Cierre Wood

Harrison Smith

Lo Wood

***Johnson, Ethan

6-4

300

Sr./4

Chris Salvi

*Jones, TJ

5-11

187

So./2

Gainesville, GA/Gainesville

*Kavanagh, Ryan+

6-3

200

Sr./3

West Chester, PA/Salesianum (Del.)

Jonas Gray

Jamoris Slaughter

**Lewis-Moore, Kapron

6-4

295

Sr./3

Weatherford, TX/Weatherford

*Lezynski, Nick+

5-9

180

5Sr./4

Newton, PA/Notre Dame High School

Lombard, Christian

6-5

301

So./1

Inverness, IL/Fremd

Lynch, Aaron

6-6

260

Fr./1

Cape Coral, FL/Island Coast Baltimore, MD/Boys Latin High School

Kyle Brindza

K/P

Austin Collinsworth

Patrick Coughlin

Mahoney, Dennis+

6-7

289

Sr./3

Cameron Roberson

*Martin, Zack

6-4

300

Jr./2

Indianapolis, IN/Bishop Chatard

Massa, Luke

6-4

220

So./1

Cincinnati, OH/St. Xavier

Andrew Plaska

Ben Turk

McCarthy, Dan

6-2

205

Sr./3

Youngstown, OH/Cardinal Mooney

**McDonald, Anthony

ILB

6-2

238

Sr./3

Burbank, CA/Notre Dame

Moore, Kendall

ILB

6-1

242

So./1

Raleigh, NC/Southeast Raleigh

**Motta, Zeke

6-2

215

Jr./3

Vero Beach, FL/Vero Beach

6-2

191

Sr./3

Del Mar, CA/LaJolla

David Posluszny

ILB

Mike Grieco

Nick Fitzpatrick

Mulvey, Matthew+

Nick Tausch

Newman, Brandon

6-0

303

Sr./3

Louisville, KY/Pleasure Ridge Park

Nichols, Tate

6-8

320

So./1

Walton, KY/Ryle

Nick Lezynski

Joe Romano

Nix III, Louis

6-3

340

So./1

Jacksonville, FL/Raines

**Nuss, Andrew

6-5

303

5Sr./4

Ashburn, VA/Stone Bridge

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Alphabetical Roster

Numerical Roster

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

Cl./Elg.^ Hometown/High School

Oxley, Sean+

ILB

6-2

227

Sr./3

Avon Lake, OH/Avon Lake

Plaska, Andrew+

5-11

185

Sr./3

*Posluszny, David

ILB

6-0

235

***Ragone, Mike

6-4

245

*Rees, Tommy

6-2

210

**Riddick, Theo

5-11

Roberson, Cameron

***Robinson, Trevor

Name

Position

Zeeland, MI/Zeeland West

Carlo Calabrese

ILB

Sr./3

Aliquippa, PA/Hopewell

Darius Fleming

OLB

5Sr./4

Cherry Hill, NJ/Camden Catholic

Steve Filer

OLB

So./2

Lake Forest, IL/Lake Forest

Jonathan Frantz

OLB

198

Jr./3

Manville, NJ/Immaculata

6-0

218

So./1

Newbury Park, CA/Newbury Park

Dan Fox

ILB

6-5

300

Sr./4

Elkhorn, NE/Elkhorn

Ryan Kavanagh

Romano, Joe+

5-9

165

So./1

River Forest, IL/Fenwick

Sean Oxley

ILB

*Ruffer, David

6-1

176

5Sr./4

Oakton, VA/Gonzaga

Braxston Cave

*Salvi, Chris+

5-10

190

Sr./3

Lake Forest, IL/Carmel Catholic

Justin Utupo

ILB

*Schwenke, Kona

6-4

285

So./2

Hauula, HI/Kahuku

Anthony McDonald

ILB

*Shembo, Prince

OLB

6-2

250

So./2

Charlotte, NC/Ardrey Kell

**Slaughter, Jamoris

6-0

198

Sr./4

Stone Mountain, GA/Tucker

Prince Shembo

OLB

*Smith, Daniel

6-4

215

So./2

South Bend, IN/Clay

Brad Carrico

***Smith, Harrison

6-2

214

5Sr./4

Knoxville, TN/Knoxville Catholic

Mike Golic Jr.

*Spond, Danny

OLB

6-2

242

So./2

Littleton, CO/Columbine

Jordan Cowart

Stockton, Tyler

6-0

302

Jr./2

Linwood, NJ/Hun School

Tate Nichols

Tansey, Matt+

6-6

250

Jr./2

Berkeley Heights, NJ/Governor Livingston

Chris Watt

*Tausch, Nick

6-0

190

Jr./3

Plano, TX/Jesuit

**Te’o, Manti

ILB

6-2

255

Jr./3

Laie, HI/Punahou

Zack Martin

*Toma, Robby

5-9

175

Jr./3

Laie, HI/Punahou

Dennis Mahoney

*Turk, Ben

5-11

196

Jr./3

Davie, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas

Lane Clelland

Utupo, Justin

ILB

6-1

251

So./1

Lakewood, CA/Lakewood

Christian Lombard

Walker, Deion

6-3

202

Sr./3

Christchurch, VA/Christchurch

Taylor Dever

*Watt, Chris

6-3

310

Jr./2

Glen Ellyn, IL/Glenbard West

Andrew Nuss

Welch, Alex

6-4

245

So./1

Cincinnati, OH/Elder

*Williams, Hafis

6-1

285

Sr./3

Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth

Trevor Robinson

Williams, Ishaq

OLB

6-5

242

Fr./1

Brooklyn, NY/Lincoln

Matt Tansey

*Wood, Cierre

6-0

210

Jr./2

Oxnard, CA/Santa Clara

Tyler Eifert

*Wood, Lo

5-10

182

So./2

Apopka, FL/Apopka

John Goodman

Alex Welch

Mike Ragone

Daniel Smith

Jake Golic

Kapron Lewis-Moore

Ethan Johnson

Tyler Stockton

Bruce Heggie

Hafis Williams

Kona Schwenke

David Ruffer

Sean Cwynar

Brandon Newman

Massa, Luke – MASS-uh Mulvey, Matthew – MULL-vee Posluszny, David – poz-LUZ-nee Schwenke, Kona – sh-wenk-ee, COE-nuh Slaughter, Jamoris – juh-MORE-iss Tausch, Nick – TOWSH Te’o, Manti – TAY-oh, MAN-tie Toma, Robby – TOE-muh Utupo, Justin – you-TOO-poe Williams, Hafis – hah-FEESE Williams, Ishaq – EE-shack Wood, Cierre – see-AIR

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Brindza, Kyle – BRIND-zuh Calabrese, Carlo – CAL-uh-breeze Carrico, Brad – CARE-uh-co Clelland, Lane – CLELL-und Coughlin, Patrick – COG-linn Cowart, Jordan – COW-ert Crist, Dayne – crist (rhymes with wrist) Cwynar, Sean – SWIN-are Dever, Taylor – dever (rhymes with never) Eifert, Tyler – EYE-fert Filer, Steve – FY-ler Heggie, Bruce – HEGG-ee Lewis-Moore, Kapron – cap-rin

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Pronunciation Guide

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^ Class is the academic year they will be this fall/Eligibility is the athletic season they will be this fall + Walk-on Player * Number of monograms earned

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With Foundation in Place, Irish Looking to Build in 2011

f year one of the Brian Kelly era was about putting a foundation in place for the University of Notre Dame football program, then the second season in Kelly’s tenure is about building upon the accomplishments of 2010 and continuing the framework established last year. “Last spring we were focused on getting our offensive, defensive and special teams systems in place,” Kelly said. “We were teaching terminology to the players and instilling expectations for our guys in practices. “We built a strong foundation last year and now it’s time for us to grow.” Two goals Kelly listed prior to the 2010 season were restoring the fight in the Fighting Irish and producing a team that played better in November than in September. Last year’s Notre Dame football team battled injuries and tough breaks on the gridiron and came through those situations stronger, resulting in a perfect November and dominating bowl-game performance. Besides the 28-3 convincing victory over 15th-ranked Utah (Notre Dame’s widest margin of victory over an Associated Press top-20 opponent in 14 years), the Irish defeated Army in the first college football game at new Yankee Stadium and closed their regular season by snapping an eight-game losing streak to archrival USC. The season ended with an impressive appearance in the Hyundai Sun Bowl where Notre Dame raced to a 30-3 lead against Miami (Fla.) after three quarters en route to a 33-17 victory. The four-game win streak to close the season marks the longest by a Notre Dame team since 1992. By defeating the Hurricanes, Kelly became the first Fighting Irish football coach to record a bowl victory in his first season on the Notre Dame sidelines. The Irish defense helped spur the late-season surge

as it allowed an average of 9.8 points, 91.8 rushing yards and 276.5 total yards over the last four games. For the season, Notre Dame’s defense was drastically better when compared to the 2009 defense in almost every statistical category: scoring defense (63rd in ’09 to 23rd in ’10), pass efficiency defense (82nd to 25th), rushing defense (89th to 50th) and total defense (86th to 50th). Offensively, the Irish were led by quarterbacks

Dayne Crist and Tommy Rees who directed Kelly’s spread offense attack. Cierre Wood averaged 5.1 rushing yards per carry (second most by an Irish running back with at least 100 carries in the last 14 seasons), and Michael Floyd caught 79 passes for 1,025 yards and 12 touchdowns. As Notre Dame returns to practice this spring, its team features 49 monogram winners and 19 combined starters (players that started at least seven games) from offense, defense and special teams. Eight starters on offense return, including four of five offensive linemen and three of the five skill-position players except running back (Wood started five games in ’10) and Floyd at one wideout spot. The Irish lose only one player from each level of the defense as eight starters are back from a unit that was much improved in 2010. Notre Dame’s special teams are buoyed by

the return of placekicker David Ruffer, and the Irish punter and long snapper also return for their third year together. “We’ll focus on skill development and unit consistency in the second year,” Kelly said. “We learned what our players are capable of last year -- now we need to have every individual improve while making all three phases of our team much more reliable and consistent.” Notre Dame’s 2011 schedule sends the Irish to play three of their first five games away from home. Kelly’s crew doesn’t leave the state of Indiana in October (road game at Purdue, three home games and bye week) and has a single home game in November. The Irish will play Maryland at FedEx Field outside Washington, D.C., in their off-site home game. After last year’s regular-season schedule was ranked toughest in the nation by the NCAA, the 2011 slate features nine teams that appeared in 2010 postseason bowls: South Florida, Michigan, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Air Force, Navy, Maryland, Boston College and Stanford. Kelly’s coaching staff – which has more than 200 years of combined experience – remains intact in 2011. Offensive line coach Ed Warinner had the title of run game coordinator added to his resume and now directs the Irish ground game. Defensively, Kerry Cooks moves from coaching the outside linebackers to cornerbacks and Chuck Martin will focus on the safeties while continuing his responsibilities as recruiting coordinator. Here is a more detailed position-by-position breakdown of Irish personnel for 2011:

Oﬀensive Preview A main storyline from Notre Dame spring practices figures to be the competition for the starting

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Quarterbacks Running Backs

Wide Receivers

**DAYNE CRIST, 6-4, 235, Sr. Everett Golson, 6-0, 180, Fr. Andrew Hendrix, 6-2, 218, So. +Matthew Mulvey, 6-2, 191, Sr. *Tommy Rees, 6-2, 210, So.

RUNNING BACK: *+Patrick Coughlin, 6-0, 195, 5Sr. **Jonas Gray, 5-10, 230, Sr. Cameron Roberson, 6-0, 218, So. *Cierre Wood, 6-0, 210, Jr.

WIDE RECEIVER: +Nick Fitzpatrick, 5-8, 160, Jr. **John Goodman, 6-3, 207, Sr. *TJ JONES, 5-11, 187, So. Luke Massa, 6-4, 220, So. **THEO RIDDICK, 5-11, 198, Jr. *Daniel Smith, 6-4, 215, So. *Robby Toma, 5-9, 180, Jr. Deion Walker, 6-3, 202, Sr.

TIGHT END: *TYLER EIFERT, 6-6, 242, Jr. Jake Golic, 6-4, 235, Jr. ***Mike Ragone, 6-4, 245, 5Sr. Alex Welch, 6-4, 245, So.

OFFENSIVE LINE: Brad Carrico, 6-5, 285, Fr. **BRAXSTON CAVE, 6-3, 303, Sr. *Lane Clelland, 6-5, 297, Sr. **TAYLOR DEVER, 6-5, 297, 5Sr. *Mike Golic Jr., 6-3, 295, Sr. Christian Lombard, 6-5, 301, So. +Dennis Mahoney, 6-7, 289, Sr. *ZACK MARTIN, 6-4, 300, Jr. Tate Nichols, 6-8, 320, So. **Andrew Nuss, 6-5, 303, 5Sr. ***TREVOR ROBINSON, 6-5, 300, Sr. +Matt Tansey, 6-6, 250, Jr. *Chris Watt, 6-3, 310, Jr. BOLD CAPS indicates player started at least seven games in 2010 * indicates number of monograms earned + indicates walk-on player

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The 2011 Irish receiving corps returns almost 50 percent of the total receiving yards from 2010, but arguably more important is the number of key contributors that are back for Notre Dame this spring. The Irish return two of three starters from last year and four players that have combined to start 22 games for the Irish. Junior Theo Riddick (40 for 414, 3 TDs) adapted well to wide receiver in 2010 after transitioning from

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In many ways, the success of the Fighting Irish in 2010 could be directly related to the success had by Notre Dame’s running backs. The Irish were a perfect 7-0 in games they outrushed the opposition, averaging 148.1 yards on the ground in those seven contests, while gaining just 104.0 rushing yards in five losses. A key member of Notre Dame’s rushing attack is junior Cierre Wood (119 carries for 603 yards, 3 TDs in ’10; 20 receptions for 170 yards, 2 TDs). After watching from the sidelines as a freshman in ‘09, Wood saw his first action for the Irish in 2010 and led Notre Dame in carries and yards. His 5.1-yards-per-carry average was the second best by an Irish running back with at least 100 rushes in a season in the last 14 years (Julius Jones had 5.5 yards per carry in ’03) and, in the six games Armando Allen did not start or play, Wood averaged 80.2 rushing yards per game and 5.5 yards per carry. Senior-to-be Jonas Gray will be called on to fill the bruising running back role departed senior Robert Hughes excelled in at the end of 2010. Gray gained 100 yards on 20 carries as a junior last year and enters 2011 with 75 career rushes for 309 yards. Cameron Roberson did not play as a freshman last fall but was named offensive scout team player of the year for 2010. He is seen as a combination of Wood’s speed and Gray’s power.

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A season ago, the Fighting Irish entered spring practice with unproven talent at the quarterback position -- as the three signal-callers in spring drills had combined to start zero college football games and only one of the three had ever taken snaps in a game. In 2011, lack of experience will not be an issue. Last year, for the first time since 1983, Notre Dame had two quarterbacks each pass for over 1,000 yards in a season, but unlike the 1984 season, both of those players are on the roster again in 2011 (Blair Kiel and Steve Beurlein eclipsed 1,000 passing yards in ’83 but only Beurlein returned in ’84 as Kiel had exhausted his eligibility). Senior Dayne Crist (9 games started, 174 of 294 passing for 2,033 yards, 15 TDs, 7 INTs in ’10) and sophomore Tommy Rees (4 games started, 100 of 164 passing for 1,106 yards, 12 TDs, 8 INTs in ’10) helped guide the Irish to eight wins last year while both were learning a new offensive system and adjusting to the rigors of playing quarterback at the FBS level. This spring they will compete for the starting quarterback job and will be challenged by rising sophomore Andrew Hendrix and early enrollee freshman Everett Golson. Crist rebounded from knee surgery after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament against Washington State on Halloween 2009. He practiced throughout the spring last year and won the job by the conclusion of spring drills. This year Crist has been forced to rehabilitate his other knee after rupturing his patellar tendon against Tulsa in 2010. Until that point in the season, Crist had averaged 254.1 passing yards per contest including a 369-yard, four-TD performance at Michigan State. After Crist was injured early against Tulsa, Rees entered as a true freshman and completed 33 of 54 passes for 334 yards and four TDs in that game alone. He started the remaining four games of the 2010 season and helped guide the Irish to four straight wins to close a season for the first time since 1992.

• Position-by-Position •

2011 OUTLOOK

The first four starts of Rees’ career occurred at Notre Dame Stadium (against #15 Utah), Yankee Stadium (Army), Los Angeles Coliseum (USC) and the Sun Bowl (Miami). Along the way, Rees set Notre Dame singleseason freshman passing records for TD passes (12) and completion percentage (61.0) while ranking in the top five in passing efficiency (2nd, 132.70), passing yards (2nd, 1,106) and completions (3rd, 100). A classmate of Rees, Hendrix did not play in a game in 2010 while serving as the show team quarterback that faced the starting Notre Dame defense each week in practice. The highly-touted gunslinger from Cincinnati was one of the top-rated high school quarterbacks in 2009 and will be given a chance in the spring to win the starting quarterback job for 2011. New to the Irish this spring is Golson, one of the most prolific passers in high school football history. Golson started four years at Myrtle Beach (S.C.) High School and compiled a 44-5 record as a starter while passing for 11,634 yards and 151 TDs. His career passing TD total ranks sixth all-time by a high school quarterback.

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quarterback position, but depth at wide receiver and running back plus shifting of players along the offensive line could also warrant monitoring. The 2011 Irish roster features a healthy balance of returning players on offense by class -- with an almost even distribution of key players with one, two or three years of athletic eligibility remaining. Year two of Brian Kelly’s tenure features 20 returning monogram winners on offense -- with 14 players that have started at least one game for the Irish, 10 players that have started at least five games in their Irish careers and eight players that opened at least seven contests last year. The only two offensive positions where a starter does not return are running back (where Cierre Wood started five games last year) and left guard. Of a possible 143 starts last season (13 games with 11 starters), 97 total starts return for Notre Dame’s offense in 2011. The Irish return 50.1 percent of their rushing yards from 2010, 96.4 percent of their passing yards and 49.2 percent of their receiving yards.

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running back after Brian Kelly was hired. Riddick started eight games and started to blossom as a receiver in the middle of the season before an ankle injury robbed him of four games and affected him in the two games he played at the end of the season. During a four-game stretch against Michigan State, Stanford, Boston College and Pittsburgh, Riddick flashed his potential as he led the Irish with 33 combined catches for 343 yards and three TDs. Rising sophomore TJ Jones (26 for 306, 3 TDs) started seven games for the Irish and showed the flexibility to play either in the slot or on the perimeter of the offense. He became the first Irish freshman wide receiver to record a TD reception in each of his first two career games and caught 10 combined passes for 84 yards with one TD in the two games Riddick missed due to with injury. Seniors John Goodman (15 for 146) and Deion Walker add age and experience to the group in 2011. Goodman started three games in 2010 and has 21 career receptions for the Irish, while Walker possesses good size and speed and enters spring looking to break into the wide receiver rotation. Three other players that will be looking to catch the eye of Irish coaches are junior Robby Toma, and sophomores Luke Massa and Daniel Smith. Toma is a quick and shifty slot receiver who grabbed 14 passes for 187 yards in 2010 and started two games. Smith is a tall and rangy wide-out who was mentored by Michael Floyd last year and played primarily on special teams. Smith started the 2010 season on the scout team but elevated his play and was the backup to Floyd by season’s end. Massa entered Notre Dame as a quarterback last year, but with the logjam at that position this spring he moves to wide receiver. He spent most of 2010 playing receiver with the scout team after Smith moved up the depth chart and, at 6-foot-4, is one of the tallest receivers on the roster.

Tight Ends Notre Dame will be replacing the top tight end in college football last season after Kyle Rudolph entered his name for the 2011 NFL Draft. Fortunately the Irish had ample time to develop his backups in 2010. Hampered by a hamstring injury last year, Rudolph only played in the first six games -- and that allowed junior Tyler Eifert to ascend to the top of the tight end depth chart. Eifert started eight games in his first full season of competition and ranked third on the team with 352 receiving yards on 27 catches with two TDs. Over the final seven games of the season, Eifert ranked second on the Irish with 26 receptions for 335 yards as he displayed good downfield speed and caught almost everything thrown in his vicinity. He enters 2011 possibly on the verge of a breakout season, making him one of the top tight end targets in the nation and potentially next in the line of standout Notre Dame tight ends. Senior Mike Ragone returns for his fifth year with the Irish -- and he has started nine games in his Notre Dame career. He adds great depth to the tight ends group and has 10 career receptions for 99 yards. Junior Jake Golic and sophomore Alex Welch round out the tight ends. Golic played in three games last year and enters spring workouts looking to crack the depth chart on offense or special teams. Welch was a highly-recruited player who did not play as a freshman.

Oﬀensive Line In 2010, the Irish began working with a new offensive system while having to replace three starters who combined to start 105 games in their Notre Dame careers. While the task looked daunting on the outside, first-year offensive line coach Ed Warinner helped mold, grow and develop a trio of first-time starters that spearheaded the late-season surge by

the Irish. Led by four players who started all 13 games and another who started 10 contests, Notre Dame’s offensive line helped the rushing attack average over 156 yards over the final four games and yielded only five sacks in the last six games of the season. Four starters who combined to start 49 games last year return from that unit. Senior Trevor Robinson is the most experienced of the bunch, having started each of the last 24 games he has played. His 27 career starts rank second for the Irish in 2011, and he is one of three returning offensive players who started every game last year. He will open spring drills as the starter at right guard. Taylor Dever returns for his fifth year and started 10 of the 11 games he played last year, all at right tackle. Dever enters spring practice on the heels of one of his best performances last year as he shut down Miami’s all-Atlantic Coast Conference defensive end Allen Bailey in the Hyundai Sun Bowl. Bailey entered the contest with 11 tackles for loss and seven sacks on the season but was held to only two assisted tackles and no tackles for loss or sacks. Senior Braxston Cave won the starting center job last year and never relinquished control of the position, starting all 13 games. Playing with two firstyear starting quarterbacks in Dayne Crist and Tommy Rees, Cave was a consistent snapper who helped position the Irish offensive line in the right protections, helping Notre Dame only allow 20 sacks in 502 pass attempts last year. One of the most pleasant surprises in 2010 was the development of junior left tackle Zack Martin. Martin started every game as a sophomore after sitting out his freshman season and was one of the best first-year offensive tackles in the nation last year. He started 11 games at left tackle and moved to right tackle against Pittsburgh and Western Michigan when Dever was injured so Martin could face the opposition’s top defensive end in those two weeks. Martin capped his year by being named the top lineman in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami. The only vacant position on offensive line is Chris Stewart’s spot at left guard -- and the competition this spring between fifth-year senior Andrew Nuss and junior Chris Watt will be intriguing to watch. Neither has ever started a game at Notre Dame and, while Nuss provides the position flexibility to play any position on the offensive line except center, Watt appears to be tailor-made for one of the interior offensive line positions with his 6-foot-3, 310-pound frame. Among other players competing for playing time this spring are senior Lane Clelland, junior Mike Golic Jr., sophomores Christian Lombard and Tate Nichols plus freshman Brad Carrico. Clelland was a valuable special-teams player for the Irish in 2010. and he adds quality depth to the group. Golic Jr. played as the backup center as well as on special teams last year. He will challenge Cave for the starting center position and has added muscle and weight to his frame to help him with leverage against defensive tackles. Lombard and Nichols excelled as the book-end tackles on last year’s scout team and will

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• Position-by-Position • NOSE GUARD:

Defensive Line Notre Dame returned to a 3-4 defense in 2010, but the Irish also featured packages where they had four down linemen and only two linebackers in the game. For 2011, the Irish return three players who combined to start 30 games on the defensive line last year and record 129 tackles with 11.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks. Senior Ethan Johnson leads the defensive line and ranks second on the defense with 28 career starts. The defensive end has tallied 66 tackles with 12.5 tackles for loss and nine sacks over the last two seasons and has bulked up to 300 pounds this past offseason. He led the defensive line and ranked second on the team with five sacks in 2010 while adding 34 tackles and six tackles for loss. Playing opposite Johnson last year was senior Kapron Lewis-Moore who continued to develop into a formidable obstacle for opposing offenses. Lewis-Moore started every game and ranked fourth on the team and first on the defensive line with 62 tackles. Since becoming a starter in 2009, he has totaled 108 tackles with nine and a half tackles for loss and four and a half sacks.

**Sean Cwynar, 6-4, 280, Sr. Brandon Newman, 6-0, 303, Sr. Louis Nix III, 6-3, 340, So. Tyler Stockton, 6-0, 302, Jr. *Hafis Williams, 6-1, 285, Sr.

DEFENSIVE END: Bruce Heggie, 6-5, 270, So. ***ETHAN JOHNSON, 6-4, 300, Sr. **KAPRON LEWIS-MOORE, 6-4, 295, Sr. Aaron Lynch, 6-6, 260, Fr. *Kona Schwenke, 6-4, 285, So.

INSIDE LINEBACKER: *CARLO CALABRESE, 6-1, 245, Jr. *Dan Fox, 6-3, 230, Jr. *Anthony McDonald, 6-2, 238, Sr. Kendall Moore, 6-1, 242, So. +Sean Oxley, 6-2, 227, Sr. *David Posluszny, 6-0, 235, Sr. **MANTI TE’O, 6-2, 255, Jr. Justin Utupo, 6-1, 255, So.

***Steve Filer, 6-3, 235, Sr. ***DARIUS FLEMING, 6-2, 250, Sr. +Jonathan Frantz, 6-2, 211, Sr. *Prince Shembo, 6-2, 250, So. *Danny Spond, 6-2, 242, So. Ishaq Williams, 6-5, 242, Fr.

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OUTSIDE LINEBACKER:

2011 OUTLOOK

The Notre Dame defense that was much-improved in the final stages of the 2010 campaign now features 24 returning monogram winners in 2011 -- including eight players who started at least eight games last year and 11 players who have combined to start 190 games in their Notre Dame careers. Gone from the 2010 squad are veteran cornerback Darrin Walls (41 tackles, 3 INTs, 4 PBUs), linebackers Kerry Neal (42 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFLs) and Brian Smith (50 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 1 sack, 1 INT, 5 PBUs) and nose guard Ian Williams (38 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks). That quartet combined to start 39 games for the Irish in 2010 and 123 games in their combined careers. Notre Dame returns 81 percent of tackles made in 2010 (including each of the top seven tacklers from 2010), 83.3 percent of tackles for loss, 85.2 percent of sacks plus 72.2 percent of interceptions and 76.1 percent of passes broken up. Six of the seven Irish

defenders that started every game last year return, including two members each of the defensive line, linebackers corps and defensive backs.

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push Dever and Martin during spring practices. They both continue to work on developing strength, with Nichols, a former high school tight end, qualifying as the biggest player on the offensive roster at 6-foot-8 and 320 pounds. Carrico enrolled early at Notre Dame and could play on either the defensive or offensive line. This spring he’ll open on the offensive line and will move between tackle and guard to see which slot suits him best.

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***Robert Blanton, 6-1, 196, Sr. ***GARY GRAY, 5-11, 195, 5Sr. *Bennett Jackson, 6-0, 181, So. *+Nick Lezynski, 5-9, 180, 5Sr. +Andrew Plaska, 5-11, 185, Jr. +Joe Romano, 5-9, 165, So. *Lo Wood, 5-10, 182, So.

SAFETY: *Austin Collinsworth, 6-1, 200, So. Dan McCarthy, 6-2, 205, Sr. **ZEKE MOTTA, 6-2, 215, Jr. *+Chris Salvi, 5-10, 190, Sr. **Jamoris Slaughter, 6-0, 198, Sr. ***HARRISON SMITH, 6-2, 214, 5Sr.

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BOLD CAPS indicates player started at least seven games in 2010 * indicates number of monograms earned + indicates walk-on player

2011 SPRING FOOTBALL PREVIEW Senior Sean Cwynar started four games at nose guard in 2010 for an injured Ian Williams and maximized his opportunity by registering a careerbest 33 tackles, including three tackles for loss. He will be limited this spring due to foot surgery, so he will have to wait to compete for the starting job until training camp in August. With the void at nose guard this spring due to the graduation of Williams and injury rehabilitation of Cwynar, four players will vie for first-team reps. The first to get the chance in the spring will be senior Hafis Williams who played in all 13 games last year and split time between defensive end and nose guard. Williams moved to nose guard after Ian Williams was injured and fits the cliché of a high-motored player who gave great effort when called upon last year. Sophomore Louis Nix III was a highly-soughtafter recruit who did not play last year as a rookie. Nix proved to be a force on the defensive scout team a year ago and has slimmed down to 340 pounds entering spring drills. Senior Brandon Newman and junior Tyler Stockton are two other players who will attempt to work into the mix at nose guard. At defensive end, sophomore Kona Schwenke proved a nice surprise for the Irish, as he played in five contests during his freshman season and has added 40 pounds to his frame since his arrival on campus. Schwenke’s classmate, Bruce Heggie, did not play in his first year at Notre Dame but also has added about 20 pounds since arriving in South Bend. Freshman Aaron Lynch was one of the most decorated defensive recruits in Notre Dame’s recent class and he enrolled in school in January. He is expected to add instant depth to the defensive line at defensive end.

Linebackers Three of four Irish linebackers return for 2011, including two players who ranked in the top five in tackles on last year’s Notre Dame team. Despite the return of so many starters, competition will be fierce this spring at one of the two outside linebacker positions and at both inside linebacker positions. All-America candidate Manti Te’o certainly has a position waiting for him at middle linebacker after leading the Irish with 133 tackles last year. However, the rising junior injured a knee in the second half of the Hyundai Sun Bowl and will be kept out of certain contract drills this spring while he rehabilitates the knee. Te’o had a monster season in 2010 to become the leader of the front seven on the defense. He led the team in tackles and ranked second on the squad with nine and a half tackles for loss and added one sack and three pass breakups. After sitting out his first season at Notre Dame, junior Carlo Calabrese (60 tackles, 5 TFLs, 2.5 sacks) burst onto the scene last fall to win the starting weak-side linebacker job. Calabrese lined up next to Te’o for the first eight games, forming one of the best sophomore linebacker duos in the nation. Calabrese missed two games in the second half of the season while recovering from an injury, but he still ranked

fifth on the team in tackles and tied for fifth in tackles for loss. The weak-side linebacker and backup middle linebacker slots will be two good position battles to monitor this spring. Players shuffling between those positions include seniors Anthony McDonald and David Posluszny, junior Dan Fox and sophomores Kendall Moore and Justin Utupo. McDonald appeared to have won the starting inside linebacker position opposite Te’o as spring practices concluded a year ago, however a knee injury to McDonald sidelined him for part of preseason drills, allowing Calabrese to win the job. McDonald has appeared in 24 games for the Irish and will cross-train at both middle and weak-side positions. Posluszny has been a solid special-teams contributor over the past two seasons, appearing in 16 games. He will look to make the most of his opportunity this spring. Fox played in every game last year and totaled 20 tackles. He will play both inside and outside linebacker this spring, but will start the spring at inside linebacker while competing to win a starting spot at the will linebacker position. Moore preserved a year of eligibility in 2010 and was named defensive scout team player of the year for his performances each week against the first-team Irish offense. An instinctive player, Moore displayed a nose for the ball in practices last year and will play both of the inside linebacker spots this spring. Utupo came to Notre Dame as a standout high school defensive end but has transitioned to an inside linebacker in defensive coordinator Bob Diaco’s system. The 2009 Los Angeles Times Lineman of the Year, he moves to inside linebacker this spring. At outside linebacker, senior Darius Fleming (49 tackles, 11 TFLs, 6 sacks) returns for his final season and anchors one of the two positions. Fleming led the Irish in tackles for loss and sacks in 2010 and flourished for the Irish in the second half of the season, totaling seven tackles for loss and four sacks. Poised for a breakout season, Fleming leads the Irish with 25.5 career tackles for loss and ranks second with 11.5 sacks. Fleming’s classmate and fellow Chicagoan Steve Filer hopes to seize control of the other outside linebacker position to form a Windy City wrecking crew on the Irish defense. Filer tallied 14 tackles in 13 games last year and led the Irish in special teams tackles. Pushing for more playing time in 2011 could be sophomore Prince Shembo (15 tackles) who recorded five tackles for loss and four and a half sacks in his first season. Possessed with great speed off the edge, Shembo was a more-than-capable backup to Fleming, and it will be interesting to watch whether he stays at Fleming’s outside linebacker position or could challenge for the starting spot opposite him. Sophomore Danny Spond was a high school quarterback, but he has great size and speed and adapted well to playing linebacker last year. Spond played in eight games, primarily on special teams, and now weighs 242 pounds after entering Notre Dame around 225 pounds.

New to Notre Dame this year is Ishaq Williams, one of the top linebacker recruits in the nation this year. Williams graduated from high school in Brooklyn, N.Y., in December 2010 and enrolled in Notre Dame in January to participate in spring drills. At 6-foot-5 and 242 pounds, Williams is physically imposing, and the length he adds to Diaco’s defense could have an early impact.

Defensive Backs The most experienced group of players on Notre Dame’s 2011 roster is its secondary, where five players combine to post 81 career games started, including 40 starts in 2010. The only player missing from last year is cornerback Darrin Walls, so the competition this spring will be for his starting position, reserve roles at cornerback, plus the safety position opposite All-America candidate Harrison Smith and depth behind him. Smith enjoyed his best season at Notre Dame last year as he ranked second on the team with 93 tackles and led the Irish with seven interceptions while his seven pass breakups tied for team-high honors. Smith led the defense with five interceptions in the four-game win streak that closed the 2010 campaign, and he ranked fourth nationally in interceptions. He’s started 34 games at Notre Dame and has been hailed as the leader of the defense by both Brian Kelly and Bob Diaco. Joining Smith at safety last year were both senior Jamoris Slaughter (31 tackles, 1 INT, 3 PBUs) and junior Zeke Motta (50 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, 1 INT, 2 PBUs). Slaughter opened the year as the starter but was hampered by ankle and heel injuries that allowed him to only start five games. In his stead, Motta started the remaining eight contests and tied for seventh on the team in tackles. Both Slaughter and Motta will compete for the starting safety position this spring. Players looking to crack the depth chart or break into the safety rotation include seniors Dan McCarthy and Chris Salvi -- plus converted sophomore wide receiver Austin Collinsworth. McCarthy and Salvi both saw action primarily on special teams last year. McCarthy was slowed by injuries that allowed him to only play in seven games. Salvi, a walk-on, appeared in nine games in 2010. Collinsworth left the deep and talented wide receiver group and joined the safeties after using his speed and athleticism to total seven special teams tackles last year. Fifth-year senior Gary Gray and senior Robert Blanton have started 33 games between them and both have 10 career pass breakups and a combined 10 interceptions. The duo enters spring as the presumptive starters at cornerback with only two scholarship cornerbacks behind them. Gray experienced his best season at Notre Dame in 2010 as he ranked third on the team with 66 tackles, including five tackles for loss, and added one interception and seven pass breakups. He started every game last year and helped the Irish limit its opponents to 10.2 yards per pass completion, the best by a Notre Dame defense since 1993.

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Special Teams Preview

Kickers

• Position-by-Position • PUNTER: Kyle Brindza, 6-1, 219, Fr. **BEN TURK, 5-11, 196, Jr. +Mike Grieco, 6-1, 185, Sr.

KICKER: Kyle Brindza, 6-1, 219, Fr. **DAVID RUFFER, 6-1, 176, 5Sr. *Nick Tausch, 6-0, 190, Jr.

LONG SNAPPER: **JORDAN COWART, 6-2, 215, Jr. *+Ryan Kavanagh, 6-3, 200, Sr. BOLD CAPS indicates player started at least seven games in 2010 * indicates number of monograms earned + indicates walk-on player

Turk will be pushed by Brindza this spring as the freshman also handled the punting duties at his high school. Brindza’s junior year saw him average 48.2 yards per punt en route to receiving first-team all-state accolades and he averaged 43.2 yards per punt in 2010.

Long Snappers

COACHES AND STAff

Junior Jordan Cowart enters his third year at Notre Dame as the snapper for punts, while the job as snapper for field goals and extra points will be contested this spring. Cowart has snapped for 94 punts in his first two seasons and Notre Dame has not had a blocked punt with him snapping. The short snap was handled primarily by Bill Flavin in 2010 until he broke his ankle, prompting Braxston Cave to take over. Cave will again compete for the position this spring but could face competition for the job

THE FIGHTING IRISH

Over the last two years, Notre Dame placekickers have combined to convert 38 of 42 field-goal attempts and both kickers responsible for those figures return in 2011. Fifth-year senior David Ruffer was a Lou Groza Award finalist (college football’s top placekicker) in 2010 after he converted 18 of 19 field goals and 37 of 40 extra points. The former walk-on will be on scholarship for the first time in 2011 after he set the school record by making the first 18 field goals he attempted in 2010 and the first 23 of his career. Junior Nick Tausch made the only field goal he attempted last year and is now 15 of 18 for his career on field goals. He previously held the school record for most consecutive made field goals in a season (14) before Ruffer broke it in 2010. Ready to challenge both Ruffer and Tausch is freshman Kyle Brindza, Michigan’s top high school kicker last year and one of the best in the nation in 2010. Brindza set the Michigan record with 19 made field goals as a senior and was six of nine from beyond 50 yards.

2011 OUTLOOK

Notre Dame enters spring drills looking to maintain the success its coverage units and field-goal kicking team experienced in 2010 while improving the punt return and kickoff return averages. The Irish ranked 17th nationally in kickoff return defense, as opponents averaged 19.4 yards per kickoff return and only two of 59 returns gained at least 35 yards. Notre Dame’s punt coverage team was equally

as impressive as it ranked 20th in the FBS after allowing 5.5 yards per return. In fact, you remove the 59-yard TD return vs. Tulsa, then the Irish allowed only 18 yards on 13 punt returns the rest of the season. The field-goal kicking was nothing short of exemplary in 2010 -- and almost all the pieces return in 2011. Notre Dame was 19 of 20 in field goals and 37 of 40 in extra points last year. The Fighting Irish return game averaged 5.4 yards per punt return and 21.2 yards per kickoff return. with John Goodman (13 punt returns for 17 yards) and Bennett Jackson (29 kickoff returns with 22.2 yard average) serving as primary returners in 2010.

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Blanton has started 13 games in his Irish career and was used as Notre Dame’s nickel back in 2010. He proved to be a force around the line of scrimmage, tallying the third-most tackles for loss on the team (seven) and the most by an Irish defensive back since A’Jani Sanders had 10 in 1999. Sophomore Lo Wood played in 11 games in his freshman season, mostly on special teams, and enters spring as the only other cornerback on the roster with any experience at that spot at the collegiate level. Wood’s classmate, Bennett Jackson, makes the move to cornerback from wide receiver this spring. Notre Dame’s 2010 special teams player of the year, Jackson totaled 10 tackles on kickoff and punt coverage units last year.

Punters

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Junior Ben Turk had only 14 of his 68 punts returned last year and he landed 26 punts inside the 20 while just three punts resulted in touchbacks. Turk averaged 38.3 yards per punt and 22 punts were fair caught.

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ROBERT

Matthews, N.C. (Butler) Birthdate: 9-7-89

Cornerback

6-1

196

BLANTON’S CAREER HIGHS

2008 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in Notre Dame’s final 12 games of the season after sitting out opener vs. San Diego State ... started the final four contests at cornerback for the Irish (vs. Navy, Syracuse, USC and Hawai’i) ... tallied 33 total tackles and registered three tackles for a loss ... intercepted two passes and returned one for a touchdown ... recorded two tackles (both solo) including a tackle for a loss in his career debut against Michigan ... tallied three tackles (solo, two assists) against Michigan State ... helped hold the Spartan passing attack to under 150 yards ... had a career day vs. Purdue by recording five tackles (all

Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S 12-4 12-8 13-1 37-13

Tackles TT UT 33 26 38 21 52 29 123 76

AT 7 17 23 47

TFL Scks 3.0-14 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 7.0-19 1.0-6 11.0-34 1.0-6

Fumbles FF FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 3 2 5 10

INT 2-47 2-0 2-(-1) 6-46

BLANTON’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2008 SDSU (9.6) UM (9.13) at MSU (9.20) PUR (9.27) STAN (10.4) at UNC (10.11) at UW (10.25) PITT (11.1) at BC (11.8) *vs. NAVY (11.15) *SYR (11.22) *at USC (11.29) * at Hawai’i (12.24)

TFL

2 3 5 1 2 2 2 0 2 3 7 4

2 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 7 3

0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1

1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-6 0.0-0 1.0-7 0.0-0

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Scks DNP 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

PBU

INT

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 1-47 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0

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2009 (SOPHOMORE): Started career-high eight games at cornerback and played in all 12 games ... ranked eighth on team with career-best 38 tackles and tied for second with two interceptions ... added two pass breakups and one tackle for loss ... started season opener against Nevada and tallied one interception and two tackles ... helped limit Wolf Pack to 13 of 27 passing for 154 yards ... recorded five tackles against Michigan State ... posted career-high eight tackles at Purdue including five solo stops ... notched four tackles and one pass breakup against USC ... tallied one interception, one pass breakup and one tackle against Washington State ... helped limit Cougars to 104 passing yards on 12 of 23 passing ... totaled two tackles including one tackle for loss against Connecticut ... held Huskies to 12 of 25 passing for 141 yards ... logged 166:57 of playing time with 35 special-teams appearances.

BLANTON’S CAREER STATS

COACHES AND STAff

2010 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 13 games and started against Army ... totaled career-best 52 tackles on the season, including seven tackles for loss (third on team) ... the seven tackles for loss were the most by an Irish defensive back since A’Jani Sanders had 10.0 during the 1999 season ... added one sack and two interceptions … tallied four tackles against Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State and Stanford including two solo stops in each of those games ... recorded two solo stops, one of which was a sack, against Boston College ... registered an interception against the Eagles ... totaled three solo tackles against Pittsburgh ... added six tackles against Western Michigan ... helped the Irish against Tulsa with five stops, including three solo tackles ... blocked a punt against Utah and dashed six yards for a touchdown ... first Irish player to block a punt since Sergio Brown on Dec. 24, 2008, against Hawai’i in the Hawai’i Bowl ... also first Notre Dame player to return a blocked punt for a touchdown since Toryan Smith (14 yards) on Nov. 15, 2008, vs. Navy ... the touchdown was the second of Blanton’s career ... he registered a 47-yard interception return for touchdown vs. Purdue on Sept. 27, 2008 ... registered four tackles, including one unassisted take-down during the matchup with Army ... recorded a season-high against USC with four solo tackles to limit the Trojans ... led Notre Dame with career-high nine tackles vs. Miami in Hyundai Sun Bowl … added one interception against the Hurricanes … played 483 snaps on defense.

THE FIGHTING IRISH

CAREER: Tall, physical cornerback who utilizes his 6-1 frame when defending wide receivers ... has appeared in 37 consecutive games and the only game he did not play was the first game of his freshman year ... started 13 career contests for the Irish ... six career interceptions are second most among active Irish players and 10 career pass breakups tied for second on current roster ... totaled 123 career tackles with 11 tackles for loss and one sack ... only two players on Irish roster enter 2011 with more career tackles and only four Notre Dame players have more career tackles for loss.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected for U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio where he played both cornerback and safety ... one of 11 players from state of North Carolina selected to All-Southern team by Orlando Sentinel ... named to Super Southern 100 by Atlanta Journal-Constitution as one of 10 cornerbacks ... rated 92nd nationally by CSTV/Tom Lemming and 13th among defensive backs ... considered by Rivals.com the top cover safety in nation, 22nd-best safety in country and seventh-best prospect in North Carolina ... rated by Scout.com as 15th-best cornerback in country and third-best player in North Carolina ... named first-team all-state in 2006 and 2007 by North Carolina Associated Press and by Charlotte Observer ... named 2007 Defensive Player of the Year by Charlotte Observer ... played in North-South Carolina Shrine Bowl ... tallied 94 tackles, five interceptions and six blocked kicks in 2007 as senior ... also gained 252 yards on 16 receptions ... helped the Bulldogs reach second round of Class 4AA playoffs ... as a junior, totaled 147 tackles, 12 pass breakups and seven interceptions in 15 games ... caught four passes for 86 yards as a junior ... named second-team all-state as a sophomore after recording 126 tackles, six interceptions, 10 pass breakups, forced six fumbles and blocked six kicks ... recognized as Carolina Panthers Community Captain for his outstanding performance in classroom and in community ... member of Butler honor roll and a first lieutenant in Butler’s JROTC program ... received JROTC Scholastic Award ... served as a coach for an 11-12-year-old football team at Youth Football Club of Mint Hill ... spokesperson for Butler High’s D.R.E.A.M. Team (Daring to Role-model Excellence as Athletic Mentors) and was one of only 12 hand-selected members ... recognized at Carolina Panthers vs. Seattle Seahawks game for being recognized as a Panthers Community Captain ... one of five finalists for Glenn Davis Award, a national award based on community service, academics and athletic accomplishment, and presented at U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... participated in basketball and track ... ran hurdles and was jumper on track team, surpassing 21 feet in long jump and clearing 6-7 in high jump ... played for coach Mike Newsome ... born Sept. 7, 1989 in Clackamas, Oregon ... son of Kathrine Edwards ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business and majoring in finance.

2011 OUTLOOK

Tackles: 9, vs. Miami (Fla.) (Dec. 31, 2010) Solo Tackles: 7, at USC (Nov. 29, 2008) Assisted Tackles: 6, vs. Miami (Fla.) (Dec. 31, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 2.0, twice (last vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 16, 2010) Sacks: 1.0, at Boston College (Oct. 2, 2010) Interceptions: 1, six times (last vs. Miami (Fla.) (Dec. 31, 2010) Interception Return Yards: 47, Purdue (Sept. 27, 2008) Longest Interception Return: 47, Purdue (Sept. 27, 2008) Interception Return Touchdown: 1, Purdue (Sept. 27, 2008) Forced Fumbles: None Fumble Recoveries: None Pass Breakups: 2, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Blocked Punt: 1, Utah (Nov. 13, 2010) Blocked Punt Return Touchdown: 1, Utah (Nov. 13, 2010)

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solo), breaking up a pass, and intercepting a Curtis Painter pass and returning it 47 yards for the first score of the day ... the interception against the Boilermakers was the first of his career and he became only the fifth Irish freshman to ever return an interception for a touchdown ... saw an increased roll in the secondary against Stanford and recorded a solo tackle in the victory ... recorded two tackles (both solo) vs. North Carolina ... featured in the defensive backfield rotation against Washington and tallied two tackles (solo; assist) and broke up a pass while helping hold the Huskies to just 98 passing yards ... continued to see increased action in the secondary vs. Pittsburgh, making two tackles (both assists) ... helped limit the Boston College passing attack to less than 100 yards passing and below 50-percent completion percentage ... made his first career start and turned in an all-around impressive defensive performance against Navy, registering two tackles (solo; assist), a tackle for loss and a pass break-up ... made his second career start vs. Syracuse and amassed three tackles (all solo) while helping hold the Orange to just 147 passing yards ... started his third consecutive game against USC and tallied a career-high seven tackles (all solo), a tackle for loss and added his second interception of the season vs. the Trojans ... totaled four tackles in season finale against Hawai’i ... logged 170:24 of playing time with 63 special teams appearances.

2009 *NEV (9.5) *at UM (9.12) *MSU (9.19) *at PUR (9.26) *WASH (10.3) USC (10.17) *BC (10.24) *vs. WSU (10.31) *NAVY (11.7) at PITT (11.14) UCONN (11.21) at STAN (11.28)

TT 2 3 5 8 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 3

UT 2 2 2 5 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 1

AT 0 1 3 3 2 1 4 0 0 1 2 2

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

INT 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0

2010 TT PUR (9.4) 4 UM (9.11) 4 at MSU (9.18) 4 STAN (9.25) 4 at BC (10.2) 2 PITT (10.9) 3 WMU (10.16) 6 at NAVY (10.23) 1 TULSA (10.30) 5 UTAH (11.13) 2 *vs. ARMY (11.20) 3 at USC (11.27) 5 vs. MIAMI (12.31) 9 * - games started

UT 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 0 3 2 1 4 3

AT 2 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 6

TFL 0.0-0 1.0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-11 0.0-0 2.0-3 0.0-0 1.5-3 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

PBU 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-(-1) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0

44 CALABRESE Verona, N.J. (Verona) Birthdate: 11-25-90

6-1

2009 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action during his first season at Notre Dame. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named to 2008 MaxPreps All-America second team ... ranked 23rd among inside linebackers and the fourth-best run stopper by Rivals.com ... named 11th-best prospect in the Rivals.com postseason New Jersey Top 30 ... ranked 12th-best inside linebacker by ESPN ... selected to SuperPrep All-America team as the 30th-best linebacker nationally ... rated as sixth-best player in New Jersey 35 by SuperPrep ... rated 234th-overall player and 14th-best middle linebacker by Scout.com ... named first-team all-state and New Jersey defensive player of the year as a senior at Verona High school ... named second-team all-state, first-team all-group 1 and first-team all-Essex County as junior by Newark Star-Ledger, to go along with Essex County sophomore defensive player of the year ... totaled 131 tackles and three sacks as senior ... played quarterback and receiver on offense, catching 27 passes for 488 yards and four touchdowns his senior year ... led team to New Jersey state championship in 2008 ... recorded 104 tackles including 34 tackles for a loss, six sacks, three forced fumbles and two interceptions during junior campaign ... rushed for 800 yards as starting quarterbacks during junior season in 2007 ... recorded 53 tackles, 2.5 sacks and four fumble recoveries as sophomore in 2006 ... named freshman defensive player of the year by Star-Ledger after tallying 50 solo tackles and three sacks in 2005 ... played for head coach Lou Racioppe at Verona High School ... born Nov. 25, 1990 ... son of Annie and Carlo Calabrese ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in design.

CALABRESE’S CAREER STATS Year G-S 2009 2010 11-8 Total 11-8

Tackles TT UT

60 60

34 34

26 26

Fumbles TFL Scks FF FR Did Not Play 5.0-18 2.5-11 0 0 5.0-18 2.5-11 0 0

PBU

INT

0 0

0-0 0-0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0

0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0

CALABRESE’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

CARLO

Inside Linebacker

three and half tackles for loss is the most by an Irish player this season and most since Derek Landri had four and a half tackles for loss against Army on Nov 18, 2006 ... helped slow down Pittsburgh rushing attack with eight stops ... recorded seven stops against Western Michigan ... aided the Irish defense with eight tackles against Navy ... returned to the lineup against Army, posting one solo tackle ... collected one tackle in the season finale at USC ... totaled 489 snaps on defense, the third most of any Irish linebacker.

245

CALABRESE’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles: 10, twice (last at Boston College, Oct. 2, 2010) Solo Tackles: 8, at Boston College (Oct. 2, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 7, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 3.5, at Boston College (Oct. 2, 2010) Sacks: 1.5, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Interceptions: None Forced Fumbles: None Fumble Recoveries: None Pass Breakups: None

2010 *PUR (9.4) *UM (9.11) *at MSU (9.18) *STAN (9.25) *at BC (10.2) *PITT (10.9) *WMU (10.16) *at NAVY (10.23) TULSA (10.30) UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY (11.20) at USC (11.27) vs. MIAMI (12.31) * - games started

TT 9 10 4 4 10 8 7 5

UT 7 3 1 1 8 2 3 0

AT 2 7 3 3 2 6 4 5

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-7 0.0-0 3.5-11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

1 1 1

1 0 0

0 1 1

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks FF 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 1.5-7 0 0.0-0 0 1.0-4 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 Did Not Play Did Not Play 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0

CAREER: Strong inside linebacker who did not play as a freshman but won the starting job in 2010 training camp and started alongside Manti Te’o for the first eight games in 2010 before a hamstring injury sidelined him for two games … played in 11 games in his Irish career, all in 2010. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 11 games, starting against Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Western Michigan and Navy ... missed two games (Tulsa and Utah) with a hamstring injury ... ranked fifth on the Irish with 60 tackles, including 26 solo tackles ... recorded five tackles for loss, pushing back opponents a total of 18 yards, and added two and a half sacks ... debuted in the starting role against Purdue with seven solo stops and two assists ... recorded a careerhigh 10 tackles against Michigan ... posted one solo and one assisted sack against Michigan State ... dominated the Boston College offense with eight solo tackles, one of which was a sack for a loss of four yards ... recorded a career high of three and a half tackles for loss, pushing the Eagles back 11 yards ... the

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Granger, Ind. (Penn) Birthdate: 7-29-89

Owings Mills, Md. (McDonough School) Birthdate: 2-5-90

Center

6-3

303

CAREER: Talented local player has played in 26 games during his career ... started all 13 games in 2011 ... recovered from season-ending injury as freshman to serve as short snapper in 2010 ... has practiced at both center and guard during his Irish career ... enters spring practice as the starting center.

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in all 12 games, primarily on special teams for Irish ... served as snapper on field goals and extra points ... logged 7:08 of playing time and made 110 special-teams appearances, tied for 12th-most on the team. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in the San Diego State game ... served as the Irish short snapper ... logged 2:03 of playing time and five special-teams appearances before suffering a season-ending injury.

Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S 1-0 12-0 13-13 26-13

297

CAREER: Recruited to Notre Dame as offensive tackle but did not play as a freshman in 2008 and played sparingly as sophomore ... started spring 2010 as a defensive end but moved back to offensive line midway through spring ... played defensive end in high school and was a successful heavyweight wrestler at McDonough School. 2010 (JUNIOR): Saw action in nine games for the Irish... did not play against Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford or Boston College ... most of his playing time comes on a variety of special teams units... totaled 85 snaps on special teams. 2009 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in five games for first action in his Irish career ... participated against Nevada, Boston College, Washington State, Navy and Connecticut ... played on special teams and as reserve offensive lineman ... logged 6:38 of playing time and totaled 16 special-teams appearances. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named to U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... rated the 94th-best prospect in the nation by CSTV/Tom Lemming ... named an all-Baltimore County performer as a junior by Baltimore Sun ... named first-team all-metro by Baltimore Sun following his senior season ... three-year starter at McDonough ... Rivals.com rated him the premier lineman in Maryland and the fifth-best prospect in the state ... chosen for the Rivals 250 by Rivals.com recognizing him as one of the top 250 players in the country ... considered by Scout.com the second-best player in Maryland and the 18th-best offensive tackle in the country ... ranked the 13th-best offensive lineman in the nation by SuperPrep as well as the fourth-best prospect and second-best offensive lineman in the Mid-Atlantic region ... high school team finished his senior season ranked eighth in the state ... set school record for pancake blocks as a junior ... also played defensive end as a junior where he tallied 20 tackles, five sacks and 10 tackles for losses ... successful heavyweight wrestler who was 35-15 as a junior ... brother, Lance, was an offensive lineman at Northwestern ... attended the same high school as Brittany Mallory, a current standout on Notre Dame’s women’s basketball team ... played for coach Dominic Damico at McDonogh ... born Feb. 5, 1990 ... son of Linda Clelland ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in English and computer applications.

CLELLAND’S CAREER STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S Did Not Play 4-0 9-0 13-0

COACHES AND STAff

CAVE’S CAREER STATS

6-5

THE FIGHTING IRISH

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in Under Armour All-America Game in Orlando ... placed on Scout.com All-America second team ... named to Indiana top-50 all-state team by Indiana Football Coaches Association ... one of 12 finalists for Indiana’s “Mr. Football” award ... runner-up for Offensive Lineman of the Year Award sponsored by Indianapolis Star ... placed a close second finishing with 93 votes, two behind winner ... Rivals.com rated him second-best player in Indiana and fourth-best center in the nation ... chosen for Rivals 250 by Rivals.com recognizing him as one of the top 250 players in country ... ranked by SuperPrep the 25th best offensive lineman in nation, third-best offensive lineman in Midwest and 14th-best prospect in Midwest ... ranked by Scout.com as the number-two center in nation and second-best player in Indiana ... rated 125th on ESPN 150 list ... helped guide the Kingsmen to an undefeated regular season in his senior season and final 12-1 record ... named after former Notre Dame football player Braxston Banks ... also participated in track where he threw the shot put over 51 feet and tossed discus 145 feet ... attended same high school as former Irish offensive linemen Thomas Bemenderfer and Mike Rosenthal ... born July 29, 1989 ... played for coach Cory Yeoman at Penn ... son of Rick and Kim Cave ... youngest of three children (two older sisters - Brooke and Brittney) ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in psychology.

2011 OUTLOOK

2010 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 13 games ... one of 11 players to start all 13 games ... joined OT Zack Martin, OG Chris Stewart and OG Trevor Robinson as the only players on the offensive side of the ball to start all 13 games ... made his first career start against Purdue ... the Irish offensive line allowed 20 sacks over their 13 games in 2010, which averaged out to 1.54 sacks per game ... Notre Dame had not allowed fewer sacks per game since 1998 when the Irish allowed only nine sacks in 11 games or 0.82 per game ... totaled 836 snaps on offense, the most of any Irish offensive lineman.

Offensive Tackle

MEDIA INFO

52 CAVE

2010 REVIEW

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AUSTIN

JORDAN

28 COLLINSWORTH

60 COWART

Fort Thomas, Ky. (Highlands) Birthdate: 12-24-91

Plantation, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Birthdate: 7-19-91

Safety

6-1

200

Long Snapper

6-2

215

CAREER: Recruited to Notre Dame as a wide receiver but saw action exclusively on special teams as a freshman ... moves to the secondary for the start of spring practice ... one of the top Irish players on kickoff and punt return.

CAREER: Solid long snapper who has served as the Irish starter each of the last two seasons ... quick snaps have prohibited opposing teams from blocking any Irish punts over the last two years ... has snapped for a total of 94 punts over his career without one being blocked.

2010 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in all 13 games of his rookie season ... one of six freshmen to make their debut for the Irish in the home opener against Purdue ... recorded seven tackles on the season, tallying single solo stops against Michigan State, Stanford, Western Michigan, Utah and Army ... six of his seven tackles came on the Irish special teams ... his six special teams tackles ranked sixth on the team and his six kickoff return tackles also rank sixth ... forced a fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half against Utah that setup an Irish touchdown ... recorded a 34-yard kickoff return to open the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... the 34-yard kickoff return was the first of his career.

2010 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in every game for the Irish during the 2010 season as the long snapper on punts ... snapped for a total of 68 punts on the year without one being blocked ... registered a special teams tackle against Utah.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: EA Sports second-team All-American as a multi-purpose player ... rushed for 1,503 yards and 23 touchdowns on 172 carries in 2009 as a senior at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Ky., while playing as running back, wide receiver and defensive back ... ran for 229 yards and two TDs on 26 carries in one 2009 game vs. Covington Catholic ... won Paul Hornung Award for 2009 from Louisville Touchdown Club as top high school player in Kentucky ... earned first-team Kentucky all-state honors in athlete category in 2009 from Louisville Courier-Journal ... firstteam pick as running back on Cincinnati Enquirer Northern Kentucky Football All-Stars for 2009 ... Lexington Herald-Leader named him one of 22 players on its Class of the Commonwealth squad for 2009 ... nominated for Brian Williams “That’s My Boy” Award given by local chapter of National Football Foundation to top scholar-athlete in Northern Kentucky ... ran for 176 yards (25 carries) and three TDs as Highlands defeated John Hardin 35-7 for final 15-0 mark and third straight Kentucky 5A state title in 2009 ... caught 46 passes for 840 yards and five TDs as junior in 2008 while earning first-team all-state honors as receiver ... also played as defensive back as junior in ’08 ... rushed 18 times for 166 yards and one TD in ’08, returned three kickoffs and two punts for TDs and also intercepted four passes on defense and returned one for a score ... played safety and returned kicks as sophomore in 2007, intercepting five passes and earning second-team Associated Press all-state honors at defensive back ... Highlands lost only one game combined over his final three seasons (2007-09) and ranked third on final USA Today listing of top high school teams for ’09 and eighth on ESPN Rise Fab 50 listing ... one of four players from Kentucky on Orlando Sentinel All-Southern team ... selected for U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio but did not play due to injury ... also competed in track as sprinter ... son of Cris Collinsworth, who caught 120 career passes as collegiate wide receiver at Florida, played eight years (1981-88) with NFL Cincinnati Bengals (earning all-pro honors in 1981-82-83 and catching 417 career passes for 6,698 yards and 36 TDs), and now is analyst on NBC Sports’ Football Night in America Sunday night NFL games (and also does work for the NFL Network) ... played for coach Dale Mueller at Highlands ... born Dec. 24, 1991 ... son of Cris and Holly Collinsworth ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

2009 (FRESHMAN): Started every game as freshman as long snapper on punts for the Irish ... did not play against Navy as Irish did not punt against Midshipmen ... snapped on all 45 punts during season and also logged 30 seconds of action. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked as 66th overall “athlete” according to ESPN ... strictly a long snapper in high school at St. Thomas Aquinas High School ... made 370 long snaps during four-year high school career ... member of 2007 and 2008 Florida Class 5A state championship teams ... Raiders finished their season ranked first nationally by USA Today and ESPN Rise ... high school teammate of fellow Irish signee Ben Turk ... hails from same high school as current Notre Dame offensive lineman Dan Wenger ... played for coach George F. Smith at St. Thomas Aquinas ... born July 19, 1991 ... son of Jodi and Gary Cowart ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters.

COWART’S CAREER STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

G-S 11-0 13-0 24-0

COLLINSWORTH’S CAREER STATS Tackles TT UT 7 5

Year 2010

G-S 13-0

Year 2010

Kick Returns KR Yds 1 34

Avg 34.0

AT 2

TFL 0.0-0

TD 0

LG 34

Scks 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR 1 0

PBU 0

INT 0-0

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Canoga Park, Calif. (Notre Dame) Birthdate: 10-9-89

Quarterback

6-4

235

CRIST’S PLACE IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS

CAREER: Enters second consecutive spring practice following a significant knee injury ... suffered a torn patella tendon against Tulsa on Oct. 30, 2010 ... allowed to participate in all aspects of spring practice after recovering from knee surgery last November ... great athleticism and leadership skills plus a familiarity of Brian Kelly’s spread offensive system from running a similar offense in high school benefitted him in 2010 ... started the first nine games of 2010 ... has played in 13 games over Irish career with 2,163 passing yards, 16 touchdowns in the air and four touchdowns on the ground ... has completed 58.6% of his passes (184 for 314) over his career ... did not play as freshman and appeared in four games for Irish as backup quarterback in 2009.

2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... one of six finalists for the 2008 U.S. Army Player of the Year Award ... one of seven finalists for the Joe Montana Quarterback of the Year Award ... selected to the Parade All-America team as one of 58 players and seven quarterbacks named to team ... named to the Scout.com All-America second team ... one of five future Irish players placed on the EA Sports All-America third team ... one of 20 players selected to Best in the West first team by the Long Beach Press-Telegram ... only player projected to play quarterback in college who was named to the Best in the West first team ... named second-team all-state by CalHiSports.com as a senior ... placed on all-Southern California team by Southern California Football Coaches Association and Orange County Register ... completed 57.8 percent of passes for 2,178 yards with 16 TDs and one interception in 10 games in 2007 ... also rushed for 454 yards and scored four TDs on 81 rushing attempts ... against Saugus, completed 18-of-27 passes for 314 yards with three TDs and also rushed for a score while leading the Knights to a 38-35 win ... passed for 253 yards and four TDs while completing 17-of-25 passes and also gained 50 yards on six rushes in a 33-6 win over St. Francis ... rated as the eighth-best player and second-best quarterback in the nation by Tom Lemming ... Rivals. com ranked him the 25th-best prospect in the nation, second-best pro-style quarterback in the country

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2010 (JUNIOR): Started the first nine games for the Irish before suffering a season-ending ruptured patella tendon against Tulsa ... the injury occurred exactly one-day shy of the one-year anniversary of the torn ACL he suffered against Washington State in 2009 ... completed 59.2% of his passes (174 of 294) for 2,033 yards and 15 touchdowns ... registered a passing efficiency of 129.3 ... has registered 19 completions this season of 20 yards or more ... has completed 64% (64 of 100) of his passes on second down this season ... ranked among the top 30 FBS quarterbacks in total passing yards (14th, 2,033), passing (22nd, 21.75 completions/game) and passing yards per game (27th, 254.13/game) prior to the injury ... threw a touchdown pass in all Notre Dame’s first eight games this season and nine straight games overall (which included the 2009 game against Washington State) before the injury ... registered at least two touchdown passes in four of the first eight games and also threw three or more touchdown

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Made first four appearances of his Irish career against Nevada, Michigan State, Purdue and Washington State ... totaled 130 passing yards on 10-of-20 passing with one touchdown and one interception ... gained 16 yards on five rushes ... made first career appearance in season opener against Nevada and completed both passes he attempted for 17 yards including 15-yard completion ... received most of the reps in practice leading into game at Purdue following toe injury to Jimmy Clausen against Michigan State ... entered game against Boilermakers at the start of second quarter and promptly led Irish on two touchdown drives to help give Notre Dame 17-7 halftime lead ... in his first play under center against Purdue rushed for season-best 16 yards around right side to pick up first down ... completed five of 10 passes for 45 yards at Purdue ... took snaps during second half of blowout win against Washington State in Alamodome, completing two of six passes for season-best 69 yards including 64-yard TD strike to John Goodman ... coincidentally, it was first TD pass thrown by Crist and first TD reception by Goodman since duo played in 2008 U.S. Army High School All-American Game held in San Antonio’s Alamodome ... injured his knee on next series and missed remainder of the season ... totaled 38:11 of playing time.

COACHES AND STAff

Carries: 10, vs. Navy (Oct. 23, 2010) Rushing Yards: 25, vs. Navy (Oct. 23, 2010) Rushing Touchdowns: 1, four times (last vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 16, 2010) Longest Rush: 29, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Pass Attempts: 55, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Pass Completions: 32, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Passing Yards: 369, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Long Completion: 95, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) Passing Touchdowns: 4, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Completion Percentage: 73.1 (19-for-26), vs. Purdue (Sept. 4, 2010) Passing Yards Per Attempt: 11.1, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) Passing Yards Per Completion: 21.3, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) Passing Efficiency: 169.00, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Interceptions: 2, vs. Navy (Oct. 23, 2010)

THE FIGHTING IRISH

CRIST’S CAREER HIGHS

2011 OUTLOOK

X Single-Game Consecutive Pass Completions (Oct. 9, 2010 vs. Pittsburgh, 12, t-3rd) X Single-Game Pass Attempts (Sept. 18, 2010 at Michigan State, 55, 5th) X Single-Game Pass Completions (Sept. 18, 2010 at Michigan State, 32, t-5th) X Single-Game Passing Touchdowns (Sept. 18, 2010 at Michigan State, 4, t-6th) X Single-Season Pass Attempts Per Game (2010, 32.7, 5th) X Single-Season Pass Completions Per Game (2010, 19.3, 5th) X Single-Season Passing Yards Per Game (2010, 225.9, 7th) X Single-Season Pass Completions (2010, 174, 8th) X Single-Season Lowest Interception Percentage (2010, 2.38, 9th) X Single-Season Completion Percentage (2010, 59.2, t-9th) X Single-Season Pass Attempts (2010, 294, 10th) X Career Lowest Interception Percentage (2.55, 3rd) X Career Completion Percentage (58.6, 3rd) X Career Completions Per Game (14.2, 3rd) X Career Pass Attempts Per Game (24.3, 3rd) X Career Passing Yards Per Game (166.4, 4th)

MEDIA INFO

10 CRIST

passes twice ... made first career start against Purdue ... completed 19 of 26 passes for 205 yards and one touchdown versus the Boilermakers ... among quarterbacks making their first career start since 1975, his completion percentage of 73.1 was the second-highest of any quarterback with more than eight pass attempts, his 19 completions were the second-most and his 205 yards passing were the third-most ... he snapped Notre Dame’s four-game losing streak with a first-time starting quarterback under center ... hooked up with seven different receivers in the opening half alone against Purdue (12 of 16) ... passed for 277 yards and two touchdowns in slightly more than one half of football against Michigan ... also ran for his first touchdown of the season against the Wolverines (totaled 19 yards rushing on four carries) ... served as the quarterback for nine of Notre Dame’s 17 possessions in the game versus Michigan ... the Irish offense totaled 363 of their 535 yards in those series ... Notre Dame also scored all 24 points of the contest in those series and averaged 8.9 yards per play compared to zero points and 4.8 yards per play in other eight series without Crist ... hooked up with TJ Jones for a 53-yard touchdown and Kyle Rudolph for a 95-yard touchdown ... the 95-yard touchdown pass was the second-longest pass play in Notre Dame history and longest since Blair Kiel’s 96-yard completion versus Georgia Tech on Nov. 7, 1981 ... set career-highs in completions (32), attempts (55), passing yards (369) and touchdown passes (four) against Michigan State ... no Irish quarterback has ever thrown for more touchdown passes in his first career start on the road ... his 32 completions, 55 attempts and four touchdown passes rank tied for fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, in Notre Dame single-game history ... eclipsed 300 yards passing for the first time in his career ... went 12 of 14 for 149 yards and two touchdowns in the third quarter alone ... completed 11 of 18 passes for 116 yards and one touchdown in the opening 15 minutes ... surpassed the 300-yard passing barrier in consecutive weeks against Michigan State and Stanford ... completed 25 of 44 passes for 304 yards and one touchdown against the Cardinal ... accounted for three touchdowns in the 31-13 victory over Boston College ... rushed for one score and threw two more ... completed 24 of 44 passes for 203 yards against the Eagles ... threw for 242 yards on 24 of 39 passing with a touchdown pass and touchdown run against Pittsburgh ... recorded a career-best 12 consecutive completions against the Panthers ... the 12 straight completions were tied for the third-longest in school history ... it was the longest streak by a Notre Dame quarterback since Brady Quinn connected on 14 straight passes against Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2, 2006 ... chalked up his fourth rushing touchdown of the season on a nine-yard scamper against Western Michigan ... completed 18 of 28 passes for 255 yards and three touchdowns versus the Broncos ... the four touchdown runs were the most by an Irish quarterback in a single season since Jarious Jackson had seven in 1999 ... connected with Michael Floyd on an 80-yard touchdown reception on Notre Dame’s first offensive play from scrimmage against Western Michigan ... the 80-yard touchdown pass was the second-longest of Crist’s career ... threw for 178 yards against the Midshipmen, connecting with TJ Jones for an Irish touchdown ... recorded a career-best 29-yard dash against Tulsa, but was lost for the season on the play.

and fourth-best recruit in California ... rated the 22nd-best player on the ESPN 150 list ... ranked the 45th-best player in the nation by Scout.com and Sports Illustrated/TAKKLE.com ... rated by SuperPrep the 48th-best prospect in the nation, fourth-best quarterback in the country, eighth-best player in the far west and top quarterback in the far west ... ranked the seventh-best prospect in California and third-best quarterback in the nation by Scout.com ... played in seven games as a junior, passing for 1,270 yards with 17 touchdowns and only three interceptions while completing 52.9 percent of his passes ... also rushed for 230 yards and four touchdowns ... against Bishop Arnat as a junior, completed six of 11 passes for 236 yards and five touchdowns in 49-0 win ... over his final two seasons, passed for 3,448 yards in 17 games with 33 touchdowns ... completed 56.1 percent of his passes with only four interceptions in 351 pass attempts ... amassed a 14-3 record as a starter for the Knights as a junior ... filled in as a starter for three games during sophomore season and led team to three wins when starter Garrett Green (now at USC) was injured ... high school teammate of current Irish linebacker Anthony McDonald ... played for coach Kevin Rooney at Notre Dame High School ... born Oct. 9, 1989 ... son of Tim and Karen Crist ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business, majoring in management-consulting.

CRIST’S CAREER STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S

Passing Comp Att

4-0 10 9-9 174 13-9 184

20 294 314

INT 1 7 8

Pct Yds Did Not Play 50.0 130 59.2 2033 58.6 2163

Rushing Att Yds

Avg

1 15 16

5 52 57

3.2 1.4 1.6

0 4 4

16 74 90

CRIST’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS Passing 2010 Comp *PUR (9.4) 19 *UM (9.11) 13 *at MSU (9.18) 32 *STAN (9.25) 25 *at BC (10.2) 24 *PITT (10.9) 24 *WMU (10.16) 18 *at NAVY (10.23) 19 *TULSA (10.30) 0 UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY (11.20) at USC (11.27) vs. MIAMI (12.31) * - games started

Att 26 25 55 44 44 39 28 31 2

INT 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0

Pct 73.1 52.0 58.2 56.8 54.5 61.5 64.3 61.3 0.0

Yds TD 205 1 277 2 369 4 304 1 203 2 242 1 255 3 178 1 0 0 Did Not Play Did Not Play Did Not Play Did Not Play

Rushing Att Yds 9 6 4 19 6 8 4 -17 6 5 7 5 5 -6 10 25 1 29

Avg 0.7 4.8 1.3 -4.3 0.8 0.7 -1.2 2.5 29.0

TD 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0

SEAN

98 CWYNAR McHenry, Ill. (Marian Central Catholic) Birthdate: 11-15-89

Nose Guard

6-4

280

CWYNAR’S CAREER HIGHS Tackles: 6, twice (last vs. Utah, Nov. 13, 2010) Solo Tackles: 3, vs. Navy (Oct. 23, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 5, vs. Utah (Nov. 13, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 1.0, twice (last vs. Tulsa, Oct. 30, 2010) Sacks: None Interceptions: None Forced Fumbles: 1, vs. Pittsburgh (Oct. 9, 2010) Fumble Recoveries: None Pass Breakups: None CAREER: Hard working defensive lineman who has played in 24 games over his career and started five contests ... played in all 13 games in 2010 and started the final four games of the regular season at nose guard for an injured Ian Williams ... enters spring practice in competition to start in the middle of the Irish defensive line ... saw increased playing time during sophomore season as a backup interior defensive lineman, culminating with a start in the season’s home finale against Connecticut. 2010 (JUNIOR): Played in every game for the Irish during the 2010 season, starting the final four games of the regular season against Tulsa, Utah, Army and USC ... entered the starting lineup following the knee injury to now graduated Ian Williams ... recorded 33 tackles, including nine solo stops, and registered 3.0 tackles for loss ... tallied two assisted tackles in the home opener against Purdue ... totaled one solo stop and four assisted tackles at Michigan State ... posted his first tackle for loss on the year against Pittsburgh and forced a fumble ... assisted in another tackle for loss against Western Michigan ... registered three solo stops and three more assisted tackles against Navy, equaling his career-high ... added another tackle for loss against Tulsa ... totaled six tackles, including five assisted stops in the victory over Utah ... collected two tackles in the victory at USC ... helped the Irish defense allow just two offensive touchdowns over its last four games of the regular season (Tulsa, Utah, Army and USC) ... the Irish rush defense was dominant over its last three games of the regular season (victories over Utah, Army and USC), limiting the Utes, Black Knights and Trojans to an average of 93.3 yards on the ground ... totaled 431 snaps on defense, the third most of any Irish defensive lineman. 2009 (SOPHOMORE): Played primarily on interior of Irish defensive line, lining up at defensive tackle ... appeared in 11 games for Notre Dame (did not play against Navy) and started home finale against Connecticut ... totaled three tackles, all assisted ... made debut in Irish uniform in season opener against Nevada and recorded one tackle ... also added tackles against Michigan State and Boston College ... tallied 50:06 of playing time and made 12 appearances on special teams. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Picked to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, becoming the first player from his area to be selected for the prestigious game ... named to the Detroit Free Press’ Best in the Midwest Top 20 team as the 18th-best player ... rated the 89th-best player in the nation by Tom Lemming ... Rivals.com ranked him the 12th-best defensive tackle in the country and the fourth-best player in Illinois (two of three players ahead of him were future teammates Steve Filer and Darius Fleming) ... chosen for the Rivals 250 by Rivals.com recognizing him as one of the top 250 players in the country ... Scout.com labeled him the fourth-best player in Illinois and the 14thbest defensive tackle ... led Marian Central to state finals as a junior and semi-finals as a senior ... high school team had nickname “The 300 Spartans” because they played with only 23 players on the roster ... two-time defensive lineman of the year in the Suburban Catholic Conference ... member of the Chicago Tribune’s all-state first team ... named to the Chicago Sun-Times all-area football team in 2007 ... named the recipient of the inaugural Mr. Football award, edging out two other finalists including classmate Steve Filer ... tallied 82 tackles with 16 tackles for loss and 11 sacks in senior season ... also served as the team’s placekicker after the original placekicker left the team ... two-time selection to the Northwest Herald’s all-area first team ... named to Chicago Tribune all-state special mention team following junior year ... as a junior, totaled 102 tackles with 17 sacks and was named all-state, academic all-state and

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all-conference ... didn’t play organized football until ninth grade ... played for coach Ed Brucker at Marian Central ... graduated from Marian Central in December and enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2008 ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business, majoring in management-consulting ... earned a 3.267 gradepoint average in the fall ‘08 semester and a 3.412 GPA in spring ‘09 ... owns a cumulative GPA of 3.294 ... born Nov. 15, 1989 ... son of Fred and Nancy Cwynar ... youngest of three sons.

Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

DEVER’S CAREER STATS

G-S

Tackles TT UT

11-1 13-4 24-5

3 33 36

3 24 27

0 9 9

MEDIA INFO

CWYNAR’S CAREER STATS

lineman in the Far West by SuperPrep ... Scout.com rated him as the No. 29 offensive tackle in the nation and the 47th-best prospect in California ... ranked the 39th-best tackle in the country and 60th-best prospect in California by Rivals.com ... played for coach Dave Humphers at Nevada Union High School ... full name is Anthony Taylor Dever ... born May 6, 1989 ... son of Tom and Lori Dever ... high school team was section champion in junior year ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business, majoring in marketing.

TFL Scks Did Not Play 0.0-0 0.0-0 3.0-6 0.0-0 3.0-6 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

0 1 1

0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S DNP 12-0 6-0 11-10 29-10

CWYNAR’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS UT 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 1

AT 2 0 4 1 2 0 3 3 1 5 1 1 1

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.5-1 0.0-0 1.0-3 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ft. Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Dwenger) Birthdate: 9-8-90

Tight End

6-6

242

EIFERT’S CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 5, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010 Receiving Yards: 78, vs. Army (Nov. 20, 2010) Longest Reception: 39, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Receiving Touchdowns: 1, twice (last vs. vs. Army, Nov. 20, 2010)

Nevada City, Calif. (Nevada Union) Birthdate: 5-6-89

6-5

297

2010 (SENIOR): Saw action in 11 games for the Irish and made 10 starts at right tackle ... made his career start in the home opener against Purdue ... also started against Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford, Boston College, Tulsa, Utah, Army, USC and Miami (Fla.) ... missed the Pittsburgh, Western Michigan and most of the Navy contest with a hamstring injury ... the Irish offensive line allowed 20 sacks over their 13 games in 2010, which averaged out to 1.54 sacks per game ... Notre Dame had not allowed fewer sacks per game since 1998 when the Irish allowed only nine sacks in 11 games or 0.82 per game ... totaled 593 snaps on offense, the fifth most of any Irish offensive lineman.

2008 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 12 games, mostly on special teams ... did not play at Boston College ... used mostly on field goal and PAT attempts and as a reserve offensive tackle ... logged 16:45 of playing time and made 71 special-teams appearances. 2007 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action during freshman year. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Rated as the 49th-best player and number-eight offensive

2009 (FRESHMAN): Saw limited action during first campaign with Irish, playing in season opener against Nevada Wolf Pack ... did not record a catch in that contest. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named to Indiana Class 4A first-team all-state team as a defensive back in 2008 by Associated Press ... named to Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50 All-State team as tight end as senior ... placed on all-Northeast Indiana first team by Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in 2008 ... rated as 10th-best prospect in Indiana according to Rivals.com’s postseason state rankings ... rated as 12th-best tight end in the country by ESPN ... ranked 24th-best tight end according to both Rivals.com and Scout.com ... recorded nine touchdowns on offense and 97 tackles as well as five

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2009 (JUNIOR): Saw game action in six games for Irish – season opener against Nevada and each of the final five contests, serving as backup offensive tackle and on special teams ... earned 14:08 of playing time and made six special-teams appearances.

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CAREER: One of six fifth-year seniors on scholarship on 2011 Irish roster (Harrison Smith, David Ruffer, Mike Ragone, Gary Gray and Andrew Nuss are the others) ... has played in 29 career games and started 10, all at right tackle during the 2010 season ... served as the backup to Sam Young at right tackle over the first three years of his Notre Dame career.

2010 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 11 games for the Irish during his second season with the program (did not see game action against Boston College or Pittsburgh) ... named Notre Dame Offensive Newcomer of the Year ... registered six receptions of 20 yards or more ... 16 of 27 catches resulted in a touchdown or first down ... seven of nine receptions on third down plays resulted in a touchdown or first down ... played somewhat sparingly in each of the first four games this season (totaled one reception for 17 yards against Michigan) behind starting tight end Kyle Rudolph ... forced into the starting lineup following Rudolph’s season-ending injury ... started the final seven games of the season and made a major impact for the Irish ... registered 352 yards receiving on 27 catches, including a pair of touchdowns ... averaged 17.0 yards per reception or more in three separate games (Michigan, Western Michigan and Army) ... snatched a 17-yard reception against Michigan ... started for the first time in his career against Stanford ... scored his first career touchdown on a career-long 39-yard reception against Western Michigan ... recorded four receptions for 42 yards against Navy ... hauled in five catches for 61 yards in the matchup with Tulsa ... registered two receptions for 15 yards in the victory Utah ... his top game of his career came in the defeat of Army ... recorded four catches for a career-best 78 yards and one touchdown ... hauled in a 31-yard touchdown pass ... the touchdown reception was his second of the season and career ... also had a 35-yard grab to setup another touchdown ... registered a 22-yard reception to setup a first and goal situation late in the second quarter which led to an Irish touchdown at USC ... totaled six receptions of 20+ yards over the last seven games of the season ... totaled 434 snaps on offense, the most of any Irish tight end.

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75 DEVER SR

80 EIFERT

CAREER: Took over starting tight end responsibilities following the season-ending injury to Kyle Rudolph in 2010 ... named Notre Dame Offensive Newcomer of the Year in 2010 ... hauled in 27 passes for 352 yards and two touchdowns over his career ... enters spring practice as the starter at tight end ... played in season opener of freshman season (2009) but missed remainder of year after suffering back injury.

TAYLOR

Offensive Tackle

TYLER

2011 OUTLOOK

2010 TT PUR (9.4) 2 UM (9.11) 0 at MSU (9.18) 5 STAN (9.25) 2 at BC (10.2) 2 PITT (10.9) 1 WMU (10.16) 3 at NAVY (10.23) 6 *TULSA (10.30) 2 *UTAH (11.13) 6 *vs. ARMY (11.20) 1 *at USC (11.27) 2 vs. MIAMI (12.31) 0 * - games started

interceptions, returning one for a TD on defense as a senior in 2008 ... caught 33 passes for 586 yards and four TDs as a junior ... received honorable mention all-state accolades as a junior in 2007 ... tallied 40 tackles and three interceptions as a defensive back during junior season ... logged minutes at tight end, wide receiver, linebacker and safety during senior season at Bishop Dwenger High School ... led team to perfect record entering Indiana 4A state championship game in 2008 ... SuperPrep named him 51st-best overall player in Midwest ... as junior his quarterback was current Irish wide receiver John Goodman ... played for head coach Chris Svarczkopf in high school ... born Sept. 8, 1990 ... son of Greg and Julie Eifert .. enrolled in Mendoza College of Business.

EIFERT’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

G-S 1-0 11-8 12-8

Rec 0 27 27

Yds 0 352 352

TD 0 2 2

LG 0 39 39

Rec/G 0.0 2.5 2.2

Avg/C 0.0 13.0 13.0

Avg/G 0.0 32.0 29.3

Yds Avg 0 0.0 17 17.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Did Not Play Did Not Play 72 18.0 42 10.5 61 12.2 15 7.5 78 19.5 36 12.0 31 7.8

TD 0 0 0 0

LG 0 17 0 0

1 0 3 1 1 0 0

39 23 21 14 35 22 13

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... named Gatorade Player of the Year for Illinois in 2007 ... selected to the Parade All-America team as one of the 58 best players in the nation and one of eight linebackers named to list ... one of 30 players named to the EA Sports All-America first team ... named a second-team All-American by USA Today ... ranked No. 7 on the Detroit Free Press’ Best of the Midwest Top 20 and the top linebacker on the list ... rated by Rivals.com as the third-best player in Illinois, the eighth-best inside linebacker in the country ... considered the 24th-best prospect by Sports Illustrated/TAKKLE.com ... ranked as the 37th-best player in the nation by Tom Lemming and CSTV ... Scout.com tabbed him as the 72nd-best prospect in the country, the third-best player in Illinois and the fourth-best middle linebacker in the nation ... finalist for the inaugural Mr. Football award (won by future teammate Sean Cwynar) as a senior ... named to Chicago Tribune first team all-state squad ... guided team to a 12-0 record before falling in the state semifinal ... helped the Caravan complete a 4-0 league mark to win the Chicago Catholic Blue division ... notched 107 tackles in senior season and returned his only interception for a touchdown (in a win over Darius Fleming’s high school) ... led his high school to the state finals as a sophomore and junior ... tallied 87 tackles and eight sacks in his junior season ... earned second-team junior All-America accolades from Rivals. com in 2006 ... named a second-team all-state performer by Chicago Tribune following junior season ... recorded 104 tackles and 10 sacks as a sophomore ... three year starter at inside linebacker ... played for coach Frank Lenti at Mount Carmel ... attended same high school as NFL players Donovan McNabb and Simeon Rice ... born June 4, 1990 ... son of Steve and Debria Filer ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business, majoring in management-consulting.

STEVE

46 FILER

FILER’S CAREER STATS

Chicago, Ill. (Mount Carmel) Birthdate: 6-4-90

Outside Linebacker

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in all 12 contests during 2009 campaign at both outside linebacker and on special teams ... received increased playing time later in season as an edge pass rusher ... tallied 18 tackles including one and a half tackles for loss, one and a half sacks and one forced fumble ... led team in total special teams tackles (11) and kickoff return tackles (10) and tied for team-high honors in punt return tackles (one) ... recorded first multi-tackle game in season opener against Nevada as he totaled two tackles ... notched career-high four tackles against Washington ... picked up first career half sack against USC as part of a three-tackle performance ... tallied one sack against Washington State, in addition to first career forced fumble ... registered two stops against Navy ... led Irish with 213 special-teams appearances and logged 28:01 of playing time on defense. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in the final 11 games for Notre Dame as a reserve linebacker and special teams performer ... made 98 special teams appearances on the year ... accounted for one tackle in the Syracuse game ... logged 2:57 of playing time.

EIFERT’S 2010 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2010 Rec PUR (9.4) 0 UM (9.11) 1 at MSU (9.18) 0 *STAN (9.25) 0 at BC (10.2) PITT (10.9) *WMU (10.16) 4 *at NAVY (10.23) 4 *TULSA (10.30) 5 *UTAH (11.13) 2 *vs. ARMY (11.20) 4 *at USC (11.27) 3 *vs. MIAMI (12.31)4 * - games started

Pittsburgh ... added a career-best four tackles, all assisted, in the victory over Western Michigan ... posted a single stop against Navy, Utah and USC ... totaled 270 snaps on special teams, tied with Bennett Jackson and Dan Fox for the most of any Irish player ... totaled 38 snaps on defense.

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Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S 11-0 12-0 13-0 36-0

Tackles TT UT 1 1 17 7 14 8 32 16

AT 0 10 6 16

TFL 0.0-0 1.5-11 0.0-0 1.5-11

Scks 0.0-0 1.5-11 0.0-0 1.5-11

Fumbles FF FR 0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0

PBU 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

FILER’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS FILER’S CAREER HIGHS Total Tackles: 4, twice (last vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 16, 2010)) Solo Tackles: 2, three times (last vs. Stanford, Sept. 25, 2010 Assisted Tackles: 4, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010 Tackles For Loss: 1.0, vs. Washington State (Oct. 31, 2009) Sacks: 1.0, vs. Washington State (Oct. 31, 2009) Forced Fumble: 1, vs. Washington State (Oct. 31, 2009) Fumble Recoveries: None Pass Breakups: None CAREER: Critical member of special-teams units who saw playing time on defense increase as junior season progressed ... quick and rangy player for his size who has 32 career tackles with one and a half career sacks and a forced fumble... has played in each of last 36 games in his Irish career, primarily on special teams ... has led the Irish in special teams tackles each of the last two seasons (11 each year) ... enters the spring competing for playing time at outside linebacker.

2009 NEV (9.5) at UM (9.12) MSU (9.19) at PUR (9.26) WASH (10.3) USC (10.17) BC (10.24) vs. WSU (10.31) NAVY (11.7) at PITT (11.14) UCONN (11.21) at STAN (11.28)

TT 2 0 0 1 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 1

UT 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1

AT 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-3 0.0-0 1.0-8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-3 0.0-0 1.0-8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2010 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 13 games for the Irish during the 2010 season ... totaled 14 tackles on the season, including eight solo stops ... led all Notre Dame players in all three special teams tackles categories, including 11 overall stops on special teams, nine on kickoff return and two on punt return ... led the Irish in special teams tackles in 2009 with 11 ... recorded one solo tackle against Purdue ... registered two solo stops against both Stanford and Boston College ... posted another solo tackles versus

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TT 1 1 0 2 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 0

UT 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

AT 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

45 FLEMING Chicago, Ill. (St. Rita) Birthdate: 7-19-89

Outside Linebacker

6-2

250

FLEMING’S CAREER HIGHS

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Chosen to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... selected to the Scout.com All-America second team ... named to the Detroit Free Press’ Best in the Midwest Top 20 team as the 17th-best prospect and second-best linebacker on the list behind teammate Steve Filer ... placed on Chicago Tribune first-team all-state squad ... rated the 34th-best player in the country by Tom Lemming and CSTV ... Scout.com ranked him the 56th-best prospect in the nation ... Scout.com also rated him the second-best strongside linebacker in the country and the second-best player in Illinois ... considered the 89th-best player according to Rivals.com and ranks 94th on the ESPN 150 list ... Rivals.com also rates him as the third-best player in Illinois and eighth-best outside linebacker in the nation ... as a senior, led his high school to the Chicago Prep Bowl city championship ... helped lead the Mustangs to a 6-3 regular-season record as a senior and a trip to the playoffs ... named to Chicago Tribune all-state special mention team following junior season ... recorded 105 tackles including 15 tackles for loss and nine sacks as a junior ... helped lead St. Rita to the Class 7A state championship in his junior season ... St. Rita’s original football stadium was used in the beginning of the movie “Rudy” ... played for coach Todd Kuska ... bowls in his free time and has a high game of 279 ... born July 19, 1989 ... son of Larry Fleming and Leona Nelson ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business, majoring in management-consulting.

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2010 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 13 games of the season ... one of 11 players to start all 13 games for the Irish this season ... joined CB Gary Gray, DE Ethan Johnson, DE Kapron Lewis-Moore, S Harrison Smith, ILB Manti Te’o and CB Darrin Walls as the only players on the defensive side of the ball to start all 13 games ... collected 49 total tackles, including 27 solo and 22 assisted stops ... led the Irish in tackles for loss with 11.0 (50 yards) and sacks with six (40 yards) ... collected one solo tackle against Purdue ... tallied six tackles, including a pair of solo stops, and two pass breakups against Michigan ... added six more tackles, including four solo stops, and two for loss (both sacks) versus Michigan State ... recorded four tackles, including one for loss against Stanford ... registered six tackles, three solo, and one and a half for loss (both sacks) in the victory over Pittsburgh ... recorded his first career interception against Western Michigan; also added a pass breakup ... also added a half sack versus the Broncos for a loss of six yards ... contributed five tackles against Navy ... recorded two sacks for a loss of 12 yards and four tackles against Tulsa ... posted three solo stops, including one for loss, in the victory over Army at Yankee Stadium ... recorded a career-high tying seven tackles, including a career-best five solo stops, in the regular season-ending victory at USC ... added one tackle for loss against the Trojans ... helped the Irish defense allow just two offensive touchdowns over its last four games of the regular season (Tulsa, Utah, Army and USC) ... the Irish rush defense was dominant over its last three games of the regular season (victories over Utah, Army and USC), limiting the Utes, Black Knights and Trojans to an average of 93.3 yards on the ground ... recorded three tackles, including two solo stops, with a tackle for loss and one pass breakup in the victory over Miami (Fla.) in the Hyundai Sun Bowl ... totaled 728 snaps on defense,

COACHES AND STAff

CAREER: Arguably quickest and most effective edge rusher on Irish roster ... has played with hand on ground as defensive end as well as lined up in two-point stance as outside linebacker ... through first three seasons has started 23 of 37 games played and totaled 103 tackles including 25.5 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks ... active leader on the Irish in tackles for loss and yards from tackles for loss ... active leader in sack yardage and second in total sacks (trails only Ethan Johnson) ... saw action at outside linebacker in 2010 as Irish switched to 3-4 defense.

2008 (FRESHMAN): Played in all 13 games for the Irish on defense and special teams and started three games (Washington, Boston College and Hawai’i) ... posted 24 tackles on the season, including 2.5 for a loss ... also had 2.5 sacks on the year and one quarterback hurry ... made his career debut in the season opener against San Diego State and notched his first tackle (solo) against the Aztecs in the victory ... logged valuable minutes on both special teams and defense vs. Michigan and ended the day with four tackles (solo, three assists) against the Wolverines ... continued to see considerable time in the linebacker rotation and on special teams, notching two tackles (both assists) in win vs. Purdue ... saw increased action in the linebacker rotation vs. Stanford and racked up three tackles (two solo, assist) and also recorded his first career sack in the win against the Cardinal ... registered his first career start at linebacker vs. Washington and made two solo tackles on the night ... helped hold the Huskies rushing attack to just 1.1 yards per carry ... started for the second time in his career vs. Boston College and recorded a tackle (solo) ... helped hold the Eagles offense to under 250 yards on the night ... racked up two tackles (solo; assist) vs. Navy in an increased defensive role ... aided the Irish effort allowing the Midshipmen to their lowest rushing total on the season ... tallied two tackles (both assists) vs. Syracuse ... also assisted on a sack and recorded a quarterback hurry against the Orange ... started for the third time in his career in the bowl game against Hawai’i and recorded three solo tackles ... also notched a sack vs. the Warriors ... logged 91:32 of playing time with 198 special teams appearances – second-most on team (Steve Quinn, 239).

THE FIGHTING IRISH

Total Tackles: 7, twice (last at USC, Nov. 27, 2010) Solo Tackles: 5, at USC (Nov. 27, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 4, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 3.0, at Purdue (Sept. 26, 2009) Sacks: 2.0, twice (last vs. Tulsa, Oct. 30, 2010) Interceptions: 1, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Forced Fumble: 1, at Michigan (Sept. 12, 2009) Fumble Recoveries: None Pass Breakups: 2, Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010)

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Versatile playmaker spent time at both linebacker and defensive end during 2009 season, appearing in 11 contests (did not play against Washington) and starting seven games (did not start against Boston College, Pittsburgh, Connecticut or Stanford) ... led Irish with 12 tackles for loss, recorded second-most sacks with three and ranked 10th on the team with 29 tackles ... spent more time in opponents’ backfield than any other Irish player, with nearly 42 percent of his tackles occurring behind line of scrimmage ... started at Michigan and recorded four tackles including two tackles for loss with one sack and added one forced fumble ... notched two tackles for loss against Michigan State ... recorded four solo tackles including career-best three tackles for loss and one sack at Purdue ... registered three solo tackles including one tackle for loss against Boston College ... added two tackles for loss and one sack against Washington State in San Antonio ... had career highs in both total tackles (seven) and solo tackles (four) against Navy ... totaled 201:33 of playing time and made 60 special-teams appearances.

2011 OUTLOOK

DARIUS

the second most of any Irish linebacker.

MEDIA INFO

2010 PUR (9.4) UM (9.11) at MSU (9.18) STAN (9.25) at BC (10.2) PITT (10.9) WMU (10.16) at NAVY (10.23) TULSA (10.30) UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY (11.20) at USC (11.27) vs. MIAMI (12.31) * - games started

FLEMING’S CAREER STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S 13-3 11-7 13-13 37-23

Tackles TT UT 24 13 30 21 49 27 103 61

AT 11 9 22 42

TFL 2.5-20 12.0-35 11.0-50 25.5-105

Scks 2.5-20 3.0-19 6.0-40 11.5-79

Fumbles FF FR 0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0

PBU 0 0 4 4

DAN

INT 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0

48 FOX Inside Linebacker

FLEMING’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2008 SDSU (9.6) UM (9.13) at MSU (9.20) PUR (9.27) STAN (10.4) at UNC (10.11) *at WASH (10.25) PITT (11.1) *at BC (11.8) vs. NAVY (11.15) SYR (11.22) at USC (11.29) *at HAWAI’I (12.24)

TT 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 3

UT 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3

AT 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 1.0-11

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 1.0-11

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2009 *NEV (9.5) *at UM (9.12) *MSU (9.19) *at PUR (9.26) WASH (10.3) *USC (10.17) BC (10.24) *vs. WSU (10.31) *NAVY (11.7) at PITT (11.14) UCONN (11.21) at STAN (11.28)

TT 1 4 2 4

UT 0 3 2 4

AT 1 1 0 0

Scks 0.0-0 1.0-4 0.0-0 1.0-6

FF 0 1 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0

INT 0 0 0 0

2 3 3 7 0 1 2

1 3 2 4 0 0 2

1 0 1 3 0 1 0

TFL 0.0-0 2.0-5 2.0-2 3.0-12 DNP-injury 1.5-3 1.0-1 2.0-11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2010 PUR (9.4) UM (9.11) at MSU (9.18) STAN (9.25) at BC (10.2) PITT (10.9) WMU (10.16) at NAVY (10.23) TULSA (10.30) UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY (11.20) at USC (11.27) vs. MIAMI (12.31) * - games started

TT 1 6 6 4 1 6 2 5 4 1 3 7 3

UT 1 2 4 1 1 3 0 2 3 0 3 5 2

AT 0 4 2 3 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 2 1

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-11 1.0-3 1.0-1 1.5-11 0.5-6 0.0-0 2.0-12 0.0-0 1.0-2 1.0-3 1.0-1

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-11 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-11 0.5-6 0.0-0 2.0-12 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Rockey River, Ohio (St. Ignatius) Birthdate: 3-17-91

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FOX’S CAREER HIGHS Total Tackles: 7, vs. Navy (Oct. 23, 2010) Solo Tackles: 4, at Boston College (Oct. 2, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 6, vs. Navy (Oct. 23, 2010) Tackles For Loss: None Sacks: None Forced Fumble: None Fumble Recoveries: None Pass Breakups: None CAREER: Tall and athletic linebacker did not play for Irish in his rookie season but played in all 13 games as a sophomore in 2010 ... key contributor on Irish special teams ... has totaled 270 career snaps on special teams, all in 2010, which was tied with Bennett Jackson and Steve Filer for the most of any Irish player last year ... enters spring practice ready to compete for playing time at inside linebacker. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games for the Irish, predominantly on special teams ... totaled 20 tackles, including nine solo stops ... ranks fourth on the team with eight overall stops on special teams and tied for third with eight stops on kickoff return ... made first career appearance for the Irish against Purdue ... registered four solo stops in the victory at Boston College ... notched two unassisted tackles against Pittsburgh ... collected three tackles against Western Michigan ... registered a season-high seven tackles against Navy ... nabbed one solo stop over Army ... recorded a pair of assisted tackles in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... totaled 270 snaps on special teams, tied with Bennett Jackson and Steve Filer for the most of any Irish player ... totaled 55 snaps on defense. 2009 (FRESHMAN): Did not see action for Irish during his freshman year. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Rated 13th-best outside linebacker by Rivals.com and 15th-best overall prospect in Ohio according to their postseason prospect state rankings ... ranked as fourth-best outside linebacker and best in pass coverage according to OhioVarsity.com ... named to Ohio All-Championship Team by Bill Greene and Dave Berk, who rank the best players in Ohio during championship weekend ... selected to Division I second-team all-state squad by Associated Press ... named third-team Division I-II all state by OhioVarsity.com ... ranked 76th-best player in Midwest by SuperPrep ... member of St. Ignatius High School state championship football team in 2008 ... the Wildcats finished the season ranked 12th nationally by USA Today ... intercepted one pass in 2008 state title game ... recorded 76 tackles as junior, including nine tackles for loss and three interceptions ... former high school teammate of former Irish players Robby Parris and John Ryan ... played safety throughout prep career but is expected to play linebacker at Notre Dame ... played for head coach Chuck Kyle at St. Ignatius ... born March 17, 1991 ... full name is Daniel Patrick Fox ... son of Kathleen and Michael Fox ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business.

FOX’S CAREER STATS Year G-S 2009 2010 13-0 Total 13-0

Tackles TT UT

20 20

11 11

9 9

Fumbles TFL Scks FF FR Did Not Play 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0

PBU

INT

0 0

0-0 0-0

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MIKE

57 GOLIC, JR.

West Hartford, Conn. (Northwest Catholic) Birthdate: 12-25-90

Tight End

MEDIA INFO

88 GOLIC

West Hartford, Conn. (Northwest Catholic) Birthdate: 9-28-89

6-4

235

Center

6-3

295

CAREER: Backup center in 2009 and 2010 who has appeared in 15 games over his career ... did not see the field in his first season (2008) ... talented interior lineman who will compete for playing time at either guard or center this spring.

2010 (SOPHOMORE): Played in three games ... totaled 11 snaps on offense.

2010 (JUNIOR): Saw action in 12 games (did not play against Purdue) as a reserve offensive lineman ... the Irish offensive line allowed 20 sacks over their 13 games in 2010, which averaged out to 1.54 sacks per game ... Notre Dame had not allowed fewer sacks per game since 1998 when the Irish allowed only nine sacks in 11 games or 0.82 per game ... totaled 25 snaps on offense.

2009 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action for Irish during rookie season. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Participated in 2009 U.S. Army All-American game in San Antonio ... named first-team all-state following senior season by Hartford Courant ... ranked 88th in Offense-Defense Top 100 ... Rivals.com ranked him as sixth-best player in Connecticut’s postseason rankings 2009 ... named 10th-best player in New England 12 by SuperPrep ... caught 43 passes for 613 yards and eight touchdowns as senior on offense at Northwest Catholic High School ... made 32 tackles and recorded a sack defensively in 2008 ... tallied 21 receptions for 410 yards and two TDs as a junior in 2007 ... brother Mike Jr. currently plays for Notre Dame ... father, Mike, and uncles Bob and Greg, all played for the Irish ... played for head coach Mike Tyler at Northwest Catholic High School ... born Dec. 25, 1990 ... full name is Jacob Kenneth Golic ... son of Mike Sr. and Chris Golic ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in design.

G-S 3-0

2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Chosen to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... named to the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Class S all-state team as a junior and senior ... served as anchor of the offensive line on a team that averaged 23.7 points per game as a senior ... led Northwest Catholic to an 8-1 league record and 8-3 overall record in final season ... won the Nutmeg Conference championship for the second year in a row ... ranked by Rivals.com as the eighthbest center in the nation and the fourth-best player in Connecticut ... rated the sixth-best prospect in Connecticut and the 30th-best guard in the nation by Scout.com ... helped lead the Indians to 10-0 record in league play and a 10-1 record as a junior ... was a member of the National Honor Society ... father, Mike, and uncles, Bob and Greg, all played at Notre Dame ... Bob was a unanimous All-American as senior captain in 1978 ... played for coach Mike Tyler ... born Sept. 28, 1989 in Voorhees, N.J. ... son of Mike Sr. and Chris Golic ... oldest of three children ...younger brother Jake is a freshman tight end for the Irish ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in film, television and theatre ... boasts a 3.274 cumulative grade-point average.

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JAKE GOLIC’S CAREER STATS Year 2010

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Played in three games for Irish (Nevada, Boston College and Navy), seeing playing time as backup center ... earned 7:13 of playing time and made three appearances on special teams.

2011 OUTLOOK

CAREER: Has played in three career games, all in 2010, as a reserve tight end ... enters spring ready to contribute as reserve tight ... spent his freshman year gaining weight and strength while learning behind Kyle Rudolph and Mike Ragone.

MIKE GOLIC’S CAREER STATS G-S DNP 3-0 12-0 15-0

COACHES AND STAff

Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

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yards ... during his senior season, totaled 199 yards on seven receptions, returned eight kickoffs for 191 yards and 22 punts for 309 yards ... totaled 28 tackles while snagging two interceptions and averaged 35.3 yards per punt ... named the state’s best defensive back and was a finalist for the Mr. Football award ... earned all-conference accolades as a wide receiver following his junior season and as a quarterback after his senior season ... played for coach Chris Svarczkopf at Bishop Dwenger ... born July 18, 1989 ... son of Andy and Julie Goodman ... youngest child (two older sisters, one older brother) ... brother T.J. played football at University of St. Francis (Ind.) ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business,majoring in management-consulting.

JOHN

81 GOODMAN Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Dwenger) Birthdate: 7-18-89

Wide Receiver

GOODMAN’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS 6-3

207

GOODMAN’S CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 5, twice (last vs. Stanford, Sept. 25, 2010) Receiving Yards: 73, vs. Washington State (Oct. 31, 2009) Longest Reception: 64, vs. Washington State (Oct. 31, 2009) Receiving Touchdowns: 1, vs. Washington State (Oct. 31, 2009) Carries: 1, twice (last vs. USC, Oct. 17, 2009) Rushing Yards: 13, vs. USC (Oct. 17, 2009) Longest Rush: 13, vs. USC (Oct. 17, 2009) Pass Attempts: 1, twice (last vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 16, 2010) Pass Completions: 1, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Passing Yards: 32, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Passing Touchdowns: 1, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Longest Completion: 32, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010)

G-S

Rec

Yds

9-1 13-3 22-4

6 15 21

104 146 250

TD LG Did Not Play 1 64 0 30 1 64

Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 0.7 1.2 1.0

17.3 9.7 11.9

11.6 11.2 11.4

Yds

Avg

5 13 18

56 17 73

11.2 1.3 4.1

0 0 0

24 13 24

GOODMAN’S CAREER RETURN STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

Yds

Avg

0 0 0

0.0 0.0 0.0

TD LG Did Not Play 0 0 0 0 0 0

GOODMAN’S CAREER RUSHING STATS

CAREER: Versatile athlete has played in 22 games over Irish career, including four career starts ... has registered 21 receptions for 250 yards, including a 64-yard TD grab from Dayne Crist against Washington State in 2009 ... served as the predominant punt returner for the Irish in 2010 ... former high school quarterback has completed one career pass (out of two attempts) and it went 32 yards to Michael Floyd for a touchdown against Western Michigan in 2010 ... took advantage of opportunities he had during sophomore season as he gained 104 yards on six receptions with one touchdown ... enters spring practice in competition for a starting wide receiver spot. 2010 (JUNIOR): Played in all 13 games for the Irish, making starting appearances against Boston College, Pittsburgh and Navy ... recorded 15 receptions for 146 yards ... registered two plays (reception, punt return) of 20 yards or more ... eight of 15 catches resulted in a touchdown or first down ... four of four receptions on third down plays resulted in a touchdown or first down ... added 13 punt returns for 17 yards ... even completed one of two passes for 32 yards, including a touchdown ... tossed a 32-yard touchdown pass to Michael Floyd against Western Michigan ... caught five passes for 59 yards against Stanford ... collected three receptions for 19 yards against Boston College ... totaled 15 yards on two receptions against Pittsburgh ... hauled in two receptions against both Navy and Tulsa ... registered three punt returns against Army ... hauled in a 30-yard catch in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... totaled 256 snaps on offense, fifth-most of any Irish wide receiver. 2009 (SOPHOMORE): Played in nine games for Irish (did not play against Michigan, Purdue and Stanford) and recorded first career start against USC ... saw playing time increase as season progressed ... caught six passes for 104 yards and one touchdown ... also rushed twice for 14 yards ... returned five punts for 56 yards with long return of 24 yards against Nevada ... caught one pass for nine yards and rushed once for 13 yards after lining up at quarterback against USC ... recorded three receptions for 22 yards against Boston College ... gained 73 yards on two catches against Washington State including 64yard TD reception from quarterback Dayne Crist ... TD reception against Cougars came in Alamodome, site of his last TD reception in 2008 U.S. Army All-America Game ... logged 53:45 of playing time and made nine appearances on special teams. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... one of five Irish players placed on the EA Sports All-America third team ... placed on Detroit Free Press’ Best of the Midwest Top 20 team as the 20th-best player and fifth-best wide receiver ... moved to quarterback as a senior and guided his team to an undefeated regular season and No. 1 ranking before falling in the state semifinals ... received all-state honors from the Indiana Associated Press as a senior ... awarded the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel’s PrepSports Football Player of the Year as a senior ... named first-team all-state by the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette ... considered by Scout.com to be the top player in Indiana and the 21st-best wide receiver nationally ... rated by Rivals.com as the third-best player in Indiana (one spot behind teammate Braxston Cave) and the 51st-best wide receiver ... completed 95 of 175 passes for 1,697 yards and 16 touchdowns with only two interceptions and rushed 98 times for 535

Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

Att

Yds

2 0 2

14 0 14

0 0 0

LG Avg/C Did Not Play 13 7.0 0 0.0 13 7.0

Avg/G 1.6 0.0 0.6

GOODMAN’S CAREER ALL-PURPOSE STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

Rush RCV

14 0 14

56 15 73

104 146 250

KR IR Did Not Play 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total Avg/G 174 163 337

19.3 12.5 15.3

GOODMAN’S CAREER PASSING STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

Comp Att

INT

0 1 1

0 0 0

0 2 2

Pct Yds Did Not Play 0.0 0 50.0 32 50.0 32

TD 0 1 1

GOODMAN’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2010 PUR (9.4) UM (9.11) at MSU (9.18) STAN (9.25) *at BC (10.2) *PITT (10.9) WMU (10.16) *at NAVY (10.23) TULSA (10.30) UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY (11.20) at USC (11.27) vs. MIAMI (12.31) * - games started

Rec 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1

Yds 0 0 0 59 19 15 0 10 13 0 0 0 30

Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.8 6.3 7.5 0.0 5.0 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.0

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LG 0 0 0 20 9 9 0 6 9 0 0 0 30

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Columbia, S.C. (Richland Northeast) Birthdate: 1-6-89

Cornerback

5-11

195

GARY GRAY’S CAREER HIGHS

2009 (JUNIOR): Cornerback appeared in 11 games for Irish in 2009 (did not play at Michigan), starting final seven contests ... recorded 28 total tackles, good for 11th on team ... added one interception and one pass breakup ... received increased playing time as season progressed ... totaled three tackles in season opener against Nevada ... paced secondary with six tackles against USC while making first career start ... returned interception 30 yards in fourth quarter to set up Irish TD ... recorded career-high eight tackles (six solo) at Pittsburgh ... added four tackles in season finale at Stanford ... totaled 152:31 of playing time and made 38 special-teams appearances.

2007 (FRESHMAN): Did not play while he recovered from preseason shoulder surgery. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Rated 13th best prep player nationally on ESPN 150 listing ... one of 12 defensive backs on National 100 list by Fort Worth Star-Telegram ... named to Super Southern 100 team for 2006 by Atlanta Journal-Constitution as one of eight cornerbacks ... listed 78th player na-

Tackles TT UT

9-0 11-7 13-13 33-20

15 28 66 109

0 11 18 29

15 17 48 80

TFL Scks Did Not Play 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 5.0-10 0.0-0 5.0-10 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

0 0 1 1

2 1 7 10

2-65 1-30 1-23 4-118

0-20 0-0 0-0 0-20

GARY GRAY’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2008 SDSU (9.6) UM (9.13) at MSU (9.20) PUR (9.27) STAN (10.4) at UNC (10.11) at WASH (10.25) PITT (11.1) at BC (11.8) vs. NAVY (11.15) SYR (11.22) at USC (11.29) at HAWAI’I (12.24)

Scks

PBU

INT

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0

0.0-0

0 0 1 5

0 0 0 0

TFL DNP 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 DNP 0.0-0 DNP 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 DNP

0 4 4 1

0 0 0 0

0 0 1 5

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0

2009 *NEV (9.5) *at UM (9.12) *MSU (9.19) *at PUR (9.26) WASH (10.3) *USC (10.17) BC (10.24) *vs. WSU (10.31) *NAVY (11.7) at PITT (11.14) UCONN (11.21) at STAN (11.28)

TT 3

UT 2

Scks 0.0-0

FF 0

FR 0

PBU 0

INT 0

0 1 0 6 2 2 0 8 2 4

0 1 0 2 1 2 0 6 2 1

AT TFL 1 0.0-0 DNP 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 4 0.0-0 1 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 2 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 3 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1-30 0 0 0 0 0 0

2010 *PUR (9.4) *UM (9.11) *at MSU (9.18) *STAN (9.25)

TT 9 5 2 4

UT 8 5 2 2

AT 1 0 0 2

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 1 0 2 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

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TFL 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-2

2010 REVIEW

2008 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in nine games before leaving the team due to personal reasons ... registered 15 solo tackles, picked off two passes, recorded two pass breakups and added 20 yards on a fumble recovery ... tied a career-high with four tackles and also added his first career pass breakup against Purdue ... saw a considerable amount of action in the defensive backfield rotation and recorded a then career-high four tackles (all solo) versus Michigan State ... registered his first career interception and returned it 41 yards in the week two rout of Michigan.

G-S

COACHES AND STAff

2010 (SENIOR): Saw action in all 13 games and was one of 11 players to start all 13 games for the Irish ... joined LB Darius Fleming, DE Ethan Johnson, DE Kapron Lewis-Moore, S Harrison Smith, ILB Manti Te’o and CB Darrin Walls as the only players on the defensive side of the ball to start all 13 games ... set a career-high with nine tackles, including eight solo stops, in the season-opening victory over Purdue ... added a pass breakup and tackle for loss versus the Boilermakers ... registered eight tackles, seven solo stop, (which bested his previous career-best in each category) in the first half alone against Purdue ... his pass breakup directly led to Ian Williams’ interception against the Boilermakers ... posted five solo tackles against Michigan ... recorded two solo stops and two pass breakups at Michigan State ... totaled four tackles, including one for loss, in the matchup with Stanford ... registered five tackles, including three solo stops, and a pass breakup against Pittsburgh ... dominated Western Michigan with eight total tackles, six solo stops, one for loss, a forced fumble and interception ... equaled career-high with nine tackles, six of which were solo stops, versus Tulsa ... registered three solo tackles against Army ... posted four solo tackles and two assisted stops in the victory at USC ... totaled seven tackles, including three solo stops, and a pass breakup in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... totaled 660 snaps on defense, third-most of any Irish defensive back.

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total

THE FIGHTING IRISH

CAREER: One of six fifth-year seniors on scholarship on 2011 Irish roster (Harrison Smith, David Ruffer, Mike Ragone, Taylor Dever and Andrew Nuss are the others) ... talented cornerback has played in 33 games over his Irish career ... has started 20 games over the last two seasons, including all 13 in 2010 ... enters final season in an Irish uniform with 109 career tackles, 80 solo stops, 14 passes defended, 10 pass breakups, five tackles for loss, four interceptions and one forced fumble ... enrolled early in 2007 but missed the season while recovering from injury.

GARY GRAY’S CAREER STATS

2011 OUTLOOK

Total Tackles: 9, twice (last vs. Tulsa, Oct. 30, 2010) Solo Tackles: 8, vs. Purdue (Sept. 4, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 4, twice (last vs. Miami (Fla.), Dec. 31, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 1.0, five times (last vs. Army, Nov. 20, 2010) Sacks: None Interceptions: 1, five times (last vs. Army, Nov. 20, 2010) Interception Return Yards: 41, vs. Michigan (Sept. 13, 2008) Longest Interception Return: 41, vs. Michigan (Sept. 13, 2008) Forced Fumbles: 1, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Fumble Recoveries: None Pass Breakups: 2, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010)

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tionally by Rivals.com, as well as third among South Carolina players and ninth among cornerbacks ... one of 11 players from South Carolina selected to All-Southern team by Orlando Sentinel ... rated 54th best prospect nationally overall by CSTV - and third nationally among cornerbacks ... first-team South Carolina all-state pick as defensive back for 2006 by both Associated Press and Columbia State ... rated third on Columbia State Top 50 list of South Carolina players for 2006 ... played quarterback in wing-T attack as senior in 2006 for Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, S.C. ... made 24 tackles and intercepted one pass in ‘06 ... rushed for 1,028 yards on 127 carries in ‘06 as option signalcaller and finished with 1,600 total yards and 11 TDs ... also ran a kickoff back 88 yards for a score ... had 60 tackles and broke up 14 passes and had four interceptions (one returned 65 yards for a TD) as junior cornerback in ‘05 - and made 65 tackles with 19 pass breakups and three interceptions in eight games as sophomore in 2004 ... also started three games at quarterback as sophomore on 7-4 team, throwing for 320 yards, rushing for 350 more and scoring six TDs ... led Richland Northeast to 13-2 record and South Carolina Class 4A Division II title game in 2005 as junior ... rated 21st-best overall national prospect - and first among defensive backs -- for 2006 on preseason basis by The Sporting News ... rated 14th-best defensive back prospect nationally (and 53rd overall in East) on preseason basis for 2006 by The Sporting News SchoolSports ... selected for U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio and also played in Shrine Bowl between North and South Carolina stars ... enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2007 ... played for coach Jay Frye at Richland Northeast ... born Jan. 6, 1989 ... son of Duane Wages and Yvonne Robinson ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in sociology.

*at BC (10.2) 1 *PITT (10.9) 5 *WMU (10.16) 8 *at NAVY (10.23) 2 *TULSA (10.30) 9 *UTAH (11.13) 5 *vs. ARMY (11.20) 3 *at USC (11.27) 6 *vs. MIAMI (12.31)7 * - games started

1 3 6 2 6 3 3 4 3

0 2 2 0 3 2 0 2 4

0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 1.0-5 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1

0-0 0-0 1-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-14 0-0 0-0

JONAS

25 GRAY

Pontiac, Mich. (Detroit Country Day School) Birthdate: 6-27-90

Running Back

5-10

230

of the nine best running backs ... one of five future Irish players placed on the EA Sports All-America third team ... placed on the Best of the Midwest Top 20 team by the Detroit Free Press as the 13th-best player and second-best running back ... earned first-team all-state accolades from the Detroit Free Press ... named to the Detroit Free Press all-north first team as a senior ... rated the 11th-best player and secondbest running back on the Free Press Fab 50 Michigan Recruits list ... helped lead Detroit Country Day to an 11-3 record as a senior and an appearance in the state championship ... rushed for 305 yards on 29 carries and scored four touchdowns in the state semifinal to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 37-30 victory ... gained 2,614 yards on 341 rushes (7.7 avg.) and scored 32 TDs during senior season ... rushed for over 200 yards in five games during his final season ... caught two passes for 52 yards and one TD and returned 10 kickoffs for 413 yards and two TDs in final high school season ... named the top running back in Michigan by the Mid-Michigan Touchdown Club ... considered the 62nd-best player in the nation by Tom Lemming and CSTV ... ranked the 72nd-best player in the country, the fourth-best running back in the nation and the fourth-best player in Michigan by Rivals.com ... rated by Scout.com to be the sixth-best player in Michigan and the 21st-best running back in the country ... tabbed as the No. 89 player on the ESPN 150 list ... gained 1,252 rushing yards as a junior as well as 19 TDs ... played for coach Dan MacLean at Detroit Country Day ... member of the 2007 state championship basketball team ... attended same high school as NBA players Chris Webber and Shane Battier, actor/comedian Robin Williams and former Irish wide receiver Javin Hunter ... active in several non-sports organizations or clubs including member of his student class board from `06-’08, vice president of Kids for C.O.T.S. (Coalition Of Temporary Shelter) and participated in global youth leadership ... born June 27, 1990 ... son of Jerri Gray ... cousin Jeff Webb played wide receiver at San Diego State and was drafted in the sixth round of the `06 NFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in English and political science.

JONAS GRAY’S CAREER RUSHING STATS

JONAS GRAY’S CAREER HIGHS

Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

Carries: 9, four times (last vs. Army, Nov. 20, 2010) Rushing Yards: 61, at Washington (Oct. 25, 2008) Longest Rush: 36, vs. Utah (Nov. 13, 2010) Rushing Touchdowns: None Receptions: 2, at Purdue (Sept. 26, 2009) Receiving Yards: 42, at Purdue (Sept. 26, 2009) Longest Reception: 23, at Purdue (Sept. 26, 2009) Receiving Touchdowns: None Kickoff Returns – 1, three times (last vs. Stanford, Oct. 25, 2010) Kickoff Return Yards – 16, vs. Stanford (Oct. 25, 2010) Longest Kickoff Return – 16, vs. Stanford (Oct. 25, 2010)

G-S 7-0 8-1 7-0 22-1

Att 21 34 20 75

Yds 90 119 100 309

TD 0 0 0 0

LG 19 19 36 36

Avg/C 4.3 3.5 5.0 4.1

Avg/G 12.9 14.9 14.3 14.0

JONAS GRAY’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS

CAREER: Powerful running back with quick, shifty feet for player his size ... has appeared in 22 games for Irish with one start and rushed 75 times for 309 yards ... added five receptions for 67 yards ... enters spring practice in competition for playing time with Cierre Wood and Cameron Roberson. 2010 (JUNIOR): Saw action in seven games in 2010 ... took the field against Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford, Utah, Army and USC ... fourth on the team in rushing despite missing five games to a knee injury ... totaled 100 yards on 20 carries ... registered one rush this season of 20 yards or more ... collected three rushes of 10 yards or more ... six of 20 carries resulted in a touchdown or first down ... two of two rushing attempts on third down plays resulted in a touchdown or first down ... registered a 13-yard reception against Michigan ... collected a 16-yard kickoff return against Stanford ... totaled 44 yards on the ground on just three carries in the victory over Utah, including a career-long run of 36 yards ... totaled 40 snaps on offense, fourth-most of any Irish running back. 2009 (SOPHOMORE): Played in eight games for Irish in 2009 (did not play against Navy, Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Stanford) as reserve running back and on special teams and earned first career start against Purdue ... totaled third-most carries on team with 34 and gained 119 yards ... added 54 yards on four receptions ... opened season rushing nine times for 50 yards and added five-yard reception against Nevada ... rushed four times for 24 yards, with a long of 15 against Michigan State ... in first-ever start rushed nine times for 18 yards at Purdue and caught two passes for season- and career-high 42 receiving yards against Boilermakers ... ran ball eight times for 29 yards against Washington State in San Antonio ... logged 35:48 of playing time and made 36 special-teams appearances. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Played in seven of Notre Dame’s 13 games on the year (did not play vs. San Diego State, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Syracuse and USC) ... logged most playing time on specials teams but also served as a running back in a crowded Irish backfield ... carried the ball 21 times for 90 yards (4.3 avg.) during his rookie campaign ... had his best game in a win at Washington by carrying the ball nine times for 61 yards, including a career-long rush of 19 yards ... logged 15:30 of playing time with 36 special teams appearances.

Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

Rec 0 4 1 5

Yds 0 54 13 67

TD 0 0 0 0

LG 0 23 13 23

Rec/G 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.2

Avg/C 0.0 13.5 13.0 13.4

Avg/G 0.0 6.8 1.9 3.0

JONAS GRAY’S CAREER ALL-PURPOSE STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

Rush 90 119 100 309

RCV 0 54 13 67

PR 0 0 0 0

KR 9 0 16 25

IR 0 0 0 0

Total 99 173 129 401

Avg/G 14.1 21.6 18.4 18.2

JONAS GRAY’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2009 NEV (9.5) at UM (9.12) MSU (9.19) *at PUR (9.26) WASH (10.3) USC (10.17) BC (10.24) vs. WSU (10.31) NAVY (11.7) at PITT (11.14) UCONN (11.21) at STAN (11.28) * - games started

Rushing Att Yds 9 50 3 0 4 24 9 18 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 29

Avg 5.6 0.0 6.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 2.6

LG 19 4 15 0 0 0 6 14

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP

Rec 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0

Receiving Yds Avg 5 5.0 7 7.0 0 0.0 42 21.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

TD LG 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Picked to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... named to the Parade All-America team as one of the 58 best players in the country and one

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Rushing Att Yds 0 0 1 10 3 12 4 12

Avg 0.0 10.0 4.0 3.0

LG 0 10 8 11

3 9 0

14.7 2.4 0.0

36 5 0

44 22 0

Receiving TD Rec Yds 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 Did Not Play Did Not Play Did Not Play Did Not Play Did Not Play 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Did Not Play

Avg 0.0 13.0 0.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0 0

LG 0 13 0 0

0.0 0.0 0.0

0 0 0

Associated Press poll with 9-2 record, losing in Ohio Division I Region 4 state playoff quarterfinal to Middletown ... honorable mention pick on Cincinnati Enquirer Football All-Stars squad for 2009 ... named to Offense-Defense Top 250, Rivals.com 250 and SI.com/TAKKLE Top 200 lists for 2009 season ... completed 158 of 292 for 1,731 yards and 11 TDs with eight interceptions as junior in 2008 ... started for East squad in January 2010 Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Myrtle Beach, S.C. ... played for coach Jon Rodenberg at Moeller ... born Oct. 23, 1991 ... son of Rick and Jennifer Hendrix ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

MEDIA INFO

2010 PUR (9.4) UM (9.11) at MSU (9.18) STAN (9.25) at BC (10.2) PITT (10.9) WMU (10.16) at NAVY (10.23) TULSA (10.30) UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY (11.20) at USC (11.27) VS. MIAMI (12.31) * - games started

BENNETT

2 JACKSON Hazlet, N.J. (Raritan) Birthdate: 9-16-91

93 HEGGIE SO

6-5

270

2010 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action during the 2010 season. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played both offense and defense as senior in 2009 at Mount Dora High School in Mount Dora, Fla. ... caught 16 passes for 160 yards and three touchdowns as senior tight end in 2009 and tallied four sacks as defensive end ... first-team all-Lake/Sumter Counties selection as offensive lineman/tight end following senior campaign by Orlando Sentinel ... missed first three games of 2009 season due to injury, then returned to help Hurricanes to 6-4 record ... named one of top 100 players in Central Florida prior to senior year by Orlando Sentinel ... received honorable mention all-area accolades from Southlake Press following 2009 season ... ranks 10th in senior class academically with 4.2 grade-point average ... named academic all-state as senior in 2009 ... father Bruce Sr. played defensive end at Florida State from 1983-86 ... played for coach Chad Grabowski at Mount Dora ... born Oct. 18, 1991 ... son of Bruce Sr. and Susan Heggie. ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

X Single-Season Kickoff Returns (2010, 29, 3rd) X Single-Season Kickoff Return Yards (2010, 645, 4th) X Single-Season Total Punt/Kickoff Return Yards (2010, 645 KR, 0 PR, 8th) X Single-Game Kickoff Returns (Oct. 23, 2010 vs. Navy, 6, t-3rd) X Single-Game Kickoff Returns (Oct. 30, 2010 vs. Tulsa, 6, t-3rd)

JACKSON’S CAREER HIGHS

12 HENDRIX Cincinnati, Ohio (Moeller) Birthdate: 10-23-91

6-2

218

2010 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action during the 2010 season. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Completed 103 of 183 passes for 1,242 yards and eight touchdowns with four interceptions as senior in 2009 at Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio ... rushed 47 times for 238 yards and six TDs in 2009 ... completed 15 of 20 throws for 251 yards and two TDs in 2009 game vs. St. Edward ... helped Moeller to #5 ranking in final 2009 Ohio Division I

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named second-best wide receiver in New Jersey by SuperPrep

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CAREER: Enters spring ready to compete for playing time at quarterback ... strong-armed, athletic signal caller spent most of his freshman year on the Irish scout team, but moved into the third string role following the season-ending injury to Dayne Crist.

2010 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in all 13 games in 2010 ... Notre Dame Special Teams Player of the Year ... served as the lead kickoff returner and one of the top gunners on punt and kickoff return defense ... returned 29 kickoffs for a total of 645 yards, good for an average of 22.24 yards per return ... ranked 88th in the FBS in kickoff returns (22.24) ... raced 43 yards on his first career kickoff return, the longest return of the season for Notre Dame, at Boston College ... finished the game versus the Eagles with 111 yards on four kickoff returns, good for a 27.8 yard average ... ran 20 yards on a fake punt to help setup a Notre Dame touchdown against Tulsa ... took the opening kickoff against Utah and returned it 35 yards ... registered 10 tackles on special teams, including nine on kickoff return ... the 10 total special teams tackles ranked second-best on the team (only Steve Filer had more with 11) ... his nine kickoff return tackles was tied with Filer for most on the team ... recorded four solo tackles, all on kickoff return, in his Irish debut against Purdue and added another tackle against Michigan ... added one tackles during the matchup with Western Michigan ... added a pair of kickoff return tackles in the victory over Army ... added a tackle on kickoff return in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... totaled 270 snaps on special teams, tied with Steve Filer and Dan Fox for the most of any Irish player ... totaled six snaps on offense.

COACHES AND STAff

Carries: 1, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Rushing Yards: 20, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Longest Rush: 20, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Rushing Touchdowns: None Kickoff Returns: 6, twice (last vs. Tulsa, Oct. 30, 2010) Kickoff Return Yards: 126, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Longest Kick Return: 43, at Boston College (Oct. 2, 2010) Receptions: None Receiving Yards: None Longest Reception: None Receiving Touchdowns: None All-Purpose Yards: 146, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Total Tackles: 4, vs. Purdue (Sept. 4, 2010) Solo Tackles: 3, vs. Purdue (Sept. 4, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 1, vs. Purdue (Sept. 4, 2010) CAREER: Recruited to Notre Dame as a wide receiver but saw majority of action on special teams as a freshman ... served as one of the Irish kick returners and top kickoff/punt return tacklers ... Notre Dame Special Teams Player of the Year in 2010 ... has seen action in 13 career games ... moves to the secondary for the start of spring practice.

ANDREW

181

THE FIGHTING IRISH

CAREER: Enters spring ready to contribute as a reserve defensive end ... spent his freshman year gaining weight and strength while learning behind Ethan Johnson, Kapron Lewis-Moore and Hafis Williams.

Quarterback

6-0

JACKSON’S PLACE IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS

Sorrento, Fla. (Mount Dora) Birthdate: 10-18-91

Defensive End

2011 OUTLOOK

Cornerback

BRUCE

... recorded 40 receptions for 729 yards and rushed 20 times for 350 yards as senior in 2009 at Raritan High School in Hazlet, N.J. ... also played defensive back and intercepted four passes in 2009 ... led high Raritan to 8-3 record in 2009 ... named second-team all-state, first-team all-area and first-team all-Group 2 following senior season by Newark Star-Ledger ... selected first-team all-area by Asbury Park Press ... named preseason first-team all-state by MaxPreps ... scored 13 touchdowns and converted 53 PATs for 131 points as senior, ranking 26th in New Jersey scoring ... caught 35 passes for 509 yards with four TDs during junior season in 2008 and rushed 35 times for 267 yards and four TDs ... added two passing TDs, two punt returns for TDs and one kickoff return for a score during junior campaign ... averaged 38 yards per kickoff return and 18 yards per punt return in 2008 ... participated in New Jersey vs. Northeast All-Star Football Classic in June 2009 ... also competed in track and field as sprinter and high hurdler ... played for coach Bob Generelli at Raritan ... born Sept. 16, 1991 ... son of Bennett Sr. and Grace Jackson ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

JACKSON’S CAREER SPECIAL TEAM STATS Year 2010

G-S 13-0

Tackles TT UT 10 9

AT 1

TFL 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR 0 0-0

PBU 0

INT 0-0

PR 0

Yds 0

TD 0

LG 0

JACKSON’S CAREER RETURN STATS Year 2010

KR 29

Yds 645

Avg 22.2

TD 0

LG 43

Avg 0.0

Rush RCV 20 0

PR 0

KR 645

IR 0

Total Avg/G 665 55.4

ETHAN

90 JOHNSON Portland, Ore. (Lincoln) Birthdate: 12-18-89

Defensive End

6-4

300

JOHNSON’S CAREER HIGHS Total Tackles: 6, vs. Connecticut (Nov. 21, 2009) Solo Tackles: 5, at USC (Nov. 29, 2008) Assisted Tackles: 4, twice (last vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 16, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 2.0, three times (last vs. Purdue, Sept. 4, 2010) Sacks: 2.0, twice (last vs. Purdue, Sept. 4, 2010) Interceptions: None Forced Fumbles: 1, vs. Washington (Oct. 3, 2009) Fumble Recoveries: 1, three times (last vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 16, 2010) Pass Breakups: 2, at Michigan State (Sept. 20, 2008) Blocked Kicks: 1, vs. Michigan State (Sept. 19, 2009) CAREER: Strong and talented defensive lineman who played defensive end as freshman in Notre Dame’s 3-4 defensive scheme and slid inside to defensive tackle as sophomore in 4-3 defense run by Irish ... slid back to defensive end in Bob Diaco’s 3-4 defense last fall ... has played in all 38 games in his Notre Dame career and started 28 contests, including all 13 in 2010 ... totaled 83 tackles including 17.5 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks ... active leader on the Irish in sacks ... second among active players in tackles for loss, second in tackles for loss yardage and second in sacks yardage (trails only Darius Fleming in those categories) ... added five pass breakups, three fumble recoveries and one forced fumble. 2010 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 13 games in 2010 ... one of 11 players to start all 13 games for the Irish this season ... joined LB Darius Fleming, CB Gary Gray, DE Kapron Lewis-Moore, S Harrison Smith, ILB Manti Te’o and CB Darrin Walls as the only players on the defensive side of the ball to start all 13 games ... totaled 34 tackles on the season, including six tackles for loss (21 yards), five of which were for sacks (19 yards) ... ranked second on the team in sacks and fourth in tackles for loss ... tallied two

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Moved to defensive tackle in Notre Dame’s 4-3 defensive alignment and appeared in all 12 games while starting 11 contests (did not start against Navy) ... led Irish with four sacks and tied for third on team with six and a half sacks ... ranked ninth on team with career-high 32 tackles and added on pass breakup, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and one blocked kick ... very active at Michigan, recording four tackles including one tackle for loss ... tallied three tackles against Michigan State and also recorded first blocked kick of career ... blocked Spartans’ extra-point attempt with 1:24 remaining in third quarter to help preserve three-point victory ... it was first blocked kick recorded by Irish since Trevor Laws blocked field goal at Stanford in 2007 season finale ... at Purdue registered first career fumble recovery on final drive to secure Notre Dame’s victory ... had terrific all-around performance against Washington, totaling five tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and forced one fumble ... tallied three tackles with one and a half tackles for loss and one and a half sacks against Washington State in Alamodome ... recorded career-high six tackles in home finale against Connecticut, including one and a half tackles for loss and one sack ... notched three tackles in season finale at Stanford ... earned 262:54 of playing time and made 51 special-teams appearances. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Played in all 13 games for the Irish, including four starts (vs. Purdue, Washington, Boston College and Hawai’i) ... had a sound rookie campaign for the Irish compiling 18 total tackles (nine solo, nine assists) and dropping five ball-carriers for a loss ... also added 3.5 sacks and hurried quarterbacks two other times ... tied for team-high honors in sacks ... his first career tackle came against San Diego State in the season-opening victory ... recorded his first two career pass break-ups against Michigan State ... became Notre Dame’s third freshman to start on the year vs. Purdue ... tallied two tackles (both assists) and had a quarterback hurry against the Boilers ... registered his second career start at Washington and tallied a tackle (assist) and sack ... against Boston College, he started for the third time and tallied two tackles (solo, assist) and a tackle for loss vs. the Eagles ... was a bright spot in the defensive line rotation vs. USC ... tallied a career-high five tackles and a sack in the regular-season finale against the Trojans ... finished his rookie season with a solid performance vs. Hawai’i in Notre Dame’s bowl game ... tied for the team high (Steve Quinn) with two sacks, adding to Notre Dame’s eight team sacks against the Warriors ... logged 154:35 of playing time with 16 special-teams appearances.

JACKSON’S CAREER ALL-PURPOSE STATS Year 2010

sacks and three total tackles in the season-opening victory over Purdue ... collected three tackles against both Michigan and Michigan State ... registered one solo stop against both Stanford and Boston College ... posted three tackles against Pittsburgh ... posted a season high of five stops, including one and a half sacks and a fumble recovery against Western Michigan ... registered three tackles, including one for loss versus Navy ... recorded three tackles, one and a half for loss and one and a half sacks and a pass breakup against Tulsa ... recorded tackles for loss in three straight games (Western Michigan, Navy and Tulsa) ... made a pair of tackles in the victory at USC to close the regular season ... collected three assisted tackles in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... totaled 674 snaps on defense, second-most of any Irish defensive lineman.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Chosen to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio but could not due to injury ... touted by Rivals.com as the top player in the Pacific Northwest ... named to the Orange County Register’s Fab 15 team as one of he top 15 players in the western U.S. ... suffered a sprained knee in the first game of his senior season that caused him to miss the remainder of the season ... totaled 83 tackles and 10 sacks as a junior ... earned second-team all-state honors from The Oregonian following junior year ... named first-team all-conference as a junior and defensive player of the year for his conference following junior campaign ... played defensive tackle as a sophomore and junior when he had 24 combined sacks before switching to defensive end as a senior in a newly implemented 3-4 defense ... Lincoln registered a 21-3 record during his sophomore and junior seasons ... labeled by Rivals.com as the top player in Oregon and the second-best defensive end in the nation ... rated the 26thbest prospect by Sports Illustrated/TAKKLE.com ... ranked the 32nd-best player in his class by Tom Lemming and CSTV as well as Rivals.com ... Scout.com considered him the 49th-best player in the nation, the top player in Oregon and fourth-best defensive end prospect ... also participated in track and field for the Cardinals ... won the shot put at the Portland Interscholastic League meet and placed sixth at the state meet ... spent the summer after both his sophomore and junior years working as an intern in a Portland law firm ... played football for coach Chad Carlson at Lincoln ... born Dec. 18, 1989 ... son of Daniel and Rita Johnson ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business, majoring in finance.

JOHNSON’S CAREER STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S 13-4 12-11 13-13 38-28

Tackles TT UT 18 9 31 15 34 13 83 37

AT 9 16 21 46

TFL 5.0-21 6.5-39 6.0-21 17.5-81

Scks 3.5-17 4.0-32 5.0-19 12.5-68

Fumbles FF FR 0 0-0 1 2-0 0 1-0 1 3-0

PBU 2 1 2 5

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

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JOHNSON’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS TFL 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-4 0.0-0 1.0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-7 2.0-6

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-7 2.0-6

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2009 *NEV (9.5) *at UM (9.12) *MSU (9.19) *at PUR (9.26) *WASH (10.3) *USC (10.17) *BC (10.24) *vs. WSU (10.31) NAVY (11.7) *at PITT (11.14) *UCONN (11.21) *at STAN (11.28)

TT 2 4 3 2 5 2 1 3 0 1 6 3

UT 1 3 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 2

AT 1 1 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 4 1

TFL 0.0-0 1.0-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-7 0.5-2 0.0-0 1.5-14 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-12 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-6 0.5-2 0.0-0 1.5-14 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-10 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2010 TT *PUR (9.4) 3 *UM (9.11) 3 *at MSU (9.18) 3 *STAN (9.25) 1 *at BC (10.2) 1 *PITT (10.9) 3 *WMU (10.16) 5 *at NAVY (10.23) 3 *TULSA (10.30) 3 *UTAH (11.13) 4 *vs. ARMY (11.20) 0 *at USC (11.27) 2 *vs. MIAMI (12.31)3 * - games started

UT 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0

AT 1 2 2 0 0 2 4 2 1 3 0 1 3

TFL 2.0-8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-6 1.0-2 1.5-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 2.0-8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-6 0.0-0 1.5-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

7 JONES Gainesville, Ga. (Gainesville) Birthdate: 7-19-92

Wide Receiver

5-11

187

JONES’ CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 5, twice (last vs. Tulsa, Oct. 30, 2010) Receiving Yards: 73, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) Longest Reception: 53, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) Receiving Touchdowns: 1, three times (last vs. Navy, Oct. 23, 2010) All-Purpose Yards: 73, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) CAREER: Talented young wideout saw action in 12 games as a rookie ... gained experience at all three wide receiver positions ... hauled in 23 catches for 306 yards and three touchdowns in 2010 ... first Irish freshman wideout in school history to catch touchdown passes in each of his first two career games ... became the second freshman wide receiver in school history to register a touchdown in the Irish season opener ... enters spring practice as a projected starter at wideout. 2010 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in 12 games in 2010 (missed the Utah game with an injury) and started seven contests ... made his Irish debut against Purdue ... started against the Boilermakers, Michigan, Michigan State, Western Michigan, Navy, Tulsa and Miami (Fla.) ... recorded 23 season receptions for 306 yards and three touchdowns ... registered four catches this season of 20 yards or more ... 14 of 23 receptions have resulted in a touchdown or first down ... three of six catches on third down plays have resulted in a touchdown or first down ... first Irish freshman wideout in school history to catch touchdown passes in each of his first two career games ... became the second freshman wideout in Notre Dame history to register a touchdown in the Irish season opener ... recorded a five-yard touchdown reception against Purdue ... finished the game with the Boilermakers with three receptions for 41 yards ... collected three passes for a career-best 73 against Michigan ... hauled in a 53-yard touchdown pass from Crist against the Wolverines ... hooked up with Dayne Crist for 37 yards to help set up a Notre Dame field goal in the second quarter against Pittsburgh ... the 37-yard grab was the second longest of Jones’ brief career ... recorded one reception for 21 yards against Stanford ... registered a 16-yard touchdown reception against Navy ... added 53 yards receiving versus the Midshipmen ... registered 31 yards on five receptions against Tulsa ... collected a 19-yard catch in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... totaled 531 snaps on offense, second-most of any Irish wide receiver.

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HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected as SuperPrep All-American and 13th-best wide receiver nationally ... named MaxPreps.com second-team All-American as senior in 2009 ... finished with 76 receptions for 1,399 yards and 18 touchdowns as senior at Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Ga. ... also scored TDs via rushing, passing and fumble return in 2009 ... listed as 35th best player nationally on Sporting News Top 100 ... ranked 40th-best player nationally by SI.com/TAKKLE ... listed 68th-best player and 10th-best wide receiver in ESPNU 150 ... ranked by Scout.com as 138th-best prospect in 2009 ... Rivals. com ranked him 141st-best player in 2009 ... rated on the Offense-Defense 250 list ... member of Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia Top 50 team ... selected in 2009 preseason to Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia Super 11 squad ... named first-team all-state by Georgia Sports Writers Association following 2009 senior season ... rated 84th nationally on The Kickoff Top 120 ... selected to play in Under Armour All-America Game in St. Petersburg, Fla., and caught three passes for 29 yards ... helped Gainesville to Georgia state championship game in 2009 for first time since 1982 ... rated sixth-best player in Georgia by SuperPrep ... selected to Mobile Press-Register Super Southeast 120 team ... caught 81 passes for 979 yards as junior in 2008 ... first-team all-state pick by Associated Press and Georgia Sports Writers Association following junior campaign in 2008 ... helped high school team advance to Georgia state quarterfinals in 2008 ... averaged 19.6 yards on kickoff returns and 17.5 yards on punt returns as junior ... one of four players to enroll at Notre Dame in January 2010, joining Chris Badger, Tommy Rees and Lo Wood ... father Andre Jones was defensive end at Notre Dame from 1987-91 and played on 1988 Notre Dame national championship team ... uncle is Philip Daniels, defensive lineman with Washington Redskins ... godfather is former Notre Dame flanker Raghib “Rocket” Ismail ... played for coach Bruce Miller at Gainesville ... born July 19, 1992 ... son of Andre and Jones ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

COACHES AND STAff

AT 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0

THE FIGHTING IRISH

UT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 2

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TT 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 5 2

MEDIA INFO

2008 SDSU (9.6) UM (9.13) at MSU (9.20) *PUR (9.27) STAN (10.4) at UNC (10.11) *at UW (10.25) PITT (11.1) *at BC (11.8) vs. Navy (11.15) SYR (11.22) at USC (11.29) *at Hawai’i (12.24)

at Yankee stadium ... recorded seven tackles for the second straight game in the victory at USC ... four of which were solo stops (equaling season-high for solo tackles) ... collected four tackles, all assisted stops, in he Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... totaled 680 snaps on defense, the most of any Irish defensive lineman.

JONES’ CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year 2010

G-S 12-7

Rec 23

Yds 306

TD 3

LG 53

Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 1.9 13.3 25.5

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Made tremendous strides as sophomore, appearing in all 12 games and starting nine, after not seeing action as freshman ... led Irish defensive line and ranked sixth on team with 46 tackles ... recorded second-most tackles for loss on team with seven and his two and a half sacks ranked third ... added one forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... recovered fumble in Irish debut against Nevada ... started for first time against Michigan State and responded with four tackles and forced one fumble ... credited with four solo tackles at Purdue including first tackle for loss ... tallied seven tackles, including two tackles for loss and first career sack, against Washington ... continued to be one of top defensive linemen on team against USC when he recorded five tackles with one and a half tackles for loss and one-half sack ... registered six tackles against Boston College ... notched five tackles with one tackle for loss against Washington State ... tied career high with seven tackles against Navy, including one tackle for loss and one sack ... totaled 227:26 of playing time and made 51 appearances on special teams.

JONES’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2010 Rec *PUR (9.4) 3 *UM (9.11) 3 *at MSU (9.18) 2 STAN (9.25) 1 at BC (10.2) 1 PITT (10.9) 1 *WMU (10.16) 1 *at NAVY (10.23) 5 *TULSA (10.30) 5 UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY (11.20) 0 at USC (11.27) 0 *vs. MIAMI (12.31)1 * - games started

Yds Avg 41 13.7 73 24.3 10 5.0 21 21.0 14 14.0 37 37.0 7 7.0 53 10.6 31 6.2 Did Not Play 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 19.0

TD 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

LG 21 53 7 21 14 37 7 17 9

0 0 0

0 0 19

2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named to the Fabulous 55 team by the Austin AmericanStatesman for top players in Texas ... ranked No. 33 on the Fab 55 list ... considered the 29th-best prospect in Texas and the third-best defensive end in the Lone Star State by SuperPrep ... named a SuperPrep All-American as the 41st-best defensive line prospect in the country ... ranked the 33rd-best player in Texas by Rivals.com and the 13th-best strongside defensive end by the ... rated by Scout.com as the 32nd-best defensive end in the nation ... as a junior, collected 50 tackles and added six sacks, two forced fumbles and three recovered fumbles ... received second-team all-district honors following junior season ... helped lead the football team to the playoffs as a sophomore and junior ... named honorable mention all-district following sophomore season ... also played basketball for the Kangaroos ... led his team to one conference win after pouring in 31 points and grabbing 12 rebounds ... averaged a double-double for the Weatherford basketball team ... named newcomer of the year following his freshman season on the basketball team for district 4-5A by the Dallas Morning News ... also was a member of the track and field team ... played football for coach Kenny Wheaton ... born Jan. 24, 1990 ... son of Wanna Lewis and Archie Moore ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business, majoring in marketing.

KAPRON

89 LEWISMOORE Weatherford, Texas (Weatherford) Birthdate: 1-24-90

LEWIS-MOORE’S CAREER STATS Defensive End

6-4

295 Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

LEWIS-MOORE’S CAREER HIGHS Total Tackles: 10, vs. Navy (Oct. 23, 2010) Solo Tackles: 4, five times (last at USC, Nov. 27, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 8, vs. Utah (Nov. 13, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 2.0, vs. Washington (Oct. 3, 2009) Sacks: 1.0, four times (last vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 16, 2010) Interceptions: None Forced Fumble: 1, twice (last vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 16, 2010) Fumble Recoveries: 1, twice (last vs. Pittsburgh, Oct. 9, 2010) Pass Breakups: 1, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010)

Tackles TT UT

12-9 46 13-13 62 25-22 108

26 20 46

20 42 62

TFL Scks Did Not Play 7.0-23 2.5-12 2.5-19 2.0-19 9.5-42 4.5-31

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

1 1 2

0 1 1

0-0 0-0 0-0

1-0 1-0 2-0

LEWIS-MOORE’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

CAREER: Has played in 25 games in his Notre Dame career and started 22 contests, including all 13 in 2010 ... has totaled 108 career tackles, most of any Irish defensive lineman, including nine and a half tackles for loss and four and a half sacks ... added two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one pass breakup ... has two years of eligibility remaining ... paced the Irish defensive line in tackles each of the last two seasons ... played both defensive end and tackle as sophomore but moved exclusively to defensive end in 2010 as the Irish switched to a 3-4 defense ... hard-working player has added approximately 50 pounds to his body since he arrived on campus. 2010 (JUNIOR): Started all 13 games in 2010 ... one of 11 players to start all 13 games for the Irish ... joined LB Darius Fleming, CB Gary Gray, DE Ethan Johnson, S Harrison Smith, ILB Manti Te’o and CB Darrin Walls as the only players on the defensive side of the ball to start all 13 games ... totaled 62 tackles, which ranked fifth on the team but first among defensive lineman ... recorded 20 solo and 42 assisted stops ... added two and a half tackles for loss (19 yards) and two sacks (19 yards) ... registered four tackles and a sack for minus-14 yards in the season-opening victory over Purdue ... collected three solo tackles and three more assisted stops against Michigan ... registered six more tackles, including two solo stops, against Stanford ... added a solo tackle for the Irish against Pittsburgh ... made just two tackles, but added a sack for minus-five yards and forced fumble against Western Michigan ... collected a career-high 10 tackles, including three solo stops, against Navy ... registered eight assisted tackles in the victory over Utah ... posted a season-high tying four solo tackles (seven overall) in the win over Army

G-S

2009 NEV (9.5) at UM (9.12) *MSU (9.19) *at PUR (9.26) *WASH (10.3) *USC (10.17) *BC (10.24) vs. WSU (10.31) *NAVY (11.7) *at PITT (11.14) *UCONN (11.21) *at STAN (11.28)

TT 0 2 4 4 7 5 6 5 7 2 2 2

UT 0 2 1 4 4 3 2 4 4 0 2 0

AT 0 0 3 0 3 2 4 1 3 2 0 2

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 2.0-9 1.5-4 0.5-2 1.0-4 1.0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-7 0.5-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2010 *PUR (9.4) *UM (9.11) *at MSU (9.18) *STAN (9.25) *at BC (10.2) *PITT (10.9) *WMU (10.16) *at NAVY (10.23)

TT 4 6 0 6 1 4 2 10

UT 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 3

AT 3 3 0 4 1 3 1 7

TFL 1.0-14 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-5 0.0-0

Scks 1.0-14 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-5 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

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1 0 4 4 0

2 8 3 3 4

0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 0 0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

CHRISTIAN

74 LOMBARD Iverness, Ill. (Fremd) Birthdate: 1-5-92

6-5

301

CAREER: Big offensive tackle prospect who spent his freshman season concentrating on strength and conditioning ... tutored by returning starters Zack Martin and Taylor Dever ... enters spring practice looking to compete for a spot in the offensive line rotation. 2010 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action during the 2010 season.

2009 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action for Irish. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in 2009 Under Armour All-American game in Orlando ... named to Best in Midwest team by Detroit Free Press as the fifth-best player and second-best offensive lineman (behind future classmate Chris Watt) in the Midwest ... ranked as 107th-best prospect in the SI/TAKKLE Top 200 ... rated 110th in ESPNU150 and 10th-best offensive tackle according to ESPN ... named to Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50 All-State team as an offensive lineman in senior year ... selected first-team all-state in 2008 by Indianapolis Star and Associated Press ... also named to Indianapolis Star’s 2008 Super Team ... tallied 114 pancake blocks during senior campaign ... first-team all-state selection as senior and junior ... named to Bloomington Herald Times Junior All-State team as sophomore ... selected to Bloomington Herald Times Top 33 team as junior and senior ... selected as SuperPrep All-American and 20thbest offensive lineman ... SuperPrep ranked him as 16th-best player in the Midwest ... ranked as second-best prospect in the Rivals.com Indiana postseason rankings ... member of Indiana Class 3A State Championship team as sophomore with 12-3 record ... helped lead high school team to 14-1 record and second consecutive Indiana Class 3A state championship as junior in 2007 ... started both ways as sophomore along offensive and defensive lines ... recorded 73 tackles including five tackles for loss as defensive tackle during sophomore season in 2006 ... father played football at Kentucky ... played for head coach Vince Lorenzano at Bishop Chatard High School ... born Nov. 20, 1990 ... full name is Zachary Edward Martin ... son of Pam and Keith Martin ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business.

MARTIN’S CAREER STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

G-S Did Not Play 13-13 13-13

LUKE

14 MASSA Cincinnati, Ohio (St. Xavier) Birthdate: 8-16-91

Wide Receiver

70 MARTIN

6-4

220

CAREER: Recruited to Notre Dame as a quarterback but moves to wide receiver for the start of spring practice ... spent freshman season on the Irish scout team as a quarterback for the first half of the season and played wide receiver for the second half of the year. 2010 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action during the 2010 season.

Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard) Birthdate: 11-20-90

6-4

300

2010 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in all 13 games in 2010 ... one of 11 players to start all 13 games for the Irish this season ... joined C Braxston Cave, OG Chris Stewart and OG Trevor Robinson as the only players on the offensive side of the ball to start all 13 games ... won the Guardian of the Year Award from the Guardian Life Insurance Company (a sponsor of Irish football on ISP radio broadcasts) as the top Notre Dame offensive lineman ... made his first career start against Purdue ... started 11 games at left tackle and two games at right tackle (vs. Pittsburgh and Western Michigan) ... named Jimmy Rogers, Jr. Most Valuable Lineman following the victory over Miami (Fla.) in the Hyundai Sun Bowl ... the Irish offensive

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CAREER: Started all 13 games in 2010, his first in an Irish uniform ... started 11 games at left tackle and two games at right tackle ... 2010 Guardian of the Year Award from the Guardian Life Insurance Company (a sponsor of Irish football on ISP radio broadcasts) as the top Notre Dame offensive lineman ... did not see any game action in 2009 ... enters spring practice as the projected starter at left tackle.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: First-team quarterback on Cincinnati Enquirer Division I Football All-Stars squad for 2009 ... threw for 1,800 yards and 16 touchdowns while completing 67 percent of his throws as senior in 2009 for St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati ... earned all-league honors in 2009 while helping St. Xavier to Cincinnati Greater Catholic League South title ... helped St. Xavier to final number-four ranking in Associated Press poll to end 2009 regular season – and 9-3 final record following regional semifinal playoff loss to Elder in 2009 Ohio Division I playoffs ... completed 20 of 28 passes in that Elder game, his final high school contest, for 221 yards and a TD ... hit 14 of 17 throws for 194 yards and three TDs in first-round state playoff win vs. Centerville ... completed 66 of 124 passes for 752 yards and three TDs as junior in 208 despite laying in only four games due to collarbone injury ... career numbers at St. Xavier included 3,496 passing yards and 28 TDs ... also a starting forward in basketball in 2009-10 for St. Xavier ... father Gary is former basketball captain at Xavier ... grandfather Larry Krutko played football as fullback at West Virginia and three seasons with NFL Pittsburgh Steelers in 1958-60 ... mother Mary is a television personality in Cincinnati real estate market ... from same high school that produced 2001 Irish captain and current Pittsburgh Steeler linebacker Rocky Boiman ... played for head coach Steve Specht at St. Xavier ... born Aug. 16, 191 ... son of Gary and Mary Massa ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

COACHES AND STAff

ZACK

THE FIGHTING IRISH

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: USA Today first-team prep All-America offensive lineman ... EA Sports first-team All-American ... named to Parade magazine All-America team for 2009 as one of 18 offensive and defensive linemen ... MaxPreps #30 national prospect and second-team All-American ... played offensive right tackle for Fremd High School in Palatine, Ill. ... Gatorade Player of the Year for state of Illinois in 2009 ... selected to Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 8A all-state football squad for 2009 (one of 18) ... named to Chicago Tribune all-state team as senior in 2009 after helping Fremd to perfect regular season and final 11-1 finish after falling in Illinois Class 8A quarterfinals ... first-team pick on Champaign News-Gazette all-state squad for 2009 ... rated #13 offensive lineman nationally by SuperPrep ... rated 103rd nationally on The Kickoff Top 120 ... made 32 tackles on defense as senior in 2009 ... played in 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... named to Daily Herald Northwest Suburban all-area team for 2009 and 2008 ... helped team average 331 yards per game ... helped Fremd to 8-3 record as junior in 2008 ... attended U.S. Army All-American Combine in January 2009 and Notre Dame football camp in summer of 2009 ... earned special mention on all-area team as sophomore in 2007 ... played for coach Mike Donatucci at Fremd ... born Jan. 5, 1992 ... son of Greg and Erin Lombard ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

Offensive Tackle

2011 OUTLOOK

Offensive Tackle

line allowed 20 sacks over their 13 games in 2010, which averaged out to 1.54 sacks per game ... Notre Dame had not allowed fewer sacks per game since 1998 when the Irish allowed only nine sacks in 11 games or 0.82 per game ... totaled 831 snaps on offense, the most of any Irish offense lineman and second-most of any Notre Dame player.

MEDIA INFO

*TULSA (10.30) 3 *UTAH (11.13) 8 *vs. ARMY (11.20) 7 *at USC (11.27) 7 *vs. MIAMI (12.31)4 * - games started

DAN

ANTHONY

15 MCCARTHY

54 MCDONALD

Youngstown, Ohio (Cardinal Mooney) Birthdate: 5-20-89

Safety

Burbank, Calif. (Notre Dame) Birthdate: 10-18-89

6-2

205

Inside Linebacker

CAREER: Has played in 12 career games ... missed half of last season due to injury ... has contributed predominantly on special teams and scout team for the Irish ... enters spring practice in competition for playing time at one of the safety positions. 2010 (JUNIOR): Played in seven games for the Irish, including Purdue, Michigan State, Stanford, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Western Michigan and Tulsa (missed the final three games of regular season and the bowl game due to injury) ... totaled five tackles ... recorded three solo and two assisted stops ... added one-half tackle for loss (1 yard) and one forced fumble ... made one solo tackle at Boston College ... posted an assisted tackle against Pittsburgh ... registered three tackles, including two solo stops, in the victory over Western Michigan ... also added a half tackle for loss and forced fumble versus the Broncos ... totaled 22 snaps on defense. 2009 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in five games for Irish against Nevada, Washington State, Navy, Pittsburgh and Connecticut ... played primarily on special teams but also contributed as backup safety against Nevada and Washington State ... made Irish debut against Nevada in season opener ... recorded first career tackle against Washington State in San Antonio ... logged 1:08 of playing time and made 15 special-teams appearances. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named Gatorade Player of the Year for Ohio ... finalist for Mr. Football award in Ohio ... earned second-team All-America honors from USA Today following senior season ... one of five future Irish players placed on the EA Sports All-America third team ... named offensive player of the year for Division IV by the Associated Press and the quarterback on the Associated Press NE Inland Division IV all-district football team ... ranked by Scout.com as the sixth-best Ohio prospect and eighth-best safety in the nation ... Rivals.com rated him to be the 12th-best player in Ohio and the 14th-best safety in the country ... played in first 12 games for Mooney and helped team go undefeated in those contests while being ranked No. 1 in Ohio and No. 9 in the nation by USA Today ... rushed for 1,340 yards with 15 TDs and passed for 625 yards with seven TDs as a senior ... posted 137 tackles and nine sacks during senior season ... gained 128 yards on the ground with one TD and passed for 103 yards with two TDs to lead Mooney to a 21-17 win over Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary’s ... rushed for 161 yards and two TDs in the Cardinals 28-0 victory over Bishop Watterson in the regular-season finale ... as a junior, helped lead his team to a state championship - the sixth in school history - after playing both quarterback and defensive back ... in the state title game, rushed 22 times for 161 yards and a TD and completed two of four passes for 61 yards en route to the 26-12 victory ... threw for 785 yards and eight TDs while rushing for 1,910 yards and 21 TDs during junior season and added 112 tackles, seven sacks and two interceptions on defense ... grandfather Jack Mayo attended Notre Dame from 1943-47 and was captain of the baseball team his final year ... older brother Kyle played safety at Notre Dame from 2005-09 and was captain in ’09 ... older brother Brian also attended Notre Dame and graduated in ’06 ... played for coach P.J. Fecko at Mooney ... named to National Honor Society ... four-year member of the student council, spanish and science clubs in high school ... born May 20, 1989 ... son of John and Janet McCarthy ... second youngest of four children (all boys) ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business.

MCCARTHY’S CAREER STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S

Tackles TT UT

5-0 7-0 12-0

1 5 6

0 2 2

1 3 4

TFL Scks Did Not Play 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

0 1 1

0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0

6-2

238

CAREER: Has seen action in 23 games over Irish career, predominantly on special teams ... batted a knee injury for most of 2010 ... did not play as freshman but proved to be valuable asset on multiple specialteams units as only three players made more special-teams appearances in 2009 ... enters spring practice to compete for starting spot at inside linebacker ... missed 2009 spring drills while recovering from knee injury that shortened his freshman season. 2010 (JUNIOR): Played in 11 games for the Irish (did not play against Utah or USC) ... majority of playing time comes on a variety of special teams units ... totaled 11 tackles... recorded six solo and three assisted stops ... registered three tackles against Michigan State, Stanford and Miami (Fla.) ... collected solo tackles against Michigan, the Cardinal and Army ... registered one personal tackle against Army ... saw increased action in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) following injury to Manti Te’o ... totaled 70 snaps on defense. 2009 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in all 12 games during 2009 season, making his first career appearance against Nevada in opener ... recorded 10 total tackles ... notched multi-tackle games against Nevada and Connecticut ... also recorded one tackle each against Michigan State, USC, Washington State, Navy and Stanford ... saw 4:29 of playing time and logged 180 appearances on special teams ... only Steve Filer (213 appearances), Scott Smith (209) and Bobby Burger (183) made more special-teams appearances. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... placed on all-Southern California team by Southern California Football Coaches Association and Orange County Register ... named to first-team all-Southern California team by GoldenStatePreps. com ... named a third-team all-state selection by CalHiSports.com as a senior ... recorded 79 tackles and one sack in 11 games during senior season ... named to the 2007 L.A. Times preseason All-Southland team ... one of just two juniors selected to the all-CIF Pac-5 Division team after his junior season ... selected to the second team all-state underclass squad following junior season in which he recorded 101 tackles, 30 tackles for loss,10 sacks and forced five fumbles ... ranked by Scout.com the eighth-best middle linebacker in the country and the 16th-best prospect in California ... considered the 22nd-best player in California by SuperPrep and the third-best linebacker in the state ... Rivals.com rated him No. 31 in the state of California and the 11th-best inside linebacker ... three-year starter for the Knights ... as a sophomore starting in the Southern Section Division III championship game, recorded 22 tackles in a loss to Dominguez H.S. ... father Mike played at USC and was a long snapper for the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL ... brother Michael plays quarterback at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga ... cousin Bruce Luizzi also played at USC ... high school teammate of classmate Dayne Crist ... numerous notable alumni from Notre Dame High School include actresses Rachel Bilson and Kirsten Dunst, University of Pittsburgh head basketball coach Jamie Dixon and current NFL players Justin Fargas and Nick Folk ... played for coach Kevin Rooney ... born Oct. 18, 1989 ... son of Mike and Cathy McDonald ... youngest of three children ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in sociology.

MCDONALD’S CAREER STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S

Tackles TT UT

12-0 11-0 23-0

10 11 21

5 5 10

5 6 11

TFL Scks Did Not Play 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0

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Raleigh, N.C. (Southeast Raleigh) Birthdate: 11-15-91

Inside Linebacker

6-1

242

CAREER: Spent freshman season on the Irish scout team ... named Notre Dame Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year in 2010 ... enters spring practice in competition for playing time at one of the linebacker spots.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Participated in 2009 U.S. Army All-American Game in San Antonio ... selected to play in Hawaii Football Prep Classic, featuring all-star team from the U.S. mainland against all-star team from Hawaii ... Rivals.com ranked him 54th in Rivals100 rankings ... rated the eighth-best overall prospect in Florida according to Rivals.com’s postseason prospect rankings by state ... rated the 168th overall prospect in SI/TAKKLE Top 200 ... ranked 179th overall player according to Scout.com ... member of Florida Varsity Top 100 ... named Class 6A first-team all-state in Florida in 2007 and first-team academic all-state in 2008 for Florida Class 6A football ... named District 17 Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008 ... named SuperPrep All-American as 25th-best linebacker nationally ... ranked 13th among Florida’s best players according to SuperPrep’s Florida 110 ... selected to the Jacksonville Times-Union’s Florida Super 75 squad ... tabbed the second-best outside linebacker in Florida by the Times-Union ... named first-team Class 6A all-state as a senior ... tallied 137 tackles including eight tackles for a loss and three sacks during senior campaign at Vero Beach High School… one of three early enrollees at Notre Dame, joining E.J. Banks and Tyler Stockton ... played for head coach Gary Coggin at Vero Beach High School ... born May 14, 1990 ... full name is Ezekiel Edward Motta ... son of Bill Motta, who was the defensive coordinator at Vero Beach High School ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters as an industrial design major.

ZEKE

17 MOTTA

MOTTA’S CAREER STATS

Vero Beach, Fla. (Vero Beach) Birthdate: 5-14-90

6-2

215

MOTTA’S CAREER HIGHS Total Tackles: 11, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Solo Tackles: 5, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 6, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 1.0, vs. Pittsburgh (Oct. 9, 2010) Sacks: 0.5, vs. Washington State (Oct. 31, 2009) Interceptions: 1, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010 Forced Fumble: None Fumble Recoveries: 1, vs. Stanford (Sept. 25, 2010) Pass Breakups: 1, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010)

G-S 12-0 13-8 25-8

Tackles TT UT 12 6 50 30 62 36

AT 6 20 26

TFL 0.5-1 1.5-1 2.0-2

Scks 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.5-1

Fumbles FF FR 0 0-0 0 1-0 0 1-0

PBU 0 2 2

INT 0-0 1-0 1-0

MOTTA’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2009 NEV (9.5) at UM (9.12) MSU (9.19) at PUR (9.26) WASH (10.3) USC (10.17) BC (10.24) vs. WSU (10.31) NAVY (11.7) at PITT (11.14) UCONN (11.21) at STAN (11.28)

TT 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0

UT 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

AT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2010 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games for the Irish, starting against Michigan, Michigan State, Western Michigan, Navy, Tulsa, Utah, USC and Miami (Fla.) ... totaled 50 tackles... recorded 30 solo and

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CAREER: Has played in 25 career games, including eight starts in 2010 ... has totaled 62 tackles, 36 solo stops, two tackles for loss, one-half sack, two pass breakups, one fumble recovery and one interception ... talented, young player enrolled early in 2009 and spent the spring of 2010 practicing at linebacker before moving to safety in fall ... utilized more towards middle and end of freshman season as extra rusher in box ... carved out major contributing role on special teams in first year with Irish ... starts 2011 as potential starter alongside Harrison Smith at safety.

Year 2009 2010 Total

COACHES AND STAff

Safety

THE FIGHTING IRISH

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named SuperPrep All-American and eighth-best player in North Carolina by SuperPrep ... earned All-America accolades at inside linebacker in 2009 from PrepStar ... named first-team all-state as senior by NCPreps.com ... tallied 120 tackles and 10 sacks during senior season in 2009 at Southeast Raleigh High School in Raleigh, N.C. ... helped Southeast Raleigh to 10-3 record and second round of North Carolina state playoffs in 2009 ... scored tying touchdown for Bulldogs as running back on three-yard plunge in fourth quarter of second-round playoff game to force overtime ... key member of defense that limited five opponents to a touchdown or less ... named eighth-best player in North Carolina by Charlotte Observer ... recorded 125 tackles with seven sacks and added 30 receptions and seven touchdowns as tight end during junior campaign in 2008 ... led Southeast Raleigh to 11-3 record in 2008 ... registered 110 tackles and one interception as a sophomore in 2007 ... played for coach Daniel Finn at Southeast Raleigh ... born Nov. 15, 1991 ... son of Jeffrey and Tammie Moore ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

2011 OUTLOOK

2010 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action during the 2010 season … selected Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year at year-end banquet for his stellar contributions in practice situations against the first-team offense.

2009 (FRESHMAN): One of three freshmen to play in every game ... contributed primarily on special teams and also moved back and forth between outside linebacker and safety ... participated on four special teams units and was standout performer on kickoff coverage where he was credited with eight tackles ... ranked fourth on team in special-teams tackles with eight and tied for second on squad in kickoff return tackles ... finished season with 12 tackles including one-half sack and one-half tackle for loss ... registered career-high four tackles, including half a sack, against Washington State at San Antonio’s Alamodome ... notched three stops against Michigan State ... earned 11:06 of playing time and ranked fifth on team with 166 appearances on special teams.

MEDIA INFO

8 MOORE

20 assisted stops ... ranked seventh on the team in tackles ... added one and a half tackles for loss (one yard), one fumble recovery, one interception and two pass break-ups ... tallied three tackles, including two solo stops against Purdue ... registered four tackles and a pass breakup against Michigan ... registered career-highs in total tackles (11), solo stops (five) and assisted tackles (six) against Michigan State ... added a half tackle for loss and interception against the Spartans ... registered three solo stops and four tackles overall against Stanford and three total stops (all solo tackles) against Pittsburgh ... added a tackle for loss against the Panthers ... registered four tackles, two solo, in the victory over Western Michigan ... totaled six tackles, five assisted stops, against Navy ... collected three tackles, two solo stops, against Utah ... totaled four solo tackles in the regular season finale at USC ... recorded four tackles, three solos, in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... totaled 553 snaps on defense, fourth-most of any Irish defensive back and second-most of any safety.

2010 TT PUR (9.4) 3 *UM (9.11) 4 *at MSU (9.18) 11 STAN (9.25) 4 at BC (10.2) 3 PITT (10.9) 3 *WMU (10.16) 4 *at NAVY (10.23) 6 *TULSA (10.30) 1 *UTAH (11.13) 3 vs. ARMY (11.20) 0 *at USC (11.27) 4 *vs. MIAMI (12.31)4 * - games started

UT 2 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 4 3

AT 1 2 6 1 1 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 1

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

INT 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

TATE

64 NICHOLS Walton, Ky. (Ryle) Birthdate: 3-19-92

Offensive Tackle

6-8

320

CAREER: Big offensive tackle prospect who spent his freshman season concentrating on strength and conditioning ... tutored by returning starters Zack Martin and Taylor Dever ... enters spring practice looking to compete for a spot in the offensive line rotation ... played tight end and defensive end in high school. 2010 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action during the 2010 season.

BRANDON

99 NEWMAN Louisville, Ky. (Pleasure Ridge Point) Birthdate: 2-15-90

Nose Guard

6-0

303

CAREER: Has seen action in one game through his first three seasons with Irish and enters spring ready to compete for playing time at nose guard.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Caught 28 passes for 455 yards and three touchdowns as senior tight end and defensive end in 2009 at Ryle High School in Union, Ken. ... one of 22 players on Class of the Commonwealth squad for 2009 by Lexington Herald-Leader ... second-team 2009 all-state pick in Kentucky in athlete category by Louisville Courier-Journal ... first-team selection as tight end on Cincinnati Enquirer Northern Kentucky Football All-Stars ... one of two recipients of Brian Williams “That’s My Boy” Award given by local chapter of National Football Foundation to top scholar-athlete in Northern Kentucky ... helped Ryle to 9-4 record in 2009, including second-round Kentucky playoff loss to eventual state champion St. Xavier ... one of Ryle’s four losses in 2009 came to eventual state champion Highlands team that includes fellow Notre Dame letter-of-intent signee Austin Collinsworth ... played wide receiver as sophomore, then moved to tight end for junior and senior seasons ... distant relative of current Irish tight end Kyle Rudolph ... played for coach Bryson Warner at Ryle ... born March 19, 1992 ... son of Dave and Annie Nichols ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

2010 (JUNIOR): Did not see game action during the 2010 season. 2009 (SOPHOMORE): Participated in one game and did not record a tackle ... made Irish debut in San Antonio’s Alamodome against Washington State as reserve defensive lineman. 2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Chosen to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... one of 11 players from Kentucky named to the 2007 All-Southern Team by the Orlando Sentinel ... selected as a first-team Kentucky all-state performer by the Associated Press following his senior year ... received second-team all-state honors following junior season from the Associated Press ... named a second-team all-state selection following his junior and senior seasons by the Louisville Courier-Journal ... selected to the Mobile Press-Register’s Super Southeast 120 team as the 89th-best prospect in the region and eighth-best defensive tackle in the southeast ... rated the second-best player in Kentucky by Rivals. com and the 22nd-best defensive tackle in the nation ... ranked by Scout.com as the 16th-best defensive tackle in the country and the third-best player in Kentucky ... recorded 41 tackles and three sacks as a senior ... placed on the preseason Tremendous 26 team, as selected by Kentucky high school coaches, prior to his senior season ... posted 68 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, eight sacks, three blocked extra points and one blocked punt as a junior ... totaled 126 tackles in his high school career, including 31.5 tackles for loss ... four-year letterwinner in football and track and field ... three-time captain of the football team ... played football for coach Chris Wolfe at Pleasure Ridge Park ... member of the National Honor Society ... born Feb. 15, 1990 in Orange County Calif. ... son of Lance Newman Sr. ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters as a film, television and theatre major.

NEWMAN’S CAREER STATS Year G-S 2008 2009 1-0 2010 Total 1-0

Tackles TT UT

TFL Scks Did Not Play 0.0-0 0.0-0 Did Not Play 0.0-0 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

0-0

LOUIS

9 NIX III Jacksonville, Fla. (Raines) Birthdate: 7-31-91

Nose Guard

6-3

340

CAREER: Typical 3-4 nose guard prospect who spent his freshman season concentrating on strength and conditioning ... tutored by the departed Ian Williams ... enters spring practice looking to compete for a starting spot on the defensive line. 2010 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action during the 2010 season. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named to Florida Super 75 and to Jacksonville Super 24 teams by Jacksonville Times-Union following his senior year in 2009 ... rated 59th nationally on Sporting News Top 100 list ... tabbed SuperPrep All-American and eighth-best defensive tackle nationally ... made 50 tackles and 10 sacks as senior in 2009 at Raines High School in Jacksonville, Fla. ... a 2009 all-First Coast pick as defensive lineman by Jacksonville Times-Union ... selected to play in Under Armour All-America Game in St. Petersburg, Fla. ... tallied 19 combined sacks as a sophomore and junior in 2007 and 2008 ... selected to Jacksonville Times-Union Super 11 squad prior to senior season and was labeled “most disruptive” player in First Coast ... named to Super Southeast 120 team by Mobile Press-Register ... rated 64th-best player nationally and sixthbest defensive tackle in ESPNU 150 ... listed as seventh-best defensive tackle nationally and 85th-best player by Rivals.com ... rated ninth-best defensive tackle in country and 102nd-best prospect nationally by Scout. com ... ranked 108th player nationally by SI.com/TAKKLE ... rated on Offense-Defense Top 250 list ... rated 75th nationally by The Kickoff Top 120 ... tallied 60 tackles and 10 sacks as junior and named second-team all-First Coast by Jacksonville Times-Union ... helped Raines High School to 7-4 record and appearance in Florida state playoffs as sophomore in 2007 ... named to Jacksonville Times-Union second-team all-First Coast in 2007 ... also played basketball ... played for coach Deran Wiley at Raines ... born July 31, 1991 ... son of Louis Nix and Stephanie Ancrum ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

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DAVID

36 POSLUSZNY

Ashburn, Va. (Stone Bridge) Birthdate: 12-7-88

Aliquippa, Pa. (Hopewell) Birthdate: 9-21-89

Offensive Guard

6-5

303

Inside Linebacker

MEDIA INFO

76 NUSS

6-0

235

CAREER: Has played in 16 career games ... has two years of eligibility remaining ... solid special-teams performer for Irish in 2009 and 2010 ... will look to challenge for playing time at inside linebacker this spring ... did not play as freshman and appeared in 10 contests during sophomore season ... played primarily on special teams but earned some snaps as reserve linebacker.

2010 (SENIOR): Played in 12 games (did not play against Purdue) as a reserve lineman and a specialteams member ... the Irish offensive line allowed 20 sacks over their 13 games in 2010, which averaged out to 1.54 sacks per game ... Notre Dame had not allowed fewer sacks per game since 1998 when the Irish allowed only nine sacks in 11 games or 0.82 per game ... totaled 51 snaps on offense.

2010 (JUNIOR): Played in six games for the Irish during the season against Michigan, Western Michigan, Navy, Tulsa, Utah and Miami (Fla.) ... recorded one tackle in 2010 ... an assisted tackle against Navy.

2009 (JUNIOR): Saw action in 11 games during 2009 campaign (did not play against Boston College) as reserve offensive lineman and on special teams ... played primarily as reserve offensive guard ... received 106:56 of playing time and made 154 special-teams appearances ... ranked sixth on team in special-teams appearances. 2008 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in two games (Navy and Hawai’i) as a reserve offensive guard ... logged 15:27 of playing time and three special-teams appearances. 2007 (FRESHMAN): Did not see playing time as a reserve offensive lineman in his first season.

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named second-team Pennsylvania all-state by the Associated Press for Class AAA in 2007 ... ranked by Rivals.com as the 22nd-best player in Pennsylvania and the 34th-best outside linebacker in the nation ... rated by Scout.com as the 30th-best weakside linebacker in the country and the 36th-best prospect from Pennsylvania ... named to the Pennsylvania preseason all-state football team in 2007 by SPORTSfever Magazine ... received honorable mention accolades on the 2007 all-WesternPAFootball.net big school team (Class AAA-Class AAAA) ... received United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award ... totaled 38 tackles and one sack as a senior ... missed the final eight games of his junior season with a shoulder injury and missed three games during his senior campaign because of a concussion ... older brother Paul was an all-American at Penn State and now plays for the Buffalo Bills ... older brother Stan played baseball at West Virginia ... played for coach Dave Vestal at Hopewell ... became first Hopewell player to letter all four years in football ... besides his brother, Paul, another Hopewell product to reach the NFL is Tony Dorsett ... born Sept. 21, 1989 ... son of Paul and Jacqueline Posluszny ... one of five children ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business as a management-entreprenurship major.

POSLUSZNY’S CAREER STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S

Tackles TT UT

10-0 6-0 16-0

3 1 4

1 1 2

2 0 2

TFL Scks Did Not Play 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

0 0 0

0-0 0-0 0-0

G-S Did Not Play 1-0 10-0 12-0 23-0

COACHES AND STAff

NUSS’ CAREER STATS

2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action as a rookie.

THE FIGHTING IRISH

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in the inaugural Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. with future teammate Golden Tate ... named to the all-Metro first-team offense by the Washington Post after helping the Bulldogs rush for over 3,000 yards as a senior ... ranked the second-best offensive lineman in Virginia and ninth best overall player in the state by the Roanoke Times ... rated the ninth-best prospect in Virginia and 22nd-best offensive tackle in the nation by Rivals. com ... rated the 18th-best interior lineman in the country by Tom Lemming ... Scout.com lists him as the 52nd-best offensive tackle in the country and the 20th-best prospect in Virginia ... named to the 2006 all-Metro team by the Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C. ... rated 87th-best player in the East in the preseason by The Sporting News SchoolSports ... as a senior, blocked for a running back that shattered the school record with 1,744 rushing yards and 29 touchdowns ... high school started 10-0 before falling in the Group AAA Northern Region Division 5 championship this past season ... helped his high school reach the Group AAA Division 5 championship game as a junior ... played for coach Mickey Thompson at Stone Bridge ... son of Michael and Andrea Nuss ... born Dec. 7, 1988 ... first-team all-state Associated Press ... first-team all-state coaches poll ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a finance major.

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Linebacker appeared in 10 games for Irish, mostly seeing special-teams action ... totaled three tackles including two solo stops ... recorded first career tackle against Purdue ... had first career multi-tackle game, notching one solo and one assist against Washington State ... logged 6:16 of playing time as reserve linebacker and made 89 special-teams appearances.

2011 OUTLOOK

CAREER: One of six fifth-year seniors on scholarship on 2011 Irish roster (Harrison Smith, David Ruffer, Mike Ragone, Gary Gray and Taylor Dever are the others) ... has played in 23 career games, including 22 over the last two seasons ... versatile member of offensive line has provides depth on interior and shown the ability to slide outside to tackle if needed ... valuable member of Irish special teams units.

2010 REVIEW

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RAGONE’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total

MIKE

83 RAGONE Camden, N.J. (Camden Catholic) Birthdate: 2-18-88

Tight End

Rec 1

Yds 7

12-7 12-2 35-9

6 3 10

60 32 99

TD LG 0 7 Did Not Play 0 30 0 12 0 30

Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 0.1 7.0 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.3

10.0 10.7 9.9

5.0 2.7 2.8

RAGONE’S 2010 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 6-4

245

RAGONE’S CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 3, vs. Connecticut (Nov. 21, 2009) Receiving Yards: 33, vs. Navy (Nov. 7, 2009) Receiving Touchdowns: None Longest Reception: 30, vs. Navy (Nov. 7, 2009) CAREER: One of six fifth-year seniors on scholarship on 2011 Irish roster (Harrison Smith, David Ruffer, Andrew Nuss, Gary Gray and Taylor Dever are the others) ... has played in 35 career games, including nine starts ... has recorded 10 career receptions for 99 yards, including a career-long reception of 30 yards against Navy in 2009 ... talented tight end helps to form one of best tight end combinations in college football when combined with Tyler Eifert ... good hands and good speed have helped him at tight end as well as make him valuable contributor on special teams ... missed sophomore season while recovering from knee injury suffered during training camp ... enters spring practice ready to compete with Eifert for starting tight end spot 2010 (SENIOR): Played in 12 games for the Irish, starting against Tulsa and Utah ... did not play in the season opener against Purdue ... recorded three receptions for 32 yards... registered catches in three consecutive games (Pittsburgh, Western Michigan and Navy) ... recorded an 11-yard reception against the Panthers ... snatched a 12-yard pass versus the Broncos ... collected a nine-yard pass against the Midshipmen ... totaled 183 snaps on offense, third most of any Irish tight end. 2009 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 12 games at tight end after returning from season-ending injury in 2008 ... started in seven contests (did not start against Michigan, Michigan State, USC, Boston College, Navy) ... started as primary tight end in final three games and started as second tight end against Nevada, Purdue, Washington and Washington State ... ended season with six catches for 60 yards ... made first career start against Nevada in the season opener ... hauled in first catch of year against Washington State, good for six yards ... made incredible hustle play against Cougars to deny them of two points as he chased down Washington State player attempting to return a blocked extra-point attempt ... set career high in receiving yards (33 yards on two receptions) against Navy, including career-best 30-yard reception ... set career high in receptions against Connecticut, hauling in three passes for 21 yards ... totaled 158:45 of playing time and made 101 special-teams appearances. 2008 (SOPHOMORE): Did not see any game action ... missed the entire season after undergoing surgery to repair torn ACL following training camp practices. 2007 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in 11 games as a freshman on special teams and as a reserve tight end (did not play vs. Georgia Tech) ... played in every game except for season opener vs. Georgia Tech ... made 113 special teams appearances and recorded six tackles on the unit ... registered the first catch of his career for seven yards vs. Navy ... logged 13:34 of playing time. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected for U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio but did not play ... sat out his senior year recovering from an offseason knee injury ... ... rated the No. 3 tight end in the country, third-best player in New Jersey and 83rd-best prospect in the nation by Rivals.com ... named the No. 2 tight end in the nation and 33rd-best prospect by CSTV/Tom Lemming ... also the top heavyweight wrestler in the East ... won the 2005 Beast of the East wrestling tournament competing as a heavyweight ... rated the 55th-best prospect in the nation and No. 2 tight end in this year’s class on the ESPN 150 list ... listed as one of six tight ends on the National 100 list by Fort Worth Star-Telegram ... named to the Scout.com National 100 list where he was ranked as the second-best tight end in the nation, the fourth-best player in New Jersey and the No. 56 prospect in the country ... selected a secondteam All-American by Scout.com ... rated 36th-best prospect nationally – and No. 2 among tight ends, ninth in the East – on preseason basis for 2006 by Sporting News SchoolSports ... one of top five tight ends nationally on 2006 preseason basis by CBS Sportsline.com College Football Preview ... named firstteam all-South Jersey by the Philadelphia Inquirer as a junior after catching 35 passes for 720 yards and nine touchdowns ... six of his TD receptions went for 60 yards or longer, and he also scored on an 80-yard kickoff return ... played for coach Ricky Brown at Camden Catholic ... his father, Michael, played football at Temple University ... born Feb. 18, 1988 ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters as a sociology major..

G-S 11-0

2010 PUR (9.4) UM (9.11) at MSU (9.18) STAN (9.25) at BC (10.2) PITT (10.9) WMU (10.16) at NAVY (10.23) *TULSA (10.30) *UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY (11.20) at USC (11.27) vs. MIAMI (12.31) * - games started

Rec Yds Avg TD Did Not Play 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 11 11.0 0 1 12 12.0 0 1 9 9.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0

LG 0 0 0 0 11 12 9 0 0 0 0 0

TOMMY

11 REES Lake Forest, Ill. (Lake Forest) Birthdate: 5-22-92

Quarterback

6-2

210

REES’ CAREER HIGHS Carries: 4, at USC (Nov. 27, 2010) Rushing Yards: 5, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Rushing Touchdowns: None Longest Rush: 12, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Pass Attempts: 54, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Pass Completions: 33, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Passing Yards: 334, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Long Completion: 36, vs. Miami (Fla.) (Dec. 31, 2010) Passing Touchdowns: 4, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Completion Percentage: 85.7 (6-for-7), vs. Navy (Oct. 23, 2010) Passing Yards Per Attempt: 10.7, vs. Army (Nov. 20, 2010) Passing Yards Per Completion: 16.5, vs. Army (Nov. 20, 2010) Passing Efficiency: 180.51, vs. Navy (Oct. 23, 2010) Interceptions: 3, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010)

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REES’ PLACE IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS

Year 2010

G-S 9-4

Passing Comp Att 100 164

INT 8

Pct 61.0

Yds TD 1106 12

Rushing Att Yds 12 -2

Avg -0.2

TD 0

REES’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS Passing 2010 Comp PUR (9.4) UM (9.11) 0 at MSU (9.18) STAN (9.25) at BC (10.2) 0 PITT (10.9) WMU (10.16) 0 at NAVY (10.23) 6 TULSA (10.30) 33 *UTAH (11.13) 13 *vs. ARMY (11.20) 13 *at USC (11.27) 20 *vs. MIAMI (12.31) 15 * - games started

Att

INT

Pct

0.0

0 7 54 20 20 32 29

0 0 3 0 1 3 0

0.0 85.7 61.1 65.0 65.0 62.5 51.7

Yds TD Did Not Play 0 0 Did Not Play Did Not Play 0 0 Did Not Play 0 0 79 0 334 4 129 3 214 1 149 2 201 2

Rushing Att Yds

Avg TD

0.0

0 0 2 2 3 4 1

0 0 5 -7 1 -3 2

0.0 0.0 2.5 -3.5 0.3 -0.8 2.0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

THE FIGHTING IRISH

THEO

6 RIDDICK Manville, N.J. (Immaculata) Birthdate: 5-4-91

Wide Receiver

5-11

COACHES AND STAff

198

RIDDICK’S PLACE IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS X Single-Game Kickoff Returns (Oct. 3, 2009 vs. Washington, 6, t-3rd) X Single-Game Kickoff Returns (Nov. 28, 2009 at Stanford, 6, t-3rd) X Single-Game Receptions (Sept. 18, 2010 at Michigan State, 10, t-9th) X Single-Season Kickoff Returns (2009, 37, 1st) X Single-Season Kickoff Return Yards (2009, 849, 1st) X Single-Season Total Kickoff/Punt Return Yards (2009, 849, 3rd) X Career Kickoff Returns (39, 9th) X Career Kickoff Return Yards (885, 10th)

2010 REVIEW

2010 (FRESHMAN): Played in nine games for the Irish, starting four contests (Utah, Army, USC and Miami) ... led Irish to four straight victories and a Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) as the starting quarterback ... became the first freshman quarterback in Notre Dame history to ever lead the Irish to a victory in a bowl game ... also the first-ever, first-year starter (regardless of class) to lead Notre Dame to a bowl game victory ... completed 61.0 percent of his passes (100 of 164) for 1106 yards and 12 touchdowns ... registered a passing efficiency of 132.70 ... recorded 17 completions of 20 yards or more ... completed 66.7 percent (40 of 60) of his passes on first down this season ... set a single-season freshman school record with 12 touchdown passes ... established a single-season freshman record in completion percentage ... ranked among the top five in the following categories for Irish freshman quarterbacks: passing yards (second, 1,106), passing efficiency (second, 132.70), pass attempts (third, 164), completions (third, 100) and games played (t-fourth, 9 ) ... made career debut against Michigan, but attempted two passes, one of which was intercepted, without a completion ... saw action late in the game against Navy, but guided the Irish on a touchdown drive ... went 6 of 7 for 79 yards on the scoring drive ... replaced Dayne Crist following his season-ending injury against Tulsa ... proceeded to complete 33 of 54 passes for 334 yards and four touchdowns vs. Tulsa ... was the first Irish freshman quarterback to ever throw four touchdown passes in a single game ... the 334 yards passing was the most ever by a quarterback that did not start the game ... his 300-yard game was the 35th in school history and secondever by a Notre Dame freshman ... Brady Quinn was the only other freshman signal caller to throw for at least 300 yards in a single game (350, Oct. 25, 2003 at Boston College) ... started the final three games of the regular season at national sports landmarks (Notre Dame Stadium, Yankee Stadium and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) ... ninth freshman quarterback to start for the Irish in the last 60 seasons (1951-present), joining Ralph Guglielmi (1951), Blair Kiel (1980), Steve Beuerlein (1983), Kent Graham (1987), Paul Failla (1991), Matt LoVecchio (2000), Brady Quinn (2003) and Jimmy Clausen (2007) ... became the first Irish freshman quarterback to knock off a top 20 opponent since Blair Kiel helped Notre Dame get past No. 13 Miami, Fla., 32-14 ... completed 13 of 20 passes for 129 yards and three touchdowns in the victory over Utah ... his three touchdown passes were the most by a freshman in his first career start in school history ... he also threw for the fourth-most yards ever by an Irish quarterback in his first start ... threw seven touchdown passes in back-to-back outings against Tulsa (four) and Utah (three) ... the seven touchdown passes in consecutive games were the third-most touchdown passes over a two-game stretch in school history ... only Brady Quinn has ever thrown more touchdown passes in two consecutive games ... Quinn had nine touchdown passes over back-to-back games in 2009 and twice had eight touchdown passes in consecutive games in 2006 ... threw for 214 yards and completed 13 of 20 passes for the second straight game in the victory over Army ... collected another touchdown pass against the Black Knights ... closed out the regular season connecting on 20 of 32 pass attempts for 149 yards and two touchdowns ... the first rookie Notre Dame quarterback to knock off USC since Matt LoVecchio in 2000 ... completed 15 of 29 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... threw two or more touchdown passes in four of the last five games of 2010.

REES’ CAREER STATS

2011 OUTLOOK

CAREER: Led Irish to four straight victories and a Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) as the starting quarterback in 2010 ... became the first freshman quarterback in Notre Dame history to ever lead the Irish to a victory in a bowl game ... also the first-ever, first-year starter (regardless of class) to lead Notre Dame to a bowl game victory ... set single-season freshman school records in touchdown passes (12) and completion percentage (.610) ... level-headed and even-keeled player who doesn’t rattle easily ... brought many intangibles to the team.

MEDIA INFO

X Single-Season Completion Percentage (2010, 61.0, 6th) X Single-Season Passing Touchdowns By Freshman (2010, 12, 1st) X Single-Season Completion Percentage By Freshman (2010, 61.0, 1st) X Single-Season Passing Efficiency By Freshman (2010, 132.70, 2nd) X Single-Season Passing Yards By Freshman (2010, 1106, 2nd) X Single-Season Pass Completions By Freshman (2010, 100, 3rd) X Single-Season Pass Attempts By Freshman (2010, 164, 3rd) X Single-Season Games Played By Freshman Quarterback (2010, 9, t-4th) X Single-Game Pass Completions (Oct. 30, 2010 vs. Tulsa, 33, t-2nd) X Single-Game Pass Attempts (Oct. 30, 2010 vs. Tulsa, 54, 6th) X Single-Game Touchdown Passes (Oct. 30, 2010 vs. Tulsa, 4, t-6th) X Single-Game Pass Completions By Freshman (Oct. 30, 2010 vs. Tulsa, 33, 1st) X Single-Game Passing Touchdown By Freshman (Oct. 30, 2010 vs. Tulsa, 4, 1st) X Single-Game Pass Attempts By Freshman (Oct. 30, 2010 vs. Tulsa, 54, 2nd) X Single-Game Passing Yards By Freshman (Oct. 30, 2010 vs. Tulsa, 343, 2nd) X Single-Game Passing Touchdown By Freshman (Nov. 13, 2010 vs. Utah, 3, t-2nd) X Single-Game Completion Percentage By Freshman (Nov. 13, 2010 vs. Tulsa, .650, t-4th) X Single-Game Completion Percentage By Freshman (Nov. 20, 2010 vs. Utah, .650, t-4th)

in one 2009 game versus Bradford (Wis.) ... also threw for five TDs and 348 yards in 2009 vs. Warren ... as junior in 2008 completed 195 of 344 passes for 2,170 yards and 21 TDs (including four in 65-52 win over Wauconda) in seasons that ended with Illinois Class 6A first-round playoff loss to Lemont ... played basketball at Lake Forest until he enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2010 ... started final six games at quarterback for Lake Forest as sophomore in 2007 ... brother Danny was junior punter and holder at UCLA in 2009 ... father Bill is former assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for years at UCLA (1979-93) under Terry Donohue, also has worked in scouting and pro personnel for Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers – after playing quarterback at Ohio Wesleyan and serving as an assistant coach at Northwestern (1976-78) for three years ... played for coach Chuck Spagnoli at Lake Forest ... born May 22, 1992 ... son of Bill and Susan Rees ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Completed 215 of 308 passes for 2,572 yards and 23 touchdowns as senior in 2009 at Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Ill. ... threw for 526 yards and six TDs

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RIDDICK’S CAREER HIGHS Carries: 9, vs. Washington State (Oct. 31, 2009) Rushing Yards: 51, vs. Washington State (Oct. 31, 2009) Rushing Touchdowns: None Longest Rush: 24, at Purdue (Sept. 26, 2009) Receptions: 10, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Receiving Yards: 128, at Michigan State (Sept. 18, 2010) Receiving Touchdowns: 1, three times (last at Boston College, Oct. 2, 2010) Longest Reception: 37, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) Kick Returns: 6, vs. Washington (Oct. 3, 2009) Kick Return Yards: 129, vs. Washington (Oct. 3, 2009) Longest Kick Return: 38, vs. Michigan State (Sept. 19, 2009) All-Purpose Yards: 152, vs. Navy (Nov. 7, 2009) CAREER: One of quickest and most exciting players on Irish roster ... moved to wide receiver as a sophomore in 2010 after playing in every game during freshman season as reserve running back and kickoff returner ... missed four games in 2010 with foot injury ... has played in 21 career games and started nine, eight in 2010 ... has 46 career catches for 457 yards and three touchdowns ... has added 40 career rushes for 189 yards, good for a 4.7 per carry average ... has returned 39 kickoffs and averaged 22.7 yards per return ... broke Armando Allen’s school record from his freshman season in 2007 with 849 kickoff return yards. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Played in nine games for the Irish, starting eight ... missed four games (Navy, Tulsa, Utah and Army) with a foot injury ... still ranked second on the team in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns (tied) ... recorded 40 catches for 414 yards and three touchdowns ... added 11 rushes for 29 yards and two kickoff returns for 36 yards ... registered four catches of 20 yards or more ... 22 of 40 receptions resulted in a touchdown or first down ... five of seven receptions on third down plays resulted in a touchdown or first down ... started out Irish career as a running back, but first-year head coach Brian Kelly liked the idea of moving Riddick to the slot in his spread offense ... somewhat slow in his progression at wideout over Notre Dame’s first two games of 2010 ... managed just four catches for 52 yards against Purdue and Michigan, but the wide receiver found his form over a four-game stretch against Michigan State, Stanford, Boston College and Pittsburgh ... totaled 33 receptions for 343 yards and three touchdowns (all team-highs over the four-game stretch) ... recorded a game-high and careerhigh 10 catches for 128 yards against Michigan State ... also grabbed a 15-yard touchdown pass from Dayne Crist versus the Spartans ... registered his first career 100-yard receiving game against Michigan State ... posted two grabs for 42 yards on Notre Dame’s opening scoring drive of the second half (an 18and 24-yard grab) ... his 10 receptions against the Spartans were tied for the ninth-most in single-game school history ... his output was tied for the third-most ever by an Irish sophomore wideout ... Michael Floyd also hauled in 10 catches against Navy on Nov. 7, 2009 and Jim Seymour, who was a first-year player, but a sophomore eligibility wise, has the two highest outputs (13 and 11 catches in 1966) ... registered a touchdown catch in three consecutive weeks (Michigan State, Stanford and Boston College) ... recorded seven catches for 71 yards and a touchdown versus Stanford ... added nine more catches (69 yards) and a touchdown in the victory at Boston College ... collected seven receptions over 75 yards against Pittsburgh ... managed just one catch against Western Michigan before he was sidelined by an injury ... returned to the field against USC and has one catch for six yards ... managed only one reception for two yards in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.), but rushed for 32 yards on eight carries (both season highs) ... totaled 490 snaps on offense, third most of any Irish wide receiver. 2009 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in all 12 contests for Irish, serving as primary return man on kickoffs and as reserve running back ... earned first start of career in final game of season against Stanford ... tallied 849 kickoff return yards on 37 returns, most kickoff return yards in single season in Irish history (Armando Allen – 704 in 2007) ... rushed five times for 19 yards in opener against Nevada ... averaged season-best 26.8 yards on four kickoff returns against Michigan State ... set season highs with nine rushes for 51 yards and three receptions for 24 yards against Washington State ... averaged 7.0 yards on five rushes against Navy and added one 16-yard reception ... totaled 155 all-purpose yards in season finale at Stanford behind 35 rushing yards, minus 2 receiving yards and 122 kickoff return yards ... logged 14:01 of playing time and made 60 special-teams appearances. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked 82nd in Offense-Defense Top 100 ... member of Rivals250, ranking 242nd overall ... 241st overall player in country according to Scout.com ... named SuperPrep All-American, rating him as 23rd-best running back nationally ... SuperPrep ranks him as seventh best player in New Jersey 35 ... first-team all state performer senior year at Immaculata High School ... selected third-team all-state running back during junior season by Newark Star-Ledger ... Star-Ledger named him to first-team non-public school all-state squad after junior season …named second-team all-state performer as defensive back during sophomore campaign by Associated Press and Newark StarLedger ... as junior carried 159 times for 1,192 yards and 13 touchdowns on offense and added 17 tackles on defense ... tallied 1,352 yards and 23 TDs on 172 carries during sophomore season ... added 13 catches for 157 yards offensively and five interceptions as safety on defense in 2006 sophomore season ... ran

for 217 yards in 2006 state championship game, leading his team to victory and perfect 12-0 season ... added three TDs and an interception in the end zone with 57 seconds left to preserve victory in state championship ... rushed for 4,042 yards and 52 TDs during high school career ... ranked second in New Jersey preseason top 30 according to Rivals.com and fourth in its postseason rankings ... played for head coach Pierce Frauenheim at Immaculata High School ... born May 4, 1991 ... son of Celeste Bell ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters.

RIDDICK’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

G-S 12-1 9-8 21-9

Rec 6 40 46

Yds 43 414 457

TD 0 3 3

LG 16 37 37

Rec/G 0.5 4.4 2.2

Avg/C 7.2 10.4 9.9

Avg/G 3.6 46.0 21.8

Yds 0 0 0

Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0

RIDDICK’S CAREER RUSHING STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

Att 29 11 40

Yds 160 29 189

TD 0 0 0

LG 24 18 24

Avg/C 5.5 2.6 4.7

Avg/G 13.3 3.2 9.0

RIDDICK’S CAREER RETURN STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

KR 37 2 39

Yds 849 36 885

Avg 22.9 18.0 22.7

TD 0 0 0

LG 38 19 38

PR 0 0 0

TD 0 0 0

LG 0 0 0

Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 16.0 5.0 0.0 -2.0

LG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 16 5 0 0

RIDDICK’S CAREER ALL-PURPOSE STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

Rush 160 29 189

RCV 43 414 457

PR 0 0 0

KR 849 36 885

IR 0 0 0

Total 1052 479 1531

Avg/G 87.7 53.2 72.9

RIDDICK’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2009 NEV (9.5) at UM (9.12) MSU (9.19) at PUR (9.26) WASH (10.3) USC (10.17) BC (10.24) vs. WSU (10.31) NAVY (11.7) at PITT (11.14) UCONN (11.21) at STAN (11.28)

Rushing Att Yds 5 19 1 0 0 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 51 5 35 2 -4 0 0 6 35

Avg 3.8 0.0 0.0 24.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 7.0 -2.0 0.0 5.8

LG 9 0 0 24 0 0 0 14 18 0 0 24

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2009 NEV (9.5) at UM (9.12) MSU (9.19) at PUR (9.26) WASH (10.3) USC (10.17) BC (10.24) vs. WSU (10.31) NAVY (11.7) at PITT (11.14) UCONN (11.21) at STAN (11.28)

Kick Returns Att Yds 1 23 1 23 4 107 4 96 6 129 2 48 2 50 2 41 4 101 2 41 3 68 6 122

Avg 23.0 23.0 26.8 24.0 21.5 24.0 25.0 20.5 25.3 20.5 22.7 20.3

LG 23 23 38 35 27 31 26 21 28 28 28 25

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Receiving Rec Yds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 1 16 1 5 0 0 1 -2

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Yds Avg 13 6.5 39 19.5 128 12.8 71 10.1 69 7.7 75 10.7 11 11.0 Did Not Play Did Not Play Did Not Play Did Not Play 6 6.0 2 2.0

TD 0 0 1 1 1 0 0

LG 7 37 24 22 20 16 11

TREVOR

78 ROBINSON Elkhorn, Neb. (Elkhorn) Birthdate: 5-16-90

Offensive Guard 0 0

6 2

6-5

300

Newbury Park, Calif. (Newbory Park) Birthdate: 3-13-92

6-0

218

2010 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action during the 2010 season … received Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year Award at year-end banquet for his great play against the Irish first-team defense.

2008 (FRESHMAN): Played in 11 of 13 games for the Irish as a rookie (did not play vs. San Diego State or Michigan State) ... started three games at right guard against Boston College, Navy and Syracuse ... also became the fifth freshman to ever start on the Irish offensive line at any point, joining an elite club that includes Sam Young (the entire 2006 season), Ryan Harris (final eight games of 2003), Brad Williams (vs. Navy and Boston College in 1996) and Mike Rosenthal (vs. Ohio State, USC and Air Force in 1995) ... made 23 special-teams appearances on the year. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Picked to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... named first-team All-American by USA Today ... selected to the EA Sports All-America second team ... received first-team all-state accolades from the Associated Press as a junior and senior ... named first-team Super State by the Lincoln Journal Star following junior and senior seasons ... placed on Class B all-state team as a junior and senior and was tabbed co-honorary captain of both those squads ... selected to the all-area team by the Omaha World-Herald after his junior and senior campaigns ... Rivals.com ranked him the 37thbest player in the nation, second-best player in Nebraska and the No. 1 offensive guard in the country ... rated the 67th-best prospect by Tom Lemming and CSTV ... considered by Scout.com to be the second-best player in Nebraska and the sixth-best offensive guard in the nation ... as a senior helped lead the Antlers to an undefeated regular season and the quarterfinals of the state playoffs before losing to the eventual state champions ... high school team finished the season ranked No. 3 in Class B with a 10-1 record ... helped his high school average 265 rushing yards per game and blocked for a quarterback who threw for 1,594 yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior ... also played on the defensive line during final season and totaled 58 tackles, two fumble recoveries, two blocked kicks and one blocked punt ... totaled 61 tackles including 14 tackles for loss and six sacks during junior year ... as a junior, helped lead team to the playoffs where they lost in the state championship to finish ... team finished his junior year with a 12-1 record and ranked second in the state ... started as a sophomore on a team that lost in the quarterfinals of the playoffs ... also played defense as a sophomore and totaled 51 tackles that year ... graduated in December 2007 from high school and enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2008 ... played for coach Mark Wortman in high school ... born May 16, 1990 ... son of Wade and Vicki Robinson ... father played football at Kearney State College ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business as a management-consulting major.

2010 REVIEW

ROBINSON’S CAREER STATS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S 11-3 11-11 13-13 35-27

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HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: First-team pick as running back as both senior and junior in 2009 and 2008 on California Southern Section Marmonte League all-conference squad ... named to Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 squad for 2009 ... second-team running back on all-county large school squad selected for 2009 by Ventura County Football Coaches Association ... carried 199 times for 1,107 rushing yards and 20 TDs as senior in 2009 for Newbury Park High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif. ... top game in 2009 featured 26 attempts for 186 and three TDs versus Saugus ... caught 29 passes for 268 yards and one TD in 2009 while helping Panthers to 9-3 record ... listed on Rivals.com 250 chart for 2009 ... rushed 226 times for 1,452 yards and 18 TDs as junior in 2008 – and also caught 29 passes for 279 yards and three TDs as Newbury Park finished 7-4 ... grandfather Thomas Murray Turner is ’59 Notre Dame graduate ... played for coach George Hurley at Newbury Park ... born March 13, 1992 ... son of Marvin Roberson and Tanya Turner ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Served as starting right guard for Irish in 11 contests, missing Navy game due to injury ... helped block for potent Notre Dame offense, which rushed for more than 150 yards on four occasions and passed for more than 300 yards eight times ... blocked solidly in game against Washington State that saw Notre Dame rush for 255 yards ... was key pass blocker against Washington, helping Irish pick apart Huskies secondary to tune of 422 yards ... totaled 268:37 of playing time and made 44 appearances on special teams.

THE FIGHTING IRISH

CAREER: Spent freshman season on the Irish scout team ... named Notre Dame Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year in 2010 ... enters spring practice in competition for increased playing time at running back.

2011 OUTLOOK

2010 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 13 games in 2010 ... one of 11 players to start all 13 games for the Irish this season ... joined C Braxston Cave, OG Chris Stewart and OT Zack Martin as the only players on the offensive side of the ball to start all 13 games ... made his first career start against Purdue ... the Irish offensive line allowed 20 sacks over their 13 games in 2010, which averaged out to 1.54 sacks per game ... Notre Dame had not allowed fewer sacks per game since 1998 when the Irish allowed only nine sacks in 11 games or 0.82 per game ... totaled 812 snaps on offense, third most of any Irish offensive lineman.

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CAREER: An aggressive and fundamentally sound offensive lineman who has played and started primarily at right guard in his Irish career ... has appeared in 35 games through his first three seasons and started 27 contests (all 13 in 2010), all at right guard ... became just fifth freshman to start on Notre Dame’s offensive line since 1972 ... looks to maintain his starting position on offensive line during spring practice.

CAMERON

Running Back

MEDIA INFO

2010 Rec *PUR (9.4) 2 *UM (9.11) 2 *at MSU (9.18) 10 *STAN (9.25) 7 *at BC (10.2) 9 *PITT (10.9) 7 *WMU (10.16) 1 at NAVY (10.23) TULSA (10.30) UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY (11.20) at USC (11.27) 1 *vs. MIAMI (12.31)1 * - games started

DAVID

97 RUFFER Oakton, Va. (Gonzaga) Birthdate: 11-30-88

Kicker

6-1

176

RUFFER’S AWARDS & HONORS X X X X

2010 Groza Award Finalist 2010 Groza Award Semifinalist 2010 ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team 2010 ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for District 5

RUFFER’S PLACE IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS X Career Field Goal Percentage (2008-10, .958, 1st) X Consecutive Field Goals Made In A Career (23, 1st) X Consecutive Field Goals Made In A Single-Season (18, 1st) X Most Consecutive Games With A Made Field Goal (11, t-2nd) X Single-Season Field Goal Percentage (2010, .947, 1st) X Single-Season Points By Kicking (2010, 91, 1st) X Single-Season Field Goals Made (2010, 18, 3rd) X Points by Kicking In A Notre Dame Bowl Game (12, 2010 Hyundai Sun Bowl) X Longest Field Goal Made (Oct. 9, 2010 vs. Pittsburgh, 50, t-6th) X Longest Field Goal Made (Dec. 31, 2010 vs. Miami (Fla.), 50, t-6th)

RUFFER’S CAREER HIGHS Extra Points Attempted: 6, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Extra Points Converted: 5, twice (last vs. Western Michigan, Oct. 16, 2010) Field Goals Attempted: 4, vs. Miami (Fla.) (Dec. 31, 2010) Field Goals Converted: 3, four times (last vs. Miami (Fla.), Dec. 31, 2010) Longest FG: 50, twice (last vs. Miami (Fla.), Dec. 31, 2010) Points Scored: 12, twice (last vs. Miami (Fla.), Dec. 31, 2010) Kickoffs: 8, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Kickoff Yards: 529, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Kickoff Yard Average: 69.8, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) Touchbacks: 3, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) CAREER: One of six fifth-year seniors on scholarship on 2011 Irish roster (Harrison Smith, Mike Ragone, Andrew Nuss, Gary Gray and Taylor Dever are the others) ... named to the 2010 First Team ESPN Academic All-America® Football Team ... finalist for the 2010 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award ... captured the 2010 Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Award ... returning field goal kicker that converted 23 consecutive field goals to open career ... the 23 straight field goals was the longest streak in school history and longest in the FBS at the time ... Ruffer was the final kicker in the FBS in 2010 to miss a field goal and was also the only kicker in the FBS still perfect for his career ... leads all active kickers in field goal percentage ... transfer student kicked for Siegfried Hall in interhall games then earned a spot as walk-on player and later key contributor to Irish special teams in 2008 ... began college career at William & Mary, then transferred to Notre Dame following 2007-08 school year ... joined the Irish during 2008 bye week and was member of scout team the rest of season ... served as backup to Brandon Walker in 2008 and Nick Tausch in 2009 until Tausch injured a foot.

in 2009), before the streak came to an end against Tulsa ... the 11 consecutive games with a field goal was the longest streak by a Notre Dame kicker since Nicholas Setta set the school record with a field goal in 16 straight games (2000-02) ... his 50-yard field goal against Pittsburgh and Miami (Fla.) were tied for the sixth-longest in school history ... longest field goal by an Irish player since D.J. Fitzpatrick booted a 50-yarder against Syracuse on Dec. 6, 2003 ... became the second Irish place kicker to ever register multiple field goals of 50 yards or longer in the same season ... became the third kicker in school history to connect on multiple field goals of 50 yards or longer in his career ... became the sixth place kicker in school history to connect on a field goal of 50 yards or longer ... connected on 47- and 39-yard field goals against Army ... drilled a 45-yard field goal versus Navy ... connected on a 33-yard field goal in the victory over Western Michigan ... made all three field goal attempts in the victory over Pittsburgh, including kicks of 32, 50 and 31 yards ... connected on a 37-yard field goal against Boston College ... successful on all three field goal attempts in the victory over Purdue ... converted 22- and 40-yard field goals against Stanford ... connected on three field goal attempts in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.), including kicks of 40, 50 and 19 yards ... 12 kicking points against the Hurricanes were a Notre Dame bowl record ... his three field goals also equaled another single-game Irish bowl record … named John Folmer Most Valuable Special Teams Player at Hyundai Sun Bowl. 2009 (JUNIOR): Participated in each of final seven games for Irish, taking over field-goal duties for the injured Nick Tausch against Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Stanford ... connected on all five field goals he attempted, including a long of 42 yards against Pittsburgh and at Stanford ... made both field goals attempted between 20 to 29 yards, converted only field goal between 30 to 39 yards and made both field goals over 40 yards ... shared kickoff duties during season, booting 35 kicks for an average of 62.1 yards, including two touchbacks ... made 50 special-teams appearances. 2008 (SOPHOMORE): Joined Notre Dame team during bye week and dressed in full pads for first time at practice on Wednesday, Oct. 22 ... transferred to Notre Dame from William & Mary following 2007-08 school year ... participated in first two interhall games for Siegfried Hall as wide receiver and kicker in 2008 ... helped Ramblers defeat Knott Hall 13-0 in season opener as he caught a touchdown for opening score ... also served as Siegfried Hall’s placekicker ... played at Washington and missed only kick of season, a point-after touchdown. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Graduated from Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. ... never played football in high school ... played soccer as freshman and was varsity golfer all four years ... estimates his current handicap at two or three but was plus-one in high school ... second youngest of four children to Michael and Peggy Ruffer ... father and sister attended Notre Dame ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters as an economics major.

RUFFER’S CAREER STATISTICS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S 1-0 7-0 13-0 21-0

Field Goals M-A Pct 0-0 .000 5-5 1.000 18-19 .947 23-24 .958

Field Goals Breakdown Year 0-19 20-29 30-39 2009 0-0 2-2 1-1 2010 1-1 3-3 7-8 Total 1-1 5-5 8-9

LG 42 50 50

XP M-A 0-1 9-10 37-40 46-51

Pct .000 .900 .925 .902

Pts 0 24 91 115

40-49 2-2 5-5 7-7

50+ 0-0 2-2 2-2

LG 42 50 50

Blkd 0 0 0

Kickoffs Att Yds 0 0 35 2174 65 4182 100 6356

Avg 62.1 64.3 63.6

TB 0 2 10 12

2010 (SENIOR): Served as the primary field goal kicker in all 13 matchups for the Irish... converted 23 of 24 field goal attempts ... the 23 straight field goals was the longest streak in school history, but even more amazing as the fact that the streak has opened his collegiate kicking career ... the 23 consecutive field goals to open a career was also a school record ... the 23 straight field goals was the longest active streak in the FBS ... the NCAA record for consecutive field goals converted is 30 by Chuck Nelson of Washington in 1981-82 ... the last kicker in the FBS in 2010 to remain perfect in field goal attempts ... the last kicker in the FBS to remain perfect for his career ... leads all active kickers in field goal percentage ... his 18 straight field goals in 2010 was also an Irish school record ... connected on a field goal in 11 straight games, each game in which he has served as the Irish place kicker (dating back to the Pittsburgh contest

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RUFFER’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS FGM 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3

LG 46 24 33 40 37 50 33 45 0 0 47 0 50

XPA 2 3 4 0 4 2 5 2 3 4 3 2 3

XPM 2 3 4 0 4 2 6 2 4 4 3 3 3

Points 11 6 7 6 7 11 8 5 3 4 9 2 12

PRINCE

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MEDIA INFO

2010 FGA PUR (9.4) 3 UM (9.11) 1 at MSU (9.18) 1 STAN (9.25) 2 at BC (10.2) 1 PITT (10.9) 3 WMU (10.16) 1 at NAVY (10.23) 1 TULSA (10.30) 0 UTAH (11.13) 0 vs. ARMY (11.20) 2 at USC (11.27) 0 vs. MIAMI (12.31) 4

Charlotte, N.C. (Ardrey Kell) Birthdate: 12-24-91

Outside Linebacker

6-2

250

SHEMBO’S CAREER HIGHS

Hauula, Hawaii (Kahuku) Birthdate: 5-11-92

CAREER: Extremely athletic and explosive pass rusher ... saw majority of action as a rookie in nickel packages ... enters spring practice in competition for a starting spot at outside linebacker

KONA

Defensive End

6-4

285

2010 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in five games in 2010 ... moved into the playing rotation over the final five games of the year (Tulsa, Utah, Army, USC and Miami) ... posted two solo tackles on the year, both came against Utah ... added a fumble recovery against Tulsa.

SCHWENKE’S CAREER STATS Year 2010

G-S 5-0

Tackles TT UT 2 2

AT 0

TFL 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR 0 1-0

PBU 0

INT 0-0

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in 2010 Offense-Defense Bowl in Myrtle Beach, S.C. ... named SuperPrep All-American and 11th-best linebacker nationally ... rated seventh-best inside linebacker in nationally and among top 250 players nationally by Rivals.com ... received honorable mention accolades on Orlando Sentinel all-Southern Team following senior year in 2009 ... played in only five games during senior campaign at Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, N.C., due to an ankle injury ... invited to play in Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas and helped North Carolina defeat South Carolina 24-14 ... ranked sixth-best player in North Carolina by SuperPrep ... rated ninth-best player in North Carolina by Charlotte Observer ... recorded 86 tackles with nine sacks and added two interceptions, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries as junior in 2008 ... made 117 tackles during sophomore season in 2007 and was named to 2007 all-Observer team by Charlotte Observer ... one of only two sophomores on that team and was joined by current Irish defensive back Robert Blanton ... helped lead Knights to first state playoff appearance in 2007 ... became starter on Ardrey Kell’s initial varsity team as freshman in 2006 ... also competed in basketball and track in high school ... played for coach Marty Woolbright at Ardrey Kell ... born Dec. 24, 1991 ... son of Maurice and Gina Shembo ... father moved to United States in 1986 from Democratic Republic of the Congo ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

COACHES AND STAff

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: First-team Hawaii all-state selection for 2009 as defensive lineman by Honolulu Advertiser ... named second-team all-state as senior by Honolulu Star-Bulletin ... helped lead team to Hawaii state championship game and 12-1 record as senior at Kahuku High School in Kahuku, Hawaii ... only loss came 34-21 in Division I title game to Kamehameha ... participated in 2009 Hawaii/Polynesia vs. Mainland Bowl ... selected to Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 team ... one of 14 defensive linemen from 11 Western states selected to Western 100 team ... ranked by Rivals.com as top defensive lineman, fourth-best player in Hawaii for 2009 and one of top 35 defensive ends nationally ... selected Oahu Interscholastic Association Red East defensive player of year for 2009 as Kahuku claimed OIA crown ... had six tackles, four for loss, and two sacks, in Kahuku’s 24-20 victory over Leilehua to earn 2009 OIA Red Conference title ... one of four finalists for 2009 Island Sports Media Athlete of the Year award ... played for coach Reggie Torres at Kahuku ... born May 11, 1992 ... son of McKay and Angela Schwenke ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

2010 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in all 13 games in 2010 ... one of six freshmen to make their Irish debut against Purdue ... one of three freshman (joined Austin Collinsworth and Bennett Jackson) to play in every game... registered 15 tackles on the year, including six solo stops and nine assisted tackles ... had only three tackles, including half a tackle for loss, in Notre Dame’s first four games of the season ... then recorded two and a half sacks, forced fumble and quarterback hurry in the two games against Boston College and Pittsburgh ... picked up his first career sack and forced fumble on the same play late in the third quarter against the Eagles ... added a second sack in the fourth quarter versus Boston College ... registered a quarterback hurry and half sack in the victory over the Panthers ... recorded a career-high five tackles, including two solo, and one sack in the victory over No. 15 Utah ... totaled three tackles and a sack (for minus-16 yards) in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... totaled 121 snaps on defense, sixth most of any Irish linebacker.

THE FIGHTING IRISH

CAREER: Rookie broke into the defensive line rotation following the injury to graduated Ian Williams ... somewhat undersized when arrived on campus, but made significant strides in the weight room in terms of strength ... saw action in the final five games of the season, including the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... enters spring practice competing for increased playing time in the defensive line rotation.

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Total Tackles: 5, vs. Utah (Nov. 13, 2010) Solo Tackles: 2, twice (last vs. Utah, Nov. 13, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 3, vs. Utah (Nov. 13, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 2.0, at Boston College (Oct. 2, 2010) Sacks: 2.0, at Boston College (Oct. 2, 2010) Interceptions: None Forced Fumbles: 1, at Boston College (Oct. 2, 2010) Fumble Recoveries: None Pass Breakups: None

SHEMBO’S CAREER STATS G-S 13-0

Tackles TT UT 15 6

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AT 9

TFL 5.0-40

Scks 4.5-39

Fumbles FF FR 1 0-0

PBU 0

INT 0-0

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Year 2010

SHEMBO’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2010 PUR (9.4) UM (9.11) at MSU (9.18) STAN (9.25) at BC (10.2) PITT (10.9) WMU (10.16) at NAVY (10.23) TULSA (10.30) UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY (11.20) at USC (11.27) vs. MIAMI (12.31) * - games started

TT 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 3

UT 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1

AT 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 2.0-10 0.5-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-10 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-16

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-10 0.5-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-10 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-16

FF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

JAMORIS

26 SLAUGHTER SR

6-0

2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action as a rookie. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Invited to play in the Under Armour All-American Game in Orlando ... named first-team all-state by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution following his senior year ... one of just six safeties named to Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Super Southern 100 list ... named first-team all-state for Class AAAA by the Georgia Sports Writers Association ... chosen to the Mobile Press-Register’s Super Southeast 120 where he was the ninth-ranked defensive back and the 53rd-ranked player on the list ... rated the 86th-best player on the ESPN 150 list ... considered by Rivals.com as the 13th-best safety in the country and the 14th-best player in Georgia ... ranked the 11th-best player in Georgia and the 11th-best safety in the nation by Scout.com ... helped lead the Tigers to the Class AAAA state semifinals before losing to the eventual state champions ... finished the season with a 13-1 record and ranked No. 2 in the state ... won region six as a senior with a 10-0 record and was member of a defense that allowed only six points per game (best in Class AAAA) and pitched seven shutouts ... credited with 56 tackles, three interceptions and 11 pass break ups during senior season ... totaled 66 tackles, four interceptions and three forced fumbles as a junior ... recipient of the Bob Basket Award at Tucker’s end of season awards ceremony ... also ran track and had personal bests of 10.9 in the 100-meter dash and 49.0 in the 400 meters ... played for coach Franklin Stephens at Tucker ... born Dec. 22, 1989 ... son of Debbie Garrett... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters as an industrial design major ... earned a 3.0 grade-point average in ‘09 spring semester.

SLAUGHTER’S CAREER STATS

Stone Mountain, Ga. (Tucker) Birthdate: 12-22-89

Safety

(three total, two solo) and Stanford (two solo) ... earned 33:51 of playing time on defense and made 110 special teams appearances.

198

Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S

Tackles TT UT

12-1 11-5 23-6

14 31 45

2 11 13

12 20 32

TFL Scks Did Not Play 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

0 0 0

0 3 3

0-0 1-26 1-26

0-0 0-0 0-0

SLAUGHTER’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

SLAUGHTER’S CAREER HIGHS Total Tackles: 7, vs. Stanford (Sept. 25, 2010) Solo Tackles: 4, vs. Army (Nov. 20, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 4, vs. Stanford (Sept. 25, 2010) Tackles For Loss: None Sacks: None Interceptions: 1, vs. Stanford (Sept. 25, 2010) Longest Interception Return: 26, vs. Stanford (Sept. 25, 2010) Interception Return Yards: 26, vs. Stanford (Sept. 25, 2010) Forced Fumbles: None Fumble Recoveries: None Pass Breakups: 1, three times (last vs. Miami (Fla.), Dec. 31, 2010) CAREER: Versatile defensive back who has played both cornerback and safety for Irish ... has seen action in 23 career games and started six ... opened 2010 as the starter at safety but was hindered with a foot injury for much of the year ... practiced initially at Notre Dame as a cornerback but received increased playing time during 2009 season at safety ... appeared in every game during 2009 after not seeing any action in rookie campaign ... a valuable special-teams contributor on multiple units ... opens spring practice in competition for a starting position at safety. 2010 (JUNIOR): Played in 11 games for the Irish, starting against Purdue, Stanford, Boston College, Pittsburgh and Army ... totaled 31 tackles this year ... recorded 20 solo and 11 assisted stops ... added one interception and three pass breakups ... did not see action against Michigan or Navy due to an injury ... registered three tackles, including one solo stop, and a pass breakup against Purdue ... recorded a season and career-high seven tackles versus Stanford ... hauled in an interception against the Cardinal and raced 26 yards, marking the second-longest interception return for the Irish this season ... registered four tackles, three solo, in the victory over Pittsburgh ... added three tackles and a pass breakup against Tulsa ... collected a season-high four solo tackles (totaled five tackles) against Army at Yankee Stadium ... recorded four tackles, including three unassisted stops, in the victory over USC ... registered a pair of solo tackles in the victory over Miami (Fla.) in the Hyundai Sun Bowl ... added a pass breakup against the Hurricanes ... totaled 292 snaps on defense, third most of any Irish safety and sixth most of any Notre Dame defensive back.

2009 NEV (9.5) at UM (9.12) MSU (9.19) at PUR (9.26) WASH (10.3) USC (10.17) BC (10.24) *vs. WSU (10.31) NAVY (11.7) at PITT (11.14) UCONN (11.21) at STAN (11.28)

TT 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 2

UT 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 2

AT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

2010 TT *PUR (9.4) 3 UM (9.11) at MSU (9.18) 0 *STAN (9.25) 7 *at BC (10.2) 1 *PITT (10.9) 4 WMU (10.16) 1 NAVY (10.23) TULSA (10.30) 3 UTAH (11.13) 1 *vs. ARMY (11.20) 5 at USC (11.27) 4 vs. MIAMI (12.31) 2 * - games started

UT 1

AT TFL 2 0.0-0

0 3 1 3 0

0 4 0 1 1

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

2 1 4 3 2

1 0 1 1 0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Scks FF 0.0-0 0 Did Not Play 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 Did Not Play 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0

FR 0-0

PBU 1

INT 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 0 0 0 0

0-0 1-26 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1 0 0 0 1

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Defensive back appeared in all 12 games for Irish, making his first career start against Washington State ... tallied 14 tackles, including 12 solo stops, in his first season playing ... ranked eighth on team with five special teams tackles ... recorded career-high four tackles, including three solos, against Washington State ... also recorded multiple tackles against Nevada (two solo), Boston College

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DANIEL

87 SMITH South Bend, Ind. (Clay) Birthdate: 7-16-91

Wide Receiver

6-4

215

CAREER: Big, strong and athletic wide receiver that saw majority of action as a rookie on special teams ... broke into the Irish special teams unit against Western Michigan ... will enter spring practice looking to break into the wide receiver rotation along with All-American candidate Michael Floyd and Theo Riddick.

DANIEL SMITH’S CAREER STATS Year 2010

G-S 7-0

Tackles TT UT 1 0

AT 1

TFL 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR 0 1-0

Scks 0.0-0

PBU 0

HARRISON

Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic) Birthdate: 1-2-89

Safety

6-2

214

HARRISON SMITH’S PLACE IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS X Career Pass Break-ups (18, 9th) X Single-Season Interceptions (7, t-6th)

Total Tackles: 13, vs. Pittsburgh (Oct. 9, 2010) Solo Tackles: 7, three times (last vs. Pittsburgh, Oct. 9, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 7, three times (last vs. Navy, Oct. 23, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 2.0, twice (last vs. Navy, Nov. 7, 2009) Sacks: 2.0, at Washington (Oct. 25, 2008) Interceptions: 3, vs. Miami (Fla.) (Dec. 31, 2010) Longest Interception Return: 23, at Boston College (Oct. 2, 2010)

2008 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games for the Irish and started all but four contests (San Diego State, Michigan, Purdue and Hawai’i) ... ranked fourth on the team in tackles with 57 stops on the year, including eight and a half tackles for a loss ... recorded three and a half sacks on the year and had seven pass break-ups ... ranked fourth on the team in tackles, led the team in tackles for loss, tied for team-high honors in sacks and tallied second-most pass breakups ... recorded three tackles (all solo), including a tackle for a loss in his Irish debut vs. San Diego State ... made his first career start and tallied a six tackles (solo, five assists), including one for a loss against Michigan State ... amassed three tackles (two solos, assist) vs. Stanford ... also recorded his first career rush on a successful fake punt for 23 yards ... tied his then

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2010 REVIEW

HARRISON SMITH’S CAREER HIGHS

2009 (JUNIOR): One of only three defensive players to start all 12 games for Irish, joining safety Kyle McCarthy and linebacker Brian Smith ... started first six games at safety before moving to strongside linebacker for final six contests ... ranked third on team with career-best 69 tackles and tied for third on Irish with six and a half tackles for loss ... added four pass breakups and forced one fumble ... tallied six tackles including five solo stops in season opener against Nevada ... recorded career-high and team-best 11 tackles at Michigan, including one and a half tackles for loss ... registered seven tackles against Michigan State ... switched to linebacker against Boston College and responded with four tackles, one tackle for loss and one forced fumble ... tied career high with two tackles for loss against Navy ... led Irish with nine tackles at Pittsburgh ... added one tackle for loss and one pass breakup against Panthers ... led front seven and was second on team with 11 tackles against Connecticut ... totaled 299:32 of playing time on defense and ranked 10th on team with 127 appearances on special teams.

COACHES AND STAff

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HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: First-team pick as receiver on 2009 Associated Press Indiana Class 4A all-state squad ... named to Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50 All-State team for 2009 as one of four receivers ... four-year starter as wide receiver for Clay High School in South Bend, Ind. ... caught 60 passes as senior in 2009 for more than 1,000 yards and nine touchdowns ... grabbed nine catches for 175 vs. Mishawaka in 2009, including TD receptions of 30 and 57 yards ... caught 10 passes for 124 yards and a TD vs. Elkhart Central in 2009 ... caught 51 passes for 1,061 yards and nine TDs as junior in 2008 ... also made seven interceptions as junior starter at defensive back for Clay team that finished 5-5 and Indiana Class 4-A sectional runner-up ... first-team all-conference receiver as junior ... caught 30 passes for 400 yards and eight TDs as sophomore in 2007 ... grabbed 49 passes for 800 yards and eight TDs as a freshman in 2006 ... caught 61-yard TD pass on first play of his career as freshman ... also a standout at Clay in basketball and track and field (as long jumper) ... brother-in-law is former Irish safety Gerome Sapp (1999-2002) ... played for coach Joe Szajko at Clay ... born July 16, 1991 ... son of Robert and Vicki Smith. ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

2010 (SENIOR): Saw action in all 13 games in 2010 ... one of 11 players to start all 13 games for the Irish... joined LB Darius Fleming, CB Gary Gray, DE Kapron Lewis-Moore, DE Ethan Johnson, ILB Manti Te’o and CB Darrin Walls as the only players on the defensive side of the ball to start all 13 games ... totaled 93 tackles on the season, including one-half tackle for loss (1 yard), seven interceptions (54 yards) and seven pass breakups ... ranked second on the team in total tackles, second in solo stops and third in assisted tackles ... led the team in interceptions and pass breakups ... ranked fourth in the FBS in interceptions per game (0.54) and total interceptions (seven) ... eclipsed 10 or more tackles in four different games (Michigan State, Stanford, Pittsburgh and Navy) ... registered four tackles, including three solo stops, in the victory over Purdue in the season opener ... collected nine tackles, including six solo stops, and one pass breakup against Michigan ... recorded another pass breakup and 10 more tackles at Michigan State ... eclipsed 10 or more tackles for the second straight game with 11 total stops, seven solo, versus Stanford ... made a pair of solo tackles and collected first career interception in the victory at Boston College ... all over the field in the victory over Pittsburgh ... made a career-best 13 tackles, registered a pair of pass breakups and collected an interception against the Panthers ... posted another a 10-tackle game against Navy ... had 10 tackles, three solo, versus the Midshipmen ... collected a pass breakup and six tackles, four solo stops, against Tulsa ... registered a highlight-reel interception and made seven tackles in the victory over Utah ... recorded season’s only tackle for loss and totaled five overall stops in the triumph over Army at Yankee Stadium ... made six overall tackles, including five solo stops, registered a pair of pass breakups and collected an interception deep in Irish territory with only 36 seconds remaining that clinched the victory over USC ... registered three interceptions in the first half alone in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... the three interceptions not only equaled a school record, but also equaled the Sun Bowl record ... became the 14th Notre Dame player to accomplish that, the last being Shane Walton versus Maryland in 2002 ... the three interceptions was an Irish bowl game record ... bested Elmer Layden’s school record of two picks set against Stanford in the 1925 Rose Bowl ... only two other players intercepted three passes in a single-game in 2010 – Jayron Hosley from Virginia Tech and Marco Nelson of Tulsa ... the seven interceptions not only ranked tied for the sixth-most in school history, but were the most for an Irish player since Walton had seven in 2002 ... selected by ESPN.com to its all-Bowl team … recorded 820 snaps on defense, most of any defensive back and second most of any Irish defensive player.

2011 OUTLOOK

2010 (FRESHMAN): Saw action the final seven games of 2010 ... played against Western Michigan, Navy, Tulsa, Utah, Army, USC and Miami (Fla.) ... registered one assisted tackle against Navy ... recorded a critical fumble recovery that helped setup a touchdown just after halftime in the victory over No. 15 Utah ... totaled 117 snaps on special teams.

CAREER: One of six fifth-year seniors on scholarship on 2011 Irish roster (David Ruffer, Mike Ragone, Andrew Nuss, Gary Gray and Taylor Dever are the others) ... athletic and versatile player has experience playing safety and linebacker in his Notre Dame career ... serves as the Irish co-captain with senior WR Michael Floyd ... the only player in Irish football history to register more than 200 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and 15 pass breakups in a career ... leads or tied for lead among active Irish players in just about every defensive category, including games (38, tied), games started (34), total tackles (214), solo tackles (134), pass breakups (18), passes defended (25) and interceptions (seven) ... his 15.5 tackles for loss are third most on team ... has recorded three and a half career sacks and forced one fumble ... did not play as freshman but practiced that season at safety ... moved to linebacker as sophomore and started nine games for Irish at strong-side linebacker ... started at both safety and linebacker in 2009.

MEDIA INFO

Interception Return Yards: 23, at Boston College (Oct. 2, 2010) Pass Breakups: 2, four times (last at USC, Nov. 27, 2010) Forced Fumbles: 1, vs. Boston College (Oct. 24, 2009) Fumble Recoveries: None Carries: 1, twice (last at Washington, Oct. 25, 2008) Rushing Yards: 35, at Washington (Oct. 25, 2008) Longest Rush: 35, at Washington (Oct. 25, 2008)

career high in tackles with six (three solos, three assists) including a tackle for a loss at North Carolina ... registered five tackles (three solos, two assists) in victory at Washington ... added his first two career sacks and also ran a fake punt 35 yards vs. the Huskies ... recorded five tackles (four solos, assist) including a tackle for a loss in his fifth career start vs. Pittsburgh ... amassed a career and team-high nine tackles (seven solos, two assists) including one for a loss at Boston College ... made two tackles (both assists) and assisted on a tackle for loss and a sack in the win against Navy ... registered seven tackles (five solos, two assists), a sack and two pass break-ups against Syracuse ... tallied three tackles (all solos) and added a pass breakup in regular season finale vs. USC ... credited with five tackles (all solos) and had two pass breakups in Hawai’i Bowl victory. 2007 (FRESHMAN): Did not see the field as a reserve safety his freshman season ... helped prepare the first-team offense during the season by playing on the look team in practice. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named to Super Southern 100 team for 2006 by Atlanta JournalConstitution as one of nine safeties ... Gatorade player of the year in Tennessee for 2006 ... rated 89th best prospect nationally by CSTV – and sixth nationally among safeties ... listed as one of top 250 players nationally by Rivals.com, including seventh among Tennessee prospects and among top 25 nationally in athlete category ... 2006 American General Tennessee Mr. Football Back of the Year in Class 3A ... gained 1,340 yards rushing to go with 19 touchdowns as senior in 2006 at Knoxville Catholic High School in Knoxville, Tenn. ... caught 23 passes for 453 yards and six TDs in ’06 for Fighting Irish ... also made 61 tackles, two tackles for loss, two interceptions and caused two fumbles on defense ... averaged 14 yards per punt return as senior for team that finished 12-1 after unbeaten regular season and Tennessee Class 3A quarterfinal loss ... helped ’06 Knoxville Catholic team average 37 points per game ... named 2006 Tennessee Class 3A all-state defensive back by Tennessee Sports Writers Association and by Tennessee Football Coaches Association ... named East Tennessee High School Football Player of the Year for ’06 by the Lawrenceburg (Tenn.) Quarterback Club ... named to Nashville Tennessean Dream Team for ’06 as safety ... rushed for 1,312 yards and had 446 receiving yards (32 catches) with 23 combined TDs as junior in 2005 on Knoxville Catholic team that ended up 11-2 ... intercepted five passes, returning two for TDs, forced three fumbles, recovered two fumbles in ’05 and also made 87 tackles (11 for loss) at safety slot ... earned Tennessee Class 3A first-team all-state honors as junior from Tennessee Sports Writers Association ... one of top 33 running backs on 2006 preseason basis by CBS Sportsline.com College Football Preview ... rated 46th best overall prospect in Southeast on 2006 preseason basis by The Sporting News SchoolSports ... helped Knoxville Catholic to unbeaten regular season as sophomore in 2004 and final 10-1 record ... made four tackles for West squad in MSL Events’ East Meets West all-star game in January 2007 in Orlando ... also played basketball ... played for coach Mark Pemberton at Knoxville Catholic ... born Feb. 2, 1989 ... full name is Harrison J. Smith ... parents are Steven and Susan Smith ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business, as a management-entrepreneurship major ... earned a 3.333 grade-point average during ’07 fall semester.

G-S

Tackles TT UT

13-9 12-12 13-13 38-34

57 69 93 219

18 30 37 85

39 39 56 134

TFL Scks Did Not Play 8.5-39 3.5-26 6.5-12 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 15.5-52 3.5-26

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

0 1 0 1

7 4 7 18

0-0 0-0 7-54 7-54

PBU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

HARRISON SMITH’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2008 SDSU (9.6) UM (9.13) *at MSU (9.20) PUR (9.27) *STAN (10.4) *at UNC (10.11) *at UW (10.25) *PITT (11.1) *at BC (11.8) *vs. Navy (11.15) *SYR (11.22) *at USC (11.29) at Hawai’i (12.24)

TT 3 1 6 2 3 6 5 5 9 2 7 3 5

UT 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 7 0 5 3 5

AT 0 0 5 0 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 0

TFL 1.0-1 0.0-0 1.0-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 2.0-21 1.0-4 1.0-2 0.5-1 1.0-4 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.0-21 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 1.0-4 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

TT 6 11 7 2 6 4 4 0 6 9 11 3

UT 5 4 5 0 4 1 2 0 5 7 4 2

AT 1 7 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 2 7 1

TFL 0.0-0 1.5-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.0-0 2.0-5 1.0-2 1.0-2 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2010 TT *PUR (9.4) 4 *UM (9.11) 9 *at MSU (9.18) 10 *STAN (9.25) 11 *at BC (10.2) 2 *PITT (10.9) 13 *WMU (10.16) 3 *at NAVY 10 *TULSA (10.30) 6 *UTAH (11.13) 7 *vs. ARMY(11.20) 5 *at USC (11.27) 6 *vs. MIAMI(12.31) 7 * - games started

UT 3 6 4 7 2 7 2 3 4 3 4 5 6

AT 1 3 6 4 0 6 1 7 2 4 1 1 1

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-23 1-15 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 3-16

DANNY

13 SPOND Littleton, Colo. (Columbine) Birthdate: 12-30-91

HARRISON SMITH’S CAREER STATS Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total

2009 *NEV (9.5) *at UM (9.12) *MSU (9.19) *at PUR (9.26) *WASH (10.3) *USC (10.17) *BC (10.24) *vs. WSU (10.31) *NAVY (11.7) *at PITT (11.14) *UCONN (11.21) *at STAN (11.28)

Outside Linebacker

6-2

242

CAREER: Second-year player saw action in eight games as a rookie, predominantly on special teams ... did see limited action as a backup linebacker ... batted an injury that hindered him throughout the season ... enters spring practice with an opportunity to earn more significant playing time at the linebacker position. 2010 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in eight games in 2010 ... one of six freshmen to make their Irish debut against Purdue ... saw the field against Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Utah and Miami (Fla.) ... majority of playing time came on multiple Irish special teams ... recorded one solo tackle against Boston College ... totaled 105 plays on special teams and 10 plays on defense. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: First-team all-Colorado selection by Denver Post as junior and honorable mention all-state by Post as senior in 2009 ... played quarterback for Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., and helped lead Rebels to state semifinals as junior and quarterfinals as senior in 2009 ... rated by Rivals.com as second-best player in Colorado and the 27th-best athlete nationally ... labeled as “best athlete” in Colorado high school football prior to start of 2009 season by Denver Post ... missed four games as a senior in 2009 due to injury ... passed for 517 yards on 41-for-64 throwing with 10 touchdowns and rushed for 386 yards with four TDs in 2009 ... also kicked five of seven PATs, connected on both field-goal attempts (one for 46 yards), punted 14 times for 35.9-yard average, intercepted one pass and made 13.5 tackles as cornerback ... rushed for 178 yards in one 2009 game vs. Chatfield ... first-team all-Big 8 Conference selection for 2009 on Columbine team that finished 8-4 and qualified for Colorado 5A playoffs ... played quarterback in wing-T offense and passed 57 times for 511 yards as junior in 2008, with eight passes for TDs ... totaled 874 rushing yards in 2008 and averaged 9.8 rushing yards per carry with 10 rushing TDs ... led Columbine to 11-2 record in 2008 ... named all-conference linebacker in 2007 and also served as placekicker for Rebels as sophomore ... named Denver Post high school student-athlete of week on Sept. 6, 2009 ... won seven consecutive Carnation Bowls, South Jeffco (Colo.) youth league’s

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version of Super Bowl ... compiled 77-1 record in youth football with one loss occurring as he sat out due to injury ... played for coach Andy Lowry at Columbine ... born Dec. 30, 1991 ... son of Don and Janet Spond ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

Year 2010

G-S 8-0

Tackles TT UT 1 1

AT 0

TFL 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR 0 0-0

Scks 0.0-0

PBU 0

INT 0-0

40 TAUSCH Plano, Texas (Jesuit) Birthdate: 4-30-91

Kicker

TYLER

92 STOCKTON 6-0

302

TAUSCH’S CAREER HIGHS

2010 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in six games in 2010 ... saw the field against Purdue, Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford, Boston College and Navy ... registered only tackle of the season, a sack for a loss of four yards, at Boston College. 2009 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action during rookie campaign.

G-S

6-0

TFL Scks Did Not Play 1.0-4 1.0-4

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

0-0

CAREER: Very consistent kicker who had great rookie season before missing last three games with foot injury ... fell behind David Ruffer on the depth chart in 2010 ... has connected on 15 of 18 field goals and 27 of 30 point-after touchdowns ... has totaled 72 points ... converted 14 consecutive field goals to break Mike Johnston’s school record of 13 consecutive made field goals in 1982 (mark has since been passed by David Ruffer) ... set school record for most field goals made in a game without miss when he converted all five field-goal attempts against Washington ... has split time on kickoff duties and averaged 60.6 yards on 43 career kickoffs. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in three games in 2010 ... served as the kickoff specialist against Pittsburgh ... replaced an injured David Ruffer in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) and connected on a 34-yard field goal ... registered eight kickoffs for a total of 443 yards (55.4 per kick) ... attempted Notre Dame’s onside kick against Stanford.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked as ninth-best kicker nationally according to Rivals. com ... connected on nine of 15 field goals during senior season including made field goals of 51 and 53 yards ... 22 of 41 kickoff attempts resulted in touchbacks as senior ... opposing teams averaged 16.0 on kickoff returns in 2008 ... participated in Hawaii Prep Classic, converting only field-goal attempt from 37 yards and averaging 47.2 yards on four punts ... named to Dallas Morning News Top 100 list for area players – the only kicker placed on the list ... also named first-team all-area by the Dallas Morning News ... placed on third-team all-state following senior year by the Texas Sports Writers Association ... named

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2010 REVIEW

2009 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in each of first nine games before missing final three contests (Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Stanford) due to foot injury ... connected on 14 of 17 field goal attempts and 27 of 30 point-after touchdowns (PAT) ... ranked second on team with 69 points ... broke school record by converting 14 consecutive field goals from Michigan game through Washington State game ... also set school record for most field goals made in game without a miss when he converted all five field goals against Washington ... longest field goal made was 46 yards ... converted five of six field goals between 20-29 yards, made six of seven from 30-39 yards and converted three of four field goals between 40-49 yards ... did not attempt field goal over 46 yards and did not have a kick blocked ... split time on kickoff duty, averaged 61.8 yards per kick on 35 kickoffs he handled ... converted all five PATs in season opener against Nevada ... missed his first field-goal attempt of season from 28 yards at Michigan but came back to convert from 34 and 42 yards, respectively, against Wolverines ... made both field goals against Michigan State including season-best 46-yarder ... tallied season-best 17 points after making all five field-goal attempts and both PATs against Washington ... continued hot streak against Boston College and Washington State, making two field goals apiece against both teams ... made 81 appearances in rookie campaign.

COACHES AND STAff

STOCKTON’S CAREER STATS

Extra Points Attempted: 5, twice (last vs. Washington State, Oct. 31, 2009) Extra Points Converted: 5, vs. Nevada (Sept. 5, 2009) Field Goals Attempted: 5, vs. Washington (Oct. 3, 2009) Field Goals Converted: 5, vs. Washington (Oct. 3, 2009) Longest FG: 46, vs. Michigan State (Sept. 19, 2009) Points Scored: 17, vs. Washington (Oct. 3, 2009) Kickoffs: 8, vs. Washington (Oct. 3, 2009) Kickoff Yards: 491, vs. Washington (Oct. 3, 2009) Kickoff Yard Average: 67.4, at Purdue (Sept. 26, 2009) Touchbacks: None

THE FIGHTING IRISH

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in 2009 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... rated third-best defensive tackle in country by ESPN ... ranked 17th in SI/TAKKLE Top 200 ... ranked 32nd in ESPNU150 ... rated as 121st overall player by Scout.com ... Rivals.com ranked him 192nd in its Rivals250 ... ranked top player in New Jersey in postseason state rankings according to Rivals.com ... named to SuperPrep All-American team as 22nd-best overall defensive lineman ... rated second among New Jersey’s top 35 players according to SuperPrep ... named first-team all-state by the Newark StarLedger as a junior at The Hun School ... Trenton Times named him all-area performer during junior season in 2007 ... earned Mid-Atlantic Conference defensive player-of-the-year honors as junior ... helped team to 9-0 record and recorded 68 tackles, 24 tackles for loss and nine sacks during junior campaign ... one of three early enrollees at Notre Dame in 2009, joining E.J. Banks and Zeke Motta ... played for head coach Dave Dudeck at The Hun School ... born Feb. 11, 1990 ... son of Naomi and Lyndon Stockton ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business as a marketing major.

Year 2009 2010

190

X Most Consecutive Field Goals Made In A Career (14, 2nd) X Most Consecutive Field Goals Made In A Single-Season (14, 2nd) X Single-Season Field Goals Made (2009, 14, t-6th) X Single-Game Field Goals Made (vs. Washington, Oct. 3, 2009, 5, t-1st) X Single-Game Points By Kicking (vs. Washington, Oct. 3, 2009, 17, t-1st)

CAREER: Strong and powerful defensive lineman that has seen action in six career games ... will continue to compete for playing time in the middle of the Irish defensive line this spring.

Tackles TT UT

6-0

2011 OUTLOOK

TAUSCH’S PLACE IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS

Linwood, N.J. (Hun School) Birthdate: 2-11-90

Nose Guard

MEDIA INFO

SPOND’S CAREER STATS

NICK

to first-team all-district squad as both punter and placekicker as senior ... attended same high school as former Irish star Omar Jenkins ... father, Terry, played offensive line in the NFL for eight years (Minnesota, 1982-88; San Francisco 1989) and was with the 49ers team that won Super Bowl XXIV ... brother Eric is a 280-pound sophomore offensive lineman at TCU ... played for head coach Bob Wunderlick at Jesuit Prep ... born April 30, 1991 ... full name is Nicholas Andrew Tausch ... son of Ela and Terry Tausch ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters.

TAUSCH’S CAREER STATISTICS Year 2009 2010 Total

G-S 9-0 3-0 12-0

Field Goals M-A Pct 14-17 .824 1-1 1.000 15-18 .833

Field Goals Breakdown Year 0-19 20-29 30-39 2009 0-0 5-6 6-7 2010 0-0 0-0 1-1 Total 0-0 5-6 7-8

LG 46 34 46

XP M-A 27-30 0-0 27-30

Pct .900 .000 .900

Pts 69 3 72

40-49 3-4 0-0 3-4

50+ 0-0 0-0 0-0

LG 46 34 46

Blkd 0 0 0

Kickoffs Att Yds 35 2164 8 443 43 2607

Avg 61.8 55.4 60.6

TB 0 0 0

MANTI

5 TE’O Laie, Hawai’i (Punahou) Birthdate: 1-26-91

Inside Linebacker

6-2

255

TE’O’S PLACE IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS X Single-Season Tackles By Freshman (2009, 63, 3rd)

TE’O’S CAREER HIGHS Total Tackles: 21, vs. Stanford (Sept. 25, 2010) Solo Tackles: 8, twice (last vs. Navy, Oct. 23, 2010) Assisted Tackles: 13, vs. Stanford (Sept. 25, 2010) Tackles For Loss: 2.5, twice (last at Michigan State, Sept. 18, 2010) Sacks: 1.0, twice (last vs. Utah, Nov. 13, 2010) Interceptions: None Forced Fumbles: 1, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010) Fumble Recoveries: None Pass Breakups: 1, five times (last vs. Miami (Fla.), Dec. 31, 2010) CAREER: One of highest regarded and most-decorated defensive recruits to select Notre Dame in recent memory ... has played in every Irish game over his first two seasons and started 23 contests ... has totaled 196 tackles, 95 solo stops, 15.0 tackles for loss, two sacks, four pass breakups and one forced fumble ... his 133 tackles in 2010 finished just outside the top 10 in single-season school history ... the 133 tackles were the most by an Irish player since Tony Furjanic made 147 in 1983 ... has recorded 10 or more tackles in a game nine times over his career ... only four Irish players started more games on defense in 2009 ... recorded third-most tackles ever by an Irish freshman and ranked fourth on team with 63 stops. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in all 13 games in 2010 ... one of 11 players to start all 13 games for the Irish this season ... joined LB Darius Fleming, CB Gary Gray, DE Kapron Lewis-Moore, DE Ethan Johnson, S Harrison Smith and CB Darrin Walls as the only players on the defensive side of the ball to start all 13 games ... totaled 133 tackles on the season, including nine and a half tackles for loss (34 yards), one sack (seven yards), one forced fumble and two pass breakups ... led the Irish in total tackles (133), tackles on running plays (95), tackles on passing plays (35, tied), solo tackles (66) and assisted tackles (67) ... also ranked second on the team in tackles for loss (9.5) ... nearly became the first Notre Dame defender to eclipse 100 total tackles and lead the team in tackles for loss since Melvin Dansby in 1997 ... nearly became the first Irish defender to lead the team in total tackles and tackles for loss since Brandon

Hoyte in 2005 ... ranked t-18th in the FBS in tackles per game (10.23), 12th in total tackles (133), tied for 17th in assisted tackles (67) and tied for 29th in solo stops (66) ... eclipsed 10 or more tackles in seven different games (Michigan, 13; Michigan State, 11; Stanford, 21; Boston College, 10; Western Michigan, 10; Navy, 13; Army, 12) ... only failed to reach double digits in tackles in six games (Purdue, Pittsburgh, Tulsa, Utah, USC and Miami) ... added one tackle for loss, forced a fumble and registered a pass breakup against the Wolverines ... recorded two and a half tackles for loss for a total of 15 yards in the overtime defeat in East Lansing against the Spartans ... registered at least one tackle for loss in seven of Notre Dame’s 13 games, including five consecutive games (Western Michigan, Navy, Tulsa, Utah and Army) ... finished with nine tackles against the Black Knights, nine tackles against the Boilermakers, nine tackles against the Utes, eight versus the Golden Hurricane and six against the Trojans and Hurricanes (missed most of the second-half with an injury) ... his 133 tackles in 2010 finished just outside the top 10 in single-season school history ... the 133 tackles were the most by an Irish player since Tony Furjanic made 147 in 1983 ... his 133 tackles rank as the third-most ever by a Notre Dame sophomore ... Crable’s school record total of 187 in 1979 and Furjanic’s total of 142 in 1983 came during each of their second year in an Irish uniform ... established a career-high in tackles with 21 against Stanford ... first player in the FBS in 2010 to eclipse the 20-tackle barrier ... no player in the FBS has had more tackles in one game against a BCS conference foe since Durell Mapp of North Carolina had 23 stops against North Carolina State on Nov. 10, 2007 ... most tackles by a sophomore against a BCS opponent since Austin Thomas of Indiana had 22 against Michigan State on Oct. 13, 2007 (Luke Kuechly equaled total of 21 on Nov. 13, 2010 against Duke) ... most tackles by a Notre Dame player since Chinedum Ndukwe had 22 in a victory over Air Force on Nov. 11, 2006 ... the 21 tackles against Stanford not only rank as the sixth-most in single-game school history, but also the second-most ever by an Irish sophomore ... Bob Crable was a sophomore when he tied the school record with 26 stops against Clemson on Nov. 17, 1979 ... totaled 824 snaps on defense, the most of any Irish player. 2009 (FRESHMAN): Linebacker appeared in all 12 games as rookie, while starting 10 ... finished season with 63 total tackles, ranking fourth on team and third most for any freshman in program history ... became full-time starter in fifth game of season against Washington and recorded 57 tackles over last eight games, second most on team ... added five and a half tackles for loss, one sack and one pass breakup in first season ... recorded two solo tackles in his Irish debut against Nevada including tackle on first career play in Irish uniform ... recorded only sack of season against Purdue with 16 seconds left in contest to help secure Notre Dame’s 24-21 win over Boilermakers ... totaled career-high 10 tackles in first game as full-time starter against Washington ... tied for team-high honors with eight tackles against USC ... paced Irish with nine tackles against Boston College including season-best two and a half tackles for loss and one pass breakup ... recorded season-high seven solo tackles in final home game against Connecticut ... matched season high with 10 tackles in season finale against Stanford ... totaled 238:28 of playing time and made 63 special-teams appearances. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in 2009 Under Armour All-American game in Orlando ... participated in Hawaii Prep Football Classic, which featured an all-star team from U.S. mainland against an all-star team from Hawaii ... named 2008 High School Athlete of the Year by Sporting News ... selected as defensive player of the year by USA Today ... became inaugural high school recipient of the Butkus Award, given to the best linebacker in the country ... two-time recipient of Hawaii Gatorade Player-of-the-Year award in 2007 and 2008 ... Sporting News rated him the top defensive player in the nation and second-best player in the country ... rated second-best overall prospect in the ESPNU150 and best linebacker according to ESPN ... ranked fifth nationally in SI/TAKKLE Top 200 for 2008 ... rated third in 2009 Athlon Consensus 100 ... ranked sixth nationally by Scout.com and its top linebacker prospect ... Rivals.com ranked him as 12th-best overall player nationally and second-best inside linebacker ... rated as the best player in Hawaii according to Rivals.com’s postseason state rankings ... listed seventh nationally in Chicago Sun-Times rating of top 100 players ... Tom Lemming of CBS College Sports rated him as 12th-best all around player in his Top 100 ... named to SuperPrep Elite 50 squad as 12th-best overall player and made SuperPrep All-America team as second-best linebacker in the county ... also named SuperPrep Farwest Defensive Player of the Year ... named top overall prospect in the Offense-Defense 100 ... top vote-getter among defensive players in Long Beach Press-Telegram’s 2009 Best in the West team ... selected to Western 100 in 2008 by Tacoma News Tribune ... named to 2008 MaxPreps All-America firstteam defense as a senior ... named 2007 defensive player of the year and first-team all-state linebacker by Honolulu Star-Bulletin ... received first-team all-state and conference defensive player of the year honors as junior and senior by Honolulu Advertiser ... as sophomore named 2006 second-team all-state linebacker by both Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin as well as first-team all-conference ... registered 129 tackles, 11 sacks, three forced fumbles, three interceptions, one which he returned for a touchdown and a blocked punt that he scored a touchdown on during his senior campaign ... helped Punahou High School team capture its first ever state championship by racking up eight tackles, two sacks, three tackles for loss, and a forced fumble in title game en route to 38-7 victory ... recorded 90 tackles and five sacks as junior in 2007 ... named an Eagle Scout in 2008 and volunteers his time at Hawaii Special Olympics and Head Start Preschool program ... graduated from President Barack Obama’s high school ... high school teammate of Irish wide receiver Robby Toma ... played for head coach Kale Ane at Punahou School ... born Jan. 26, 1991 ... full name is Manti Malietau Louis Te’o ... son of Ottilia and Brian Te’o ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters.

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TE’O’S CAREER STATS G-S 12-10 13-13 25-23

Tackles TT UT 63 29 133 66 196 95

AT 34 67 101

TFL 5.5-25 9.5-34 15.0-59

Scks 1.0-12 1.0-7 2.0-19

Fumbles FF FR 0 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0

PBU 1 3 4

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0

TE’O’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS UT 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 2 2 1 7 5

AT 0 1 1 0 8 4 7 1 3 3 1 5

TFL 0.0-0 1.0-2 0.0-0 1.0-12 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.5-10 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-0 0.5-1

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-12 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2010 TT *PUR (9.4) 9 *UM (9.11) 13 *at MSU (9.18) 11 *STAN (9.25) 21 *at BC (10.2) 10 *PITT (10.9) 5 *WMU (10.16) 10 *at NAVY 13 *TULSA (10.30) 8 *UTAH (11.13) 9 *vs. ARMY(11.20) 12 *at USC (11.27) 6 *vs. MIAMI (12.31)6 * - games started

UT 6 6 6 8 6 2 4 8 5 3 8 3 1

AT 3 7 5 13 4 3 6 5 3 6 4 3 5

TFL 0.0-0 1.0-3 2.5-15 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 1.0-2 1.0-2 1.0-1 1.5-9 1.0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named 2008 Hawaii Co-Offensive Player of the Year by Honolulu Advertiser ... also named first-team all-state by Advertiser ... participated in Hawaii vs. Mainland All-Star Game ... selected to play in 2009 Under Armour All-American All-Star Game ... won best hands contest at Under Armour game ... earned all-conference honors as junior and senior ... led state as senior with 1,393 receiving yards and 15 receiving touchdowns ... also returned kickoffs and played defensive back in certain situations ... finished season with 19 total TDs ... along with current Notre Dame sophomore Manti Te’o, helped lead their high school to 12-1 record and first state championship ... totaled 211 all-purpose yards in championship game, including seven receptions for 147 yards and a TD as the Buffanblu defeated Leilehua 38-7… named first-team all-state by Honolulu Star-Bulletin as junior after posting 35 receptions for 836 receiving yards with 13 TDs ... totaled 992 all-purpose yards as junior ... selected first-team all-conference in 2007 and 2008 ... ranked eighth-best player in Hawaii by Rivals.com ... named one of top 150 players in SuperPrep’s Far West (California, Hawaii, Nevada) rankings ... graduated from President Barack Obama’s high school ... teammate in high school of Irish linebacker Manti Te’o ... played for head coach Kale Ane at Punahou School ... born Feb. 23, 1991 ... full name is Robert Joseph Toma ... son of Tammy and Ross Toma ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters.

TOMA’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

G-S 3-0 8-2 11-2

Rec 3 14 17

Yds 21 187 208

TD 0 0 0

LG 8 26 26

Rec/G 1.0 1.8 1.5

Avg/C 7.0 13.4 12.2

Avg/G 7.0 23.4 18.9

TOMA’S CAREER RETURN STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

KR 1 0 1

Yds 11 0 11

Avg 11.0 0.0 11.0

TD 0 0 0

LG 11 0 11

PR 0 0 0

Yds 0 0 0

Total 32 187 219

Avg/G 10.7 23.4 19.9

Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0

LG 0 0 0

THE FIGHTING IRISH

TT 2 2 1 1 10 8 9 3 5 4 8 10

2011 OUTLOOK

2009 NEV (9.5) *at UM (9.12) MSU (9.19) *at PUR (9.26) *WASH (10.3) *USC (10.17) *BC (10.24) *vs. WSU (10.31) *NAVY (11.7) *at PITT (11.14) *UCONN (11.21) *at STAN (11.28)

2009 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in three games at wide receiver (Boston College, Washington State, Connecticut) during freshman season ... recorded three receptions for 21 yards ... also registered one kick return (Washington State) good for 11 yards ... hauled in two catches for 13 yards against Boston College before securing one catch for eight yards following week against Washington State ... totaled 5:12 of playing time and made one appearance on special teams.

MEDIA INFO

Year 2009 2010 Total

including a career-best catch of 26 yards ... snatched a five-yard toss against Utah ... totaled 63 yards on four receptions at Yankee Stadium against Army ... recorded two catches for 15 yards versus USC ... totaled 161 snaps on offense, sixth most of any Irish wide receiver.

TOMA’S CAREER ALL-PURPOSE STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

9 TOMA JR

PR 0 0 0

KR 11 0 11

IR 0 0 0

TOMA’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Laie, Hawaii (Punahou) Birthdate: 2-23-91

Wide Receiver

RCV 21 187 208

COACHES AND STAff

ROBBY

Rush 0 0 0

5-9

180

2010 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in eight games for the Irish during 2010, starting against Army and USC ... moved into the regular rotation at wide receiver following the injuries to TJ Jones and Theo Riddick ... totaled 14 receptions for 187 yards on the year, including a season-high grab of 26 yards against Tulsa ... registered four plays of 20 yards or more, all on receptions ... 10 of 14 receptions resulted in a touchdown or first down ... two of four receptions on third down plays resulted in a touchdown or first down ... hauled in a 11-yard reception against Western Michigan ... nabbed two catches for 26 yards against Navy ... collected a career-high tying four receptions for a career-best 67 yards against Tulsa,

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Yds Avg Did Not Play 0 0.0 0 0.0 Did Not Play Did Not Play Did Not Play 11 11.0 26 13.0 67 16.8 5 5.0 63 15.8 15 7.5 Did Not Play

0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

11 20 26 5 22 8

2010 REVIEW

CAREER: Quick and shifty receiver that has predominantly lined up in the slot during his first two seasons with the Irish ... has appeared in 11 games for Irish and started two ... moved into the starting rotation against Army and USC following the injuries to Theo Riddick and TJ Jones ... has 17 career receptions for 208 yards, including a career-best 26-yard grab against Tulsa ... earned first bit of playing time midway through the 2009 season after being one of top offensive scout team players over the first half of year ... enters spring practice ready to compete for extended playing time in Irish spread offense.

2010 Rec PUR (9.4) UM (9.11) 0 at MSU (9.18) 0 STAN (9.25) at BC (10.2) PITT (10.9) WMU (10.16) 1 at NAVY (10.23) 2 TULSA (10.30) 4 UTAH (11.13) 1 *vs. ARMY (11.20) 4 *at USC (11.27) 2 MIAMI (12.31) * - games started

TURK’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

BEN

35 TURK Davie, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Birthdate: 6-5-90

Punter

5-11

196

TURK’S CAREER HIGHS Punts: 8, three times (last vs. Tulsa, Oct. 30, 2010) Punt Yards: 329, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Long Punt: 56, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Punt Average: 46.6, vs. Pittsburgh (Oct. 9, 2010) Touchback: 2, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Fair Catches: 5, twice (last at Boston College, Oct. 2, 2010) 50+ Yard Punts: 2, twice (last vs. Tulsa, Oct. 30, 2010) Inside 20: 4, vs. Michigan (Sept. 11, 2010)

2010 No PUR (9.4) 3 UM (9.11) 8 at MSU (9.18) 5 STAN (9.25) 5 at BC (10.2) 8 PITT (10.9) 5 WMU (10.16) 5 at NAVY 1 TULSA (10.30) 8 UTAH (11.13) 6 vs. ARMY(11.20) 4 at USC (11.27) 6 vs. MIAMI (12.31) 4

Yds 95 310 181 160 313 233 204 43 329 216 135 225 159

Avg 31.7 38.8 36.2 32.0 39.1 46.6 40.8 43.0 41.1 36.0 33.8 37.5 39.8

LG 35 47 44 46 53 51 50 43 56 41 49 49 45

TB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0

FC 2 3 3 1 5 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 0

I20 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 2 1 3

50+ 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0

BLK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

JUSTIN

53 UTUPO

CAREER: Served as the starting Irish punter for each of the last two years ... has punted 94 times for 3,597 yards (38.3 per punt) over his career ... owns a career-long punt of 56 yards ... registered nine career punts of 50 yards or longer and dropped 35 career punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line ... has yet to have a punt blocked in his career ... ascended to Irish starting punter midway through his first season (2009) and averaged 38.2 yards on 26 punts. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Took to the field as the starting punter for the Irish in all 13 games in 2010 ... punted 68 times for a total of 2,603 yards and averaged 38.3 yards per punt ... registered a career-long punt of 56 yards against Tulsa ... only 14 of 68 punts were returned ... 22 resulted in a fair catch and 26 were downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line ... six punts sailed over 50 yards ... recorded four games with a punt average above 40.0 yards (Pittsburgh, Western Michigan, Navy and Tulsa) ... pinned Miami (Fla.) inside its 20-yard line on three of his four punts in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over the Hurricanes. 2009 (FRESHMAN): Named starting punter for Irish midway through season and punted in six of final eight games (Washington, Boston College, USC, Washington State, Connecticut and Stanford) ... punted 26 times for an average of 38.2 yards per kick and net of 34.7 yards ... nine of his punts were downed inside 20-yard line with long punt of 53 yards ... finished season strong as three of his final eight punts traveled at least 50 yards and averaged 45.5 yards per punt in final two games combined ... made Irish debut against Washington ... landed three of five punts inside 20-yard line against USC and recorded net average of 37.0 yards per punt ... punted season-high six punts against Boston College ... booted five punts against Connecticut with 47.0-yards-per-punt average, highest single-game punting average by Notre Dame punter since Geoff Price averaged 47.4 yards on five punts in Sugar Bowl following 2006 season ... recorded two punts of 50 yards against Huskies and landed one punt inside 20-yard line ... punted three times for 129 yards at Stanford (43.0-yard average) including season-best 53-yard punt ... registered season-best 41.0-yard net average ... made 27 appearances on special teams. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Scout.com ranked him as the third-best punter nationally ... rated the sixth-best kicker in the country by Rivals.com ... named first-team all-state for Class 5A following senior year ... selected to Florida Super 75 squad by Jacksonville Times-Union and also tabbed the state’s top kicker by the Times-Union ... named first-team all-Broward County following senior season ... averaged 41 yards per punt as a junior and 39 yards per punt during his senior campaign at St. Thomas Aquinas ... landed 14 of his 28 punts inside the 20-yard line as a senior in 2008 ... high school teammate of Irish long snapper Jordan Cowart ... attended same high school as Irish offensive lineman Dan Wenger ... nephew of current Houston Texans punter Matt Turk ... helped his high school to a 29-1 record as a junior and senior and was a member of 2007 and 2008 Florida Class 5A state champions ... the Raiders finished the 2008 season ranked first nationally by USA Today and ESPN Rise ... played for head coach George Smith at St. Thomas Aquinas High School ... born June 5, 1990 ... son of Kelly and Tony Turk ... College of Arts and Letters as a design major.

Lakewood, Calif. (Lakewood) Birthdate: 3-26-92

Inside Linebacker

6-3

251

CAREER: Young, energetic and passionate defensive end that spent rookie season on Irish scout team ... displayed ability to rush the passer in practice ... enters spring in competition for playing time at the inside linebacker position. 2010 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action in 2010. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: First-team defensive lineman on California Division I all-state squad as senior in 2009 ... named Lineman of the Year for 2009 by Los Angeles Times ... first-team defensive lineman on Los Angeles Times All-Star team for 2009 ... defensive player of the year on all-Southland team named by Los Angeles Times ... named Moore League defensive player of the year as senior in 2009 ... recorded 67 total tackles, 11.5 sacks, three fumble recoveries, 29 tackles for loss and forced four fumbles as senior defensive tackle and tight end in 2009 at Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Calif. ... made seven receptions for touchdowns as tight end in 2009 as Lancers finished 11-2 ... helped Lakewood to final #9 Southern California overall top 25 ranking and final #4 ranking in CIF Division I South by CalHiSports.com ... recovered a pair of fumbles to help Lakewood end Long Beach Poly’s 80-game conference win streak with 21-14 victory in 2009 and ensure Lakewood’s first outright Moore League title since 1974 ... had four sacks in Lancers’ CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Division quarterfinal win over #23 La Puente Bishop Amat ... first-team all-conference selection as defensive lineman as junior in 2008 on Lakewood squad that finished 10-3 ... made 70 tackles and six sacks as junior in 2008 while leading conference in tackles for loss ... helped Lakewood to CIF Southern Section Pac-5 semifinals in 2008 ... played in Offense-Defense All-American game in Myrtle Beach, S.C., in January 2010 ... played for coach Thadd Macneal at Lakewood ... born March 26, 1992 ... son of Dennis and Maria Utupo ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

TURK’S CAREER STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

G-S 6-0 13-0 19-0

No 26 68 94

Yds 994 2603 3597

Avg. 38.2 38.3 38.3

LG 53 56 56

TB 2 3 5

FC 13 22 35

I20 9 26 35

50+ 3 6 9

Blk 0 0 0

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DEION

CHRIS

66 WATT

Christchurch, Va. (Christchurch) Birthdate: 2-26-89

Wide Receiver

Glen Ellyn, Ill. (Glenbard West) Birthdate: 8-17-90

6-3

202

CAREER: Speedy and athletic wide receiver played in five games during sophomore season ... did not see any action as a freshman or junior ... recorded one reception for 15 yards for Irish in 2009 ... adds tremendous depth to wide receiver position and will compete for playing time this spring. 2010 (JUNIOR): Did not see game action in 2010.

2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action during freshman campaign.

Rec Yds TD LG Did Not Play 1 15 0 15 Did Not Play 1 15 0 15

Rec/G

Avg/C

Avg/G

0.2

15.0

3.0

0.2

15.0

3.0

6-3

310

CAREER: Versatile offensive lineman that can play center or either guard position ... spent his sophomore season as the regular backup for graduated Chris Stewart and saw action in all 13 games for the Irish ... enters spring practice ready to compete for a starting position on the interior of the Irish offensive line ... one of the top offensive lineman recruits in 2009 ... did not play as freshman while learning behind veteran group of linemen. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in all 13 games in 2010 ... provided depth behind Chris Stewart the right guard position ... took the field for the Irish for the first time in his career against Purdue ... the Irish offensive line allowed 20 sacks over their 13 games in 2010, which averaged out to 1.54 sacks per game ... Notre Dame had not allowed fewer sacks per game since 1998 when the Irish allowed only nine sacks in 11 games or 0.82 per game ... totaled 117 snaps on offense, seventh most of any Irish offensive lineman. 2009 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action as rookie. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Participated in 2009 U.S. Army All-American game in San Antonio ... named to USA Today All-American team ... placed on Parade All-America team following senior year ... honored as the top high school recruit in the Midwest in the Detroit Free Press’ Best in the Midwest rankings ... named to Tom Lemming’s 26-man All-America team ... ranked 31st-best overall player and top overall offensive guard according to Scout.com ... considered 35th-best player nationally and the fifth-best offensive lineman by the Sporting News ... rated as 68th-best overall prospect in the SI/TAKKLE Top 200 ... ranked as 67th-best overall prospect in country according to Tom Lemming of CBS College Sports ... Rivals.com ranks him as 77th-best overall player and second-best offensive guard ... selected first-team All-American by MaxPreps in 2008 ... ranked second in Illinois postseason Top 30 according to Rivals.com ... named to SuperPrep All-American team as the third-best overall offensive lineman in the country ... selected as an Elite 50 player, 40th overall, by SuperPrep ... selected first-team all-state as senior by Illinois High School Football Coaches Association, Chicago Tribune and Champaign News-Gazette ... named 2008-09 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year ... selected to Chicago Sun-Times’ all-area team as a senior ... named special mention all-state as junior by Chicago Tribune and Champaign News-Gazette ... Arlington Heights Daily Herald named Watt captain of 2008 all-area football team for DuPage County ... named West Suburban Silver Conference Most Valuable Player in 2008 ... recorded 118 pancake blocks as a junior and 107 as a senior despite missing two games due to an ankle sprain in 2008 ... led Glenbard West High School to 12-1 record in 2008 ... played three different positions along offensive line and never surrendered a sack ... brother Kevin is entering his third season as a defensive end at Northwestern in 2009 ... played for head coach Chad Hetlet at Glenbard West High School ... born Aug. 17, 1990 ... son of Mary Pat and Rich Watt ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business.

WATT’S CAREER STATS Year 2009 2010 Total

G-S Did Not Play 13-0 13-0

COACHES AND STAff

DEION WALKER’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS

THE FIGHTING IRISH

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Participated in the Under Armour All-American Game in Orlando ... considered the 22nd-best player in the nation and the third-best wide receiver prospect in the country by Sports Illustrated/TAKKLE.com ... rated the 76th-best player by Tom Lemming and CSTV and the 14th-best wide receiver ... touted by SuperPrep as the seventh-best wide receiver in the nation and the third-best player in Virginia ... ranked the 58th-best prospect by Scout.com as well as the 11th-best wide receiver in the nation and the second-best player in Virginia by the internet recruiting website ... Rivals.com listed him as the seventh-best player in Virginia and 25th-best wide receiver in the country ... posted 15 catches for 230 yards and two touchdowns in ’07 at Christchurch High School despite injury hampering senior campaign ... named first-team all-state and first-team all-conference following junior season ... as a junior, helped lead the Fighting Seahorses to a 7-2 record and appearance in the VISFA division II state championship game where they lost to Saint Anne’s – Belfield School ... in the 2006 state semifinal, helped Christchurch snap Liberty Christian Academy’s 34-game winning streak as he caught three passes for 130 yards and one touchdown while intercepting three passes to preserve the 10-7 victory ... totaled 733 yards on 50 receptions with seven touchdowns as a junior ... attended the Asheville (N.C.) School as a sophomore and played quarterback ... passed for 1,800 yards as a sophomore ... played for coach Ed Homer at Christchurch ... named after former NFL player Deion Sanders ... his father Art was the offensive coordinator on the football team at Christchurch ... became just the second student in the last 16 years to receive a scholarship to a Football Bowl Subdivision university (J’Courtney Williams, University of Virginia, 2007) ... also played basketball for the Fighting Seahorses ... as a junior, the basketball team was Virginia Prep League regular season runner-up but won the Prep League Tournament and made it to the state semifinals ... named to the Virginia Prep League Tournament all-tournament team as a junior ... also competed in track and field and was two-time state champion while living in North Carolina in the triple jump ... set the school record at Asheville School in the triple jump with a mark of 46’ 2 1/2” notable alumni of the college prep boarding school Walker attended include two Pulitizer Prize-winning authors (William Styron and Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr.) and the attorney general of Virginia ... born Feb. 26, 1989 ... son of Arthur and Bethany Walker ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business as a management -consulting major.

Offensive Guard

2011 OUTLOOK

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Played in five games at wide receiver for Irish (Nevada, Purdue, Washington, USC, Washington State) ... hauled in only reception against Nevada for 15 yards ... catch against Wolf Pack represented his first reception in Notre Dame uniform ... earned 10:19 of playing time as reserve wide receiver and made one special-teams appearance.

Year G-S 2008 2009 5-0 2010 Total 5-0

MEDIA INFO

1 WALKER

2010 REVIEW

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ninth-best player in New Jersey by SuperPrep ... named a Rivals.com junior All-American following his third season in which he totaled 106 tackles and six sacks ... also played offensive line and was named first-team all-conference there following his senior year ... member of a state championship team as a junior and the defense he was part of pitched five shutouts ... defeated Phillipsburg H.S., 14-9, to help the Minutemen claim the 2006 North II, Group IV state sectional championship ... played for coach Chet Parlavecchio at Elizabeth High School ... born Feb. 6, 1989 ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters as a sociology major.

ALEX

82 WELCH Cincinnati, Ohio (Elder) Birthdate: 11-20-91

Tight End

HAFIS WILLIAMS’ CAREER STATS SO

6-4

240

CAREER: Young, talented tight end spent his rookie season on the Irish scout team ... did not see any game action ... learned from more featured tight ends Kyle Rudolph, Tyler Eifert and Mike Ragone ... enters spring practice looking to challenge for playing time.

Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

G-S

Tackles TT UT

6-0 13-0 19-0

0 11 11

0 5 5

0 6 6

TFL Scks Did Not Play 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0.5-1 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR

PBU

INT

0 0 0

0 1 1

0-0 0-0 0-0

PBU 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0

2010 (FRESHMAN): Did not see game action during the 2010 season. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: First-team Ohio all-state tight end for 2009 by OhioVarsity. com ... an honorable mention selection on 2009 Cincinnati Enquirer Football All-Stars ... rated #10 tight end nationally by SuperPrep ... rated 112th player nationally by The Kickoff Top 120 ... caught 43 passes for 620 yards and five touchdowns as senior in 2009 ... had five catches for 98 yards, including 41-yarder for a TD vs. Trinity in 2009 ... also caught five for 89 yards and two TDs vs. St. Francis de Sales in 2009 ... caught 32 passes for 480 yards as junior in 2008, four of them for TDs at Elder High School in Cincinnati, Ohio ... helped Elder to 10-3 mark as senior in 2009, including Ohio Division I semifinal loss to Hilliard Davidson ... selected to South roster for Ohio North-South Classic in April 2010 in Columbus, Ohio ... 2009 Elder team had been ranked as high as third nationally early in the fall ... as junior in 2008 helped Elder to 13-2 record, including Ohio Division 1 championship game loss to Cleveland St. Ignatius ... from same high school as current Irish tight end Kyle Rudolph ... played behind Rudolph at tight end as a sophomore in 2007 when Rudolph was a senior ... starting center on 2009 Elder basketball team ... joins long list of Elder graduates to play football at Notre Dame, including 1975 co-captain and offensive tackle Ed Bauer ... nephew of former Irish linebacker Steve Heimkreiter (1975-78) ... played for coach Doug Ramsey at Elder ... born Nov. 20, 1991 ... son of Austin and Lynn Welch ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

HAFIS

94 WILLIAMS

2010 PUR (9.4) UM (9.11) at MSU (9.18) STAN (9.25) at BC (10.2) PITT (10.9) WMU (10.16) at NAVY TULSA (10.30) UTAH (11.13) vs. ARMY(11.20) at USC (11.27) vs. MIAMI (12.31)

TT 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 1

UT 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1

AT 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-5 1.0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

CIERRE

20 WOOD

Elizabeth, N.J. (Elizabeth) Birthdate: 2-6-89

Nose Guard

HAFIS WILLIAMS’ CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

Oxnard, Calif. (Santa Clara) Birthdate: 2-21-91

6-1

285

CAREER: Big, strong defensive lineman has played in 19 games over Irish career, including all 13 in 2010 ... has made 11 career tackles, including six solo stops ... added a half tackle for loss and pass breakup ... played in six games during sophomore season after not seeing any action as freshman ... enters spring practice competing for time at nose guard in Notre Dame’s 3-4 defense.

Running Back

6-0

210

CIERRE WOOD’S CAREER HIGHS

2008 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action.

Carries: 19, vs. Utah (Nov. 13, 2010) Rushing Yards: 99, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Longest Rush: 39, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010) Rushing Touchdowns: 1, three times (last vs. Miami (Fla.), Dec. 31, 2010) Receptions: 5, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Receiving Yards: 57, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Longest Reception: 23, vs. Navy (Oct. 23, 2010) Receiving Touchdowns: 2, vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30, 2010) Kick Returns: 5, twice (last vs. Stanford, Sept. 25, 2010) Kick Return Yards: 95, vs. Stanford (Sept. 25, 2010) Longest Kick Return: 38, vs. Purdue (Sept. 4, 2010) Most All-Purpose Yards: 145, vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 16, 2010)

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Earned first-team New Jersey all-state recognition on the offensive line from the Associated Press following senior year ... four-year starter who tallied 78 tackles in his senior year despite facing constant double and triple-teaming ... rated by Rivals.com as the ninthbest player in New Jersey and the 35th-best defensive tackle in the nation ... ranked the ninth-best player in the Garden State by Scout.com and the 38th-best defensive tackle in the country ... selected the

CAREER: A talented running back that was one of top national recruits at his position, but did not play in his freshman season ... broke onto the scene in 2010, especially after taking over the full-time starting duties following the season-ending injury to Armando Allen ... has the athletic ability to score every time he touches the ball ... enters spring practice with the inside track on the starting running back spot.

2010 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 13 games for the Irish ... registered six solo and five assisted tackles on the season ... posted solo stops against Purdue, Boston College and Miami (Fla.) ... notched single assisted tackles against the Eagles, Western Michigan and Utah ... totaled two solo tackles in the matchup with Tulsa ... aided Irish defense against Army, tallying three stops, including one assisted tackle for loss ... played 244 snaps on defense, fifth most of any Irish defensive lineman. 2009 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in six games as reserve defensive tackle ... played against Nevada, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Boston College and Washington State ... did not record a tackle ... logged 9:25 of playing time and made two special-teams appearances.

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Att

Yds TD Did Not Play 603 3 603 3

119 119

Avg/C

Avg/G

39 39

5.1 5.1

46.4 46.4

Rec/G

Avg/C

Avg/G

1.5 1.5

8.5 8.5

13.1 13.1

CIERRE WOOD’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS Year Rec 2009 2010 20 Total 20

Yds

TD LG Did Not Play 2 23 2 23

170 170

CIERRE WOOD’S CAREER RETURN STATS Year KR 2009 2010 15 Totals 15

Yds

Avg

300 300

20.0 20.0

TD LG Did Not Play 0 38 0 38

Yds

Avg

0 0

0.0 0.0

0 0

CIERRE WOOD’S CAREER ALL-PURPOSE STATS Year Rush 2009 2010 603 Total 603

RCV 170 170

PR KR Did Not Play 0 300 0 300

Total

Avg/G

0 0

1073 1073

82.5 82.5

CIERRE WOOD’S CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATS Rushing 2010 Att Yds PUR (9.4) 7 58 UM (9.11) 6 10 at MSU (9.18) 3 3 STAN (9.25) 0 0 at BC (10.2) 1 6 PITT (10.9) 7 28 *WMU (10.16) 11 94 at NAVY (10.23) 8 17 *TULSA (10.30) 16 58 *UTAH (11.13) 19 71 *vs. ARMY (11.20) 14 88 *at USC (11.27) 15 89 vs. MIAMI (12.31) 12 81 * - games started

LG 16 10 2 0 6 9 39 11 18 20 25 28 34

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

Receiving Rec Yds 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 3 29 3 37 5 57 2 25 1 5 1 -3 1 2

Avg 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 9.7 12.3 11.4 12.5 5.0 -3.0 2.0

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

LG 11 0 0 0 7 0 18 23 14 17 5 0 2

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Avg 8.3 0.6 1.0 0.0 6.0 4.0 8.5 2.1 3.6 3.7 6.3 5.9 6.8

THE FIGHTING IRISH

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Selected to play in 2009 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio ... named to USA Today All-American team ... rated 10th-best overall player nationally and secondbest running back by Sporting News ... ranked 12th-best overall prospect and second-best running back in SI/ TAKKLE Top 200 ... rated 15th-best overall player and third-best running back in Tom Lemming’s Top 100 football prospects rankings ... rated 17th-best player nationally by Chicago Sun-Times ... ranked 76th in Rivals100 by Rivals.com and rated as the eighth-best running back prospect in the country ... rated as eighth-best overall prospect in California according to Rivals.com’s postseason state rankings ... ESPN ranks him as 25th-best overall player in ESPNU150 ... rated as 54th-best overall player according to Scout.com ... ranked 17th overall in the 2009 Athlon Consensus 100 ... was the only running back selected to 2009 Long Beach Press-Telegram’s Best in the West first team ... named to Western 100 by Tacoma News Tribune in 2008 ... named first-team all-state by CalHiSports.com as a multi-purpose player following senior season ... selected to 2008 all-Ventura County small schools football team ... tabbed 2008 defensive back of the year ... co-offensive player of the year in Tri-Valley League as senior ... lauded as the top running back and 12th-best player in California by Contra Costa Times in 2009 class ... named first-team all-Ventura County as junior ... named Division IV state player of the year by Maxpreps.com ... rated fourth in Offense-Defense Top 100 ... selected SuperPrep All-American as the 14th-rated running back ... named to the SuperPrep Far West 150 as 15th overall player and top pure running back in the area ... rushed for 1,632 yards and 20 touchdowns and caught eight passes for 182 yards and four TDs as senior following 2,612 yards rushing with 34 TDs during junior year ... posted 33 tackles, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries in 2008 ... led high school team to first division title in 42 years as junior ... also handled punting duties and played cornerback, recording 63 tackles and two interceptions in 2007 ... tallied 1,407 rushing yards with 17 TDs rushes as a sophomore, to go along with 585 receiving yards on 16 catches with seven additional scores ... also returned four kickoffs for TDs during high school career ... named first-team all-area as sophomore by Ventura County Star ... CalHiSports.com named him sophomore player of the year in 2006 ... recorded 64 tackles on defense as sophomore ... named second-team all state as junior in 2007 by CalHiSports.com ... named offensive player of the year for CIF Southern Section Mid-Valley division after junior season ... as special teams player in 2007 he returned seven punts for 373 yards, had seven kickoff returns for 307 yards and also kicked off five times resulting in three touchbacks ... tallied 2,480 all-purpose yards as sophomore and named receiver of the year in Frontier League after averaging 37.2 yards per catch ... played for head coach Fran Fredette at Santa Clara High School ... born Feb. 21, 1991 ... full name is Cierre Marcelle Wood ... son of Valerie and Martine Robertson ... major is undecided.

Year G-S 2009 2010 13-6 Total 13-6

2011 OUTLOOK

2009 (FRESHMAN): Did not see any game action as rookie running back.

CIERRE WOOD’S CAREER RUSHING STATS

MEDIA INFO

2010 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in all 13 games in 2010 and started five games (Western Michigan, Tulsa, Utah, Army and USC) ... opened the season behind Armando Allen Jr., but moved into the starting lineup when Allen Jr. was lost for the season with an injury following the Navy game ... led the Irish in rushing with 603 yards on 119 carries, good for a 5.1 yard average per rush ... rushed for three touchdowns ... had 20 receptions for 170 yards and two receiving touchdowns ... added 15 kickoff returns for 300 yards ... totaled 1,073 all-purpose yards ... registered 15 plays this season of 20 yards or more, including eight rushes, one reception and six kickoff returns ... collected 21 rushes of 10 yards or more ... 27 of 119 carries resulted in a touchdown or first down ... six of 17 rushing attempts on third down plays resulted in a touchdown or first down ... eight of 20 receptions resulted in a touchdown of first down ... made first career appearance in an Irish uniform against Purdue ... raced 16 and 15 yards, respectively, on his first two career carries ... totaled 58 yards rushing on only seven carries against the Boilermakers ... added two catches for 14 yards and two kickoffs for 50 yards against Purdue ... managed only 19 yards rushing (10 carries) over the next four games against Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford and Boston College ... totaled 28 yards rushing on seven carries in the victory over Pittsburgh ... with Allen Jr. unavailable for most of the Western Michigan game with injury, Wood stepped in and did not miss a beat ... ran for 94 yards on 11 rushes, including a 39-yard touchdown run (the first touchdowns of his career) ... the 39-yard run was the longest by an Irish running back since Robert Hughes rumbled 45 yards at Stanford on Nov. 24, 2007 ... it was also the longest touchdown run by a Notre Dame running back since Ryan Grant registered a 46-yard touchdown run at Stanford on Nov. 29, 2003 ... also registered three catches for 29 yards versus the Broncos ... gained 17 yards rushing on eight carries against Navy, including a touchdown run ... chalked up a pair of touchdown receptions against Tulsa ... became the first Irish running back with two or more touchdown receptions in a game since Tony Fisher had a pair in a 42-28 victory over West Virginia on Oct. 21, 2000 ... carried 19 times for 71 yards during the win over Utah ... finished the Army game with 88 yards rushing on 14 carries, good an average of 6.3 per rush ... registered 50 yards rushing on five carries during Notre Dame’s opening drive of the game ... closed out the season with 15 carries against USC for 89 yards ... over the final four games of the season, rushed for 306 yards on 64 carries good for a 4.8 yard average per rush ... averaged 76.5 yards per game on the ground over the stretch ... even better during Notre Dame’s four-game winning streak to end the year ... recorded 329 yards on 60 rushes (5.5 yards per rush) in victories over Utah, Army, USC and Miami (Fla.) ... rushed for 81 yards on 12 carries, including a 34-yard touchdown scamper in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami (Fla.) ... added a 26-yard run against the Hurricanes ... played 328 snaps on offense, second most of any Irish running back.

23 WOOD Apopka, Fla. (Apopka) Birthdate: 1-15-91

Cornerback

5-10

182

CAREER: Exciting young defensive back that played in 11 games as a rookie ... saw the majority of his playing time on a number of Irish special teams ... benefitted from the experience gained playing behind graduated Darrin Walls ... enters spring practice with a legitimate chance to earn a starting spot in the Irish secondary. 2010 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in the first 11 games of the season (did not see the field at USC or against Miami) ... notched three tackles during his rookie campaign ... one of six freshmen to make their Irish debut against Purdue ... registered one assisted tackle against Purdue ... posted another assisted stop versus Michigan State ... recorded his first career solo tackle at Boston College ... played 23 snaps on defense and 155 snaps on special teams (seventh most of any Irish player). HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: First-team all-Central Florida selection following senior season in 2009 by Orlando Sentinel ... registered one interceptions and eight pass breakups as senior in addition to 58 tackles, five blocked kicks, and a fumble recovery for Apopka High School in Apopka, Fla. ... named second-team all-state by SunStateFootball.com ... ranked 55th on Orlando Sentinel Final Florida Top 100 list, including fourth on Sentinel Final Central Florida Top 100 ... led Apopka to undefeated regular season and semifinals of Florida Class 6A state playoffs as senior ... Blue Darters were District 5-6A champions in 2009 ... led defense during senior season that allowed only 86 points through first 11 games ... first-team defensive back on all-Metro Conference team for 2009 as selected by Orange County coaches ... first-team defensive back on all-Orange County team for 2009 by Orlando Sentinel ... named third-best cornerback in Florida prior to 2009 season by Orlando Sentinel ... selected one of top players in Florida by SuperPrep ... totaled 35 tackles, five interceptions, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and blocked one kick during junior season in 2008 ... named all-county by Orlando Sentinel and first-team all-metro following junior campaign ... named one of top 10 juniors in Florida and only cornerback listed prior to 2009 season by Gainesville Sun ... four-year starter in high school who transferred to Apopka before junior year after attending Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando as freshman and sophomore ... intercepted four passes as freshman starter at Dr. Phillips ... enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2010 along with classmates Tommy Rees, TJ Jones and Chris Badger ... played for coach Rick Darlington at Apopka ... born Jan. 15, 1991 ... son of Lo Wood Sr. and Diana Biles ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.

LO WOODâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CAREER STATS Year 2010

G-S 11-0

Tackles TT UT 3 1

AT 2

TFL 0.0-0

Scks 0.0-0

Fumbles FF FR 0 0-0

PBU 0

INT 0-0

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6-2, 190, Skill/WR, Livermore, Calif. (Granada)

6-1, 219, Specialist/K/P, Canton, Mich. (Plymouth)

Rated 89th on Rivals.com list of top 100 players nationally . . . rushed 172 times for 1,669 yards and 17 TDs in 2010 as running back, wide receiver and defensive back for Granada High School in Livermore, Calif. . . . top games featured 206 rushing yards on five carries and three TDs vs. Castro Valley (and a 60yard punt return for a TD), plus rushing games of 202 yards vs. Amador Valley (TD runs of 26, 68 and 71), 178 vs. Livermore and 177 vs. College Park (also 157 receiving yards in that second-round playoff game) . . . named Bay Area News Group athlete of the week after win over Amador Valley . . . 41-16 win over Castro Valley included a 79-yard TD run and three Atkinson TDs in the first 90 seconds of the game . . . also caught 27 passes for 678 yards and six TDs, including five for 167 and two TDs vs. Sierra . . . made 23 tackles and broke up 10 passes as free safety on defense, helping team to 8-5 record after loss to power De La Salle in California high school North Coast Section Division I playoff semifinals as Matadors reached playoffs for first time since 2005 . . . scored game-wining TD in second overtime in first playoff game vs. Freedom . . . scored on plays of 68, 55 and 65 yards in playoff game vs. College Park . . . first-team pick as utility player on San Francisco Chronicle all-metro squad . . . played in U.S. Army All-American Bowl and served as captain of West team . . . first-team all-East Bay Athletic League pick for 2010 at running back and a second-team all-league pick at defensive back . . . third-team all-East Bay in 2010 as utility player as selected by Bay Area News Group . . . played in Holiday Classic between Sacramento and Bay Area standouts . . . selected for Team USA vs. The World all-star game Feb. 2 in Austin, Texas . . . carried 106 times as junior in 2009 for 965 yards and 10 TDs, caught 13 passes for 260 yards and one TD and had 295 yards in kickoff returns . . . scored four TDs in 2009 opener vs. Antioch and later rushed 11 times for 200 yards (TD runs of 65, 80 and 20, plus a 95-yard kickoff return for a TD) vs. Foothill . . . second-team all-EBAL defensive back as junior . . . had TD runs of 51, 14 and 23 yards as sophomore in 2008 in 56-15 victory over Livermore . . . standout in track who medaled in California state track meet in 100 (third at 10.66) and 200 meters (fourth at 21.46) as sophomore in 2009 . . .father is former all-pro Oakland Raider defensive back George Atkinson Jr. who played professionally with Raiders from 1968-77, helped Oakland to Super Bowl XI title and now is part of Raider radio broadcast team . . . twin brother Josh also will be Irish freshman on 2011 roster . . . played for coach Tim Silva at Granada High School . . . born Nov. 29, 1992.

Set Michigan state high school record with 19 made field goals as a senior in 2010, including six of nine from 50 yards or more . . . averaged 43.2 yards per punt and 60 of 63 kickoffs resulted in touchbacks in 2010 while handling kicking and punting duties for Plymouth High School in Canton, Mich. . . . played in Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Dec. 31 . . . rated ninth-best player in Michigan by Detroit Free Press . . . named 13th-best prospect in Michigan by Detroit News . . . selected to Detroit News Dream Team as junior and senior . . . named first-team all-state kicker by Associated Press following senior season . . . tabbed nation’s best kicker by Scout.com and was rated sixth best by Rivals. com . . . helped lead high school team to state championship game and 11-3 record in 2010 . . . lost to Lake Orion in state finals 21-13, but recorded 70-yard punt (longest in Michigan playoff history) and booted 43-yard field goal (second longest in title game history) in the championship game . . . booted 47-yard field goal into wind to secure playoff victory against archrival Canton and converted game-winning field goal with 38 seconds remaining to help Plymouth defeat Detroit Catholic Central and win the Michigan Division 1 regional championship . . . averaged 48.2 yards per punt as a junior in 2009 to earn first-team Associated Press all-state honors as punter . . . named all-area as sophomore in 2008 by Ann Arbor News . . . converted nine field goals, with a long of 45 yards, made 24 of 29 extra-point attempts and 25 of 43 kickoffs went for touchbacks in 2008 . . . in addition to football was starting goalkeeper for soccer team and threw shot put and discus for track and field team . . . born Jan. 13, 1993 in Valparaiso, Ind. . . . graduated from high school in December 2010 and enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2011 with Brad Carrico, Everett Golson, Aaron Lynch and Ishaq Williams . . . played for coach Mike Sawchuk at Plymouth High School.

6-0, 185, Skill/DB, Livermore, Calif. (Granada)

6-1, 180, Skill/DB, Irving, Texas (MacArthur) Recorded 37 tackles with 13 passes broken up, one interception and one fumble recovery as junior in 2009 . . . played cornerback at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas . . . rated one of top 100 players in Texas by Fort Worth Star-Telegram . . . in final high school game vs. unbeaten Euless Trinity blocked a PAT and ran it back 90 yards for two points to conclude 4-6 campaign in 2010 . . . previously ran back blocked PAT to score vs. Hurst L.D. Bell . . . rated one of top 100 players in Dallas area coming into 2010 by Dallas Morning News . . . first-team all-Texas District 7-5A pick at cornerback as junior in 2009 . . . started several games for Cardinals as sophomore in 2008 . . . has run 10.8 in 100 meters and 4.37 in 40 and also runs on 400 and 1,600 relay squads for MacArthur . . . played for coach Brian Basil at MacArthur High School . . . born April 4, 1993.

BRAD CARRICO (CARE-UH-CO) 6-5, 285, Power/OL, Dublin, Ohio (Coffman) Starter at offensive tackle as senior in 2010 at Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio . . . helped Coffman to 8-3 campaign in 2010 including loss to Westerville South in first round of Ohio state playoffs . . . recorded 74 tackles, eight tackles for loss, nine sacks and five passes broken up as junior defensive end in 2009 . . . played quarterback through his sophomore season in 2008 before making switch to become lineman . . . stood 6-3 and 200 pounds as a freshman signal-caller . . . played defensive end in Dec. 31 OffenseDefense All-American Bowl in Myrtle Beach, S.C., while playing along with future Irish classmates Jarrett Grace and Eilar Hardy . . . played basketball as freshman and participated in track and field (shot and discus) as sophomore . . . from same high school that produced former Irish football standouts Brady Quinn and Chinedum Ndukwe and basketball star Chris Quinn . . . father Doug played quarterback at Bowling Green, including on 1985 Falcon team that finished regular season unbeaten before losing in California Bowl to Fresno State . . . graduated high school in December 2010 and enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2011 with Kyle Brindza, Everett Golson, Aaron Lynch and Ishaq Williams . . . played for coach Mark Crabtree at Coffman High School . . . born Dec. 4, 1992.

COACHES AND STAff

Played both running back and defensive back for Granada High School in Livermore, Calif. . . . carried 30 times for 218 rushing yards and three TDs in 2010 – including 73-yard touchdown run vs. Sierra . . . also made 20 tackles on defense and broke up 11 passes . . . second-team all-East Bay Athletic League as defensive back in 2010 . . . helped team to 8-5 record after loss to power De La Salle in California high school North Coast Section Division I playoff semifinal as Matadors reached playoffs for first time since 2005 . . . made 38 tackles and broke up 15 passes as honorable mention all-East Bay Athletic League defensive back as junior in 2009 . . . selected for Team USA vs. The World all-star game Feb. 2 in Austin, Texas . . . father is former all-pro Oakland Raider defensive back George Atkinson Jr. who played professionally with Raiders from 1968-77, helped Oakland to Super Bowl XI title and now is part of Raider radio broadcast team . . . twin brother George III also will be Irish freshman on 2011 roster . . . played for coach Tim Silva at Granada High School . . . born Nov. 29, 1992.

JALEN (JAY-LUN) BROWN

THE FIGHTING IRISH

JOSH ATKINSON

2011 OUTLOOK

KYLE BRINDZA (BRIND-ZUH)

MEDIA INFO

GEORGE ATKINSON III

2010 REVIEW

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BEN COUNCELL

EVERETT GOLSON

6-5, 220, Big Skill/LB, Asheville, N.C. (A.C. Reynolds)

6-0, 180, Skill/QB, Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Myrtle Beach)

Ranked 91st on Rivals.com list of top 100 players nationally for 2010 . . . also rated by Rivals.com as fifthbest weak-side defensive end nationally . . . rated ninth-best outside linebacker prospect in nation by Scout.com . . . tabbed 97th-best player in 2011 class and fourth-best prospect in North Carolina by Scout. com . . . listed 19th on Rivals.com North Carolina postseason top 30 chart . . . participated in Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, registered 13 tackles, one sack and one blocked punt â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and was named a top 10 player of the game . . . totaled 141 solo stops, 47 assists and 25 tackles for loss as senior in 2010 for A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, N.C. . . . totaled 124 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and four interceptions as junior in 2009 . . . named 4A Defensive Player of the Year by ncprep.com following senior season in 2010 . . . also a North Carolina 4A all-state pick in 2010 . . . received 2010 All-Southern Team honorable mention accolades from Orlando Sentinel . . . was homeschooled until sophomore year in high school . . . named Mountain Athletic Conference defensive player of year following senior campaign in 2010 . . . selected to all-Western North Carolina football team by Asheville Citizen-Times . . . played for coach Shane Laws at A.C. Reynolds High School . . . born July 31, 1992.

Finalist for Mr. Football of South Carolina in 2010 . . . ranked sixth nationally among 2010 quarterbacks with 151 career touchdown passes . . . tabbed SCPrep.com co-player of year following senior season in 2010 . . . rated 79th-best player in nation for 2010 by MaxPreps . . . named SuperPrep All-American in 2010 . . . selected to all-Southern first-team offense in 2010 by Orlando Sentinel . . . named second-team all-state by SCVarsity.com in 2010 . . . led South Carolina to victory in Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas . . . ranked 16th on Rivals.com dual-threat quarterback list . . . rated 12th on Rivals.com South Carolina postseason top 30 list . . . finished 44-5 in his career as starting quarterback at Myrtle Beach High School in Myrtle Beach, S.C. . . . threw for 11,634 yards and 151 TDs in his career . . . led Myrtle Beach to 14-1 record and South Carolina Class AAA state championship vs. South Pointe in 2010 . . . missed half of 2010 season due to injury, but still threw for 1,770 yards and 25 TDs as senior . . . led Myrtle Beach to South Carolina Class AAA state runner-up finish in junior season in 2009, completing 224 of 356 passes for 3,529 yards with 47 TDs and three interceptions . . . named MaxPreps junior All-American in 2009 . . . 2009 Associated Press South Carolina all-state selection . . . two-time recipient of WPDE Zoneman award as top player in Florence/Myrtle Beach area in 2008 and 2009 . . . as a sophomore in 2008 guided Myrtle Beach to 13-1 record and South Carolina Class AAA State Championship, throwing for 3,570 yards with 44 TDs and 10 interceptions . . . led Seahawks to 12-1 record as freshman in 2007 and completed 62.9 percent of his passes for 2,765 yards with 35 TDs and 11 interceptions . . . played point guard for Myrtle Beach basketball team and led team to 2008 South Carolina Class AAA state championship . . . named all-state in basketball by South Carolina basketball coaches association after averaging 19.6 points, 5.0 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game as junior in 2009-10 . . . could be candidate to join Notre Dame basketball team for 2011-12 season . . . plays piano and drums with his father at Mount Olive AME Church . . . graduated from high school in December 2010 and enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2011 with Kyle Brindza, Brad Carrico, Aaron Lynch and Ishaq Williams . . . played for coach Mickey Wilson at Myrtle Beach High School . . . born Jan. 2, 1993.

DAVARIS (DUH-VAR-US) DANIELS 6-2, 175, Skill/WR, Vernon Hills, Ill. (Vernon Hills) Named best prospect in Illinois and 63rd-best player in nation by 24/7 Sports . . . rated ninth-best wide receiver and 64th-ranked player in country by Sporting News . . . ranked 65th on ESPNU Top 150 list . . . named to Illinois High School Football Coaches Association 5A all-state team in 2010 . . . played in Under Armour All-American Bowl . . . tabbed area athlete of year by Pioneer Press . . . selected as senior in 2010 to Lake County all-area and all-North Suburban Conference teams . . . Chicago Tribune first-team all-state selection and Chicago Sun-Times all-area first team as senior in 2010 . . . named to Arlington Heights Daily Herald all-area team after senior season . . . helped lead Vernon Hills High School in Vernon Hills, Ill., to Illinois Class 5A quarterfinals in 2010 state playoffs . . . accounted for 19 total TDs during senior season in 2010: 10 rushing TDs, five receiving TDs, two punt returns, one interception return and one blocked field goal return . . . posted 23 catches for 513 yards (22.3 yards per reception) in 2010 . . . accounted for 888 all-purpose yards (221 receiving, 344 rushing, 323 passing) as junior in 2009 . . . led Vernon Hills to 8-3 record in 2009 . . . first varsity touch for Vernon Hills came in freshman season in 2007 and resulted in 93-yard kickoff return for TD . . . father Phillip was 15-year NFL veteran as defensive end and was drafted by Seattle Seahawks in fourth round of 1995 NFL Draft . . . Phillip played four years with Seahawks, for Chicago Bears from 2000-03, then has played last seven seasons for Washington Redskins . . . Phillip played college football at Georgia . . . member of Vernon Hills basketball and track and field teams . . . played for coach Tony Monken at Vernon Hills . . . born Dec. 18, 1992.

MATTHIAS FARLEY 6-0, 194, Skill/DB, Charlotte, N.C. (Christian) Led Christian High School to 2010 North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association state football title . . . selected to NCISAA Division I all-state team as wide receiver by Charlotte Observer following senior season in 2010 . . . did not start playing football until junior year in high school . . . played soccer first two years at Christian . . . helped North Carolina defeat South Carolina 31-24 in Oasis All-Star Shrine Classic . . . ranked 18th on MaxPrep Top 25 Safeties list . . . tabbed first-team all-conference wide receiver in 2010 by Charlotte Observer . . . named to 2010 all-Mecklenburg Team first team by Charlotte Observer as defensive back after totaling 39 tackles and two interceptions in 2010 at Christian High School in Charlotte, N.C. . . . registered 49 tackles and one interception during senior season . . . caught 37 passes for more than 600 yards and registered 10 touchdowns in 2010 . . . named one of top 25 players in North Carolina in 2010 by Charlotte Observer . . . recorded 37 receptions for more than 900 yards and 12 TDs as junior in 2009 . . . helped guide Christian to state runner-up spot in North Carolina playoffs as junior in 2009 . . . played for coach Jason Estep at Charlotte Christian High School . . . born July 15, 1993.

JARRETT GRACE 6-3, 235, Big Skill/LB, Cincinnati, Ohio (Colerain) First-team Associated Press Division I Ohio all-state linebacker as senior in 2010 . . . Greater Miami Conference defensive player of year for 2010 . . . helped Colerain High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, to 11-1 record and GMC co-championship in 2010, with only loss coming by 24-23 count to St. Xavier in second round of Ohio state playoffs . . . regional playoff win over Hamilton marked 59th straight Colerain victory at home . . . made 92 tackles, 17 tackles for loss and added four sacks and four passes broken up in 2010 . . . had 15 tackles in 48-6 win over Oak Hills to end the regular season . . . Cincinnati Enquirer first-team Division I All-Star at linebacker for both 2010 and 2009 . . . also an AP Ohio first-team all-Southwest district selection and an Enquirer all-GMC first-team linebacker . . . made team-leading 95 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, caused five fumbles and had four sacks and two interceptions as junior in 2009 . . . all-league middle linebacker in 2009 when he led team to eight straight wins to end season . . . second-team allOhio Central District as junior . . . . had 10 tackles and recovered a fumble as sophomore in 2008 . . . made five tackles, one tackle for loss and a fumble recovery in Dec. 31 Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Myrtle Beach, S.C., while playing with future Irish classmates Brad Carrico and Eilar Hardy . . . three-year starter in basketball and also is member of track and field team (discus and shot put) . . . uncle Eric Kattus played tight end at Michigan and was fourth-round pick of Cincinnati Bengals in 1986 NFL Draft . . . played for coach Tom Bolden at Colerain High School . . . born Oct. 8, 1992.

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6-4, 295, Power/OL, New Canaan, Conn. (New Canaan)

6-5, 255, Power/DL, Kirtland, Ohio (Lake Catholic)

Ranked third-best player in Connecticut by Rivals.com . . . named first-team all-state by Connecticut High School Coaches Association as senior in 2010 . . . selected all-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference . . . landed on 2010 Walter Camp Foundation All-Connecticut Team . . . tabbed one of top 30 players in Connecticut for 2010 by New Haven Register . . . second-team offensive selection for MaxPreps Junior All-American Team in 2009 . . . named first-team all-state as junior by Connecticut High School Football Coaches Association and New Haven Register . . . aided New Canaan High School in New Canaan, Conn., to 11-2 record as senior in 2010 . . . assisted offense in rushing for 233 yards against Trinity Catholic in 48-8 victory in 2010 . . . helped open rushing lanes as New Canaan gained 292 rushing yards in 49-0 triumph over Seymour in 2010 . . . started as sophomore and junior in 2008 and 2009 and helped guide New Canaan to Connecticut state titles both years . . . threw discus for first time on track and field team as junior in 2010 . . . father Terry played as starting quarterback at Notre Dame from 1966-68 and was sophomore standout on 1966 Irish national championship squad . . . Terry earned consensus All-America honors as senior in 1968 and finished third in Heisman Trophy voting . . . Terry set Notre Dame career marks for pass completions, passing yards and passing TDs, completing 304 of 550 career passes for 4,152 yards and 27 TDs . . . Terry was second-round 1969 NFL Draft selection (30th overall pick) and went on to play for NFL Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969-75 and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976 . . . played for coach Lou Marinelli at New Canaan High School . . . born Aug. 28, 1993.

Associated Press Ohio Division II co-defensive player of the year for 2010 . . . standout two-way lineman at Lake Catholic High School in Mentor, Ohio . . . helped Cougars reach Ohio Division II state semifinals in both 2009 and 2010, as Lake Catholic finished 12-2 both years . . . had 36 tackles, five sacks, nine tackles for loss and three forced fumbles as senior in 2010 . . . first-team defensive lineman on Associated Press Ohio Division II all-state squad as senior . . . Northeast Lakes District Division II Defensive player of the year for 2010 . . . named Willoughby News-Herald Ohio Division II player of the year . . . first-team defensive lineman on Cleveland Plain-Dealer prep all-star team for 2010 . . . one of five finalists for Tony Fisher Award (named after former Notre Dame running back) that goes to top high school player in area . . . first-team offensive lineman on News-Herald all-star team . . . Plain-Dealer made him North Coast League preseason defensive MVP for 2010 . . . had six sacks and 18 tackles for loss on defense as junior in 2009, helping offense rushing for 215 yards per game and allowing only three sacks . . . first-team offensive lineman on Associated Press Ohio Division II all-state squad as junior in 2009 . . . first-team offensive lineman on Cleveland Plain-Dealer prep all-star team as junior in 2009 . . . brother Chad was redshirt sophomore offensive guard in 2010 at Central Florida on 11-3 Liberty Bowl champion squad . . . . twin sister Colette will play basketball at St. Francis (N.Y.) beginning in 2011-12 . . . played for Mike Bell at Lake Catholic High School . . . born April 1, 1993.

EILAR (EYE-LAR) HARDY

BEN KOYACK (KOY-ACK)

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6-5, 242, Big Skill/TE, Oil City, Pa. (Oil City Senior)

6-0, 172, Skill/DB, Reynoldsburg, Ohio (Pickerington Central)

6-5, 280, Power/OL, Aztec, N.M. (Aztec)

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Ranked 43rd nationally on Sporting News Top 100 list for 2010 . . . rated 36th on ESPNU Top 150 list and 40th in Rivals.com national prospect rankings . . . top-rated player out of New Mexico and sixth-best offensive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com . . . selected for U.S. Army All-American Bowl . . . selected for Team USA vs. The World all-star game Feb. 2 in Austin, Texas . . . RivalsHigh.com second-team AllAmerican . . . finalist for Anthony Munoz Lineman of the Year Award at U.S. Army All-American Bowl . . . named first-team all-state as a junior and senior in 2009 and 2010 . . . Sports Illustrated High School Player of the Week for Dec. 18, 2010 . . . helped Aztec High School in Aztec, N.M., to 13-1 record and New Mexico state runner-up finish in 2010 . . . totaled 81 pancake blocks while not giving up a sack in senior season . . . also played on defensive line where he made 11 tackles and half a sack . . . helped Aztec rushing attack tally 2,340 yards and 36 TDs in 2010 . . . member of offense that generated 4,176 passing yards and 48 TDs overall in 2010 . . . helped pave way for 242 yards rushing and 521 yards passing in 3528 win over Durango (Colo.) in 2010 . . . helped opened holes for Aztec running backs for 280 yards and three TDs vs. Kirtland in 2010 . . . played for coach Brad Hirsch at Aztec High School . . . born July 3, 1992.

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MATT HEGARTY

Received first-team Pennsylvania all-state honors from Pennsylvania Sportswriters and Associated Press in 2010 . . . also Pennsylvania Football News/Coaches AAA first-team Pennsylvania all-state in 2010 . . . named SuperPrep Northeast Offensive Player of the Year . . . rated best tight end in country and 25th-best prospect overall by Scout.com . . . ranked 34th on Sporting News Top 100 list . . . named to ESPNU Top 150 and MaxPreps Top100 recruiting lists . . . named to Rivals100 list . . . chosen to play in Under Armour All-American Bowl . . . Pennsylvania Region 5 all-star in 2010 . . . selected top player in Pennsylvania by Pittsburgh Sports Report and second-best player in state by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette prior to 2010 season . . . guided Oil City Senior High School in Oil City, Pa., to 9-3 record as senior in 2010 . . . recorded 62 receptions for 1,031 yards and 11 TDs as senior . . . averaged 16.6 yards per catch . . . totaled 65.5 tackles and six and a half tackles for loss on defense in 2010, adding one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and two pass breakups . . . set Pennsylvania District 10 records with 152 career receptions for 2,591 yards . . . caught eight passes for 135 yards and a TD in a 35-21 win over DuBois in 2010 . . . made 11 tackles in 49-28 victory vs. Girard in 2010 . . . had four receptions for 121 yards and two TDs while making nine tackles on defense vs. Franklin in 2010 . . . caught eight passes for 171 yards and two TDs in 42-26 win over Slippery Rock in 2010 . . . played in seven games as junior in 2009 and caught 43 passes for 748 yards and seven TDs . . . averaged 17.4 yards per catch in 2009 . . . registered nine receptions for 249 yards and two TDs in 2009 season opener vs. Meadville . . . won Pennsylvania state title in javelin with personal best throw of 192-11 in 2010 . . . caught 47 passes for 812 yards and 10 TDs as sophomore in 2008 . . . over final three game of 2008 season caught 22 passes for 434 yards and seven TDs . . . besides tight end, played quarterback, wide receiver, defensive end and linebacker . . . hails from family of musicians and is proficient playing trombone, piano and euphonium . . . mother is a music teacher . . . played for coach Matt LaVerde at Oil City High School . . . born April 9, 1993.

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First-team Associated Press Ohio Division I all-state pick as defensive back for 2010 . . . first-team defensive back on Columbus Dispatch all-metro team . . . first-team defensive back on Associated Press Ohio Central All-District squad . . . rated 209th on Rivals.com list of top 250 players nationally . . . four-year starter at safety for Central High School in Pickerington, Ohio . . . made 63 tackles as senior in 2010 to go with five tackles for loss and six passes broken up . . . intercepted four passes as senior and returned one for a score . . . also played at running back . . . helped Pickerington Central to 11-1 record mark as senior, with only loss coming 13-6 to Hilliard Davidson in Ohio state playoffs, with Hilliard Davidson becoming first team in nine games to score 10 or more points against Central defense . . . rushed for 60 yards vs. Grove City . . . scored on 70-yard punt return vs. Lancaster in win that also included 55 rushing yards and eight tackles . . . scored on 37-yard rushing play and ran an interception back for a TD in first round of Ohio playoffs vs. Troy . . . helped Central record six shutout wins in 2010 . . . ran opening kickoff back 98 yards and later scored on 26-yard run in playoff win over Westerville South that also included six tackles on defense . . . made 75 tackles, three interceptions and forced three fumbles as junior in 2009 . . . second-team defensive back on Associated Press Ohio All-Central District squad as junior in 2009 . . . played cornerback in Dec. 31 Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Myrtle Beach, S.C., playing along with future Irish classmates Brad Carrico and Jarrett Grace . . . brother Eisen finished sophomore football season in 2010 at Ohio Dominican . . . brother Terrance Brown played wide receiver at Michigan State in 1998-2001 . . . played for coach Jay Sharrett at Pickerington High School . . . born Sept. 15, 1992.

AARON LYNCH

TROY NIKLAS

6-6, 260, Power/DL, Cape Coral, Fla. (Island Coast)

6-7, 240, Big Skill/TE/DL, Fullerton, Calif. (Servite)

Rated sixth-best player nationally in 2010 by 24/7 Sports . . . ranked as third-best defensive end and 15th-best prospect overall in ESPN 150 ratings . . . listed 36th on SuperPrep Elite 50 squad . . . ranked 22nd on MaxPreps Top 100 breakdown . . . rated 28th-best player overall and third-best strong-side defensive end in nation by Rivals.com . . . ranked 19th on Rivals Florida Postseason 100 list . . . rated 91st-best prospect nationally by Sporting News . . . listed 10th on Scout Top 100 breakdown . . . played in U.S. Army All-American Bowl and registered two and a half sacks . . . ranked sixth in sacks among Florida Division 2B players and 83rd in state in 2010 . . . selected Florida first-team all-state in 2010 at Island Coast High School in Cape Coral, Fla. . . . tabbed by Gainesville Sun as one of Florida’s top 50 seniors in 2010 . . . selected to Florida Times-Union Super 75 squad following senior season . . . named to the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Division 16 team in 2010 . . . Fort Myers News-Press all-area selection in 2010 . . . registered 31 solo stops and 10.5 sacks during senior campaign in 2010 . . . led team to 11-2 record and Florida 2B state semifinal playoff appearance as senior in 2010 . . . tallied seven tackles in 55-0 win over Clewiston in 2010 . . . recorded eight tackles and sack vs. Cape Coral in 2010 . . . led Island Coast to 28-0 win over Tampa Catholic in 2010 with three sacks . . . completed his junior season in 2009 with 52 total tackles, 35 assists, 16 sacks, and two fumble recoveries, one returned for a touchdown . . . graduated from high school in December 2010 and enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2011 with Kyle Brindza, Brad Carrico, Everett Golson and Ishaq Williams . . . played for coach Joe Bowen at Island Coast High School . . . born March 8, 1993.

Los Angeles Times lineman of the year as senior in 2010 . . . two-way standout as both offensive and defensive lineman at Servite High School in Anaheim, Calif., where he played offensive guard and defensive tackle in 2010 . . . helped Servite to 14-1 record in 2010, a second straight CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Division title and runner-up in state playoffs . . . named co-lineman of the year as senior in Trinity League by Orange County Register . . . an offensive lineman on Los Angeles Times high school all-star football team for 2010 . . . first-team all-state offensive lineman by CalHiSports . . . rated 215th among all prospects nationally on Rivals.com 250 list . . . rated 11th by SuperPrep among all prospects in California, Nevada and Hawaii . . . all-CIF Southern Section Pac-5 as defensive lineman as senior by Orange County Register . . . first-team defensive lineman on Orange County Register all-county team for 2010 . . . twotime first-team all-Trinity League selection . . . played tight end on offense until switch to guard as senior in 2010 . . . made 14 tackles as senior in 48-8 CIF State Open Division title game loss to De La Salle . . . helped Servite to 2009 California state title (33-20 victory over Rocklin in Division II championship), in addition to Pac-5 and Trinity League crowns . . . caught 16 passes as tight end for 128 yards and three TDs in 2009 . . . also helped Servite to Trinity League title as sophomore in 2008 . . . brother Austin was sophomore linebacker at Air Force in 2010 . . . uncle Bruce Matthews played at USC, was ninth overall pick in NFL Draft, earned Pro Bowl honors 14 times while playing with NFL Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans from 1983-2001 and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007 . . . from same high school as former Irish quarterback standout, NFL veteran and current CBS Sports analyst Steve Beuerlein . . . born Sept. 18, 1992.

NICK MARTIN 6-4, 270, Power/OL, Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard)

ANTHONY RABASA 6-3.5, 233, Big Skill/LB, Miami, Fla. (Columbus)

First-team Indiana all-state pick on Associated Press Class 3A team as offensive lineman . . . also named to Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50 all-state team as one of 10 offensive linemen . . . named to 2010 Super Team by Indianapolis Star . . . second-team offensive lineman on U.S. Air Force Medium Schools Prep All-America squad . . . helped fourth-ranked Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis, Ind., to 2010 Indiana Class 3A state title with 28-14 win over South Bend St. Joseph’s in state title contest that marked Chatard’s record 10th state title . . . Chatard ended season with 11-4 record and 10 straight wins after early three-game losing streak . . . helped team to number-three state ranking in IFCA final regular-season poll for 2010 . . . starter on both offensive and defensive lines . . . rated second-best Class 3A defensive player in Indianapolis area in preseason listings by Indianapolis Star . . . . helped Chatard to 12-2 mark as junior in 2009 before losing to Evansville Memorial in Indiana state playoff semi-state round . . . brother Zack was Notre Dame offensive tackle starter as sophomore in 2010 . . . father Keith played football at Kentucky . . . played for coach Vincent Lorenzano at Bishop Chatard High School . . . born April 29, 1993.

Ranked 11th nationally on Rivals weak-side defensive end list . . . selected to Florida Times-Union Super 75 team of Florida’s top players . . . listed 123rd on ESPN 150 list of top players nationally for 2010 . . . selected to play in Team USA vs. The World game Feb. 2 in Austin, Texas . . . tabbed as best defensive lineman and fifth-best prospect in Miami-Dade County by Miami Herald . . . named to Orlando Sentinel Florida Top 100 list as fourth-best defensive end in state . . . led Columbus High School team in Miami, Fla., to 6A regional quarterfinals of 2010 Florida state playoffs . . . registered 80 tackles and 10 sacks for Columbus as junior defensive end in 2009 . . . named first-team all-county in 2010 by Miami Herald . . . 2009 first-team all-Dade County selection . . . named second team all-state defensive line by Florida sportswriters and first team all-county by the Miami Herald following junior campaign in 2009 . . . played for coach Chris Merritt at Christopher Columbus High School . . . born April 9, 1993.

CAM MCDANIEL 5-10, 192, Skill/RB, Coppell, Texas (Coppell) Second-team all-state running back as senior on 2010 Texas Associated Press Sports Editors Class 5A team . . . MVP of District 7-5A by Fort Worth Star-Telegram . . . second-team running back pick on Dallas Morning News all-area squad . . . rushed 301 times for 1,906 yards and 32 TDs as senior in 2010 at Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas . . . also caught 40 passes for 492 yards and three TDs . . . . led Dallas area 5A players in scoring with 37 TDs and ranked third in rushing . . . helped Coppell to 13-1 record and #2 ranking in Texas Class 5A, losing only 41-40 to Euless Trinity in state quarterfinals . . . Coppell finished regular season 10-0 and ranked fifth in Texas Associated Press Class 5A poll . . . rated one of top 100 players in Dallas area (one of six running backs) coming into 2010 by Dallas Morning News . . . helped 2009 Cowboys team as junior to 11-2 record ending in 5A playoff loss to Arlington . . . prep teammate of fellow 2011 Irish freshman Bennett Okotcha . . . played for coach Joe McBride at Coppell High School . . . born Sept. 20, 1991.

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TONY SPRINGMANN 6-6, 275, Power/DL, Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Dwenger)

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First-team Indiana all-state pick on Associated Press Class 4A team as offensive tackle . . . also named to Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50 all-state team as one of eight defensive linemen . . . helped Bishop Dwenger High School in Fort Wayne, Ind., to Indiana Class 4A state title game before losing to Indianapolis Cathedral 31-20 . . . Dwenger in 2010 finished 13-1, won the Summit Athletic Conference title for fifth straight year and set an all-time record with 36 consecutive league wins . . . first-team allNortheast Indiana offensive tackle by Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette . . .returned an interception seven yards for a score in 42-0 win over Harding . . . recorded 11 tackles and a sack in 46-45 double overtime win over Snider . . . IFCA Junior All-State 4A defensive lineman as junior in 2009 when he made 73 tackles and 10 sacks . . . also an Associated Press first-team all-state selection on defensive line and SAC first-team offensive lineman in 2009 . . . had 89 tackles and nine sacks as sophomore defensive lineman in 2008 . . . from same high school as current Irish players John Goodman and Tyler Eifert . . . played football with Eifert and played basketball with Goodman when Goodman was a senior and Springmann a freshman . . . played for coach Chris Svarczkopf at Bishop Dwenger High School . . . born June 10, 1992.

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STEPHON (STUH-FON) TUITT (TWO-IT) 6-5, 270, Power/DL, Monroe, Ga. (Monroe Area)

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Rated 38th nationally on Sports Illustrated list of top players from 2010 . . . Georgia Class 3A all-state first-team defense selection for 2010 by Atlanta Journal-Constitution . . . one of four Georgia players to be named to all-Southern team by Orlando Sentinel . . . second on Rivals strong-side defensive end list . . . ranked 22nd overall on Rivals 100 lists . . . 23rd on Sporting News Top 100 list and 90th on ESPN 150 list . . . ranked 42nd nationally on MaxPrep Top 100 list . . . landed 13th spot on Atlanta Journal-Constitution Fab 50 breakdown and SuperPrep defensive line rankings . . . rated 35th on The Kickoff Top 150 Prospects list . . . played in U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio and Team USA vs. The World All-Star Game in Austin, Texas . . . led Monroe Area High School in Monroe, Ga., to 11-2 record and third-round appearance in the Georgia Class AAA state playoffs during senior season in 2010, after Monroe Area had finished a combined 0-20 the previous two seasons . . . also played as tight end . . . first-team all-Georgia Region 8-AAA for 2010 by vote of area coaches . . . recorded 56 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, four forced fumbles and two fumbles recovered as junior in 2009 . . . played for coach Matt Figg at Monroe Area High School . . . born May 23, 1993.

ISHAQ (EE-SHAQ) WILLIAMS 6-5, 242, Big Skill/LB, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Lincoln)

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Gatorade Player of the Year as top high school football player in state of New York for 2010 . . . ranked 45th nationally in 2010 by Sports Illustrated . . . ranked 16th nationally on Rivals 100 list . . . ranked second on Rivals weak-side defensive end listing . . . rated 42nd on ESPN 150 list . . . 84th among The Kickoff Top 150 high school prospects from 2010 . . . 17th on SuperPrep Elite 50 and was named SuperPrep Northeast Defensive Player of Year . . . fourth-ranked defensive lineman in country according to SuperPrep . . . 70th player nationally on MaxPreps Top 100 . . . U.S. Army All-American Bowl selection . . . first-team all-Borough pick in 2010 by New York Daily News . . . tabbed 2010 New York Daily News all-city selection … dubbed top player in New York state postseason rankings by Rivals . . . led Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., to 12-1 record and a Public School Athletic League playoff runner-up spot as senior in 2010 . . . had 22 tackles, six sacks and two fumble recoveries in 2010 senior season . . . recorded six tackles and fumble recovery in 28-7 victory over Port Richmond in 2010 . . . led Lincoln to 40-24 win over Boys & Girls in 2010 with five tackles and two sacks . . . 2009 first-team New York Post all-city and Daily News all-city selection as junior . . . tallied 43 tackles, 11 sacks and three forced fumbles during junior season in 2010 . . . graduated from high school in December 2010 and enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2011 with Kyle Brindza, Brad Carrico, Aaron Lynch and Everett Golson . . . played for coach Shawn O’Connor at Lincoln High School . . . born Feb. 22, 1993.

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BRIAN KELLY 29th year coaching Second year at Notre Dame

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A veteran of 20 seasons as a collegiate head coach, Brian Kelly heads into his second year in 2011 as the 29th head football coach at the University of Notre Dame coming off the most impressive lateseason Fighting Irish run in nearly two decades. Despite enduring a slew of injuries at key positions, Kelly’s first Irish squad in 2010 came on strong to play perfectly in November. In addition to a convincing 28-3 victory over once-beaten and 15th-ranked Utah (Notre Dame’s widest margin over an Associated Press top 20 opponent in 14 years), the Irish defeated Army in the historic first football game ever played at the new Yankee Stadium – then ended an eight-game losing streak at the hands of archrival USC with a come-from-behind win at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Then, in the convincing 33-17 Hyundai Sun Bowl triumph against Miami, the Irish charged to a 30-3 lead after three periods, as Kelly became the first Notre Dame football coach ever to record a bowl victory in his first season on the Notre Dame sidelines. The Irish success down the stretch came mainly because of its defense, as Notre Dame went 13 consecutive periods over one late, four-game stretch without allowing an offensive touchdown (the best sequence in that category in 30 years). In those final four wins Notre Dame’s defense limited the Utes, Black Knights, Trojans and Hurricanes to combined averages of 9.8 points (best stretch for an Irish team since 1989), 91.8 yards on the ground and 276.5 total yards. In the last four contests, the Irish defense faced teams that were averaging 38 points (Tulsa), 41 (Utah), 31 (Army) and 32 (USC) per game, yet yielded only two offensive touchdowns, combined,

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➤One season at Notre Dame in 2010 that featured an 8-5 overall mark (one overtime loss and two others by a combined five points) and four straight victories to close the season. ➤Three seasons at Cincinnati from 2007-09, including a 34-6 record (.850) and two straight outright BIG EAST Conference title teams that earned BCS appearances in 2008 (FedEx Orange Bowl) and ’09 (Allstate Sugar Bowl). At the time he accepted the position at Notre Dame, he qualified as the winningest active BIG EAST football coach and the only league coach with more than 150 wins. ➤Three seasons at Central Michigan University from 2004-06, including a 19-16 overall record (.542) featuring a 9-4 mark and Mid-American Conference title in 2006. ➤Thirteen seasons at Grand Valley State University from 19912003, including a 118-35-2 record (.767) highlighted by NCAA Division II national championships in 2002 (14-0) and 2003 (14-1). ➤An overall record of 179-62-2 (.741) in those 20 seasons as a head coach.

to that quartet. Among individual defensive leaders was linebacker Manti Te’o, Notre Dame’s top tackler in 2010 with 133 and a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award and Dick Butkus Award. Each of those four victories came in the first four career starts by freshman quarterback Tommy Rees, following a season-ending injury to Dayne Crist. Among the pacesetters for Kelly’s spread offense was wide receiver Michael Floyd who caught 79 balls in 2010 for 1,025 yards and 12 touchdowns (he has 171 career catches for 2,539 yards and a Notre Dame career record 28 TDs) and was named the MVP of the Hyundai Sun Bowl (six catches for 109 yards and two TDs in that contest). Meanwhile, the Irish kicking game also sparkled in 2010, thanks to placekicker David Ruffer, who successfully converted his first 18 field-goal attempts (18 of 19 overall in 2010 and 23 for 24 in his career). Ruffer became one of three finalists for the Lou Groza

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Collegiate Place-Kicker Award as the top placekicker in the nation. Kelly’s debut season in South Bend saw the 2010 Irish play arguably the most difficult schedule in the country, as all but one of the Notre Dame opponents finished .500 or better – something no other team in the country could claim. Notre Dame’s agenda ranked first nationally in the official NCAA schedule strength standings at the end of the regular season, with Irish opponents playing at a .652 clip (79-42). On the academic side, Kelly’s first season at Notre Dame featured a first-team ESPN Academic All-America honor for Ruffer, an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship for offensive lineman Chris Stewart (he attended law school at Notre Dame during the 2010 season) as a National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete selection – and a first-place finish by Notre Dame among all FBS programs in the latest NCAA Graduation Success Rate standings with a 96 mark. Architect of two consecutive Bowl Championship Series appearances at the University of Cincinnati, including a perfect 12-0 regular season in 2009 that earned him national-coach-of-the-year honors, Kelly currently is the fifth-winningest active coach in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision in terms of winning percentage at .741. He ranks seventh in terms of victories at 179. Over the last 10 seasons combined, Kelly’s teams have won 102 games – and only Bob Stoops at Oklahoma (109), Mack Brown at Texas (106) and Jim Tressel at Ohio State (105) have won more. Kelly earned the ESPN/Home Depot National Coach of the Year Award in 2009, was the BIG EAST Conference Coach of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (the first time a BIG EAST football coach won the award three straight years) -- and received the American Football

BRIAN BRIA BR IAN IA N KE KELL KELLY LLY LL Y • H E A D F O OT O T B A L L CO COAC AC H Coaches Association Division II Coach of the Year Award in both 2002 and 2003. He also in ’09 was a finalist for four other national awards – the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award (Football Writers Association of America), Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award (National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association), Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award and the George Munger Coach of the Year Award (Maxwell Football Club). He boasted a 2-1 record at Cincinnati in postseason bowl

games – including a 27-24 win over Western Michigan in the International Bowl after the 2006 season (he coached in that game immediately after taking the job at Cincinnati), a 31-21 win over Southern Mississippi in the Papajohns.com Bowl after the ’07 season and a 20-7 loss to Virginia Tech in the FedEx Orange Bowl after the ’08 campaign. Kelly’s ’06 Central Michigan team finished 9-4 and qualified for the Motor City Bowl (Central Michigan defeated Middle Tennessee 31-14, though he did not coach after accepting the head

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4-7 6-5 9-4/qualified for Motor City Bowl vs. Middle Tennessee 1-0/International Bowl: W 27-24 vs. Western Michigan 10-3/Papajohns.com Bowl: W 31-21 vs. Southern Mississippi Final Rankings: 17th AP, 20th USA Today 11-3/FedEx Orange Bowl: L 7-20 vs. Virginia Tech Final Rankings: 17th AP and USA Today 12-0/qualified for Allstate Sugar Bowl vs. Florida Rankings: 4th AP and USA Today 8-5/Hyundai Sun Bowl: W 33-17 vs. Miami .767 .542 .850 .615 .741

Grand Valley State Totals (13 seasons) Central Michigan Totals (3 seasons) Cincinnati Totals (3 seasons) Notre Dame Totals (1 season) Overall Totals (20 seasons)

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4-4 5-3 1-8 7-4 7-4 11-1/NCAA Division II playoffs (0-1) 10-2/NCAA Division II playoffs (0-1) 9-3/NCAA Division II playoffs (0-1) 8-3 6-3-2 8-4/NCAA Division II playoffs (0-1) 8-3 8-3 9-2 9-3/NCAA Division II playoffs (0-1) 5-5 7-4 13-1/NCAA Division II runner-up (3-1) 14-0/NCAA Division II champion (4-0) 14-1/NCAA Division II champion (4-0)

coaching position at Cincinnati) – and his 12-0 team in ’09 earned an Allstate Sugar Bowl assignment against once-beaten Florida. In six NCAA Division II playoff appearances at Grand Valley State, Kelly’s teams combined for an 11-4 (.733) postseason record – including four straight victories in winning both the ’02 and ’03 NCAA titles. His ’01 Grand Valley State team fell 17-14 to North Dakota in the Division II national title game. Kelly’s ’09 team at Cincinnati finished third in the final BCS standings and fourth in both the final regular-season Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN polls. His ’08 team ended up 11-3 and 17th in both polls – and his ‘07 Bearcat squad finished 10-3 and 17th (AP) and 20th (USA Today/ESPN) in the final polls. Through the end of the 2009 regular season, his Cincinnati team won all 12 of its games, led the nation in passing efficiency (166.19), ranked second in kickoff returns (29.2 each) and sixth in total offense (464.25 yards per game), passing yardage (320.33) and scoring (39.83 points). Meanwhile, Kelly’s Bearcat defense rated third nationally in tackles for losses (8.42 per game) and eighth in sacks (2.92). The ’09 Cincinnati squad set Bearcat single-season records for points (495), passing yards (3,844), fewest fumbles (10), fewest fumbles lost (two) and fewest turnovers (10). Cincinnati concluded the ’09 campaign with a record 18 straight regular-season victories. Among the standouts Kelly coached on the ’09 Bearcat roster were first-team All-America receiver Mardy Gilyard (he ranked second nationally in all-purpose yards at 203.5 per game at the end of the regular season) and quarterback Tony Pike (ninth in passing efficiency at 155.36). Eleven Cincinnati players merited all-BIG EAST honors for ’09 (five first-team selections), including Gilyard, the league’s Special Teams Player of the Year for the second straight season. In three years at the helm of the program, Kelly put together a 34-6 record and led the Bearcats to their first two BIG EAST championships in 2008 and ‘09. Cincinnati achieved a then-school-record 11 victories in 2008, followed that up with a dozen wins in ’09, and had back-to-back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time in school history. Kelly’s Bearcats in ’08 won the school’s first outright conference championship since 1964 and earned the school’s first berth in a BCS game, playing against Virginia Tech in the 75th FedEx Orange Bowl. In ’08 Cincinnati achieved its then-highest ranking to close the regular season – 12th in the AP and USA Today/ESPN polls and the BCS standings entering the Orange Bowl. The Bearcats held down a postseason ranking of 17th in both polls, tying the top postseason ranking in school history. Following the close of the ’08 regular season, Kelly was named the BIG EAST Coach of the Year for the second straight season. He also was named the American Football Monthly Schutt Sports FBS Coach of the Year, earned AFCA Region 1 Coach of the Year honors and was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year by Sporting News. Cincinnati placed 10 players on the 2008 all-BIG EAST teams (including first-team selection Connor Barwin) – with kick returner Gilyard named the BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year and punter Kevin Huber earning the first AFCA All-America nod in program history. Huber became the first two-time AP first-team AllAmerica selection in Bearcat football history. The Bearcats’ 27-24 bowl victory over Western Michigan in 2006 came just 34 days after Kelly was hired. Then, in his first full season at the helm in ‘07, he put Cincinnati on the national radar by jumping out to a 6-0 start and earning the Bearcats their first appearance in the polls in more than 30 years. By winning 10 games for the first time since 1951, Cincinnati earned its 10th bowl appearance

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2002 alone). Four players moved on to the NFL and another three to the Canadian Football League. His 2001 national runner-up squad set 77 NCAA, GLIAC and school records, including the all-time Division II scoring record by averaging 58.4 points per game (and an average victory margin of 48.0 points). The 2001 team also became the first Division II unit in 53 years to average more than 600 yards per game in total offense (600.8), leading the nation in that category. Grand Valley State followed up its record-shattering 2001 season by averaging 497.5 yards and a nation-leading 46.7 points during its undefeated 2002 national championship run in which Kelly’s squad went wire to wire as the top-rated Division II squad. That ’02 campaign ended with a 31-24 championship game win over second-ranked and unbeaten Valdosta State – as All-America receiver David Kircus caught passes for 270 yards and three TDs. Kircus holds the NCAA Division II season record for TD receptions with 35 in ’02, catching at least one TD pass in 24 straight games in 2001-02. He ended his career with 4,142 receiving yards and 76 TD catches and led the nation (Division II) in scoring in both ’01 and ’02. The 2003 team, meanwhile, became more noted for its defense, leading the country in rushing defense at 62.0 yards per game. The Lakers defeated North Dakota 10-3 in the 2003 national title game (played annually in Florence, Ala.). In 10 of his 13 seasons at Grand Valley State, Kelly’s teams won eight or more games – and he finished with a 103-22-2 mark in GLIAC contests. The seniors on his final team in ’03 won 47 of their final 49 games (and finished 34-4 in

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offense (375.3 yards per game) and scoring (29.7 points). MAC Freshman 1991 Grand Valley State NCAA Div. II Playoffs L 15-38 vs. East Texas State of the Year Dan LeFevour 1994 Grand Valley State NCAA Div. II Playoffs L 27-35 vs. Indiana (Pa.) passed for 2,869 yards and 1998 Grand Valley State NCAA Div. II Playoffs L 14-37 vs. Slippery Rock 25 TDs to rank 20th nation2001 Grand Valley State NCAA Div. II Playoffs W 42-13 vs. Bloomsburg* ally in passing efficiency W 33-30 vs. Saginaw Valley State* and 14th in total offense. W 34-16 vs. Catawba* Kelly had 12 of his L 14-17 vs. North Dakota# players achieve first-team 2002 Grand Valley State NCAA Div. II Playoffs W 62-13 vs. C.W. Post* all-conference honors over W 62-21 vs. Indiana (Pa.)* his three years at Central W 44-7 vs. Northern Colorado* Michigan (including ’05 W 31-24 vs. Valdosta State# MAC Defensive Player of 2003 Grand Valley State NCAA Div. II Playoffs W 65-36 vs. Bentley the Year Daniel Bazuin) W 10-3 vs. Saginaw Valley State -- and three advanced to W 31-3 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville the NFL (including 2005 W 10-3 vs. North Dakota# draftees Eric Ghiacuic and 2006 Cincinnati International Bowl W 27-24 vs. Western Michigan Adam Kieft and free agent 2007 Cincinnati Papajohns.com Bowl W 31-21 vs. Southern Mississippi Tory Humphrey). Bazuin, 2008 Cincinnati FedEx Orange Bowl L 7-20 vs. Virginia Tech who led the nation in ’05 in 2010 Notre Dame Hyundai Sun Bowl W 33-17 vs. Miami tackles for losses, also was * home games played in Allendale, Mich. a ’06 first-team Academic # NCAA Division II championship games All-American. Kelly arrived at Central Michigan after winning the back-to-back NCAA Division II in program history and sixth bowl appearance in eight years. The th national titles at Grand Valley State in Bearcats finished 17th in the AP poll and 20 in the USA Today/ESPN Allendale, Mich. The all-time winningest rankings, earning their first appearances in the final polls. Along the way to the 2007 Papajohns.com Bowl victory, the program in NCAA Division II history, the Bearcats’ third straight bowl win, Kelly earned BIG EAST Coach of the Lakers were 41-2 in Kelly’s final three seaYear honors. Cincinnati listed seven individuals on the all-BIG EAST sons, at one point winning 32 consecuteams, including BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year and con- tive games. Grand Valley State went 14-0 sensus All-America punter Huber. The national leader in punting, Hu- in 2002 en route to its first national title ber was one of three Bearcats to be named to an All-America team. and was 14-1 in 2003 when it claimed Cincinnati ranked second in the BIG EAST and 24th nationally in pass- its second crown. Kelly was named the ing offense (254.1), and was also second in the league and 27th na- AFCA Division II Coach of the Year after tionally in passing efficiency (139.4). At the same time, the Bearcat both seasons. Kelly led the Lakers to five defense led the BIG EAST in sacks (2.9) and tackles for a loss (6.5). conference titles (1992-97-98-2001-02) Kelly’s Bearcats led the FBS in net punting (41.5 yards per punt), and and six Division II playoff appearances in his 13 seasons at Grand Valley. The LakCincinnati also paced the BIG EAST in kickoff returns (24.2). During his three years at Central Michigan, he transformed a ers never finished lower than third in Chippewa program that had won more than three games only once the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics in the past four seasons into a conference champion. Central Michi- Conference. Kelly mentored a pair of finalgan posted a 9-4 regular-season record in 2006 en route to winning ists for the Harlon Hill Award, presented the MAC title and qualifying for its first bowl game in 12 years. Kelly annually to the top player in Division II. inherited a program that had produced a mere 12 wins over its previQuarterback Curt Anes won the award in ous four seasons when he took the helm at Central Michigan in 2004. 2002 after fi nishing as runner-up in 2001. He guided the Chippewas to a 4-7 record in 2004 and a 6-5 slate He threw for 10,581 career yards and 114 -- the school’s first winning season in seven years -- in 2005. TD passes – 48 in ’01 and 47 in ‘02 (12 The Chippewas in 2005 defeated both defending MAC divigames with at least fi ve TD passes). Anes sional champions, Miami and Toledo, and also knocked off eventual still holds the NCAA Division II single‘05 league champ Akron. Central Michigan ranked first nationally season passing effi ciency record for ’01 at in fewest turnovers (10) and fewest fumbles lost (four), while the th 221.6 (189 for 271 for 3,086 yards, with team’s rushing defense ranked 20 and led the MAC at 113.7 yards 21 TDs, three interceptions). Quarterback per game (compared to 245.8 in ’03 -- the year before Kelly arrived). In 2006 Central Michigan rolled up a 7-1 record in conference Jeff Fox was third in the balloting in 1998, play to win the MAC West, then dominated Ohio 31-10 in the league as he became the first Laker quarterback championship game. Central Michigan boasted the 19th-most pro- to throw for more than 2,000 in multiple lific passing attack in the nation, averaging 252.4 yards per game, set seasons. Kelly’s Grand Valley State playa Chippewa season mark with 28 TD passes and led the MAC in total ers earned 77 All-America awards (11 in BRIAN KELLY’S POSTSEASON RECORD (14-5)

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four seasons of GLIAC play) and won 20 straight games in 2002-03. Kicker David Hendrix led the nation in ’03 with 25 field goals. Born Oct. 25, 1961, in Everett, Mass., and raised in Chelsea, Mass., Kelly attended St. John’s Prep School in Danvers, Mass. He was a four-year letter-winner at Assumption College (Worcester, Mass.) as a linebacker, captaining the squad in both ’81 and ’82 under coach Paul Cantiani on teams that finished 8-3 and 7-1-1. After graduating

from Assumption in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in political science, he served as linebacker coach and defensive coordinator (as well as softball coach) from 1983-86 at Assumption under head football coach Bernie Gaughan. Kelly joined the Grand Valley State staff in 1987 as a graduate assistant and defensive backs coach. He became the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator in 1989 and took over (at age 28) as head coach in 1991 (replacing Tom Beck, who left to become running backs coach at Notre Dame under Lou Holtz). His very first team Laker team finished 9-3 and qualified for the NCAA playoffs. In 2009 Kelly was inducted into the Grand Valley State Athletics Hall of Fame. Kelly has served on the AFCA Ethics Committee – and he’s currently one of 59 FBS head coaches who vote in the USA Today poll. Kelly was announced as the Notre Dame head coach on Dec. 10, 2009. He signed a five-year contract to coach the Irish. In June 2010 Kelly and his wife Paqui made a $250,000 gift to the University of Notre Dame in support of endeavors in research, academics and community engagement. The benefaction directly supports three Notre Dame initiatives -- cancer research, the Hesburgh Libraries and the Robinson Community Learning Center (RCLC). In the area of cancer research -- the fight against breast cancer is a deeply personal cause for the Kelly family -- the gift benefits the Mike and Josie Harper Cancer Research Institute that opened this past summer in Notre Dame’s new Harper Hall. The institute brings together scientists from Notre Dame and Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend to collaborate to advance basic and clinical research as it pertains to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. The gift also provides financial support for the Hesburgh Libraries, which consist of the main Hes-

burgh Library and 11 subject branches across campus. The funding enables senior library personnel to identify and purchase the learning and teaching materials most in demand by Notre Dame scholars. At the RCLC, the gift underwrites innovative tutoring, violence-prevention, youth entrepreneurship and performing arts projects for adults and children in South Bend’s Northeast Neighborhood. Sponsored by Notre Dame in partnership with local residents, the RCLC serves an estimated 500 youths and adults each week, in addition to another 8,000 children annually through its outreach programs. In conjunction with the gift, Kelly launched the “Coach Kelly Challenge,” an effort aimed to encourage all members of the Notre Dame family to offer financial support to the University through one of its annual giving programs: the Notre Dame Annual Fund, the MBA and Law School annual funds, and the Rockne Heritage Fund. Notre Dame’s head football coach and his wife play host to a series of events benefitting the Kelly Cares Foundation, established by Brian and Paqui Kelly to support organizations, initiatives and programs that closely align with the goals and values of the Kelly family in three main areas: personal involvement, with emphasis on breast cancer research, prevention, education and awareness; education and institutional advancement; and, community involvement in selected initiatives and projects. In addition to several charity golf events in July 2010, they co-hosted Football 101 in June 2010, giving women an opportunity to meet the Notre Dame football coaching staff, learn fun facts about Fighting Irish football and enjoy an upscale taste of South Bend. The more than 300 participants also got a behind-the-scenes look at Notre Dame Stadium and the Guglielmino Athletics Complex – with proceeds benefitting breast cancer prevention, awareness and early detection initiatives. Kelly and his wife Francisca (Paqui) are parents of three children – Patrick, Grace and Kenzel.

WINNINGEST ACTIVE NCAA FBS COACHES (BY WIN PERCENTAGE) (Minimum six years as FBS head coach; record at four-year colleges only) Years W Name, School 1. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 12 129 2. Gary Patterson, TCU 11 98 3. Jim Tressel, Ohio State 25 240 4. Joe Paterno, Penn State 45 401 5. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 20 179 6. Kyle Whittingham, Utah 6 57 7. Mark Richt, Georgia 10 96 8. Bobby Petrino, Arkansas 7 64 9. Bronco Mendenhall, BYU 6 56 10. Nick Saban, Alabama 15 135

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WINNINGEST ACTIVE NCAA FBS COACHES (BY VICTORIES) (Minimum six years as FBS head coach; record at four-year colleges only) Years W Name, School 1. Joe Paterno, Penn State 45 401 2. Jim Tressel, Ohio State 25 240 3. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 30 240 4. Mack Brown, Texas 27 219 5. Chris Ault, Nevada 26 218 6. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina 21 186 7. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 20 179 8. Dennis Erickson, Arizona State 22 173 9. Mike Price, UTEP 29 169 10. Howard Schnellenberger, FAU 26 157 Records are through end of 2010 season

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BOB DIACO 15th year coaching Second year at Notre Dame

THE DIACO FILE 38 Cedar Grove, N.J. Cedar Grove High School Iowa (Sociology, 1995) Julia Sons: Angelo and Michael; Daughter: Josephine

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➤In his first season at Notre Dame, Diaco switched defensive schemes from a blitzing 4-3 defense the Irish utilized in 2009 and instilled a 3-4 no-crease defense. ➤Diaco’s defense was drastically better than the 2009 Notre Dame defense. The Irish allowed 5.69 fewer points per game, 40.5 fewer yards per game, averaged one half sacks more per game and forced more turnovers in 2010 than 2009.

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➤S Aaron Webster (Cincinnati) 2009 first-team all-Big East ➤LB Clint Sintim (Virginia) Led nation in sacks by a linebacker in 2007 ➤DE Dan Bazuin (Western Michigan) Led nation in tackles for loss in 2005; Second-round NFL draft pick in 2007 by Chicago Bears

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➤Twice an all-Big Ten selection at Iowa under Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry and was a semifinalist for the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker in 1995. That same season he was named the team’s co-MVP. ➤Led the Hawkeyes in tackles in both 1994 and 1995 and finished his career as the seventh-leading tackler in Iowa history with 334 career stops. Started all 23 games during his final two seasons.

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coaching the running backs in 2001 to coaching linebackers in 2002 to coaching outside linebackers in 2003. Diaco also doubled all three years with the Eagles as special teams coordinator. ➤First full-time position was at Western Illinois where he was the running backs coach and special teams coordinator in 1999 and 2000. The Leathernecks won the Gateway Conference crown in 2000 and made an appearance in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. ➤Served as a graduate assistant at Iowa for two seasons in 1996 and 1997 and helped the Hawkeyes to the Alamo and Sun Bowl games.

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➤The 2010 defense was dramatically improved compared to the 2009 defense in almost every statistical category: scoring defense (from 63rd in ’09 to 23rd in ’10), pass efficiency (82nd to 25th), rushing defense (89th to 50th) and total defense (86th to 50th). ➤In the final three games of the regular season, Diaco’s defense limited teams averaging at least 31 points per game to 22 combined points – the fewest points allowed by a Notre Dame defense in three straight games since the 1993 season. ➤Only four touchdowns were scored against the Irish defense in the final five games of the regular season. ➤Working with the inside linebackers, Diaco helped turn sophomore Manti Te’o into an All-America candidate. The Bednarik Award and Butkus Award semifinalist led the Irish with 133 tackles and posted 9.5 tackles for loss. ➤In his only season at Cincinnati, he was charged with replacing 10 starters on the Bearcats’defense, including every player on the front seven for 2009. ➤The Bearcats recorded 110 tackles for loss in 2009 (8.46 per game) to rank third in the nation. They totaled 37 sacks and tied for 10th in the country averaging 2.85 sacks per contest. Cincinnati’s defense allowed 3.6 rushing yards per carry. ➤Focused on the inside linebackers in 2009 at Cincinnati and helped Andre Revels and JK Schaffer experience career years in their first seasons as starters. Revels led the Bearcats with 108 tackles and added 4.5 tackles for loss and one interception, while Schaffer ranked second on the team with 100 tackles with 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and three interceptions. ➤Safety Aaron Webster was named first-team all-BIG EAST in 2009 after pacing Cincinnati with four interceptions and five pass breakups. Defensive end Ricardo Mathews was named secondteam all-BIG EAST as a first-year starter after he recorded a teambest 12.5 tackles for loss. ➤Prior to Cincinnati, spent three years as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator on Al Groh’s coaching staff at the University of Virginia from 2006-08. ➤At the conclusion of the 2008 season, was promoted to the Cavaliers’ defensive coordinator position, but he left two months later to take the same position at Cincinnati. ➤Diaco’s linebackers were critical to Virginia allowing only 3.7 yards per carry and just over 21 points per game to their opponents in 2008. ➤Only four schools permitted fewer rushing touchdowns than Virginia’s nine in 2007, and the Cavaliers allowed 106.9 rushing yards per game, 13th in the nation. Virginia ranked 16th nationally at 19.7 points allowed per game and were 23rd in total defense, allowing 332.5 yards per game. ➤Served as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach under Brian Kelly at Central Michigan in 2005. ➤In his only season with the Chippewas, Diaco turned around Central Michigan’s rushing defense that just two years earlier had ranked last in the Mid-American Conference. ➤Under Diaco’s watch, Central Michigan led the MAC, allowing only 113.7 rushing yards per game. He also helped defensive end Dan Bazuin lead the nation with 26.5 tackles for loss and tie a MAC record with 16 sacks. ➤In 2004, coached the special teams and linebackers at Western Michigan. The punting, punt return and kickoff return units all finished in the top three of the MAC. ➤From 2001-03, was an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan, where he moved from

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CHARLEY MOLNAR Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks 28th year coaching Second year at Notre Dame

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49 Morristown, N.J. Bayley-Ellard (N.J.) High School Lock Haven (Political Science, 1984) Meg Sons: Charley III, Tate, Bryce, Mitch and Dominic; Daughters: Gillian, Gemma and Gianna

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COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS ➤Helped install new offensive system and developed both Dayne Crist and Tommy Rees as first-time starting quarterbacks. ➤Crist started the first nine games and passed for 2,033 yards with 15 touchdowns before injuring a knee in the first quarter of the ninth game. ➤Rees played the rest of the ninth game after Crist was injured and completed 33 of 54 passes for 334 yards with four TDs and three interceptions. He started the final three games and led the Irish to wins over No. 15 Utah, Army, at USC and Miami (Fla.) in Hyundai Sun Bowl. ➤Under Molnar’s tutelage, Rees set Notre Dame freshman records in TD passes (12) and completion percentage (61.0). Rees also ranked in the top five in completions (third, 100), yards (second, 1,106) and passing efficiency (second, 132.70) by a freshman Irish quarterback.

➤At Cincinnati, Molnar was passing game coordinator and coached the wide receivers from 2007-09. He oversaw the two most prolific passing seasons in Cincinnati history and mentored a pair of recordsetting receivers. ➤Cincinnati wide receivers Mardy Gilyard and Dominick Goodman flourished with Molnar as their coach. Goodman initially set Cincinnati career records with 2,512 receiving yards and 22 receiving touchdowns. Goodman also tied the previous school record with 204 career catches. Gilyard broke Goodman’s career records by recording 3,053 receiving yards and 25 TD catches. Gilyard also finished his Bearcat career with 204 receptions, tying Goodman’s record. ➤2009 passing attack averaged 308.77 yards per game to rank eighth in the nation and the 4,014 passing yards set the Cincinnati single-season record. The Bearcats ranked fourth in the country in passing efficiency (161.21), thanks, in part, to a school record 39 TD passes. ➤Gilyard became just the second Cincinnati player ever named an All-American by the American Football Coaches Association. He caught a school-record 87 passes for 1,191 yards with 11 TDs and became the Bearcats’first player with multiple 1,000-yard receiving seasons. ➤Gilyard and Goodman both experienced career seasons in 2008 as Gilyard set the Cincinnati record with 1,276 receiving yards and Goodman totaled 1,028 yards receiving. The duo became the first Bearcats players to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards together in the same season since 1968 (Jim O’Brien and Tom Rossley). Gilyard caught 81 passes and 11 TDs in his breakthrough season and ranked eighth in the nation in total receiving yards, en route to being named first-team all-BIG EAST. ➤In 2007, Molnar’s aerial attack proved a harbinger of things to come for Bearcats fans as Cincinnati passed for 3,720 yards and 36 TDs – both school records, at the time. The Bearcats ranked eighth in the country in passing efficiency (149.38) and averaged 286.2 passing yards per game to rank 20th nationally. Marcus Barnett was selected second-team all-BIG EAST and a Rivals.com first-team freshman All-American after tallying a school-record 13 TD receptions. ➤Joined Brian Kelly’s Central Michigan staff in 2006 and coached the quarterbacks and wide receivers. Developed the most prolific freshman quarterback and wide receiver duo in the nation in 2006. ➤Central Michigan quarterback Dan LeFevour was named MAC Freshman of the Year and was selected first-team all-MAC after he led the conference in passing TDs, passing yards, passing efficiency, completion percentage, total completions and total yards. LeFevour set school records for passing yards (3,031) and TD passes (26), and his 3,552 total yards were also a Central Michigan record. ➤Freshman wide receiver Bryan Anderson snagged a school-record 73 passes for 877 yards and five TDs in 2006. Anderson was named first-team all-MAC and was selected a first-team freshman All-American. ➤Molnar completed a rare coaching feat at the conclusion of the 2006 season. Not only was he on the sidelines for 15 contests, including the 2006 MAC Championship Game, 2006 Motor City Bowl and 2007 International Bowl, but he coached the MVP in all three postseason games. ➤As the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Indiana State, Molnar’s offense broke six school passing records, including passing yards, completion percentage and TD passes.

➤Coached quarterbacks from 2003-04 at Western Michigan and was forced to develop multiple signal-callers each season. In 2004, Molnar helped three quarterbacks combine to pass for 2,913 yards (264.8 yards per game) with 23 passing TDs. He also had to prepare three Bronco quarterbacks in 2003 as he guided them to the eighth-ranked passing attack in the nation with 3,701 passing yards (308.4 yards per game) and 31 TDs. ➤A one-year stop at Eastern Michigan in 2002 as quarterbacks coach followed a one-year stint as wide receivers coach at Eastern Illinois in 2001. ➤Worked in various capacities with offenses at Kent State (19942000) and Illinois State (1990-93) focusing on quarterbacks and wide receivers as well as offensive coordinator. ➤Prior to Illinois State, Molnar called the offensive plays and coached quarterbacks at Western Carolina in 1989. He made his first foray into major college football as a graduate assistant (focused on quarterbacks) in 1987-88 at Virginia. ➤Molnar’s first coaching job came at his alma mater, Lock Haven University, where he worked from 1984-86 with the wide receivers, tight ends, running backs and kickers.

DYNAMIC DISCIPLES ➤WR Mardy Gilyard (Cincinnati), St. Louis Rams 2009 AFCA first-team All-American; 2008-09 first-team all-BIG EAST; Cincinnati’s all-time record holder in career receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns ➤QB Dan LeFevour (Central Michigan), Cincinnati Bengals 2006 Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and firstteam all-MAC ➤QB Blayne Baggett (Indiana State) Indiana State record holder for most passing yards in a season ➤TE O.J. Santiago (Kent State) 1997 third-round NFL draft pick by Atlanta

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TONY ALFORD 17th year coaching Third year at Notre Dame

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42 Colorado Springs, Colo. Doherty (Colo.) High School Colorado State (Exercise and Sports Science, 1992) Trina Sons: Rylan, Kyler and Braydon

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➤RB Victor Anderson (Louisville) 2008 BIG EAST Conference Rookie of the Year; ’08 Freshman AllAmerican ➤RB Ennis Haywood (Iowa State) 2000 all-Big 12 first team ➤RB Darren Davis (Iowa State) 1999 all-Big 12 first team; Iowa State’s No. 2 career rusher ➤RB Astron Whatley (Kent State) 1996 all-Mid-American Conference first team

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➤Entering his second season as wide receivers coach after spending his previous 15 years as a running backs coach. ➤Named one of six finalists for national recruiter of the year by 247Sports.com following 2011 signing day and was tabbed one of nation’s top 25 recruiters in 2011 by Rivals.com. ➤Helped the Irish receiving game average 253.1 yards per contest in the 2010 regular season. ➤With Alford’s coaching, Michael Floyd recorded his best season at Notre Dame. Floyd led the Irish with 79 receptions for 1,025 yards and 12 TDs. His 2010 totals all rank in the top 10 on Notre Dame’s single-season records list. ➤In his first season as a wide receiver, Theo Riddick flourished under Alford’s tutelage as Riddick ranked second on the squad with 40 catches for 414 yards and three TDs in nine games. Prior to ’10, Riddick had only played running back. ➤Freshman TJ Jones and sophomore Robby Toma became consistent receiving options under Alford as Jones totaled 306 yards and three

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➤Alford was a first-team all-Western Athletic Conference running back as a player for Colorado State in 1989 and was an honorable mention selection on USA Today’s All-America team. He played for the Rams from 1987-90 and was a 1989 Doak Walker Award nominee. Alford ran for a school-record 310 yards versus Utah during the 1989 season. ➤Participated in Denver Broncos training camp in 1991 and played for the World League of American Football’s Birmingham Fire in 1992. ➤His brother, Aaron, is the running backs coach at the University of Utah.

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school history to rush for more than 2,000 career yards. ➤At Kent State, he helped make Astron Whatley a first-team all-Mid American Conference player as Whatley rushed for a career-best 1,132 yards, which were the fifth most in school history. ➤In 1995, he helped Mount Union rush for 214.5 yards per game as the Purple Raiders made it to the ’95 Division III semifinals and finished with a 12-1 record.

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TDs on 22 receptions and Toma caught 14 passes for 187 yards. ➤Notre Dame’s running backs Armando Allen, Robert Hughes, Riddick and Jonas Gray averaged 4.8 yards on 293 carries in 2009 while the top four Irish rushers in 2008 averaged 3.9 yards per carry. ➤Allen played in eight contests in 2009 and set career highs averaging 4.9 yards per carry and 87.1 rushing yards per game. His rushing yards per game average would have ranked him above Clemson’s C.J. Spiller and USC’s Joe McKnight had Allen qualified for the statistical category. ➤Hughes paced the Notre Dame ground game with five rushing touchdowns and averaged 4.7 yards per carry. Riddick was the most explosive running back and averaged 5.5 yards on 29 carries. ➤Prior to Notre Dame, spent his entire 14-year coaching career working with running backs at five different schools and produced a 1,000-yard rusher seven times. ➤During the 2008 season, one of Alford’s pupils, redshirt freshman Victor Anderson, rushed for 1,047 yards with eight touchdowns and became the first Louisville running back to eclipse 1,000 rushing yards since 2005. Anderson was named the BIG EAST Conference Rookie of the Year and second-team all-BIG EAST. He was also placed on Sporting News’ Freshman All-America squad. ➤Louisville averaged 164.5 yards rushing per game in 2008 and scored 18 rushing touchdowns. ➤In 2007, Anthony Allen averaged 4.8 yards on 141 carries and Brock Bolen averaged 4.5 yards on 75 attempts for an offense that employed a 44/56 run/pass ratio. ➤Spent nine years during two stints as running backs coach at Iowa State where he developed three of the school’s top six career rushing leaders (the last five years at Iowa State he also held the title of assistant head coach). Darren Davis, Ennis Haywood and Stevie Hicks combined for five 1,000-yard seasons with Alford as their position coach. ➤Four of the 10 best single-game rushing totals in Cyclone history occurred during Alford’s tenure, and Iowa State had a 200-yard rushing effort by one of his running backs eight times during his nine-year stint in Ames. ➤Hicks became the third Cyclone rusher under Alford to surpass 1,000 rushing yards in a season, as he led Iowa State with 1,062 yards in 2004. ➤Iowa State was one of only three FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) schools that produced a 1,000-yard rusher annually from 1995-2001. ➤Haywood continued the tradition in 2000, as he led the Big 12 Conference and ranked 10th nationally with 1,237 rushing yards. Haywood was a first-team all-Big 12 running back as the Cylcones’ rushing attack averaged 209.0 yards per game and totaled 27 rushing TDs. ➤In 2000, he assisted the Cyclones in making school history by finishing their 9-3 season with the school’s first bowl victory at the Insight.com Bowl (37-20 over Pittsburgh). ➤During his initial four years in Ames (19972000), Iowa State improved from 103rd to 17th nationally in rushing. ➤Under Alford’s guidance, Davis produced three consecutive seasons over 1,000 yards en route to becoming the second-most prolific rusher in school history. ➤Davis gained 1,005 yards as a sophomore in 1997, 1,116 yards in 1998 and ranked ninth in the nation in 1999 with a Big 12-best 1,388 rushing yards. ➤Sandwiched between Alford’s stints at Iowa State was a year as Washington’s running backs coach in 2001. Under Alford, Husky tailback Willie Hurst became the ninth back in

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KERRY COOKS Cornerbacks Ninth year coaching Second year at Notre Dame

THE COOKS FILE Age on March 23 Hometown High School College Wife Children

36 Irving, Texas Nimitz (Texas) High School Iowa (2000) Elvern Daughter: Kerrington

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➤Valai was named a second-team all-Big Ten performer for the second year in a row in 2009 while Maragos garnered honorable mention all-conference accolades. ➤Cooks’ star pupil in 2008 was cornerback Allen Langford who earned first-team all-Big Ten plaudits and was named the team’s MVP after recording 47 tackles, two interceptions and a team-best 13 pass breakups. ➤Valai was named second-team all-Big Ten as a sophomore after posting 56 tackles and forcing three fumbles in his first season as a starter. ➤Cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu led the Badgers and tied for third in the conference in 2007 with 16 passes defended en route to being named first-team all-Big Ten. ➤Free Safety Shane Carter was a consensus honorable mention allconference pick in 2007 after his seven interceptions led the Big Ten and tied for sixth nationally. ➤In his first season at Wisconsin in 2006, Cooks helped the Badgers lead the nation in pass efficiency defense (84.19 rating), and the 138.3 passing yards allowed per game ranked second in the nation. ➤Cooks helped Wisconsin allow 111.5 fewer passing yards per game in 2006 than 2005 and opposing quarterbacks only completed 47.8 percent of their passes against the Badgers. ➤Wisconsin finished 12-1 in 2006 and ranked fifth in the final coaches’ poll after defeating Arkansas in the Capital One Bowl. ➤Each of Cooks’ four starting defensive backs in 2006 received postseason recognition from the Big Ten, including Ikegwuonu who earned first-team honors after tallying 41 tackles, two interceptions and 11 pass breakups. ➤Free safety Roderick Rogers was named to the Big Ten second team in 2006 while Langford and strong safety Joe Stellmacher both were named honorable mention all-Big Ten. ➤Cooks spent one season at Minnesota coaching defensive backs in 2005. His defensive backs allowed opponents to complete just 55.3 percent of their passes during the Big Ten season, second best in the league.

➤Prior to his year at Minnesota, Cooks coached defensive backs and assisted on special teams for one season at Western Illinois in 2004. The Leathernecks limited opponents to a Gateway Conferencebest 157.2 passing yards per game, held opponents to the lowest completion percentage (45.4) in the conference and finished second in the league with 17 interceptions. ➤Cooks began coaching at his alma mater, Nimitz (Texas) High School, in 2003 before joining the coaching staff at Kansas State as a graduate assistant for the 2003 campaign. ➤While with the Wildcats, he worked mostly with defensive game plan preparation and assisted with the Kansas State secondary. ➤Kansas State registered an 11-4 record in 2003 and won a Big 12 title with a defense that was sixth nationally in total defense, eighth in scoring defense, 12th in pass efficiency defense and 17th in rushing defense. Kansas State earned a trip to the Fiesta Bowl after limiting each of its last six opponents to 14 points or less, including Oklahoma, the nation’s highest-scoring team.

PERSONAL INFO ➤A four-year letterwinner and two-year starter as a strong safety at Iowa, Cooks played for the Hawkeyes from 1993-97. ➤As a senior, he was a team captain and earned all-Big Ten honors. ➤A fifth-round draft choice of the Minnesota Vikings in the 1998 NFL Draft, Cooks also played for Green Bay, Atlanta and Jacksonville before retiring from the NFL in 2001. He also played for the XFL’s Chicago Enforcers in 2001. ➤Graduated from Iowa in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology.

DYNAMIC DISCIPLES ➤CB Allen Langford (Wisconsin) 2008 first-team all-Big Ten ➤CB Jack Ikegwuonu (Wisconsin), Philadelphia Eagles 2006 and 2007 first-team all-Big Ten

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COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS ➤Former all-Big Ten Conference safety and National Football League veteran is entering his ninth season coaching in college football and will mentor Notre Dame’s cornerbacks in 2011. ➤Worked with the outside linebackers in his first season at Notre Dame and helped improve the production of Darius Fleming, Kerry Neal, Brian Smith and Prince Shembo. ➤Notre Dame’s outside linebackers combined for 12 sacks and 20 tackles for loss in 2010. ➤Fleming tallied career highs of six sacks and 49 tackles and he led the Irish in sacks and with 11 tackles for loss. ➤Coached defensive backs at Wisconsin for four seasons and helped develop 10 all-Big Ten honorees, including three first-team selections. ➤Helped lead the Badgers to a 38-14 record from 2006-09, with Wisconsin finishing the season ranked in the top 25 three times. ➤In 2009, two members of Cooks’ secondary received all-Big Ten accolades and a third player burst onto the scene as a first-year starter. ➤Safeties Jay Valai and Chris Maragos directed the Badgers defensive backfield and ranked in the top 10 in tackles on the team in 2009.

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MIKE DENBROCK 26th year coaching Fifth year at Notre Dame

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47 Albion, Mich. Homer (Mich.) High School Grand Valley State (Communications, 1987) Dianne

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➤Denbrock returned in 2010 to Notre Dame where he previously coached Notre Dame’s offensive tackles and tight ends from 200204. ➤Earlier in his career he spent a combined eight seasons with head coach Brian Kelly at Grand Valley State. Kelly served as the Lakers’ head coach and Denbrock was on his coaching staff from 1992-98. The two were graduate assistants together at Grand Valley State in 1987. ➤Coached 2010 preseason All-American Kyle Rudolph as he collected 28 receptions for 328 yards and three touchdowns in first six games before a hamstring injury ended his season. Rudolph earned John Mackey Tight End of the Week honors following the Michigan game where he set career highs with eight catches for 164 yards and one touchdown. ➤Developed Tyler Eifert in Rudolph’s absence and turned the

➤TE John Carlson (Notre Dame), Seattle Seahawks 2008 second-round NFL draft pick by Seattle ➤OT Ryan Harris (Notre Dame), Denver Broncos 2007 third-round NFL draft pick by Denver ➤TE Anthony Fasano (Notre Dame), Miami Dolphins 2006 second-round NFL draft pick by Dallas ➤OT Kwame Harris (Stanford) 2002 first-round NFL draft pick by San Francisco

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Denbrock returned to his alma mater, Grand Valley State, where he coached with Kelly. ➤Denbrock served as the Lakers’ defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 1996-98 and his defensive unit ranked among the nation’s top 30 in total defense, scoring defense and rushing defense each season. ➤His 1996 defense led the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference and was 11th nationally in scoring defense while also leading the conference in total defense. ➤As the offensive coordinator, Denbrock’s squad was first in the MIFC in both total and scoring offense from 1992-94. ➤In 1995, his offense ranked eighth in the nation in scoring and 12th in total offense. ➤Eight of his players earned first-team All-America honors during his seven years at Grand Valley State. ➤Denbrock’s first full-time coaching assignment came in 1990-91 as the tackles and tight ends coach at Illinois State. ➤He focused on the offensive line as a graduate assistant at Michigan State in 1989 and helped with the quarterbacks and receivers on the 1988 Spartans squad. ➤He broke into coaching as a graduate assistant from 1986-87 at Grand Valley State where he worked with the offensive tackles and tight ends.

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sophomore tight end into a reliable receiving option for the Irish. Eifert snagged 27 passes for 352 yards and two touchdowns and was named John Mackey Award Tight End of the Week following his performance vs. Army where he caught four passes for 78 yards with one touchdown. ➤Spent the 2009 season as the associate head coach at Indiana State. ➤With the Sycamores, he was the special teams coordinator and also coached the linebackers. ➤Helped turn redshirt freshman linebacker Aaron Archie into an allconference player in his first season of collegiate football. He was named a second-team performer in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and was a member of the league’s all-newcomer team. ➤Junior return specialist Darrius Gates earned honorable mention accolades in 2009 from the Missouri Valley Football Conference after leading the league and ranking fifth nationally averaging 27.1 yards per kickoff return. ➤Prior to Indiana State, Denbrock served as the offensive line coach at the University of Washington from 2005-08. ➤In 2007, the Husky line helped running back Louis Rankin become the first 1,000-yard rusher at Washington since 1997. Quarterback Jake Locker also nearly eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards in 2007 as he gained 986 yards on the ground. Rankin and Locker ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in rushing yards per game among Pac-10 players. ➤Center Juan Garcia earned second-team all-Pacific-10 honors in 2007. ➤Denbrock’s offensive line paved the way for the Huskies to average 203.1 rushing yards per game in 2007. Washington ranked 18th nationally in rushing and second in the Pac-10 Conference. ➤During his time at Notre Dame, Denbrock’s offensive tackles and tight ends were big factors as the Irish produced 1,000-yard rushers in 2002 (Ryan Grant, 1,085 yards) and 2003 (Julius Jones, 1,268 yards and 10 touchdowns). ➤Coached several players at Notre Dame who became NFL Draft selections, including offensive tackles Ryan Harris (2007, third round, Denver), Jim Molinaro (2004, seventh round, Washington), Jordan Black (2003, fifth round, Kansas City) and Brennan Curtin (2003, sixth round, Green Bay) plus tight ends John Carlson (2008, second round, Seattle), Anthony Fasano (2006, second round, Dallas) and Jerome Collins (2005, fifth round, St. Louis). ➤Prior to coming to Notre Dame, Denbrock worked in a similar capacity with the offensive tackles and tight ends at Stanford. His line helped lead the way for a Stanford rushing attack which ranked 23rd in the nation, averaging more than 200 yards per game and scoring 27 TDs. ➤Developed Kwame Harris into one of the top offensive tackles in the Pac-10 Conference. Harris earned second-team all-Pac-10 honors following 2001 and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers with the 26th pick in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft. ➤Before arriving at Stanford, Denbrock was the assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and offensive and defensive line coach for the Buffalo Destroyers of the Arena Football League in 1999-2000. ➤Prior to his two years in Buffalo,

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MIKE ELSTON Defensive Line/Special Teams Coordinator 13th year coaching Second year at Notre Dame

THE ELSTON FILE Age on Dec. 31 Hometown High School College Wife Children

36 St. Marys, Ohio Memorial High School Michigan (Sport Management and Communications, 1998) Beth (Broyles) Daughters: Olivia, Sophia and Isabella

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COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS ➤In his first season at Notre Dame, Elston helped turn around the Irish defense as well as coordinated special teams efforts that included an All-American caliber placekicker. ➤The defensive line aided the Irish efforts in holding opponents to 4.0 yards per carry in 2010, almost a yard fewer than the ’09 Irish defense permitted. In Notre Dame’s four-game win streak to close the 2010 season, the Irish allowed only 2.9 yards per rush against Utah, Army, USC and Miami. Those four teams combined

to average 4.9 yards per carry against the rest of their respective schedules. ➤The starting defensive line of Kapron Lewis-Moore, Ian Williams, Sean Cwynar and Ethan Johnson combined for 12 sacks and 15 tackles for loss. ➤David Ruffer flourished with Elston’s tutelage as he was named one of three finalists for the Groza Award, presented annually to college football’s top kicker. He converted his first 18 field goal attempts of 2010 before missing his final kick of the season, snapping his school record streak for most consecutive made field goals in a season (18) and career (23). ➤In his only season as Cincinnati’s defensive line coach, Elston was forced to replace all of his starters while helping to implement a new defensive scheme. ➤The results were an attacking defensive front in 2009 that limited its opponents to 3.6 rushing yards per carry and helped lead Cincinnati’s defense to the third-most tackles for loss and 10th-most sacks in the nation. ➤The Bearcats’ defensive line combined for 57 tackles for losses and 25.5 of the team’s 37 sacks for the season. Elston’s line alone averaged more sacks per game than 63 FBS teams (including Notre Dame) in 2009. ➤Cincinnati was led in 2009 by Ricardo Mathews and Alex Daniels, two first-year starters at defensive end. Mathews received secondteam all-BIG EAST honors and led Cincinnati with 12.5 tackles for loss. Daniels paced the defensive line with 56 tackles and led the team with 8.5 sacks. ➤Elston served as special teams coordinator in 2009 for the third straight season and helped Mardy Gilyard earn the BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year. Gilyard averaged 30.5 yards on 42 kickoff returns and returned two kickoffs for touchdowns. He also averaged 12.6 yards on 16 punt returns including one punt return for TD. ➤Elston’s kickoff return unit ranked second in the nation, averaging 28.5 yards per kickoff return, and only three schools returned more kickoffs for TDs than Cincinnati’s three returns. His punt return unit averaged 13.0 yards per return which ranked 17th in the nation. ➤Under Elston’s direction, Kevin Huber was selected as the first-team punter on the Associated Press’ All-America team in 2007 and 2008. Huber was also tabbed a first-team All-American in 2008 by the American Football Coaches Association and the Football Writers Association of America. He ranked seventh in the nation, averaging 45.0 yards per punt, and helped the Bearcats lead the nation in net punting at 41.5 yards. ➤Cincinnati became only the fourth team in NCAA FBS history to lead the nation in net punting in consecutive seasons. ➤Huber was selected in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. ➤Gilyard also was named BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year in 2008 after leading the BIG EAST and ranking 11th nationally by averaging 27.6 yards on 36 kickoff returns. Gilyard returned two kickoffs for TDs, the first a 97-yarder at Oklahoma and the second for 100 yards at West Virginia. ➤In 2007, Huber was named a consensus All-American and recipient of the BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year award after he led the nation averaging 46.9 yards per punt. Huber also helped the Bearcats rank first in the nation in net punting at 39.6 yards. ➤In 2006, he served as Central Michigan’s special teams coordinator and linebackers coach and instructed two all-Mid-American Conference linebackers, including the top tackler in the league. ➤Elston’s work with special teams in 2006 sparked a drastic improvement in the punting unit, which finished 19th nationally in net punting. ➤Spent the 2005 season as the Central Michigan co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach. He helped develop a unit that led the MAC in rushing defense, allowing 113.7 yards per game, a major improvement for a team that ranked last in the MAC in rushing defense two years earlier.

➤Worked directly with defensive end Dan Bazuin who led the nation with 26.5 tackles for loss and tied a MAC record with 16 sacks. ➤Bazuin later became a second-round NFL draft pick by the Chicago Bears in 2007. ➤Doubled as the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Eastern Michigan from 2002-03 and helped the Eagles record the most improved defense in Division I-A in both scoring and total yards allowed in 2003. He began his tenure at Eastern Michigan as the defensive ends coach in 2001. ➤Elston got his first taste of coaching as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, the University of Michigan from 1999-2000 and helped the Wolverines to a 19-5 record during that time.

PERSONAL INFORMATION ➤Elston was a member of Michigan’s football team from 1993-96 and lettered for the Wolverines as an outside linebacker from 199496. Michigan finished in the top 20 each year he lettered and he helped the Wolverines to a 25-12 record in his three seasons.

DYNAMIC DISCIPLES ➤David Ruffer 2010 Lou Groza Award finalist ➤Dan Bazuin (Central Michigan) Led NCAA with 26.5 tackles for loss in 2005 and tied MAC record with 16 sacks; Second-round NFL draft pick of Chicago Bears in 2007 ➤Kevin Huber (Cincinnati), Cincinnati Bengals 2007 and 2008 first-team All-American; 2007 BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year ➤Mardy Gilyard (Cincinnati), St. Louis Rams 2008 and 2009 BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Year ➤Ricardo Mathews (Cincinnati), Indianapolis Colts 2009 second-team all-BIG EAST defensive end

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TIM HINTON 31st year coaching Second year at Notre Dame

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50 Wilmington, Ohio Amana Clearcreek B.A. Wilmington College (Industrial Education, 1982); M.A. Ohio State (Educational Policy and Leadership, 1987) Bev Daughters: Dawn and Drew

COACHING CAREER Wilmington College (Ohio) Student Asst. Wilmington College (Ohio) TE/WR Ohio State Graduate Asst. Zane Trace (Ohio) H.S.Head Coach Van Wert (Ohio) H.S. Head Coach Ohio University WR Ohio University DL/Strength and Conditioning Coach 1993-2003 Marion (Ohio) Harding H.S. Head Coach 2004-06 Cincinnati RB 2007 Cincinnati LB 2008 Cincinnati RB 2009 Cincinnati RB/Recruiting Coord. 2010-11 Notre Dame RB

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➤Coached stable of four running backs that combined to rush for 1,517 yards on 314 carries and averaged 4.8 yards per carry. ➤Senior Armando Allen started seven of the eight contests he appeared and was Notre Dame’s leading rusher before an injury sidelined him for the final five games of 2010. Allen totaled 514 yards on 107 carries with two touchdowns and added 17 receptions for 138 yards. ➤Sophomore Cierre Wood picked up the slack in Allen’s absence and was Notre Dame’s leading rusher in his first season of collegiate competition. Wood rushed 119 times for 603 yards with three touchdowns and his 5.1 yards per carry average was the second

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➤Isaiah Pead (Cincinnati) Averaged 6.7 yards per carry and 10.1 yards per reception in 2009 ➤Richard Hall (Cincinnati) All-Conference USA in 2004 ➤Cris Carter (Ohio State) 1986 first-team All-American; Set Ohio State school record for receptions and receiving yards in a season

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came at Zane Trace High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he coached the 1987 and 1988 seasons and at Van Wert High School in Van Wert, Ohio, in 1989. ➤Hinton’s first exposure to major college football came as a graduate assistant at Ohio State from 1985-86. ➤In 1986, Hinton worked primarily with Ohio State’s wide receivers and helped Cris Carter set school records in single-season receptions, receiving yards and touchdown receptions. Carter was named a first-team All-American after the season. ➤Under head coach Earle Bruce, Hinton was on the Buckeyes’ staff for two bowl game appearances. The 1986 team finished 10-3 overall and 7-1 in the Big Ten Conference, earning a share of the Big Ten championship. ➤While attending Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio, Hinton launched his coaching career, serving as an assistant coach at Amanda-Clearcreek High School in Amanda, Ohio, from 1978-80. ➤Hinton became a student assistant coach at Wilmington in 1981 and then he coached Wilmington’s tight ends and wide receivers from 1982-84. Hinton helped his alma mater to two league crowns and a pair of appearances in the NAIA playoffs.

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best by an Irish running back with at least 100 carries in the last 14 seasons. ➤Robert Hughes gained 300 yards on 68 carries and two touchdowns in his senior season, including 55 rushes for 222 yards with both touchdowns in the last five games. ➤Hinton’s top two running backs in 2009 combined to average 6.4 yards per carry, as Isaiah Pead and Jacob Ramsey gained 1,245 yards on 195 carries and scored 13 touchdowns. ➤Pead and Ramsey also proved to be threats out of the backfield, as they caught 38 combined passes for 346 yards and four TDs. They were also reliable rushers and blockers as neither player lost a fumble nor allowed a sack. ➤Hinton developed Pead during his sophomore season as Pead was the Bearcats’ top ballcarrier in 2009. He gained 806 yards on 121 carries with nine TDs and had a breakthrough performance against West Virginia when he gained 175 yards on 18 carries and one TD. Pead also averaged 10.1 yards on 20 receptions. ➤Ramsey and John Goebel shouldered most of the load in 2008, as Pead rushed just 30 times in his freshman season. The trio combined to rush for 1,465 yards and nine TDs while averaging 4.7 yards per carry. ➤Ramsey led the way for the Bearcats in 2008 with 664 yards on 152 carries with two TDs, while Goebel rushed 133 times for 607 yards and seven TDs. Goebel proved to be a receiving threat out of the backfield, recording 283 receiving yards on 26 catches. ➤Hinton shifted to linebackers in Kelly’s first season at Cincinnati and two of Hinton’s pupils ranked in the top three on the Bearcats in tackles in 2007. ➤Corey Smith ranked second on the 2007 squad with 80 tackles including six tackles for loss and two sacks while starting all but one game at weakside linebacker. Ryan Manalac tallied 76 tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss at middle linebacker in his first season starting at Cincinnati. ➤Under head coach Mark Dantonio, Hinton worked with the Bearcats’ running backs from 2004-06. ➤In 2006, three Cincinnati running backs combined to rush for 1,358 yards and 10 TDs. ➤In Hinton’s first year with the Bearcats, he helped turn Richard Hall into a 1,000-yard rusher and an all-Conference USA player as Cincinnati’s ground attack averaged 183.4 rushing yards per contest. ➤Prior to Cincinnati, Hinton had great success as a high school head football coach in Ohio. ➤From 1993-2003, he was head coach at Harding High School in Marion, Ohio, where he directed his teams to five conference titles and five appearances in the state playoffs. Two of his teams advanced to the regional finals, and during his tenure at Harding he sent 13 players to the major college playing ranks. In 1995, he was named Ohio Division I Co-Coach of the Year. ➤Hinton spent three seasons at Ohio University prior to taking the head coaching job at Marion Harding. With the Bobcats, Hinton coached the wide receivers in 1990 before moving to the defensive line from 199192. ➤His first two head coaching jobs

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CHUCK MARTIN Safeties/ Recruiting Coordinator 20th year coaching Second year at Notre Dame

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42 Park Forest, Ill. Rich East (Ill.) High School Millikin (Ill.) (Accounting, 1990) Dulcie Son: Max; Daughter: Emma

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COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS ➤In first season at Notre Dame, helped improve the defensive statistical categories when compared to 2009: passing defense (76th to 54th) and pass efficiency defense (82nd to 25th). ➤Members of his secondary combined to total 15 of team’s 18 interceptions and 28 of team’s 46 passes broken up. ➤The improved coverage and tackling by the defensive backs under Martin led to the Irish allowing only 10.2 yards per completion in 2010, the fewest yards allowed by a Notre Dame defense since 1993. The 10.2 yards per completion average was seventh-best in the FBS in 2010. ➤Safety Harrison Smith became one of the most consistent players under Martin as he ranked fourth in the nation with a team-best seven interceptions and was second on the Irish with 93 tackles.

➤Named one of the top 25 recruiters in the nation by ESPN.com in February 2011 and was named to Rivals.com’s Tom Dienhart’s second team assistant coach dream team coaching staff in March 2011. ➤Led Grand Valley State University to two NCAA Division II national championships and won over 91 percent of his games as the Lakers’ head coach. ➤Served as head coach at Grand Valley State from 2004-09. ➤Replaced Brian Kelly as the Lakers’ head coach after Kelly was named head coach at Central Michigan University. ➤Under Martin’s watch, Grand Valley went 74-7 (.914) and won the NCAA Division II national championship in 2005 and 2006. The Lakers were runners-up in 2009. ➤Guided the Lakers to five Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference championships in six years and he posted a 16-4 record in the Division II playoffs. ➤Martin’s .914 winning percentage was the second best among active college football coaches, regardless of division (Mount Union’s Larry Kehres owned a .925 winning percentage). ➤A member of the Lakers coaching staff since 2000, Martin helped Grand Valley State post a 122-13 record from 2000-09, including winning 121 of its last 130 games. ➤Since he became head coach in 2004, Martin helped develop 34 players who earned various All-America honors and 114 players who earned all-GLIAC plaudits, including 56 first-team selections. ➤The Lakers were ranked number one in the American Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll for 56 of 70 weeks the poll was released during Martin’s tenure. ➤From 2004 to 2009, Martin directed Grand Valley State to 48 consecutive regular-season victories and 45 straight wins in GLIAC action. He also guided the Lakers to a Division II record 40-game winning streak from 2005-07. ➤Guided the Lakers to a 13-2 record and the school’s fifth consecutive GLIAC championship in 2009. Grand Valley State also made its ninth straight NCAA Division II playoff appearance and advanced to the national championship game for the third time in five seasons (falling to Northwest Missouri State, 30-23). It marked the sixth time since 2001 the Lakers had advanced to the NCAA Division II finals. ➤The 2008 team turned in its fourth straight undefeated regular season and finished the year with an 11-1 record. The Lakers advanced to the quarterfinals of the Division II playoffs before falling to eventual national champion Minnesota-Duluth in double overtime. ➤Martin’s 2007 squad cruised through the regular season undefeated and led the GLIAC in scoring defense (14.5 points per game), total defense (303.6 yards per game), pass efficiency defense (95.6) and quarterback sacks (42). The Lakers advanced to the national semifinals but were defeated at Northwest Missouri State. ➤Claimed his second national championship and Grand Valley State’s fourth title in 2006 after the Lakers defeated Northwest Missouri State for the second straight year, 17-14. The win capped off a perfect 15-0 season that saw Grand Valley State outscore its GLIAC foes by an average score of 37.1-14.6. ➤In his second season as a head coach, guided the Lakers to an undefeated season (13-0) and their third national championship. ➤Led Grand Valley State to a 10-3 mark and a berth in the NCAA Division II playoffs (lost in quarterfinals) in his first season at the helm in 2004. The 10 wins by Martin were the most of any firstyear head coach in school history. ➤Prior to being named head coach, Martin was an assistant at Grand Valley State for four years. He was a key figure in the progression of the Lakers’ defense that saw the secondary earn 10 all-GLIAC honors in four years. ➤The Lakers’ defensive backs intercepted 84 passes from 2000-03, including a school single-season record 26 interceptions in both 2001 and 2003. Fourteen of those 84 interceptions were returned for touchdowns.

➤Served as defensive coordinator under Kelly in 2003 and helped the Lakers to the national championship. Grand Valley State rode its defense to the title as it limited its final three opponents in the playoffs to just a field goal apiece. ➤Prior to Grand Valley State, Martin coached the linebackers at Eastern Michigan in 1998 and 1999. He served as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach from 1996-97 at Millikin University, his alma mater, in Decatur, Ill. ➤Prior to Millikin, Martin coached the linebackers at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, from 1994-95. While at Wittenberg, he also served as the head golf coach and an assistant baseball coach. ➤Martin’s initial coaching duty came in 1992 as a graduate assistant at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minn.

PERSONAL INFORMATION ➤Martin was an All-America safety at Millikin and was also selected a GTE Academic All-American. He also doubled as an allconference placekicker for the football team and received academic all-district honors for Millikin’s basketball team. He was inducted into the Millikin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.

DYNAMIC DISCIPLES ➤CB Brandon Carr (Grand Valley State); Kansas City Chiefs Started all 48 games at cornerback in first three seasons with the Chiefs ➤OL Brandon Barnes (Grand Valley State) 2007 Gene Upshaw Award winner (top offensive lineman in NCAA Division II) ➤QB Cullen Finnerty (Grand Valley State) 2006 Harlon Hill Award runner-up (top player in NCAA Division II) ➤DL Mike McFadden (Grand Valley State) 2005 and 2006 Gene Upshaw Award winner

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➤In his first season at Notre Dame, developed three first-time starters on the offensive line and improved the average yards per rush and decreased sacks allowed compared to 2009. ➤The Irish averaged 4.0 rushing yards per game, the best rushing average by a Notre Dame team since 2003. ➤Notre Dame’s offensive line allowed a sack on 4.0 percent of the overall pass attempts in 2010 and the 1.54 sacks allowed per game was the fewest by an Irish offensive line since 1998 (0.8 per game). ➤Over the final six games of the 2010 season, Warinner’s offensive line faced defenses that were cumulatively averaging 2.3 sacks

DISTINGUISHED DISCIPLES ➤QB Todd Reesing (Kansas) Set every major single-season and career passing record at Kansas ➤WR Kerry Meier (Kansas), Atlanta Falcons First at Kansas in career receptions and second in receiving yards and TD receptions ➤WR Dezmon Briscoe (Kansas), Cincinnati Bengals School record holder in career receiving yards and TD receptions ➤OT Anthony Collins (Kansas), Cincinnati Bengals 2007 first-team All-American

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Illini team since 1973. ➤Was instrumental in the development of Kansas center Joe Vaughn, who was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year in 2003. ➤In 2003, Kansas improved their rushing average by nearly 40 yards per game and scored nearly 10 more points per game while allowing 14 fewer sacks. ➤Coached the offensive line under Fisher DeBerry at Air Force from 2000-02 and helped the Falcons lead the nation with 307.8 rushing yards per game in 2002. ➤Spent 13 seasons at Army in a variety of coaching positions. While at Army, the Cadets led the NCAA in rushing three times.

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per game but the Irish O-line allowed only five sacks in 202 pass attempts in those six contests. ➤Directed offenses that led the nation in rushing (Air Force, 2002), were tops in Big Ten Conference rushing (Illinois, 2006) and ranked second in the nation in scoring (Kansas, 2007). ➤From 2007-09, the Jayhawks posted the three highest yards-pergame averages and the three most prolific passing seasons in Kansas history. Three of the top seven scoring seasons in school history came under his direction. ➤Under Warinner’s watch as offensive coordinator, the Jayhawks averaged 445.5 total yards per game, 302.1 passing yards per contest and 35.3 points on a combined basis from 2007-09. ➤Kansas’ offensive players were recognized for the success on the field, as 18 players received all-Big 12 Conference honors from 2007-09. ➤Todd Reesing started all three years for Warinner and also worked with him as his position coach. Reesing set every major singleseason and career passing record at Kansas, including career records in completions (932), attempts (1,461), passing yards (11,194), touchdown passes (90), 300-yard games (18), 200-yard games (31), total offense (11,840), total plays (1,796) and TDs accounted for (105). ➤Dezmon Briscoe and Kerry Meier became the most prolific passcatchers in Jayhawk history. ➤Briscoe recorded 219 receptions for 3,240 yards with 31 receiving TDs to set school records in receiving yards and TD receptions. Meier caught 226 passes for 2,309 yards with 18 TDs and set the Kansas record for career receptions. ➤In 2009, Warinner was named one of three finalists for the American Football Coaches Association’s National Assistant Coach of the Year award, following a campaign in which Kansas finished seventh in the NCAA in passing offense and 25th in total offense. ➤The Jayhawks set a school record by averaging 310.3 passing yards per game in 2009, and the 422.4 total yards per game were the third most in school history. ➤Reesing led the Big 12 in total offense (311.3 yards per game) and ranked sixth nationally in passing yards per game (301.3) in 2009. ➤Meier set a school record with 102 receptions and was named second-team all-Big 12 after adding 985 receiving yards and eight TDs. Briscoe led the Jayhawks with 1,337 receiving yards and nine TDs and ranked fifth nationally in averaging 121.6 receiving yards per game. He was selected a first-team all-Big 12 performer. ➤In 2008, Warinner’s offense averaged 432.4 yards per game and ranked eighth nationally in passing yards per game (305.6). The Jayhawks averaged 33.4 points per game, the third-best pointsper-game average in school history. ➤Reesing completed 66.5 percent of his passes for 3,888 yards with 32 TD passes. ➤Briscoe set a school record with 1,407 receiving yards and 15 TDs on 92 receptions, while Meier led the team with 97 catches for 1,045 yards and eight TDs. ➤The 2007 offense was the nation’s second-highest scoring unit (42.8 points per game) and helped the Jayhawks to a 12-1 season including a victory in the FedEx Orange Bowl. ➤Kansas set a school record by averaging 479.8 total yards per game and ranked eighth nationally in that category. The Jayhawks averaged 291.0 passing yards per game (17th in the nation) and 188.8 rushing yards per contest (31st in the nation). ➤Twenty school records were set in 2007, including 17 offensive records, and offensive lineman Anthony Collins was named firstteam All-America. ➤In his first season as a starter, Reesing passed for 3,486 yards with 33 TDs and seven interceptions in 2007. He set 20 different school records, was a Davey O’Brien Award semifinalist and was named second-team all-Big 12. ➤In his second season at Illinois, Warinner’s rushing attack led the Big Ten and finished 10th in the nation in rushing yards per game, averaging 188.3 in 2006. That average was the best output by an

2011 20 11 CO COAC COACHING ACHI AC HING HI NG SSTAFF TAFF TA FF ➤Since 2005 at Central Michigan, Kelly’s teams are 48-2 when leading after three quarters and 47-3 when taking the lead into halftime. ➤Stops at Wisconsin (1987), Iowa (1988-98), Central Michigan (2004-06) and Cincinnati (2007-09) have helped Longo produce more than 50 NFL draft picks. Eight Bearcats were selected in 2008 Director of Football Strength and 2009 combined, equal to the combined total of NFL draft picks from Cincinnati in the previous five drafts. and Conditioning ➤At Central Michigan, Longo served as the head strength coach and 25th year in collegiate athletics helped develop five NFL draft selections, including Longo’s prized pupil, Joe Staley. Staley entered Central Michigan in 2003 as a tight Second year at Notre Dame end and graduated as a left tackle and the first Chippewa to be a NFL first-round draft pick. ➤Staley caught 11 passes for 130 yards and one touchdown in his freshman season. Longo arrived with Kelly prior to the 2004 season and helped Staley pack on 80 pounds during his Chippewa career THE LONGO FILE as he grew into an offensive tackle. He started 11 games at right tackle as a sophomore and moved to left tackle where he started Age on March 23 52 all 25 games from 2005-06 and allowed only one combined sack Hometown Sterling Heights, Mich. in his final two seasons. High School Adlai Stevenson (Mich.) High School ➤After becoming just the fifth Central Michigan player to participate College Wayne State (Physical Education,1983) in the Senior Bowl, Staley became the 28th overall pick in the 2007 Wife Shannon NFL Draft, picked by the San Francisco 49ers. Children Son: Anthony; Daughter: Natalie ➤From 1988-2003, Longo served on the strength and conditioning CAREER staff at Iowa and worked primarily with football from 1988-98. 1987 Wisconsin Asst. Strength Coach ➤Worked with Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry as Longo served as 1988-92 Iowa Asst. Football Strength Coach the assistant strength coach for the football program from 19881993-98 Iowa Head Football Strength Coach 92 before being promoted to head strength coach for the Hawkeye 1999-2003 Iowa Olympic Sports Strength Coach football team in 1993. 2004-06 Central Michigan Head Strength Coach ➤Longo played a critical role in helping the Hawkeyes to seven bowl 2007-09 Cincinnati Director of Football Strength games including the 1991 Rose Bowl after Iowa claimed the Big and Conditioning 2010-11 Notre Dame Director of Football Strength and Conditioning

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Ten Conference championship in 1990. ➤The 1991 Hawkeyes compiled a 10-1-1 record and finished second in the Big Ten with a 7-1 ledger. Iowa was ranked 10th in the final polls after tying BYU in the Holiday Bowl. ➤Longo also made two trips to the Sun and Alamo Bowls and one appearance in the Peach Bowl. ➤Longo began his career as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Wisconsin in 1987.

PERSONAL INFORMATION ➤He was a four-year starter at wide receiver on the Warriors’ football team, set season and career receiving records and twice was the MVP. ➤Totaled 91 career receptions for 1,154 yards at Wayne State and paced the Warriors in receiving from 1978-80. ➤Longo went to training camps as a free agent with four professional teams in three different leagues.

DISTINGUISHED DISCIPLES ➤WR Mardy Gilyard (Cincinnati), St. Louis Rams 2009 All-American; 2008-09 first-team all-BIG EAST ➤OT Joe Staley (Central Michigan), San Francisco 49ers 28th overall selection in first round of 2007 NFL Draft by San Francisco ➤CB Tom Knight (Iowa) Ninth overall selection in first round of 1997 NFL Draft by Arizona ➤OT Ross Verba (Iowa) 30th overall section in first round of 1997 NFL Draft by Green Bay

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PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS ➤Veteran strength and conditioning coach with 24 years of experience at NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision schools. ➤Worked in a similar capacity from 2007-09 at the University of Cincinnati and has worked alongside current Irish head football coach Brian Kelly as his speed, strength and conditioning coach since Kelly’s first season at Central Michigan in 2004. ➤Longo instilled a grueling strength and conditioning program at Cincinnati that helped the Bearcats become one of the top closing teams in the nation. ➤In their first year at Notre Dame, Longo and Kelly helped the Irish secure a 6-1 record when leading after three quarters and are 8-1 when entering halftime with a lead. ➤Under Kelly’s watch at Cincinnati, the Bearcats were 32-0 when entering a fourth quarter with a lead and 29-2 when leading at halftime.

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Bill Scholl is in his third year as deputy athletics director sixth year as a senior associate athletics director at his alma mater, the University of Notre Dame. He works with the Irish football squad on a daily basis from an administrative standpoint, working in concert with athletics director Jack Swarbrick in that regard. Serving as one of the department’s two deputy directors, Scholl focuses his attention on external functions such as development, the Team Notre Dame program, marketing and ticketing operations. Among those areas reporting to Scholl is the newly created position designed to manage the department’s relationship with former student-athletes. A 20-year veteran of the Notre Dame athletics department, Bill Scholl was promoted to his current post as deputy athletics director in August 2009 after serving as senior associate athletics director since 2004. His primary duties in that role include the creation, coordination, management and implementation of all annual, endowment, and capital development activities on behalf of the athletics department in alignment with the University’s central development office. In coordination with the central development office, Scholl oversees the Rockne Heritage Fund -- the first-ever athletics annual fund that directly benefits student-athlete grant-in-aid scholarships. This is in support of the University’s Scholarship Implementation Plan that now offers the full NCAA complement (more than 320) grant-in-aid scholarships to Irish student-athletes in all 26 varsity sports. Prior to his role as senior associate athletics director, Scholl spent three years as the associate athletics director for marketing and was executive director of the Notre Dame Monogram Club, an organization of Notre Dame student-athletes, student-managers and cheerleaders who have earned monograms during their years at Notre Dame through participation in one or more of its intercollegiate sports. Founded by Knute Rockne in 1916, today the club is comprised of more than 4,000 dues-paying members. In addition, Scholl oversaw all aspects of the athletics ticket office, including ticketing, parking, staffing, systems and customer relations. His sport administration duties include providing supervision for the men’s soccer as well as assisting the director of athletics with the men’s basketball program. Prior to being named an associate athletic director and the executive director of the Monogram Club, Scholl served seven years as an assistant athletic director for marketing, overseeing the Notre Dame marketing and promotions programs. As the promotions manager at Notre Dame, he greatly expanded the horizons of Notre Dame’s Olympic sports profile. Scholl was responsible for developing and implementing marketing and promotions plans for all athletic events. His activities included coordinating special events, giveaways, clinics, group nights and other general functions that broadened the community’s awareness of Notre Dame’s Olympic sports. The former director of financial development for the 1987 International Summer Special Olympic Games, Scholl served in the same position for one year at South Bend’s Logan Center which offers services to persons with developmental disabilities. He also spent five

Michael Painter Defensive Graduate Assistant After spending three seasons as a staff associate for the University of Cincinnati’s football program, Michael Painter enters his second year at the University of Notre Dame as a defensive graduate assistant. Painter’s role at Cincinnati was similar to his previous position at Central Michigan, where he assisted in all facets of football operations. An integral part of forming the practice routine and working with the scout team and special teams, Painter helped the Chippewas win both the 2006 Mid-American Conference and Motor City Bowl titles. Raised in Sandusky, Ohio, Painter participated in three sports at Perkins High School, earning four letters in both football and track to complement the two letters earned in basketball. He attended Mount Union College where he was a member of the Purple Raiders’ football team that won the 2003 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship and played for the 2003 NCAA Division II national championship. After an injury ended his playing career, Painter transferred to Bowling Green where he graduated in 2006 with a degree in sport management. At Cincinnati, he worked towards his master’s degree in criminal justice. Born Aug. 6, 1984, Painter is single and resides in Mishawaka.

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Chad Klunder Director of Football Operations Chad Klunder enters his seventh season as director of football operations at Notre Dame this fall. In his role, Klunder coordinates and oversees all day-to-day administrative and operational details including team travel, budgets, pre-season camp arrangements, the annual coaches clinic and summer camps. A former graduate assistant coach at Notre Dame in 2003-04, Klunder worked with the Irish offense for two seasons. He previously served as running backs coach and coordinator of football operations at Harvard from 1998 through 2002. During his tenure at Harvard, his running backs led the Ivy League in rushing on three occasions. He coached three all-Ivy League players, including Chris Menick, Harvard’s all-time leading rusher. Harvard in 2001 finished 9-0 in the Ivy League and became the first Harvard team to go unbeaten or untied in conference play since 1913. Klunder also served as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Minnesota – and worked as a graduate assistant football coach at St. Cloud State. At St. Cloud, he coached Randy Martin, who was a finalist in 1995 and ’96 for the Harlon Hill Trophy that goes to the NCAA Division II player of the year. The Waverly, Iowa, native played defensive back at Wartburg College in Waverly. He earned four letters, was twice a unanimous all-league pick and gained honorable mention All-America recognition. He served as a Wartburg co-captain in 1994 when his team advanced to the NCAA Division III quarterfinals. Born Aug. 28, 1972, Klunder received a degree in sports management from Wartburg in 1995 and has done master’s degree coursework at St. Cloud State, Minnesota and Notre Dame. He is married to the former Lisa Malin who is executive director of the College Football Hall of Fame.

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Jon Carpenter is in his second season at Notre Dame as the graduate assistant for the Irish defense after spending the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant for the defensive coaching staff at the University of Cincinnati. Carpenter played four seasons as a running back and linebacker at Cincinnati from 2004-07 and totaled 72 tackles, including two sacks, while contributing to the Bearcats’ special teams. In 2008 he was presented the Jim Kelly Spirit Award, presented annually to the Cincinnati football player who best displayed dedication, teamwork and loyalty to the program. While at Cincinnati, Carpenter was selected to the BIG EAST allacademic team three times. He graduated in the spring of 2008 with a degree in industrial management. Carpenter’s father, Rob, played in the NFL for 11 seasons and Jon’s older brother, Bobby, is a linebacker for the Detroit Lions. Jon’s younger brother, George, will be a senior linebacker at Marshall University this fall and his youngest brother, Nathan, will be a sophomore safety at Ohio University this fall. Born Sept. 1, 1985, Carpenter is a native of Lancaster, Ohio. He is single and resides in Mishawaka.

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years with the Juhl Advertising Agency in Mishawaka. While working for Special Olympics, the Lakewood, Ohio, native was responsible for raising a $4.8 million budget from national and local corporations, foundations, governments, special events and the general public. Through his efforts, the final amount raised for the ‘87 Games was in excess of $8 million. In June 2000, the Notre Dame Monogram Club awarded him an honorary monogram. Born Sept. 2, 1957, Scholl is a 1979 Notre Dame graduate. He and his wife, Julie, have three children: Michael (a 2009 Notre Dame graduate), Stefanie and Kelly (a Notre Dame freshman).

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Tim McDonnell enters his seventh season with the Irish football office this fall and fifth year as director of football personnel. In this capacity, McDonnell covers a variety of football-related matters, serving as a liaison between the team and NFL personnel, assisting with recruiting efforts, and helping to coordinate the walk-on program. Prior to his promotion, McDonnell served as the coordinator of quality control under previous head coach Charlie Weis. In this role, McDonnell assisted the head football coach in all football-related matters, handled special projects for the coaching staff and assisted with personnel development and recruiting. A 2005 graduate of Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass., and a three-year football letterman as a receiver. McDonnell was the inaugural recipient of the Daniel Allen Sportsmanship Award in 2005, presented to the Holy Cross varsity athlete who best exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship that coach Daniel Allen exhibited throughout his life. He also received the 2004 Unsung Hero Award as the player who supported the team spiritually, emotionally and physically for the good of the team. A native of Harrison, N.Y., McDonnell graduated from Iona Prep before starting his collegiate career at Holy Cross. Born April 15, 1983, he is the grandson of the late Wellington Mara, former president of the New York Giants who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997.

Beth Rex enters her second year as director of football administration at Notre Dame after serving as the football program associate from 2008-09 at the University of Cincinnati. Rex served as the assistant to current Irish head football coach Brian Kelly at Cincinnati and that continues to be part of her duties at Notre Dame. She serves as the liaison between Notre Dame’s sports performance department and the football office as well as serves as the primary contact person in all matters for Kelly. Rex also coordinates Kelly’s schedule, is responsible for all football staff and office operations as well as assists in event planning. Rex has worked in athletics for 15 years, primarily as an athletics trainer. She served as an athletics trainer at Cincinnati from 2001-08 and worked with the football, baseball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, tennis, men’s and women’s golf, cheerleading and dance teams. Among her various duties, Rex managed the administrative responsibilities of the athletics training room, oversaw the budget, handled all purchases and inventory and processed all medical claims for Cincinnati’s student-athletes. Rex also served as an adjunct professor at Cincinnati from 200608 and taught medical terminology, sports administration and athletics training. Prior to Cincinnati, Rex was an assistant athletics trainer at the University of Memphis for two years (1999-2001) and one year at the College of Wooster (1998-99). She worked with the baseball, women’s basketball and men’s soccer teams at Memphis and at Wooster she managed the athletic training duties for 21 varsity sports. While living in Memphis, she assisted the Memphis Maniax of the Xtreme Football League in the spring of 2001. From 1997-98, Rex worked at the National Athletic Trainers Association in Dallas where she was a continuing education assistant. Rex graduated in 1996 from Cincinnati with a bachelor’s degree in education. She began her career as a graduate assistant at Eastern Kentucky where she earned her master’s degree in physical education with an emphasis in sports administration. A native of Tiffin, Ohio, Rex is married to Byron Rex and the couple resides in South Bend.

David Peloquin Director of Football Development The 2011 football season will be Dave Peloquin’s eighth season with the Notre Dame football program, and his fifth year as director of football development. In this role, Peloquin’s responsibilities deal primarily with the administration of Irish recruiting efforts. He works closely with recruiting coordinator Chuck Martin and played an integral role in piecing together a consensus top-10 recruiting class in 2011. Peloquin has helped oversee the last five recruiting efforts, three of which netted top-10 classes. Prior to being promoted to director of football development, Peloquin served as coordinator of player personnel development for two seasons in numerous administrative duties regarding Notre Dame’s recruiting. In 2004, Peloquin served in a similar capacity as a recruiting assistant, a role in which he worked with the entire coaching staff assisting in all recruiting aspects. Before rejoining the Irish, Peloquin worked as a sales representative for State Farm Insurance and Financial Services in the Chicago area. A 2003 Notre Dame graduate with a bachelor’s degree in business marketing from the Mendoza College of Business, Peloquin served as a student manager from 2000 to 2002 and was named head senior manager for the 2002 season. Born May 14, 1981, he is a native of Blue Island, Ill.

Rob Hunt Head Athletic Trainer/ Physical Therapist

The 2011 football season will be Rob Hunt’s first season at Notre Dame as head athletic trainer and physical therapist. Hunt joined Notre Dame in March 2011 and has 14 years of experience as an athletic trainer at NCAA institutions. Prior to Notre Dame, Hunt worked at Oklahoma State University for five years, serving as the head football athletic trainer from 2006-07 and

the head athletic trainer for the Cowboys since 2007. At Oklahoma State, Hunt served as athletic trainer for the football team all five years and in his final four years in Stillwater he coordinated all aspects of medical care for the athletic department’s 16 athletics teams as well as supervised seven assistant athletic trainers, eight graduate assistants and two insurance coordinators. Hunt spent 10 years in the state of Missouri prior to moving to Oklahoma State. From 2004-06 he was the head athletic trainer at Southeast Missouri State after serving as an assistant athletic trainer with the University of Missouri football team from 1999-2004. In his final year with the Tigers, Hunt also served as director of rehabilitation services. A graduate of Ball State in 1997 with a major in athletic training, Hunt earned his master’s degree in health education at Missouri and served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer from 1997-99. In 1996 Hunt worked as an athletic trainer during the preseason with the New England Patriots. A native of West Lafayette, Ind., Hunt is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association. He and his wife Krista are parents of four children: Robbie, Alexa, Rachel and Cole.

Ryan Grooms Head Football Equipment Manager Ryan Grooms enters his second season at Notre Dame as the head football equipment manager. In his position, Grooms directs all facets of athletic equipment management for the Irish football team and oversees one assistant equipment manager, three senior managers and 21 junior managers. Grooms came to Notre Dame following two years at the University of Minnesota where he served in a similar capacity. Prior to Minnesota he spent five seasons as an equipment specialist for the United States Air Force Academy football program. During his time at Air Force, Grooms supervised 30 Cadet student managers and oversaw the daily football operations that included laundry for more than 240 Cadet varsity and junior varsity football players. He was responsible for organization and upkeep of the Falcon Athletic Center equipment room and bi-annual inventory. Grooms also handled equipment for boxing, cross country, track and field and water polo at the Air Force Academy. Grooms has been involved in equipment management since 2000, when he was a student at Ohio University. He spent two seasons with the Bobcat football team working with equipment and also taking part in film exchange and highlight videos. Following graduation, Grooms was an equipment intern for the New Orleans Saints’ summer training camp. He spent one year as a graduate assistant equipment manager at Marshall University where he supervised 12 student managers and assisted in the organization of equipment travel. Grooms is a member of the Athletic Equipment Manager Association and was a 2008 nominee for the Knight Pickard Award as the District 7 Equipment Manager of the Year. He also serves on the McDavid Advisory Committee. He and his wife Lynzee have one child, Easton, and live in Granger.

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Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning

A former assistant equipment manager at the University of Minnesota, Adam Myers enters his second season in a similar role at the University of Notre Dame. Myers assisted head football equipment manager Ryan Grooms at Minnesota and was hired at Notre Dame shortly after Grooms arrived in South Bend. Myers spent two years at Minnesota where he managed the Golden Gophers’ student equipment managers, repaired damaged equipment and packed team trunks for travel to away games. Prior to joining the Minnesota staff, Myers served as a graduate assistant equipment manager at Marshall University where he was responsible for fitting student-athletes with helmets, shoulder pads, footwear and other equipment. He was also charged with equipment repair, inventory, laundry, transportation assistance and other duties at Marshall. He served as a student manager at Marshall from 2002 through 2007 and worked with the wide receivers and quarterbacks in addition to handling laundry duties. Myers completed a summer internship in 2005 with the New York Jets and he was involved in laundry, maintenance of protective equipment, packing trunks for home preseason games and sideline and locker room setup for home preseason games. A member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association since 2006, Myers was certified by the AEMA in June 2006. Myers is single and resides in Granger.

Reuel Joaquin enters his fifth season as the assistant video coordinator for the Notre Dame football team, serving as the primary assistant to video coordinator Tim Collins. In this role, Joaquin assists Collins with all video and filming needs for the football team in addition to traveling to all football games. Joaquin helps compile all video packages utilized by Notre Dame’s football coaches in their scouting and game preparation and also works on special assignments within the program. A 2005 graduate of the University of North Florida, Joaquin earned a degree in communications. While in school, he served as an intern in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ broadcast department in 2003 before moving over to the Jaguars’ video department in 2004. Joaquin was an intern in the Jaguars video department from 2004-06 before becoming the Jaguars.com production coordinator in 2007. Following the 2005 season, Joaquin served as the assistant video director for the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe. Joaquin is a member of the Collegiate Sports Video Association.

Lorenzo Guess begins his second season as an assistant director of strength and conditioning at Notre Dame. Guess was a member of Brian Kelly’s coaching staff at the University of Cincinnati in 2009. Guess helped guide the Bearcats to a 12-1 season in 2009 and an appearance in the Allstate Sugar Bowl following Cincinnati’s second straight BIG EAST championship. Guess coached the Cincinnati tight ends in 2009 and helped Ben Guidugli earn second-team all-BIG EAST Conference honors. Guidugli ranked fourth on the team with 27 receptions and totaled 364 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Prior to Cincinnati, Guess worked on the strength and conditioning staffs at South Florida (2009), Alcorn State (2008), Kentucky State (2007), Cincinnati (2006) and Tiffin (2005). At USF, Guess served as the assistant strength and conditioning coach and worked with the men’s basketball team. In 2008, Guess was the head strength and conditioning coach at Alcorn State. In 2007, Guess coached the secondary coach at Kentucky State and doubled as the assistant strength and conditioning coach. He held the same positions in 2005 at Tiffin. Guess first worked with head strength coach Paul Longo and Kelly in 2006 as a staff assistant for Cincinnati’s strength and conditioning staff, focusing on the football team. Guess earned a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State in 2002. He graduated from Tiffin University in 2007 with a master of business administration degree. While at Michigan State, Guess was a four-year letterman in football and also earned two letters with the Spartans’ basketball team. He was part of two Big Ten titles and an NCAA Final Four appearance (1999) with the basketball team. As a defensive back, Guess helped Michigan State defeat Florida in the 2000 Citrus Bowl and Fresno State in the 2001 Silicon Valley Bowl. Guess was an academic all-Big Ten selection in 1998. He was a major component of the 1999 defense that ranked number one in the Big Ten and seventh nationally under head coach Nick Saban. During the 2000 and 2001 seasons, his defensive units led the Big Ten in pass defense and were among the nation’s top 10 in those categories. Born Sept. 16, 1978, Guess attended Memorial High School in Wayne, Mich. He is married to the former Bianca Williams. The couple has one daughter, Nadia, and reside in Mishawaka.

Tim Collins Video Coordinator

Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning Jacob Flint begins his second year at Notre Dame this spring as assistant director of strength and conditioning. Flint previously served as a member of strength and conditioning staff at the University of Cincinnati from 2007-09. Flint served the 2009 season as an assistant strength coach with the Bearcats and helped Cincinnati win the BIG EAST championship for the second straight season. Flint had been a member of Cincinnati’s strength and conditioning staff since 2007, helping the Bearcats to a 33-6 record during that time. He played for Kelly at Central Michigan as a walk-on and was rewarded for his dedication to the football program with a scholarship. Following his graduation, Flint worked as a staff assistant at Central Michigan, serving primarily in the weight room and assisting the development of the running backs. Flint competes in the 85-kilogram weight class in USA weightlifting and qualified for nationals in 2009. He is currently ranked 25th in the nation in his weight class. Born Oct. 19, 1982, Flint is a native of Shepherd, Mich. He was a four-sport letterwinner at Shepherd High School and was twice named an all-league running back. Flint graduated with honors from Central Michigan in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in education. He is married to the former Katie Schafer and they have one daughter, Blayke.

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The 2011 football season will be Tim Collins’ 21st year in charge of all video and filming needs for Notre Dame’s athletic department as its video systems coordinator. In addition to traveling to shoot Irish football games, Collins compiles all video packages utilized by Notre Dame’s football coaches in their scouting and game preparation. Collins and his staff also tape men’s and women’s home basketball games as well as hockey. A native of South Bend, Collins is a 1987 graduate of John Adams High School and attended Indiana Vocational Technical College. He also spent three years as a part-time news photographer at WNDUTV, the NBC affiliate in South Bend. Collins was named the independent conference video coordinator of the year in 1997, 1998, 2003 and 2004 by the Collegiate Sports Video Association. In 2001, Collins was elected an executive officer of the CSVA, serving as secretary, and in 2002 was named treasurer of the organization. In 2004, the Notre Dame Monogram Club awarded Collins an honorary monogram in recognition of his years of service. Collins, born Dec. 10, 1968, and his wife, the former Michelle Williamson, married in 1990, and have a son, Carson, born Nov. 15, 2003.

Jacob Flint

COACHES AND STAFF

Assistant Equipment Manager

THE FIGHTING IRISH

Lorenzo Guess

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Julie DeBuysser

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Senior Staff Assistant, Offensive Coaches

Intern (Offense)

A 29-year employee of the University of Notre Dame, Julie DeBuysser just completed her 25th season as the secretary for the offensive coaching staff in the Irish football office. In her role, DeBuysser serves as the primary assistant to Notre Dame’s offensive coaches. A native of South Bend, DeBuysser is married to Denny DeBuysser and the couple has a son, Chris Martin, a 2003 Notre Dame graduate.

Scott Booker is in his second season with the Irish football staff. His primary duty is assisting the offensive coaches in a variety of areas in his capacity as intern. He is responsible for film breakdowns, scouting reports, playbooks and other duties assigned by head coach Brian Kelly and the offensive staff. Prior to coming to Notre Dame, Booker coached defensive backs for five seasons at two schools. He worked with the secondary at Western Kentucky in 2009 and was the defensive backs coach at his alma mater, Kent State, from 2005-08. At Kent State, Booker helped develop two NFL draft picks in Jack Williams and Usama Young. Williams earned second-team all-MidAmerican Conference honors in 2007 and was a fourth round selection by the Denver Broncos in the 2008 NFL Draft. Young received second-team all-MAC accolades in 2006 and was selected in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints. Under Booker’s tutelage, Kent State ranked first or second in the MAC in pass defense efficiency, pass defense and interceptions in 2006. In 2005, the Golden Flashes allowed only 190.5 passing yards per game to rank 24th in the nation. Booker served as a graduate assistant at Kent State in 2004 and was a student assistant in 2003. As a player, Booker was a four-year regular at safety and on special teams for Kent State from 1999-2002. He was named to the MAC all-academic team in 2001 and graduated in the spring of 2003 with a degree in business administration. He was co-winner of the athletic departments Judy Devine Excellence in Leadership Award as a senior and earned his master’s degree in sports studies from Kent State in 2006. Born Oct. 7, 1980, Booker is originally from Pittsburgh, Pa., and attended Shady Side Academy where he earned three letters in football and basketball and one letter in track. He and his wife, Jen, reside in Mishawaka.

Bill Brechin is in his second season working with the Notre Dame football team. His primary duty is assisting the offensive coaches in a variety of areas in his capacity as intern. He is responsible for film breakdowns, scouting reports, playbooks and other duties as assigned by head coach Brian Kelly or the offensive coaching staff. Brechin joins the Irish following a two-year stint as graduate assistant at Grand Valley State where he worked with the Lakers’ safeties. In 2009, Grand Valley State advanced to the NCAA Division II national championship game. Brechin was an all-conference performer at Grand Valley State from 2005-07 as a defensive back. In his career with the Lakers he tallied 82 tackles, 24 pass deflections and eight interceptions. He helped lead Grand Valley State to back-to-back national championships in 2005 and 2006. The Lakers posted a 40-1 record during his playing career. Born Sept. 29, 1982, Brechin is a native of Addison, Ill. He and his wife Jessica have one son, John.

Karen Demeter Recruiting Services Coordinator Karen Demeter returned to the Notre Dame football office in 2010 and enters her second season as recruiting services coordinator. Demeter assists recruiting coordinator Chuck Martin and director of football development Dave Peloquin. She previously served as the recruiting administrative assistant for the Irish from 2001-03 before becoming senior administrative assistant to the head coach from 2004-08. Demeter spent the 2009-10 school year as the senior administrative assistant to senior deputy athletics director Missy Conboy. A native of Akron, Ohio, Demeter and her husband, Darryl, are the parents of two daughters: Jocelyn and Lauren.

Joy Schosker Senior Staff Assistant Joy Schosker is in her third year in the Irish football office and her 11th year overall at the University of Notre Dame. She serves as the primary contact for all general communication at the Guglielmino Athletics Complex. Prior to joining the Irish football office, Schosker worked at Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Library for eight years. A native of Lakeville, Ind., she is married to Mike Schosker and the couple have three sons: Kyle, Kayne and Michael.

Senior Managers Justin Cullen, Claire Kueny and Nathan Feldpausch

Three senior managers will lead the Notre Dame student managers who work with the 2011 Irish football team. Justin Cullen, the head manager for equipment, is from Storm Lake, Iowa, and is a political science and finance double major. Nathan Feldpausch, the head managers for administration, is from St. Johns, Mich., and is majoring in electrical engineering. Claire Kueny, the head manager for personnel, is from Richboro, Pa., and is a information technology management major. The three senior managers are responsible for overseeing the Student Manager Organization as well as tending to all matters regarding players and coaches. A group of 21 junior managers will assist the team this fall. That group will be decided at the conclusion of spring practice.

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Notre Dame 23 - Purdue 12 Sept. 4, 2010 - Notre Dame, Ind. – Notre Dame Stadium Score by Quarters Purdue Notre Dame

1 0 7

2 3 6

3 0 7

4 9 3

Score -- 12 Record: (0-1) -- 23 Record: (1-0)

First Quarter 2:01 ND Allen 22 yd run (Ruffer kick), 7-84 2:26 Second Quarter 11:09 ND Ruffer 22 yd field goal, 8-50 2:53 3:50 PU Wiggs 25 yd field goal, 15-79 7:19 0:43 ND Ruffer 46 yd field goal, 9-45 3:07 PU 20 32-102 220 42-31-2 74-322 1-4 0-0 6-82 0-0 6-42.0 1-0 5-33 35:05 5 of 17 2 of 4 1-2 3-10

Third Quarter 10:20 ND Jones 5 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 5-30 2:12 Fourth Quarter 14:48 PU Team safety 11:55 PU Marve 23 yd run (Wiggs kick), 7-55 2:53 4:30 ND Ruffer 37 yd field goal, 10-39 3:47 ND 20 36-153 205 26-19-0 62-358 0-0 1-38 2-50 2-0 3-31.7 3-1 2-15 24:55 6 of 12 0 of 0 3-4 4-34

Michigan 28 – Notre Dame 24 Sept. 11, 2010 – Notre Dame, Ind. – Notre Dame Stadium Score by Quarters Michigan Notre Dame

1 2 14 7 7 0

3 4 0 7 10 7

Score -- 28 Record: (2-0) -- 24 Record: (1-1)

First Quarter 11:19 ND Crist 1 yd run (Ruffer kick), 13-71 3:41 8:06 UM Roundtree 31 yd pass from Robinson (Gibbons kick), 1-31 0:06 1:26 UM Hopkins 1 yd run (Gibbons kick), 5-65 1:40 Second Quarter 1:51 UM Robinson 87 yd run (Gibbons kick), 5-98 1:56 UM 22 41-288 244 40-24-0 81-532 0-0 0-0 4-101 3-19 10-37.5 1-0 8-99 34:09 3 of 16 1 of 1 2-2 1-11

ND 23 32-154 381 44-21-3 76-535 0-0 1-9 3-63 0-0 8-38.8 0-0 4-29 25:51 4 of 14 0 of 0 2-3 0-0

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RUSHING: Robinson 28-258; Smith 7-17; Shaw 5-12; Hopkins 1-1. Notre Dame-Allen 15-89; Montana 4-23; Crist 4-19; Wood, C. 6-10; Gray, J. 1-10; Riddick 2-3. PASSING: Robinson 24-40-0-244. Notre Dame-Crist 13-25-1-277; Montana 8-17-1-104; Rees 0-2-1-0. RECEIVING: Roundtree 8-82; Odoms 7-91; Stonum 4-33; Shaw 3-28; Grady 1-7; Smith 1-3. Notre Dame-Rudolph 8-164; Floyd 5-66; Jones 3-73; Riddick 2-39; Eifert 1-17; Gray, J. 1-13; Allen 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS: Michigan-Kovacs 1-10; Mouton 1-9; Floyd 1-0. Notre Dame-None. FUMBLES: Michigan-Robinson 1-0. Notre Dame-None. SACKS (UA-A): Michigan-Gordon 1-0. Notre Dame-None. TACKLES (UA-A): Michigan-Mouton 6-7; Kovacs 6-4; Gordon 4-3; Gordon 4-1; Floyd 3-2; Ezeh 2-2; Johnson 1-1; Banks 1-1; Rogers 1-1; Roh 1-1; Herron 0-2; Van Bergen 0-2; Stonum 1-0; Martin 1-0; Williams 0-1; Leach 0-1; Moundros 0-1; Jones 0-1; Demens 0-1. Notre Dame-Te'o 6-7; Calabrese 3-7; Smith, H. 6-3; Walls, D. 7-1; Williams, I. 3-3; LewisMoore 3-3; Fleming 2-4; Gray, G. 5-0; Motta 2-2; Blanton 2-2; Johnson 1-2; Coughlin 2-0; Nwankwo 1-1; Allen 1-1; Neal 0-2; McDonald 1-0; Jackson 1-0; Filer 0-1; Martin 0-1.

2010 REVIEW

FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

Third Quarter 12:42 ND Jones 53 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 2-53 0:12 8:48 ND Ruffer 24 yd field goal, 8-66 2:14 Fourth Quarter 3:41 ND Rudolph 95 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 1-91 0:34 0:27 UM Robinson 2 yd run (Broekhuizen kick), 12-72 3:14

COACHES AND STAff

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (AP) - Denard Robinson ran for a 2-yard touchdown with 27 seconds left, sending Michigan to a 28-24 victory over Notre Dame. Robinson also had an 87-yard TD run and finished with 502 total yards offense. Notre Dame’s Dayne Crist, who missed most of the first half after being banged up on an opening TD drive, hit Kyle Rudolph with a 95-yard TD pass to put the Irish ahead with 3:41 left. But Robinson then led Michigan (2-0) on a 12-play, 72-yard drive, scoring the gamewinning TD himself - a fitting end. Notre Dame (1-1) had one last chance from the Wolverines’ 27 with six seconds left, but Crist threw the ball out of the end zone on the final play. On the final drive, Robinson carried to pick up a crucial first on a fourth-and-1 at the Notre Dame 35. Then on a third-and-5 from the 17, Robinson drilled a 15-yard pass to Roy Roundtree to the 2 to set up his TD. His most spectacular moment came late in the second quarter, when Robinson took the snap from his own 13, went to the right side, made a little cut and sprinted right past the Irish defense for second-longest run ever by an opponent against Notre Dame (Dick Panin broke off an 88-yarder for Michigan State in 1951) and the longest run ever at Notre Dame Stadium. It put the Wolverines up 21-7. Earlier, the strong-armed Robinson found a wide-open Martavious Odoms for 31 yards to the Irish 1, setting up Stephen Hopkins 1-yard run for a touchdown late in the opening quarter that made it 14-7. Crist led the Irish on a 71-yard, 13-play drive to start the game, doing most of the work by completing 5 of 7 passes and carrying three times for 30 yards before sneaking in for the TD. But he spent the rest of the half on the sidelines before finally beginning to warmup with about six minutes to go after first Tommy Rees and then Nate Montana - neither of whom had ever played in a college game - struggled to get the offense going. Each threw an interception - the one by Rees leading to Michigan’s tying touchdown. On the very next play after the pick, Robinson hit a wide open Roundtree for a 31-yard TD. Montana, the son of NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana, who also was a standout at Notre Dame, heaved a 37-yard pass to Theo Riddick to the Michigan 3 with 3 seconds to go in the half, a completion upheld by video replay. But on the final play of the half, Montana’s pass sailed way out of the end zone as the Wolverines held on for the two-TD lead. Crist came back in the third quarter and on his second play threw a 53-yard TD pass to TJ Jones to get Notre Dame within 21-14. On the next series, he hit passes of 17 and 11 yards to Michael Floyd to get Notre Dame to the 6 before the Irish settled for David Ruffer’s 24-yard field goal.

THE FIGHTING IRISH

RUSHING: Purdue-Dierking 9-56; Edison 4-17; Henry 3-16; Marve 10-10; Crank 2-5; McBurse 4-minus 2. Notre Dame-Allen 18-93; Wood, C. 7-58; Crist 9-6; Team 2-minus 4. PASSING: Purdue-Marve 31-42-2-220. Notre Dame-Crist 19-26-0-205. RECEIVING: Purdue-Smith, K. 12-80; Dierking 5-28; Siller 4-34; Smith, C. 3-23; Adams 3-21; Edison 2-11; Crank 1-14; Lindsay 1-9. Notre Dame-Floyd 5-82; Rudolph 5-43; Jones 3-41; Wood, C. 2-14; Riddick 2-13; Kamara 1-12; Allen 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: Purdue-None. Notre Dame-Walls 1-0; Williams, I. 1-0. FUMBLES: Purdue-McBurse 1-0. Notre Dame-Floyd 1-1; Wood, C. 1-0; Allen 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): Purdue-Werner 1-0; Short 1-0; Kerrigan 1-0. Notre Dame-Johnson 2-0; Williams, I. 0-1; Neal 0-1; Lewis-Moore 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Purdue-Kerrigan 4-3; Werner 3-4; Williams 2-5; Holland 3-3; Link 4-1; Gooden 4-1; Allen 4-1; Short 4-0; Evans 2-1; Beckford 2-0; Carlino 2-0; Eargle 1-1; Johnson 1-0; Wiggs 1-0; Lucas 1-0; Kitchens 1-0; Drey 1-0; Charlot 0-1; Gaston 0-1. Notre Dame-Gray, G. 8-1; Calabrese 7-2; Te'o 6-3; Walls 5-2; Smith, B. 3-3; Neal 1-4; Jackson 3-1; Smith, H. 3-1; Blanton 2-2; Lewis-Moore 1-3; Johnson 2-1; Motta 2-1; Slaughter 1-2; Cwynar 0-2; Filer 1-0; Rudolph 1-0; Fleming 1-0; Shembo 1-0; Williams, H. 1-0; Williams, I. 0-1; Wood, L. 0-1.

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NOTRE DAME, Ind. (AP) - Dayne Crist threw for 205 yards and a touchdown in his first start, Armando Allen ran for a score and Notre Dame’s defense was solid Saturday in a 23-12 win over Purdue that gave coach Brian Kelly a victory in his Fighting Irish debut. Kelly came to South Bend after a successful run at Cincinnati where he led the Bearcats to 12-0 regular season a year ago. His goal was to win immediately and that’s what he did in his first game on a windy, sunny day at Notre Dame Stadium. Of course, most Notre Dame coaches win their first game. Kelly’s victory gives Notre Dame coaches a 26-3 record in their debuts, dating back to 1896. The only three to lose in their first games coaching the Irish were Frank E. Hering in 1896 (4-0 loss to Chicago Physicians and Surgeons), Elmer Layden in 1934 (a 7-6 setback to Texas) and Lou Holtz in 1986 (a 24-23 defeat by Michigan. Notre Dame led 20-3 after three quarters before Purdue rallied behind transfer quarterback Robert Marve, who got the Boilermakers back in the game with a 23-yard TD run early in the final period but was penalized for celebrating with a somersault. David Ruffer kicked three field goals for the Irish, including a 37-yarder with 4:30 left to restore the lead to 11. Marve’s 23-yard TD run on a fourth-and-1 with 11:55 left got the Boilermakers back in the game at 20-12. But the transfer from Miami did a somersault as he was hitting the end zone, resulting in an unsportsmanlike penalty for celebrating and hurting Purdue’s field position. Purdue had to kick off from the 15 after the penalty on Marve and Notre Dame Cierre Wood made a nice 38-return to the Boilermakers 41 before fumbling with Irish teammate Zeke Motta pouncing on the ball. But the Boilermakers dug in and forced a punt and took over at their own 12 with 9:47 remaining. They were set back by a pair of penalties and after a long pass to Justin Siller fell incomplete, the Boilermakers punted out of their own end zone. Notre Dame then moved in for Ruffer’s third field goal of the game to restore control. Marve, who was sacked four times and intercepted twice, completed 31 of 42 passes for 220 yards. Crist was 19 of 26, solid but far from spectacular running Kelly’s fast-paced spread offense. Purdue’s talented wideout Keith Smith made 12 catches for 80 yards.

Michigan State 34 – Notre Dame 31 (OT) Sept. 18, 2010 – East Lansing, Mich. – Spartan Stadium EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State gambled on one play to beat Notre Dame - and it paid off. Aaron Bates threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Charlie Gantt on an audacious fake field goal in overtime, giving the Spartans a 34-31 victory over the Irish on Saturday night. With Dan Conroy lining up for a 46-yard attempt to tie the game in the first overtime, Bates took the snap, stood up and had time to wait for Gantt to come open downfield. Gantt caught the pass for an easy touchdown, giving the Spartans (3-0) the victory and a measure of revenge for a heartbreaking 33-30 loss in South Bend last season. David Ruffer had given the Irish (1-2) the lead with a 33-yard field goal on Notre Dame’s overtime possession. Dayne Crist threw for 369 yards and four touchdowns for the Irish, who got their offense rolling in the second half in their first road game under coach Brian Kelly. Bates, the Michigan State punter, lofted the ball perfectly into Gantt’s arms for the latest remarkable finish in a series that’s been filled with them lately. Notre Dame took a 28-21 lead with 13:20 to play in the fourth quarter when Michael Floyd caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from Crist behind two defenders in the back of the end zone. Kirk Cousins tied it by scrambling to his right and finding B.J. Cunningham along the right sideline for a 24-yard touchdown with 7:43 remaining. After a 7-7 tie at halftime, Michigan State began finding more running room. Edwin Baker cut to the left through a big hole, then back to the right through the Notre Dame secondary for a 56-yard touchdown run just 40 seconds into the third quarter. The Irish needed less than two minutes to equalize, going 74 yards in six plays and tying it at 14 on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Crist to Kyle Rudolph. The teams then traded 11-play touchdown drives, with the Spartans pushing the Irish off the line of scrimmage and Notre Dame answering with Crist’s sharp passing. Le’Veon Bell scored on a 16-yard run for Michigan State, and the Irish tied the game again on Crist’s 15-yard touchdown pass to Theo Riddick. Notre Dame opened the scoring in the first quarter on Crist’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Floyd. The Irish led 7-0 in the second quarter and appeared poised to take control after intercepting Cousins in the end zone, but Floyd fumbled after a catch, giving the Spartans the ball at their own 11. The Irish forced a punt and got the ball back in great field position at the Michigan State 27, but Crist threw an interception on the first play. After that, the Spartans finally started moving the ball, going 94 yards in seven plays and tying the game on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Cousins to Keshawn Martin with 2:22 left in the half.

Score by Quarters Notre Dame Michigan State

1 2 3 4 OT Score 7 0 14 7 3 -- 31 Record: (1-2) 0 7 14 7 6 -- 34 Record: (3-0)

First Quarter 5:28 ND Floyd 7 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 9-80 2:24 Second Quarter 2:22 MS Martin 6 yd pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 7-94 3:17 Third Quarter 14:20 MS Baker 56 yd run (Conroy kick), 2-74 0:35 12:25 ND Rudolph 10 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 6-74 1:49 5:51 MS Bell 16 yd run (Conroy kick), 11-73 6:29 1:29 ND Riddick 15 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 11-77 4:16

ND 28 26-92 369 55-32-1 81-461 0-0 3-27 5-89 1-0 5-36.2 3-2 7-70 25:36 5 of 12 0 of 1 4-4 4-22

MS 26 43-203 274 34-24-1 77-477 0-0 0-0 4-71 1-0 8-45.6 0-0 11-79 34:24 6 of 17 2 of 2 2-3 1-6

Fourth Quarter 13:20 ND Floyd 24 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 5-52 1:29 7:43 MS Cunningham 24 yd pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 4-56 2:12 Overtime 15:00 ND Ruffer 33 yd field goal, 4-9 0:00 15:00 MS Gantt 29 yd pass from Bates, 4-25 0:00

RUSHING: Notre Dame-Allen 13-71; Gray, J. 3-12; Crist 6-8; Wood, C. 3-3; Team 1-minus 2. Michigan State-Bell 17-114; Baker 14-90; Martin 1-4; Caper 3-0; Cousins 8-minus 5. PASSING: Notre Dame-Crist 32-55-1-369. Michigan State-Cousins 23-33-1-245; Bates 1-1-0-29. RECEIVING: Notre Dame-Riddick 10-128; Rudolph 8-80; Floyd 6-81; Allen 6-70; Jones 2-10. Michigan State-Martin 8-96; Cunningham 7-101; Gantt 2-41; Bell 2-18; Dell 1-7; Linthicum 1-5; Smith 1-2; Nichol 1-2; Baker 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS: Notre Dame-Motta 1-0. Michigan State-Adams 1-0. FUMBLES: Notre Dame-Crist 1-1; Allen 1-0; Floyd 1-1. Michigan State-None. SACKS (UA-A): Notre Dame-Calabrese 1-1; Fleming 2-0; Williams, I. 0-1. Michigan State-Jones 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Notre Dame-Te'o 6-5; Motta 5-6; Smith, H. 4-6; Williams, I. 2-6; Smith, B. 4-2; Fleming 4-2; Cwynar 1-4; Walls 1-4; Blanton 2-2; Calabrese 1-3; McDonald 2-1; Johnson 1-2; Neal 1-2; Gray, G. 2-0; Shembo 0-2; Collinsworth 1-0; Wood, L. 0-1. Michigan State-Rucker 8-4; Hyde 4-7; Jones 1-8; Norman 4-4; Strayhorn 3-2; Gordon 3-2; Robinson 1-4; Adams 4-0; Misch 0-4; Allen 3-0; Drone 1-1; Neely 0-2; Lewis 0-2; Worthy 0-2; Hammock 0-2; Pickelman 0-2; Gantt 1-0; Fowler 1-0; Treadwell 0-1; Elsworth 0-1; Hoover 0-1; Dennard 0-1.

#16/17 Stanford 37 – Notre Dame 14 Sept. 25, 2010 – Notre Dame, Ind. – Notre Dame Stadium NOTRE DAME, Ind. (AP) - Owen Marecic enjoyed his trip to the end zone so much, he wasted no time getting back. Marecic, one of the few players to play both offense and defense, scored on a run and interception return 13 seconds apart Saturday, helping No. 16 Stanford to a 37-14 victory over Notre Dame that gives the Cardinal their first 4-0 start since 1986. “He’s the perfect football player,” Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh said. “You’ve just got to take your hat off to him and enjoy watching him. I sure do.” There was plenty for Harbaugh to enjoy. Nate Whitaker tied a Cardinal record with five field goals, from 24, 41, 36, 33 and 29 yards. The victory was only Stanford’s third in South Bend, and first since 1992. And the Cardinal have now won two in a row against Notre Dame (1-3), a first in a series that dates to the 1925 Rose Bowl. Notre Dame got only a field goal off three turnovers - including Andrew Luck’s first two interceptions of the year - as it dropped its third straight and seventh in the last eight games. The loss also was Notre Dame’s 11th straight against Top 25 teams, with five of those coming at home. Luck and Stanford didn’t look quite as sharp as the team that piled up 155 points in the first three games, with Luck throwing multiple picks for the first time in 16 starts. But the Cardinal simply overwhelmed the Irish, piling up 404 yards on offense and stifling any hint of a Notre Dame rally. Dayne Crist finished with 304 yards passing, but the Irish couldn’t get into the end zone until there was 6:01 left and the game was well out of hand. Notre Dame appeared to have the momentum early, when Doug Baldwin muffed a punt return on Stanford’s first possession. After signaling for a fair catch, the ball bounced off his hands and Zeke Motta recovered at the Stanford 21. But the Irish could only get a few yards here and there on the drive, and had to settle for David Ruffer’s 22-yard field goal. Stanford caught a break on its next drive. On third-and-1 at the Notre Dame 20, nose guard Ian Williams appeared to stop Marecic about a half-yard short of a first down only to have officials credit him with a 2-yard gain. Notre Dame challenged the call, but it was upheld to keep the drive alive. Seven plays later, Luck connected with Coby Fleener on a 16-yard touchdown pass, and Stanford never trailed again. If Notre Dame had any hope of getting back in the game, Marecic put an end to it with his 13-second scoring spree midway through the fourth quarter. With 7:58 to play, he scored on a 1-yard run. After only a few minutes to catch his breath - he had to be wishing for a few more commercials - he intercepted a pass from Crist on the very next play, running it back 20 yards for the score to put Stanford up 34-6.

Score by Quarters Stanford Notre Dame

1 2 10 6 3 3

3 3 0

4 Score 18 -- 37 Record: (4-0) 8 -- 14 Record: (1-3)

First Quarter 8:11 ND Ruffer 22 yd field goal, 6-16 2:39 3:37 SU Fleener 16 yd pass from Luck (Whitaker kick), 10-79 4:34 2:08 SU Whitaker 24 yd field goal, 4-9 1:22 Second Quarter 13:22 ND Ruffer 40 yd field goal, 12-61 3:46 4:54 SU Whitaker 41 yd field goal, 16-58 8:28 0:04 SU Whitaker 36 yd field goal, 4-32 0:30 FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

SU 25 44-166 238 32-19-2 76-404 0-0 2-4 3-62 1-20 1-37.0 1-1 5-30 36:25 11 of 16 0 of 0 7-7 3-16

ND 19 23-44 307 45-26-1 68-351 0-0 0-0 6-111 2-27 5-32.0 1-1 6-62 23:35 4 of 13 0 of 1 2-3 0-0

Third Quarter 10:44 SU Whitaker 33 yd field goal, 10-49 4:16 Fourth Quarter 7:58 SU Marecic 1 yd run (Ertz pass from Luck, A), 11-49 5:37 7:45 SU Marecic 20 yd interception return (Whitaker kick) 6:01 ND Riddick 3 yd pass from Crist (Allen rush), 6-80 1:44 1:47 SU Whitaker 29 yd field goal, 7-21 4:14 RUSHING: Stanford-Taylor 28-108; Luck 4-23; Amanam 6-17; Gaffney 2-15; Marecic 3-3; Wilkerson 1-0. Notre Dame-Allen 15-49; Gray, J. 4-12; Crist 4-minus 17. PASSING: Stanford-Luck 19-32-2-238. Notre Dame-Crist 25-44-1-304; Allen 1-1-0-3. RECEIVING: Stanford-Fleener 4-57; Reuland 3-48; Whalen 3-37; Taylor 2-31; Baldwin 2-28; Owusu 2-23; Ertz 1-5; Amanam 1-5; Marecic 1-4. Notre Dame-Floyd 8-110; Riddick 7-71; Goodman 5-59; Hughes 2-43; Allen 2-2; Jones 1-21; Rudolph 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: Stanford-Marecic 1-20. Notre Dame-Slaughter 1-26; Walls 1-1. FUMBLES: Stanford-Baldwin 1-1. Notre Dame-Crist 1-1. SACKS (UA-A): Stanford-Skov 2-0; Keiser 1-0. Notre Dame-None. TACKLES (UA-A): Stanford-Howell 7-5; Skov 2-6; Thomas 3-4; Bademosi 5-0; Skaufel 3-2; Marecic 1-4; Keiser 3-1; Bergen 2-2; Debniak 2-1; Yancy 1-2; Masifilo 1-2; Sherman 1-2; Fua 0-3; Amajoyi 0-2; Team 1-0; Wilkerson 1-0; Stephens 1-0; Owusu 1-0; Lueders 1-0; Bernard 0-1; Brown 0-1. Notre Dame-Te'o 8-13; Smith, H. 7-4; Slaughter 3-4; LewisMoore 2-4; Neal 0-5; Motta 3-1; Gray, G. 2-2; Blanton 2-2; Calabrese 1-3; Fleming 1-3; Walls 2-1; McDonald 1-2; Filer 2-0; Smith, B. 2-0; Williams, I. 1-1; Cwynar 1-1; Johnson 1-0; Collinsworth 1-0.

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Notre Dame 31 – Boston College 13 Oct. 2, 2010 – Chestnut Hill, Mass. – Alumni Stadium Score by Quarters Notre Dame Boston College

1 2 21 3 7 6

3 7 0

4 0 0

Score 31 Record: (2-3) 13 Record: (2-2)

First Quarter 13:12 ND Crist 7 yd run (Ruffer kick), 4-50 1:48 6:26 ND Rudolph 2 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 9-59 3:38 2:19 ND Riddick 20 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 7-72 2:22 0:19 BC Swigert 58 yd pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 4-68 2:00 ND 18 31-112 203 45-24-1 76-315 0-0 1--4 4-111 2-22 8-39.1 2-2 2-22 28:05 8 of 19 0 of 1 5-5 5-24

BC 13 23-5 265 47-27-2 70-270 1-4 1-1 5-99 1-8 11-40.3 0-0 12-120 31:55 4 of 19 0 of 0 1-1 1-6

Second Quarter 11:32 BC Freese 49 yd field goal, 7-14 3:20 6:52 BC Freese 25 yd field goal, 4-10 1:18 5:22 ND Ruffer 37 yd field goal, 5-26 1:30 Third Quarter 4:39 ND Allen 2 yd run (Ruffer kick), 14-76 4:44

Notre Dame 23 – Pittsburgh 17 Oct. 9, 2010 – Notre Dame, Ind. – Notre Dame Stadium Score by Quarters Pittsburgh Notre Dame

1 3 7

2 3 0 7 10 3

4 7 3

Score -- 17 Record: (2-3) -- 23 Record: (3-3)

First Quarter 7:26 PITT Hutchins 26 yd field goal, 12-68 6:22 2:36 ND Floyd 1 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 13-77 4:50 Second Quarter 8:25 ND Crist 10 yd run (Ruffer kick), 15-80 6:23 3:22 ND Ruffer 32 yd field goal, 5-30 2:11 PITT 18 31-110 272 39-27-1 70-382 0-0 1--2 6-111 0-0 3-47.3 3-1 3-23 31:22 5 of 15 1 of 4 2-4 3-20

ND 22 31-87 242 39-24-0 70-329 0-0 2--2 4-83 1-15 5-46.6 1-0 6-60 28:38 4 of 12 0 of 0 4-5 2-14

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RUSHING: Pittsburgh-Lewis 13-63; Graham 8-44; Sunseri 7-9; Hutchins 1-minus 1; Hynoski 1-minus 1; Janocko 1-minus 4. Notre Dame-Allen 13-56; Wood 7-28; Crist 7-5; Hughes 1-3; Team 3-minus 5. PASSING: Pittsburgh-Sunseri 27-39-1-272. Notre Dame-Crist 24-390-242. RECEIVING: Pittsburgh-Baldwin 9-111; Shanahan 5-49; Hynoski 5-30; Street 3-42; Lewis 3-21; Graham 2-19. Notre Dame-Riddick 7-75; Floyd 7-59; Rudolph 5-38; Goodman 2-15; Jones 1-37; Ragone 1-11; Allen 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS: Pittsburgh-None. Notre Dame-Smith 1-15. FUMBLES: Pittsburgh-Hynoski 1-0; Sunseri 1-0; Janocko 1-1. Notre Dame-Crist 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): Pittsburgh-Sheard 2-0; Lindsey 1-0. Notre DameBlanton 0-1; Shembo 0-1; Fleming 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Pittsburgh-Gruder 7-6; DeCicco 6-5; Williams, G. 4-2; Sheard 2-3; Holley 2-2; Lindsey 2-2; Roberts 1-3; Hendricks 1-3; Alecxih 0-4; Gary 2-1; Reed 2-0; Clemmings 1-1; Taglianetta 1-1; Williams, K. 1-0; Addams 1-0; Nix 1-0; Shanahan 1-0; Caragein 1-0; Hargrove 1-0; Gray 1-0; Trebitz 0-1; Imoru 0-1; Jackson 0-1. Notre Dame-Smith, H. 6-5; Calabrese 4-5; Williams, I. 3-2; Gray, G. 3-2; Fleming 3-2; Te'o 2-3; Blanton 3-1; Slaughter 3-1; Lewis-Moore 1-3; Smith, B. 0-4; Motta 3-0; Walls 3-0; Johnson 1-2; Fox 2-0; Neal 0-2; Filer 1-0; Salvi 1-0; Gallup 1-0; Cwynar 1-0; Shembo 0-1; McCarthy 0-1.

2010 REVIEW

Third Quarter 12:11 ND Ruffer 50 yd field goal, 4-1 0:50 3:12 PITT Sunseri 4 yd run (Hutchins kick), 10-77 4:50 Fourth Quarter 9:06 ND Ruffer 31 yd field goal, 11-69 3:21 7:23 PITT Baldwin 56 yd pass from Sunseri (Hutchins kick), 3-64 1:43

COACHES AND STAff

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (AP) - Brian Kelly’s baby, his spread offense, was clicking for a half. Notre Dame’s no-huddle was snapping off plays so rapidly that Pitt’s defense was hurrying to get organized. The speed early on was almost dizzying. But the 17-3 lead the Irish forged by halftime - thanks also to Pitt’s struggles to score from inside the 20 - didn’t end in a comfortable win for Notre Dame. Not that style points mean anything to Kelly. “Again, got off to a pretty good start offensively, but as we’ve shown, we are really good at stubbing our toe, whether it be a penalty here or a drop here. But that’s us,” Kelly said after the Irish held on to beat the Panthers 23-17 Saturday. “It’s not a beauty contest yet for us. It’s certainly not that. But my job is to get Notre Dame to win football games and we’re starting to do that.” Quarterback Dayne Crist passed for a TD and ran for another in the first half, completing 12 straight passes at one point. And the Irish got three field goals from David Ruffer, who stayed perfect in his career (16-for-16) while setting a school record for consecutive makes. “You can just see the way we operate it, it can be really effective,” Crist said. “We’re happy with the way we were moving the ball while we were in that tempo.” Still, the Panthers climbed back into it. Pitt quarterback Tino Sunseri hit Jon Baldwin on a 56-yard TD to bring the Panthers within 23-17 with 7:23 left. Pitt (2-3) got the ball back twice thereafter - at its own 10 with 4:45 to go and again at its 7 with 1:37 remaining. But on its final series, Gary Gray broke up a fourth-down pass intended for Baldwin, and Notre Dame (3-3) ran out the clock for its second straight win following a three-game losing streak. Crist engineered a rapid, 13-play, 77-yard drive in the first quarter as the Irish’s no-huddle spread took off. He completed a 14-yard pass to Theo Riddick, Armando Allen had a 10-yard run, Michael Floyd made a 14-yard reception and then a pass interference call took the ball to the 1 before Crist hooked up with Floyd for the score. “They had us off balance defensively with the no huddle offense at a faster tempo than we could have ever practiced,”Wannstedt said. “That kind of got us on our heels a little bit the first half. Defensively, our kids, the second half, they battled to the last play.” Crist, who finished the opening half 13-for-17, was just getting warmed up. He hit six straight passes during an 80-yard second-quarter that he capped himself with a 10-yard TD run.

THE FIGHTING IRISH

RUSHING: Notre Dame-Allen 19-90; Hughes 4-12; Wood, C. 1-6; Crist 6-5; Team 1-minus 1. Boston College-Harris 15-28; Rettig 2-6; Marscovetra 6-minus 29. PASSING: Notre Dame-Crist 24-44-1-203; Goodman 0-1-0-0. Boston College-Marscovetra 22-37-2-193; Rettig 5-10-0-72. RECEIVING: Notre Dame-Riddick 9-69; Floyd 4-69; Allen 4-26; Goodman 3-19; Wood 2-4; Jones 1-14; Rudolph 1-2. Boston College-Swigert 7-137; Phifer 4-13; Harris 4-3; Lee 3-28; Momah 2-31; McMichael 2-12; Coleman 1-12; Williams 1-11; Pantale 1-8; Amidon 1-7; Anderson 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS: Notre Dame-Smith, H. 1-23; Blanton 1-minus 1. Boston College-Fletcher 1-8. FUMBLES: Notre Dame-Wood 1-1; Allen 1-1. Boston College-None. SACKS (UA-A): Notre Dame-Shembo 2-0; Blanton 1-0; Stockton 1-0; Calabrese 1-0. Boston College-Albright 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Notre Dame-Calabrses 8-2; Te'o 6-4; Williams, I. 3-1; Fox 4-0; Smith, B. 3-0; Motta 2-1; Blanton 2-0; Filer 2-0; Gallup 2-0; Smith, H. 2-0; Shembo 2-0; Neal 1-1; Williams, H. 1-1; Cwynar 0-2; Stockton 1-0; Wood, L. 1-0; McCarthy 1-0; Gray, G. 1-0; Slaughter 1-0; Walls 1-0; Fleming 1-0; Spond 1-0; Johnson 1-0; Lewis-Moore 0-1; Collinsworth 0-1. Boston College-Kuechly 7-7; Fletcher 7-0; Gause 5-1; Newman 5-0; Albright 2-2; Davis 1-3; Noel 2-1; LeGrande 2-1; Quinn 2-1; Holloway 2-1; Scafe 1-2; Pierre-Louis 1-2; Edebali 2-0; Herzlich 2-0; Momah 1-0; Murray 1-0; Richman 0-1; Swigert 0-1; Divitto 0-1.

2011 OUTLOOK

MEDIA INFO

BOSTON (AP) - Brian Kelly came back home to earn his first road victory as coach at Notre Dame. Dayne Crist threw for two first-quarter touchdowns and ran for another on Saturday night to help the Fighting Irish build a 21-point lead, and Notre Dame coasted to a 31-13 victory over Boston College. Notre Dame had lost three straight games - all to teams that were ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 this week. The Irish (2-3) got little resistance from Boston College, which promoted freshman Chase Rettig to starting quarterback during the week only to lose him to an ankle injury early in the second quarter. X-rays were negative, but he did not return. Crist completed 24 of 44 passes for 203 yards, and Armando Allen ran for 90 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries. The Irish defense held BC (2-2) to 5 net yards rushing overall. “They came in here and licked us - schematically, physically, and in every way,” BC coach Frank Spaziani said. “We came out and spotted them 21 points. That’s not good for us.” The Eagles had beaten Notre Dame six consecutive times before last year’s 20-16 loss on the road, when first-year quarterback Dave Shinskie threw an interception with 98 seconds left to help the Irish clinch it. After demoting Shinskie during the week, BC coach Frank Spaziani again sent out a freshman to face the Irish - this one in his first collegiate start. Rettig started with three straight three-and-outs and trailed 21-0 before connecting on a 58-yard touchdown pass to Bobby Swigert with 19 seconds left in the first quarter. But on BC’s first possession of the second, Rettig was blindsided in the pocket as he released the ball; he limped toward the sideline before hopping the last few steps off the field. That left the job in the hands of Mike Marscovetra, who had subbed for Shinskie in a handful of games but was skipped over for the more highly touted Rettig. Marscovetra finished 22 of 37 for 193 yards, throwing interceptions on back-to-back drives in the fourth quarter that killed any chance BC had of a comeback. Notre Dame started the game with a 63-yard kickoff return and then got a 30-yard run from Allen to help set up Crist’s 7-yard run for the corner of the end zone. The Irish needed only 1 minute, 48 seconds and just one second down to travel 50 yards in four plays. The second drive stalled, and the third was a more methodical march to the BC 2 yardline before Crist hit Kyle Rudolph for a 2-yard TD. After BC’s third three-and-out, Notre Dame went 72 yards for another touchdown. Crist connected with Michael Floyd for 35 yards to set up a 20-yarder to Theo Riddick that made it 21-0 with 2:19 still to play in the first. “Just to get the offense rolling early was big for us,” Crist said. “We know how this team can play; we know the potential this team has and where we can go. ... Guys are happy, jumping around the locker room and it’s a great team to share it with.”

Notre Dame 44 – Western Michigan 20 Oct. 16, 2010 – Notre Dame, Ind. – Notre Dame Stadium NOTRE DAME, Ind. (AP) - Brian Kelly had what he called a nice little chat with his team at the half. A good bet is that the Notre Dame coach delivered his remarks at a very high decibel level. He was not happy. Whatever was said, it worked. The Irish got their running game on track in the third quarter; their defense played better, too; and they rode three TD catches from a less-thanhealthy Michael Floyd to pull away to a 44-20 victory over Western Michigan. “In the second half, we played the way I expect our team to play for four quarters. I think our defense limited them to very few yards. We ran the ball in the second half effectively the way we should have,” Kelly said after his team’s third straight win. Playing with a tender hamstring, Floyd took a pass from Dayne Crist and raced 80 yards for a score on the game’s first play from scrimmage. He also caught a 32-yarder on an option pass from John Goodman for a TD and later grabbed a 2-yarder from Crist in the third. His trifecta came in the Irish’s first game since losing star tight end Kyle Rudolph for the season because of a severe hamstring injury that required surgery. “I just felt relaxed, not myself,”Floyd said. “Up and ready, but I didn’t want to go all the way just because of my hamstring. I wanted to protect it.” He looked fine on that early play, catching the ball near midfield and making a nice spin to get away from Broncos’ defensive back Lewis Toler. The Irish (4-3) led 27-17 at the half, using two interceptions to set up TDs. Cierre Wood’s 39-yard touchdown run got the Irish rolling in the third and their defense blanked the Broncos in the second half until John Potter kicked a 26-yard field goal with just over five minutes left. After giving up 212 yards of total offense in the first half, Notre Dame limited Western to 102 in the second. Crist passed for three TDS, completed 18 of 28 for 255 yards and also ran for a score in three quarters of action. With leading rusher Armando Allen bothered by a sore hip and limited to only three carries, Notre Dame’s rushing total in the first half was -4 yards, as Crist was sacked three times. But Wood, Allen’s replacement, broke away on Notre Dame’s second play from scrimmage in the second half for his 39-yard TD to make it 34-17. Floyd caught his third scoring pass of the game, a 2-yarder on a fourth down from Crist later in the third. Wood had 91 of his 94 rushing yards in the second half. Crist found a wide open Tyler Eifert - playing in place of Rudolph - for a 39-yard TD on a fourth down to put the Irish up 27-10, a score set late up in the first half by Gary Gray’s interception.

Score by Quarters Western Michigan Notre Dame

1 7 7

2 3 4 10 0 3 20 14 3

Score -- 20 Record: (2-4) -- 44 Record: (4-3)

First Quarter 14:48 ND Floyd 80 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 1-80 0:12 3:20 WMU Carder 1 yd run (Potter kick), 15-59 7:17 Second Quarter 14:41 ND Floyd 32 yd pass from Goodman (Ruffer kick), 1-32 0:08 9:16 ND Crist 9 yd run (Ruffer kick blockd), 5-36 1:36 5:13 WMU Potter 23 yd field goal, 10-75 4:03 2:19 ND Eifert 39 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 4-44 0:52 0:15 WMU Carder 3 yd run (Potter kick), 10-80 2:04

WMU 16 26-37 277 43-28-2 69-314 0-0 2--4 5-105 1-3 6-35.3 3-2 2-23 29:25 2 of 14 2 of 2 4-4 3-19

ND 17 34-149 299 30-20-1 64-448 0-0 0-0 3-60 2-9 5-40.8 2-0 9-80 30:35 5 of 13 2 of 2 3-3 4-27

Third Quarter 12:17 ND Wood 39 yd run (Ruffer kick), 2-44 0:38 6:34 ND Floyd 2 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 9-53 4:06 Fourth Quarter 7:46 ND Ruffer 33 yd field goal, 10-48 5:32 5:10 WMU Potter 26 yd field goal, 7-70 2:36 RUSHING: Western Michigan-Winchester 8-17; Carder 11-13; Drake 4-8; Fields 2-1; Walker 1-minus 2. Notre Dame-Wood, C. 11-94; Hughes 8-63; Montana 5-2; Allen 3-0; Team 2-minus 4; Crist 5-minus 6. PASSING: Western Michigan-Carder 28-43-2-277. Notre Dame-Crist 18-28-1-255; Goodman 1-1-0-32; Montana 1-1-0-12. RECEIVING: Western Michigan-Nunez 11-103; White 5-55; Arnheim 5-52; Walker 2-18; Winchester 2-17; Hammond 1-20; Ponder 1-13; Drake 1-minus 1. Notre Dame-Floyd 9-157; Eifert 4-72; Wood, C. 3-29; Ragone 1-12; Toma 1-11; Riddick 1-11; Jones 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS: Western Michigan-Berry 1-3. Notre Dame-Gray, G. 1-9; Fleming 1-0. FUMBLES: Western Michigan-Carder 1-1; Nunez 1-0; White 1-1. Notre DameWood, C. 1-0; Eifert 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): Western Michigan-Hazel 1-1; Prom 0-1; Jones 0-1; Bishop 0-1. Notre Dame-Johnson 1-1; Fleming 0-1; Neal 0-1; Williams, I. 0-1; Lewis-Moore 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Western Michigan-Berry 5-6; Armstrong 4-5; Hazel 4-3; Prom 2-5; Zajac 1-5; Wiggins 3-1; Pettway 2-1; Toler 2-1; Potter 1-2; Buxton 2-0; Smith 1-1; Boles 1-1; Jones 1-1; Nowak 1-0; Swanson 1-0; Simon 0-1; Bishop 0-1. Notre Dame-Te'o 4-6; Gray, G. 6-2; Calabrese 3-4; Blanton 3-3; Neal 2-3; Williams, I. 1-4; Johnson 1-4; Motta 2-2; Filer 0-4; Smith, H. 2-1; McCarthy 2-1; Fox 1-2; Cwynar 0-3; Jackson 2-0; Lewis-Moore 1-1; Fleming 0-2; Smith, B. 1-0; Toma 1-0; Ruffer 1-0; Collinsworth 1-0; Nwankwo 0-1; Slaughter 0-1; Walls 0-1; Salvi 0-1; Coughlin 0-1; Williams, H. 0-1.

Navy 35 – Notre Dame 17 Oct. 23, 2010 - East Rutherford, N.J. – New Meadowlands EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Ricky Dobbs scored three touchdowns and Alexander Teich ran for 210 yards to lead Navy to its third victory against Notre Dame in the last four seasons, a 35-17 decision on Saturday at the New Meadowlands Stadium. The 84-year old series, which Notre Dame (4-4) once owned like no other in college football history, has now seen a resurgence by Navy (5-2). The Midshipmen ran for 367 yards, the most ever by Navy against Notre Dame, and Teich carried 26 times to become the first fullback in school history to rush for 200 in a game. Offensively, Dayne Crist and the Irish moved the ball, but the quarterback tossed two key interceptions when the score was still close. Dobbs’ third touchdown, a 1-yard plunge, came after Crist threw his second pick, and made the score 35-10 with 4:38 left in the third quarter. It was a Navy home game at the NFL stadium, but there were plenty of Notre Dame fans in the crowd of 75,614. The Fighting Irish had won three straight coming in and figured to be in the middle of a manageable part of their schedule, coming off Western Michigan and with Tulsa coming to Notre Dame Stadium next week. Notre Dame was playing without two top receivers - Theo Riddick was out with an ankle injury and Michael Floyd was in uniform but sat out with a sore right hamstring.

Score by Quarters Notre Dame Navy

1 3 7

2 3 4 7 0 7 14 14 0

Score -- 17 Record: (4-4) -- 35 Record: (5-2)

First Quarter 6:05 NAVY Teich 31 yd pass from Dobbs (Teague kick), 6-99 3:08 3:04 ND Ruffer 45 yd field goal, 10-48 3:01 Second Quarter 11:01 NAVY Dobbs 3 yd run (Teague kick), 12-77 7:03 6:07 ND Jones 16 yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick), 13-72 4:54 0:14 NAVY Greene 9 yd run (Teague kick), 5-30 1:45

ND 22 30-106 257 38-25-2 68-363 0-0 0-0 6-123 0-0 1-43.0 0-0 1-15 24:11 6 of 12 1 of 3 2-3 0-0

NAVY 21 60-367 71 2-2-0 62-438 0-0 1-0 4-64 2-1 3-39.0 0-0 0-0 35:49 10 of 13 0 of 0 4-4 1-5

Third Quarter 11:23 NAVY Dobbs 9 yd run (Teague kick), 7-77 3:37 4:38 NAVY Dobbs 1 yd run (Teague kick), 10-73 5:18 Fourth Quarter 6:12 ND Wood 1 yd run (Ruffer kick), 10-76 4:09

RUSHING: Allen 11-66; Crist 10-25; Wood 8-17; Team 1-minus 2. Navy-Teich 26-210; Dobbs 20-90; Greene 8-56; Diggs 2-9; Howell 1-6; Santiago 1-0; Byrd 1-minus 2; Team 1-minus 2. PASSING: Notre Dame-Crist 19-31-2-178; Rees 6-7-0-79. Navy-Dobbs 2-2-0-71. RECEIVING: Notre Dame-Kamara 6-56; Jones 5-53; Eifert 4-42; Wood 3-37; Toma 2-26; Allen 2-24; Goodman 2-10; Ragone 1-9. Navy-Jones 1-40; Teich 1-31. INTERCEPTIONS: Notre Dame-None. Navy-Mitchell 1-1; Richardson 1-0. FUMBLES: Notre Dame-None. Navy-None. SACKS (UA-A): Notre Dame-None. Navy-Tuani 0-1; Yarborough 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): Notre Dame-Te'o 8-5; Smith, H. 3-7; Lewis-Moore 3-7; Fox 1-6; Williams, I. 4-2; Cwynar 3-3; Motta 1-5; Fleming 2-3; Calabrese 0-5; Johnson 1-2; Gray, G. 2-0; Neal 2-0; Walls 1-1; Filer 1-0; Coughlin 1-0; Kamara 1-0; Smith, B. 1-0; Blanton 0-1; Posluszny 0-1; Shembo 0-1; Smith, D. 0-1. Navy-Simmons 4-6; Middleton 4-3; McCauley 5-1; Burge 4-2; Hauburger 3-3; Richardson 4-1; Blue 3-2; Tuani 3-2; Yarborough 0-5; Bush 3-0; Edwards 1-2; Brewer 2-0; Mitchell 2-0; King 0-2; Myers 1-0; Marks 0-1.

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Tulsa 28 – Notre Dame 27 Oct. 30, 2010 – Notre Dame, Ind. – Notre Dame Stadium Score by Quarters Tulsa Notre Dame

1 2 12 6 13 7

3 7 7

4 3 0

Score 28 Record: (5-3) 27 Record: (4-5)

First Quarter 9:48 TLS Johnson, D. 9 yd pass from Kinne (Fitzpatrick kick), 9-67 3:30 6:13 ND Floyd 10 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick blockd), 9-78 3:35 6:13 TLS Arnick PAT return 2:59 TLS Fitzpatrick 37 yd field goal, 8-60 3:14 1:21 ND Wood 23 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 5-58 1:38 Second Quarter 8:10 ND Floyd 4 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 13-80 5:05 0:37 TLS Jackson, S. 66 yd interception return (Kinne pass failed) ND 26 24-124 334 56-33-3 80-458 0-0 2--2 6-126 0-0 8-41.1 1-1 7-46 29:55 3 of 14 1 of 1 3-4 5-26

Third Quarter 8:47 ND Wood 6 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 9-81 2:55 4:59 TLS Johnson, D. 59 yd punt return (Fitzpatrick kick) Fourth Quarter 3:23 TLS Fitzpatrick 27 yd field goal, 12-57 4:47

Notre Dame 28 - #15/15 Utah 3 Nov. 13, 2010 – Notre Dame, Ind. – Notre Dame Stadium Score by Quarters Utah Notre Dame

1 3 7

2 0 7

3 4 0 0 14 0

Score -- 3 Record: (8-2) -- 28 Record: (5-5)

First Quarter 8:31 UU Phillips 46 yd field goal, 9-24 4:39 2:04 ND Blanton 6 yd blocked punt return (Ruffer kick) Second Quarter 12:25 ND Floyd 3 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 3-61 1:43

UU 16 29-71 194 40-24-1 69-265 0-0 1--2 3-69 0-0 6-26.2 1-1 11-70 34:35 4 of 15 1 of 4 0-2 2-7

ND 13 29-127 129 20-13-0 49-256 0-0 2-27 2-53 1-0 6-36.0 0-0 5-45 25:25 2 of 10 0 of 1 2-2 2-17

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RUSHING: Utah-Asiata 13-48; Wide 8-21; Dunn 4-12; Wynn 3-minus 3; Cain 1-minus 7. Notre Dame-Wood 19-71; Gray, J. 3-44; Hughes 4-21; Team 1-minus 2; Rees 2-minus 7. PASSING: Utah-Wynn 24-39-1-194; Cain 0-1-0-0. Notre Dame-Rees 13-20-0-129. RECEIVING: Utah-Wide 5-17; Smithson 4-44; Brooks 4-33; Christopher 4-32; Asiata 4-23; Moeai 1-25; Moala 1-11; Matthews 1-9. Notre Dame-Floyd 4-39; Kamara 2-38; Wood 2-25; Eifert 2-15; Hughes 2-7; Toma 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS: Utah-None. Notre Dame-Smith, H. 1-0. FUMBLES: Utah-Smithson 1-1. Notre Dame-None. SACKS (UA-A): Utah-Siliga 1-0; Cox 1-0. Notre Dame-Te'o 1-0; Shembo 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Utah-Martinez 6-3; Walker 2-4; Blechen 2-3; TaolinRoss 2-3; Siliga 4-0; Shelby 2-1; Williams 2-1; Andersen 1-2; Burton 1-1; Chapman 1-1; Cox 1-0; Finau 1-0; Lotulelei 1-0; Marsh 1-0; Walker 1-0; Reilly 0-1. Notre Dame-Smith, B. 0-10; Te'o 3-6; Lewis-Moore 0-8; Smith, H. 3-4; Cwynar 1-5; Gray, G. 3-2; Shembo 2-3; Johnson 1-3; Motta 2-1; Blanton 2-0; Schwenke 2-0; Neal 0-2; Walls 1-0; Collinsworth 1-0; Slaughter 1-0; Jackson 1-0; Fleming 0-1; Filer 0-1; Cowart 0-1; Williams, H. 0-1.

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Third Quarter 14:47 ND Kamara 26 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 1-26 0:13 9:09 ND Kamara 12 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 5-63 2:17

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NOTRE DAME , Ind. (AP) - Utah’s fall has been swift. From rapid-scoring offensive juggernaut, the Utes are suddenly a team that can do little right - two Saturdays in a row. This time, in their first trip to South Bend, the Utes ran into an inspired Notre Dame and couldn’t even locate the end zone. The Irish controlled the lines, got two huge plays from their special teams and designed a solid, power-oriented game plan that allowed freshman quarterback Tommy Rees to be comfortable and effective. He threw three TD passes in his first start, two to Duval Kamara. The result: a 28-3 Irish victory, their first over a ranked team since beating Penn State in 2006, ending an 11-game skid in those games. No wonder Notre Dame students poured onto the field to celebrate with the players when time ran out. Notre Dame’s defense bottled up Utah - which came in averaging 41 points per game - and stopped the Utes from scoring in the second half after they reached the 6 and 12 on separate drives. Utah managed a season-low 265 yards total offense and only 71 yards rushing. It was their lowest scoring game since being shut out by UNLV on Sept. 22, 2007. The Utes have lost now two straight for the first time since dropping the first two of the 2007 season. Returning from a week off, Notre Dame (5-5) was the much fresher team and moved within one win of becoming eligible for a bowl. “You saw it today, a football team that didn’t have on their shoulders the traditions and reputations and all the things that you have to worry about sometimes being a football player at Notre Dame,” Irish coach Brian Kelly said. “They just flat-out played.” An untouched Robert Blanton blocked Sean Sellwood’s punt, picked up the ball and ran in for a TD from 6 yards out late in the opening period to put Notre Dame ahead 7-3. Austin Collinsworth hit Utah return star Shaky Smithson on the second half kickoff, jarred the ball loose and Daniel Smith recovered for the Irish. On the very next play from the 26, Rees threw to a wide open Kamara for the TD, putting the Irish up 21-3 just 13 seconds into the third quarter. Rees, who replaced injured starter Dayne Crist during a loss to Tulsa two weeks ago, got better as the game progressed and finished 13 of 20 for 129 yards. Rees and Kamara hooked up again on a 12-yard TD pass that capped a quick 63yard drive, one that included a 24-yard pass to Michael Floyd. Jonas Gray, the third tailback used by the Irish in the first half, broke off a 36-yard run in the second quarter, thanks to a crushing block from Floyd, to get the ball to the Utah 8. And after a pass interference call against Utah’s Brandon Burton - the Utes’ seventh penalty of the opening half - Rees hit Floyd with a 3-yard TD pass to put the Irish up 14-3.

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RUSHING: Tulsa-Kinne 20-78; Douglas 8-58; Johnson, D. 6-36; Nelson 1-24; Roberson 1-6; Singleton 2-2; Team 1-minus 1. Notre Dame-Wood 16-58; Crist 1-29; Jackson 1-20; Hughes 4-12; Rees 2-5. PASSING: Tulsa-Kinne 18-34-0-196. Notre Dame-Rees 33-54-3-334; Crist 0-2-0-0. RECEIVING: Tulsa-Johnson, D. 4-46; Johnson, R. 3-52; Roberson 3-24; Cole 2-42; Johnson, T. 2-14; Williams 2-5; Owens 1-7; Clay 1-6. Notre DameFloyd 11-104; Eifert 5-61; Wood 5-57; Jones 5-31; Toma 4-67; Goodman 2-13; Hughes 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: Tulsa-Jackson 1-66; McCoil 1-0; Flanders 1-0. Notre Dame-None. FUMBLES: Tulsa-Douglas 1-1; Kinnie 1-1. Notre Dame-Goodman 1-1. SACKS (UA-A): Tulsa-Jackson 1-0. Notre Dame-Fleming 2-0; Johnson 1-1; Smith, B. 1-0; Neal 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): Tulsa-Arnick 10-2; Nelson 4-3; Jackson 5-1; Jennings 4-2; Antle 2-3; McCoil 4-0; Davis 3-1; Moore 3-0; Dorris 3-0; Flanders 1-1; Wilson 1-1; Carter 1-0; Fitzpatrick 1-0; Howell 1-0; Hawkins 1-0; Jackson 0-1; Burnham 0-1; Walker 0-1; Johnson, R. 0-1; Peoples 0-1; Osborne 0-1. Notre Dame-Gray, G. 6-3; Te'o 5-3; Smith, B. 4-3; Smith, H. 4-2; Neal 2-4; Blanton 3-2; Fleming 3-1; Johnson 2-1; Slaughter 2-1; Lewis-Moore 1-2; Williams, H. 2-0; Cwynar 1-1; Motta 1-0; Fox 0-1.

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TLS 18 39-203 196 34-18-0 73-399 0-0 3-72 2-54 3-66 7-40.7 2-2 12-133 30:05 6 of 16 0 of 0 3-4 1-7

MEDIA INFO

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (AP) - G.J. Kinne raced to the end zone, grabbed a baton and began conducting the Tulsa band. The celebration was on at Notre Dame Stadium after the Golden Hurricane pulled off one of the biggest wins in school history. Kinne completed two long late passes to set up a go-ahead field goal by Kevin Fitzpatrick and John Flanders’ end-zone interception sealed the upset with 36 seconds left Saturday, giving Tulsa a 28-27 win. “I’ve never been a part of anything like that. It was an awesome feeling,” Kinne said, describing the locker room after the victory - Tulsa’s first over a BCS team since 1998, a win that snapped a 19-game losing streaks in those games. “I’ll tell you what we kept doing - kept reminding ourselves to play the next play,”Tulsa coach Todd Graham said. “We didn’t come here for a good showing; we came here to win.” For Notre Dame, it was a bad end of an emotionally draining week. The Irish played just three days after the death of Declan Sullivan, a 20-yearold student videographer who was filming the team’s practice Wednesday when the lift he was in fell over on a windy day. Both teams wore shamrock decals with the letters DS on their helmets in Sullivan’s memory. Back on the field, Notre Dame’s chances for a winning season have shrunk, and the Irish lost starting quarterback Dayne Crist to a severe knee injury in the first quarter, one that will likely end his season. The Irish also played without leading rusher Armando Allen, whose collegiate career may be over with a hip injury. “Obviously, the game didn’t end how we wanted. But everyone did a good job of dedicating the game to Declan, his family, being supportive with that,” said Tommy Rees, who replaced Crist and threw four TD passes but also pitched three interceptions. Kinne hit a 31-yard pass to Ricky Johnson on a critical third-and-26 and also connected on a 32-yarder to Genesis Cole to set up Fitzpatrick’s 27-yard field goal with 3:23 left, putting the Golden Hurricane up 28-27. Notre Dame drove down the field behind Rees, who hit a 26-yard pass to Michael Floyd that carried the ball to the Tulsa 32, as the Irish (4-5) tried to get in position for a field goal. But on a second-and-8 from the Tulsa 19, instead of trying to get in position for a field goal, Rees lofted a pass toward the corner of the end zone for Floyd and Flanders picked it off. After the Golden Hurricane (5-3) ran out the clock, their players raced to the end zone to celebrate with the band.

Notre Dame 27 – Army 3 Nov. 20, 2010 – New York, N.Y. – Yankee Stadium NEW YORK (AP) - The Fighting Irish returned to the Bronx for the first time in 41 years and gave their subway alumni a happy train ride home. Tyler Eifert caught a touchdown pass a few steps away from the home dugout, Darrin Walls returned an interception 42 yards for a score and Notre Dame beat Army 27-3 Saturday night in the first football game at the new Yankee Stadium. Freshman Tommy Rees, who got to use Derek Jeter’s locker, threw for 214 yards in his second career start. The Fighting Irish (6-5), dressed in kelly green jerseys, became bowl eligible with a second consecutive strong defensive performance. Combined with last week’s 28-3 victory against Utah, it’s the first time the Irish have held two straight opponents without a touchdown since their 1988 national championship season, when they did it to Rice and Penn State. The triple-option befuddled the Irish when they lost to Navy last month, but Army’s version managed one long drive that produced a field goal on its opening possession and not much after that. The Black Knights (6-5) ran for 135 yards. The 50th meeting between Army and Notre Dame dripped with nostalgia. The Irish and Black Knights played 22 games in the original Yankee Stadium, the last in 1969, and Notre Dame built up a huge following in the Big Apple. Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne’s “Win One for the Gipper” speech was delivered at halftime of the 1928 game in the Bronx and in 1946 No. 1 Army and No. 2 Notre Dame played the Game of the Century at Yankee Stadium, a game that featured four Heisman Trophy winners and ended in a 0-0 tie. One of those Heisman winners, former Notre Dame quarterback Johnny Lujack, was the honorary captain for the Irish on Saturday night. Army was represented at the coin toss by 1958 Heisman winner Pete Dawkins, part of the last Black Knights team to beat the Irish. A goal post stood about where home plate usually sits, with a dugout a few feet away from each corner of that end zone. The other goal post was a long flyball to leftcenter field away, just a few feet in front of the warning track. If it wasn’t for the netting behind the posts, the kickers on that side of the field would have been booting balls into Babe Ruth’s bronze monument during warmups. The field was a snug fit in the $1.6 billion stadium, but not so tight that the teams couldn’t use two end zones, unlike in the Northwestern-Illinois game at Wrigley Field. With some extra bleachers in left and right fields, the sellout attendance of 54,251 set a record for the largest crowd for a sporting event at the two-year-old ballpark. It was no Game of the Century, but Kelly’s crew knows its season won’t end with the finale at USC.

Score by Quarters Army Notre Dame

1 3 0

2 3 4 0 0 0 17 10 0

Score -- 3 Record: (6-5) -- 27 Record: (6-5)

First Quarter 2:10 ARMY Carlton 20 yd field goal, 17-78 8:45 Second Quarter 14:50 ND Ruffer 47 yd field goal, 6-36 2:15 11:55 ND Hughes 1 yd run (Ruffer kick), 4-40 0:50 8:01 ND Eifert 31 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 5-71 2:17

ARMY 8 43-135 39 8-2-2 51-174 0-0 0-0 6-101 1-0 7-37.3 1-0 3-28 29:17 7 of 16 0 of 0 1-1 0-0

ND 15 38-155 214 20-13-1 58-369 0-0 3--4 2-29 2-56 4-33.8 1-0 5-55 30:43 8 of 14 0 of 0 2-3 0-0

Third Quarter 14:00 ND Walls 42 yd interception return (Ruffer kick) 5:23 ND Ruffer 39 yd field goal, 6-16 2:25

RUSHING: Army-Mealy 6-30; Steelman 14-24; Hassin 8-23; Cobbs 5-22; Jenkins 1-18; Maples 5-10; Crucitti 2-4; Austin 2-4. Notre DameWood 14-88; Hughes 9-39; Gray, J. 9-22; Floyd 1-9; Rees 3-1; Team 2-minus 4. PASSING: Army-Steelman 2-7-2-39; Jenkins 0-1-0-0. Notre DameRees 13-20-1-214. RECEIVING: Army-Brooks 1-27; Jordan 1-12. Notre Dame-Eifert 4-78; Toma 4-63; Floyd 3-63; Kamara 1-5; Wood 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS: Army-Travis 1-0. Notre Dame-Walls 1-42; Smith, B. 1-0; Gray, G. 0-14. FUMBLES: Army-Steelman 1-0. Notre Dame-Hughes 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): Army-None. Notre Dame-None. TACKLES (UA-A): Army-Anderson 5-5; Prosko 3-5; Mackey 6-1; Erzinger 6-0; Trimble, J. 4-1; King 4-1; Travis 2-2; Gann 2-1; Dixon 2-1; McNary 1-1; Kantaris 1-0; Hilton 1-0; Aaron 1-0; Trimble, J. 1-0; Westphal 1-0; Allen 1-0. Notre Dame-Te'o 6-3; Walls 6-1; Lewis-Moore 5-2; Smith, H. 5-1; Slaughter 4-1; Blanton 1-3; Gray, G. 3-0; Fleming 3-0; Williams, H. 1-2; Jackson 2-0; McDonald 1-0; Neal 1-0; Smith, B. 1-0; Collinsworth 1-0; Calabrese 1-0; Fox 1-0; Cwynar 0-1.

Notre Dame 20 – USC 16 Nov. 27, 2010 – Los Angeles, Calif. – Los Angeles Coliseum LOS ANGELES (AP) - Robert Hughes scored on a 5-yard run with 2:23 to play, and Notre Dame rallied to snap an eight-game losing streak against the Trojans with a 20-16 victory Saturday night. Freshman quarterback Tommy Rees overcame four turnovers to lead bowl-bound Notre Dame’s 77-yard go-ahead drive, but the teenager and his teammates never breathed easily on a cold, rainy night in Los Angeles. After several tough losses for a program with high expectations, Brian Kelly and his players reveled in a celebration in the Coliseum locker room after reclaiming the Jeweled Shillelagh. Notre Dame (7-5) clinched its third straight victory when safety Harrison Smith leaped for an interception on a poor throw at the goal line with 36 seconds left. “We brought the fight back in the Fighting Irish,” Kelly said. Neither team was ranked heading into the game for just the ninth time, but Kelly became the first Notre Dame coach to beat USC in his first try since Lou Holtz in 1986. USC’s Lane Kiffin also made his rivalry debut - the first time two rookie head coaches faced off in the game since 1941. USC’s streaks of 19 straight nonconference victories and 15 straight at home ended in the 82nd edition of a rivalry dating to 1926. Rees passed for 149 yards in his third career start, making some mistakes but also throwing touchdown passes to Michael Floyd and Duval Kamara. Floyd had 11 catches for 86 yards on his 21st birthday for the Irish. “I feel a little more down than I normally do after a win,” said Rees, who has won starts in South Bend, Yankee Stadium and the Coliseum. “I’ve just got to do a better job.” USC’s conservative offense scored all of its points off Rees’ turnovers, and Joe Houston kicked his third field goal with 6:25 to play after another short drive set up by Rees’ third interception. But the Notre Dame offense finally kicked into gear, with tailbacks Cierre Wood and Hughes making big runs before Hughes scored on a charge straight up the middle. Mitch Mustain was once among the nation’s top high school quarterbacks, but he hadn’t started a game since his freshman season as Arkansas in 2006, when he went 8-0 for the Razorbacks. After transferring in the wake of coaching turmoil, he spent the last three seasons backing up Mark Sanchez and Barkley, who sprained his ankle in last week’s loss at Oregon State. Notre Dame took a 13-3 lead into halftime with two late touchdown passes by Rees, but USC hung in with big plays from its defense. Mustain’s tying 1-yard TD sneak in the third quarter was preceded by Rees’ fumble forced by USC’s Nick Perry, who returned it to the Notre Dame 2. Notre Dame’s defense finally gave up a touchdown after 13 straight quarters without allowing one, its longest such stretch since 1980. Marshall Jones then picked off Rees’ throw at the Notre Dame 38, and Houston made a 37-yard field goal to put the Trojans ahead.

1 Score by Quarters Notre Dame USC

1 0 3

2 3 4 13 0 7 0 10 3

Score 20 Record: (7-5) 16 Record: (7-5)

First Quarter 4:09 USC Houston 45 yd field goal, 4-3 2:20 Second Quarter 2:39 ND Floyd 1 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 16-79 8:02 0:07 ND Kamara 1 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick failed), 7-62 0:37 Third Quarter 11:02 USC Houston 23 yd field goal, 7-15 2:29 5:40 USC Mustain 1 yd run (Houston kick), 4-2 1:50

ND 15 32-147 149 34-20-3 66-296 0-0 0-0 5-106 1-0 6-37.5 2-1 1-10 28:25 5 of 15 0 of 0 3-3 0-0

USC 12 30-80 181 38-21-1 68-261 1-8 1-4 3-79 3-8 7-36.7 0-0 8-47 31:35 4 of 17 2 of 3 2-2 1-5

Fourth Quarter 6:25 USC Houston 37 yd field goal, 7-18 4:03 2:23 ND Hughes 5 yd run (Ruffer kick), 7-77 3:55

RUSHING: Notre Dame-Wood, C. 15-89; Hughes 11-69; Team 1-minus 2; Rees 4-minus 3; Riddick 1-minus 6. USC-Tyler 17-48; Gable 7-19; Woods 1-6; Baxter 1-4; Havili 2-2; Mustain 2-1. PASSING: Notre Dame-Rees 20-32-3-149; Team 0-2-0-0. USC-Mustain 20-37-1-177; Baxter 1-1-0-4. RECEIVING: Notre Dame-Floyd 11-86; Eifert 3-36; Toma 2-15; Hughes 1-8; Riddick 1-6; Kamara 1-1; Wood, C. 1-minus 3. USC-Woods 8-81; Johnson 6-40; Ellison 5-38; Havili 2-22. INTERCEPTIONS: Notre Dame-Smith, H. 1-0. USC-Kennard 1-8; Galippo 1-0; Jones 1-0. FUMBLES: Notre Dame-Wood, C. 1-0; Rees 1-1. USC-None. SACKS (UA-A): Notre Dame-None. USC-Perry 1-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Notre Dame-Fleming 5-2; Lewis-Moore 4-3; Smith, H. 5-1; Gray, G. 4-2; Te'o 3-3; Blanton 4-1; Smith, B. 2-3; Motta 4-0; Slaughter 3-1; Neal 2-1; Johnson 1-1; Cwynar 1-1; Ruffer 1-0; Burger 1-0; Coughlin 1-0; Walls 1-0; Cave 1-0; Filer 1-0; Wood 0-1; Calabrese 0-1; Kamara 0-1. USC-Smith 5-7; Burnett 4-6; Wright 7-0; Galippo 5-1; Casey 0-6; Armstead 1-3; Jones 1-3; Morgan 0-4; Baucham 3-0; Robey 2-1; Kennard 2-1; Harris 0-3; Wright 0-2; Thomas 1-0; Simmons 1-0; Horton 1-0; Team 1-0; Perry 1-0; McDonald 0-1.

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Notre Dame 33 – Miami (Fla.) 17 Dec. 31, 2010 – El Paso, Texas – Sun Bowl Stadium Score by Quarters Notre Dame Miami (Fla.)

1 2 3 14 13 3 0 3 0

4 Score 3 -- 33 14 -- 17

First Quarter 11:02 ND Floyd 3 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 6-54 3:48 4:35 ND Floyd 34 yd pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 8-74 4:27 Second Quarter 13:21 ND Wood 34 yd run (Ruffer kick), 1-39 0:14 4:50 ND Ruffer 40 yd field goal, 9-51, 3:30 0:27 ND Ruffer 50 yd field goal, 9-33, 1:22 0:00 UM Bosher 47 yd field goal, 4-39, 0:18 UM 20 24-103 319 40-26-4 64-422 0-0 2-0 7-144 0-0 4-40.8 1-0 10-106 22:51 7 of 12 0 of 1 1-1 0-0

2010 Honors and Awards Armando Allen Jr. – Sr. – RB

David Ruffer – Sr. – PK Groza Award Finalist ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne StudentAthlete Award Hyundai Sun Bowl Special Teams Most Valuable Player Groza Award Semifinalist ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for District 5 Prince Shembo – Fr. – OLB Defensive Newcomer of the Year Brian Smith – Sr. – LB Dick Butkus Award Watch List Chris Stewart – Sr. – OL

National Scholar-Athlete by the National Football Foundation ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for District 5 Nick Tausch – So. – PK

Groza Award Watch List Manti Te’o – So. – LB

Chuck Bednarik Award Semifinalist Dick Butkus Award Semifinalist Bronko Nagurski Award Watch List Lombardi Award Watch List Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List Dick Butkus Award Watch List

2010 REVIEW

Kapron Lewis-Moore – Jr. – DE Ted Hendricks Award Watch List Zack Martin – So. – OT Hyundai Sun Bowl Lineman of the Game Guardian of the Year Kendall Moore – Fr. – LB Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year Tommy Rees – Fr. – QB Next Man In Award Winner Cameron Roberson – Fr. – RB Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year Trevor Robinson – Jr. – OL Outland Trophy Watch List Kyle Rudolph – Jr. – TE John Mackey Award Semifinalist John Mackey Tight End of the Week (Sept. 15) Rivals.com Independent Player of the Week (Sept. 14) John Mackey Award Watch List Lombardi Award Watch List First Team Preseason All-America (Sporting News) Third Team Preseason All-America (Athlon) First Team Preseason All-America (Yahoo! Sports) First Team Preseason All-America (Lindy's)

Ian Williams – Sr. – NG

Lineman of the Year

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Doak Walker Award List Dayne Crist – Jr. – QB Maxwell Award Watch List Tyler Eifert – So. – TE Offensive Newcomer of the Year Michael Floyd – Jr. – WR Notre Dame Monogram Club Most Valuable Player Hyundai Sun Bowl Most Valuable Player Biletnikoff Award Watch List Walter Camp Player of the Year Award Watch List Maxwell Award Watch List Second Team Preseason All-America (Phil Steele) Second Team Preseason All-America (Sporting News) Second Team Preseason All-America (Athlon) First Team Preseason All-America (Yahoo! Sports) First Team Preseason All-America (Lindy's) Barry Gallup – Sr. – DB ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for District 5 Robert Hughes – Sr. – RB Nick Pietrosante Award Winner Bennett Jackson – Fr. – WR Special Teams Player of the Year Ethan Johnson – Jr. – DT Lombardi Award Watch List

THE FIGHTING IRISH

RUSHING: Notre Dame-Wood, C. 12-81; Hughes 27-81; Riddick 8-32; Rees 1-2. Miami-Berry 9-34; Morris 4-22; Johnson 2-20; James 4-14; Miller 5-13. PASSING: Notre Dame-Rees 15-29-0-201. Miami-Morris 22-31-1-282; Harris 4-7-3-37. RECEIVING: Notre Dame-Floyd 6-109; Eifert 4-31; Goodman 1-30; Jones 1-19; Hughes 1-8, Riddick 1-2; Wood, C. 1-2. Miami-Hankerson 6-71; Byrd 4-47; James 4-14; Benjamin 3-44; Ford 2-37; Miller 2-32; Streeter 1-42; Cleveland 1-15; Johnson 1-9; Gordon 1-4; Berry 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: Notre Dame-Smith, H. 3-16; Blanton 1-0. MiamiNone FUMBLES: Notre Dame-Riddick 1-0; Hughes 1-0. Miami-Benjamin 1-0. SACKS: Notre Dame-None. Miami-None TACKLES (UA-A): Notre Dame- Blanton 3-6; Smith, H. 6-1; Gray, G. 3-4; Te’o 1-5; Motta 3-1; Neal 2-2; Smith, B. 1-3; Lewis-Moore 0-4; Fleming 2-1; McDonald 1-2; Johnson 0-3; Walls 2-0; Slaughter 2-0; Fox 0-2; Shembo 0-2; Garcia 0-2; Jackson 1-0; Williams, H. 1-0; Cwynar 0-1; Calabrese 0-1; Collinsworth 0-1; Williams, I. 0-1. Miami-McCarthy 6-8; Spence 3-7; Armstrong 2-6; Regis 2-5; Vernon 4-2; Forston 3-3; Nicolas 2-3; Telemaque 1-4; Buchanan 2-2; Hill 2-2; Ojomo 1-3; Harris 1-2; Holmes 1-1; Holton 1-1; McGee 0-2; Bailey 0-2; Bosher 1-0; Robinson 1-0; Campbell 1-0; Hankerson 1-0; Berry 0-1; Van Dyke 0-1; Smith 0-1.

2011 OUTLOOK

ND 23 48-196 201 29-15-0 77-397 0-0 2-2 1-34 4-16 4-39.8 2-0 3-20 37:09 9 of 20 1 of 1 3-4 0-0

Third Quarter 7:12 ND Ruffer 19 yd field goal, 15-63 6:46 Fourth Quarter 10:36 UM Hankerson 6 yd pass from Morris (Bosher kick), 7-57 1:13 4:01 UM Streeter 42 yd pass from Morris (Bosher kick), 8-98 2:35 1:21 ND Tausch 34 yd field goal, 8-48 2:38

MEDIA INFO

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A far-from-perfect first season as Notre Dame coach could not have ended much better for Brian Kelly and his Fighting Irish. Freshman Tommy Rees passed for 201 yards and two touchdowns to Michael Floyd, as Notre Dame beat Miami 33-17 in the Sun Bowl on Friday, making Kelly the first Fighting Irish coach to win a bowl game during his first season. The Irish started 1-3 under Kelly and consecutive October losses to Navy and Tulsa left them in precarious position to even get bowl eligible. But Notre Dame finished with four straight victories against Utah, Army, Southern California and Miami that should buoy hopes for the future of the program. “Clearly, we are gaining a lot of confidence,” Kelly said. “We’ve beaten some good football teams late in the year as we’ve come together and found our identity. It’s going to taste a whole lot better in the offseason talking about a win.” Notre Dame (8-5) reached the end zone on three of its first four possessions. Rees tossed TD passes of 3 and 34 yards to Floyd, and Cierre Wood broke free on a 34-yard scoring run before David Ruffer added field goals from 40, 50 and 19 yards. Notre Dame’s 30th bowl appearance was a New Year’s Eve fiesta in El Paso, a predominantly Roman Catholic city on the Mexican border that embraced the Irish with huge cheers from the first glimpse of a golden helmet coming from the locker rooms. “El Paso treated Notre Dame so very well,” Kelly said. The Hurricanes trailed 30-3 going into the fourth quarter, completing a season in which their coach was fired with an ugly loss. Rees hardly looked like a freshman, completing 15 of 29 attempts without an interception. He struggled in the season-ending victory over USC but his performance against Miami marked the first time a first-year starting quarterback at Notre Dame won a bowl game. Floyd had a big day, too, with six catches for 109 yards receiving, and he was close to hauling in two more scores. The game sold out in 21 hours, the fastest in the Sun Bowl’s 77-year history, and the crowd of 54,021 set a bowl attendance record. Many fans wore Notre Dame jackets to ward off the 34-degree weather as a round of overnight snow dusted the Franklin Mountains. The warm-weather Hurricanes - many wearing head covers under their helmets struggled much of the afternoon. The Canes trailed 27-0 late in the first half, and the player with the most catches from a Hurricanes quarterback was Irish safety Harrison Smith, who intercepted three passes. Robert Blanton also had an interception during Miami’s turnover binge. “It was a total defensive effort,” Smith said. “When you knock the receivers off and mess up the timing with the quarterback, it really makes it easier for the safeties.”

RESULTS Date Sep 04, 2010 Sep 11, 2010 Sep 18, 2010 Sep 25, 2010 Oct 02, 2010 Oct 09, 2010 Oct 16, 2010 Oct 23, 2010 Oct 30, 2010 Nov 13, 2010 Nov 20, 2010 Nov 27, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

Opponent PURDUE MICHIGAN at Michigan State #16 STANFORD at Boston College PITTSBURGH WESTERN MICHIGAN at Navy TULSA #15 UTAH vs Army at USC vs. Miami (Fla.)

W OT W W W

W W W W

Score 23-12 24-28 31-34 14-37 31-13 23-17 44-20 17-35 27-28 28-3 27-3 20-16 33-17

L L L

L L

Overall 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 3-3-0 4-3-0 4-4-0 4-5-0 5-5-0 6-5-0 7-5-0 8-5-0

Conference 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Time 3:01 3:37 3:37 3:35 3:24 3:12 3:16 2:50 3:37 3:02 2:54 3:08 3:56

Attend 80795 80795 78411 80795 44500 80795 80795 75614 80795 80795 54251 85417 54021

DEFENSIVE STATS 5 TE’O, Manti 22 SMITH, Harrison 4 GRAY, Gary 89 LEWIS-MOORE, Kapron 44 CALABRESE, Carlo 12 BLANTON, Robert 17 MOTTA, Zeke 58 SMITH, Brian 45 FLEMING, Darius 56 NEAL, Kerry 2 WALLS, Darrin 95 WILLIAMS, Ian 90 JOHNSON, Ethan 98 CWYNAR, Sean 26 SLAUGHTER, Jamoris 48 FOX, Dan 55 SHEMBO, Prince 46 FILER, Steve 94 WILLIAMS, Hafis 54 McDONALD, Anthony 86 JACKSON, Bennett 29 COUGHLIN, Patrick 28 COLLINSWORTH, Austin 15 McCARTHY, Dan 91 NWANKWO, Emeka 23 WOOD, Lo 21 GALLUP, Barry 18 KAMARA, Duval 5 ALLEN, Armando 97 RUFFER, David 24 SALVI, Chris 96 SCHWENKE, Kona 13 SPOND, Danny 60 COWART, Jordan 70 MARTIN, Zack 92 STOCKTON, Tyler 41 BURGER, Bobby 36 POSLUSZNY, David 52 CAVE, Braxston 19 TOMA, Robby 87 SMITH, Daniel 9 RUDOLPH, Kyle 20 WOOD, Cierre Total Opponents......

GP 13 13 13 13 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 9 13 13 11 13 13 13 13 11 13 10 13 7 7 11 11 9 8 13 9 5 8 13 13 6 13 6 13 8 7 6 13 13 13

|-------------------Tackles-------------------| Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds 66 67 133 9.5-34 56 37 93 0.5-1 48 18 66 5.0-10 20 42 62 2.5-19 26 34 60 5.0-18 29 23 52 7.0-19 30 20 50 1.5-1 22 28 50 3.5-11 27 22 49 11.0-50 14 28 42 1.5-13 30 11 41 2.0-7 17 21 38 3.5-18 13 21 34 6.0-21 9 24 33 3.0-6 20 11 31 . 9 11 20 . 6 9 15 5.0-40 8 6 14 . 6 5 11 0.5-1 6 5 11 . 9 1 10 . 4 3 7 . 5 2 7 . 3 2 5 0.5-1 1 2 3 . 1 2 3 . 3 . 3 1.0-1 1 1 2 . 1 1 2 . 2 . 2 . 1 1 2 . 2 . 2 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 1.0-4 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . 501 463 964 69-275 475 418 893 69-249

|-Sacks-| No-Yards 1.0-7 . . 2.0-19 2.5-11 1.0-6 . 1.0-6 6.0-40 1.5-13 . 1.5-16 5.0-19 . . . 4.5-39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0-4 . . . . . . . 27-180 20-112

|----------Pass Def----------| Int-Yds BU PD . 3 3 7- 54 7 14 1-23 7 8 . 1 1 . . . 2-(-1) 5 7 1-0 2 3 1-0 5 6 1-0 4 5 . 1 1 3-43 4 7 1-0 1 2 . 2 2 . . . 1-26 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-145 46 64 16-125 54 70

|---Fumbles---| Rcv-Yds FF . 1 . . . 1 1-0 1 . . . . 1-0 . . 1 . . 1-0 1 1-0 . . . 1-0 . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . 7-0 9 8-16 17

Blkd Kick . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3

Saf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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RUSHING Att 119 107 68 20 52 11 9 1 1 12 14 414 465

Gain 658 534 315 103 174 38 28 20 9 20 0 1899 2126

Loss 55 20 15 3 100 9 3 0 0 22 26 253 278

Net 603 514 300 100 74 29 25 20 9 -2 -26 1646 1848

Avg 5.1 4.8 4.4 5.0 1.4 2.6 2.8 20.0 9.0 -0.2 -1.9 4.0 4.0

TD 3 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 15

Long 39 30 30 36 29 18 10 20 9 12 0 39 87

Avg/G 46.4 64.2 23.1 14.3 8.2 3.2 8.3 1.5 0.8 -0.2 -2.9 126.6 142.2

PASSING GP 9 9 3 13 9 8 13 13

Effic 129.3 132.0 93.0 349.4 0.0 125.2 129.3 115.7

Cmp-Att-Int 174-294-7 100-164-8 9-18-1 1-2-0 0-2-0 1-1-0 285-481-16 274-440-18

Pct 59.2 61.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 100.0 59.3 62.3

Yds 2033 1106 116 32 0 3 3290 2796

TD 15 12 0 1 0 0 28 11

RECEIVING GP 12 9 6 11 12 13 8 13 8 9 13 12 7 13 13

Yds 1025 414 328 352 306 170 138 146 187 112 67 32 13 3290 2796

Avg 13.0 10.4 11.7 13.0 13.3 8.5 8.1 9.7 13.4 10.2 9.6 10.7 13.0 11.5 10.2

TD 12 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 11

Yds 17 27 47 91 73

Avg 1.3 13.5 23.5 5.4 5.2

TD 0 1 0 1 1

Long 13 6 38 38 59

PUNT RETURNS GOODMAN, John BLANTON, Robert ALLEN, Armando Total.......... Opponents......

No. 13 2 2 17 14

Long 80 37 95 39 53 23 24 30 26 26 37 12 13 95 58

Avg/G 85.4 46.0 54.7 32.0 25.5 13.1 17.2 11.2 23.4 12.4 5.2 2.7 1.9 253.1 215.1

Avg 7.7 14.3 -0.5 0.0 26.0 23.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.1 7.8

TD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

Long 23 42 0 0 26 14 0 0 0 42 66

Yds 645 300 36 7 34 16 1038 1147

Avg 22.2 20.0 18.0 7.0 34.0 16.0 21.2 19.4

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Long 43 38 19 7 34 16 43 38

No. 0 3

Yds 0 16

Avg 0.0 5.3

TD 0 0

Long 0 8

TD 0 12 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 41 29

|-------------------PATs-------------------| FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass 18-19 37-40 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 19-20 37-40 1-1 0 0-0 19-23 26-26 0-0 1 1-2

KICK RETURNS No. JACKSON, Bennett 29 WOOD, Cierre 15 RIDDICK, Theo 2 BURGER, Bobby 1 COLLINSWORTH,Austi 1 GRAY, Jonas 1 Total.......... 49 Opponents...... 59

FUMBLE RETURNS Total.......... Opponents......

SCORING RUFFER, David FLOYD, Michael WOOD, Cierre CRIST, Dayne KAMARA, Duval RIDDICK, Theo RUDOLPH, Kyle JONES, TJ ALLEN, Armando EIFERT, Tyler HUGHES, Robert BLANTON, Robert WALLS, Darrin TAUSCH,Nick Total.......... Opponents......

DXP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Points 91 72 30 24 18 18 18 18 14 12 12 6 6 3 342 263

COACHES & STAFF

No. 79 40 28 27 23 20 17 15 14 11 7 3 1 285 274

Avg/G 225.9 122.9 38.7 2.5 0.0 0.4 253.1 215.1

Yds 54 43 -1 0 26 23 0 0 0 145 125

THE FIGHTING IRISH

FLOYD, Michael RIDDICK, Theo RUDOLPH, Kyle EIFERT, Tyler JONES, TJ WOOD, Cierre ALLEN, Armando GOODMAN, John TOMA, Robby KAMARA, Duval HUGHES, Robert RAGONE, Mike GRAY, Jonas Total.......... Opponents......

Lng 95 36 37 32 0 3 95 58

No. 7 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 16

2011 OUTLOOK

CRIST, Dayne REES, Tommy MONTANA, Nate GOODMAN, John TEAM ALLEN, Armando Total.......... Opponents......

SMITH, Harrison WALLS, Darrin BLANTON, Robert SMITH, Brian SLAUGHTER, Jamoris GRAY, Gary FLEMING, Darius MOTTA, Zeke WILLIAMS, Ian Total.......... Opponents......

MEDIA INFO

WOOD, Cierre ALLEN, Armando HUGHES, Robert GRAY, Jonas CRIST, Dayne RIDDICK, Theo MONTANA, Nate JACKSON, Bennett FLOYD, Michael REES, Tommy TEAM Total.......... Opponents......

INTERCEPTIONS GP 13 8 13 7 9 9 3 13 12 9 9 13 13

TOTAL OFFENSE GP 9 9 13 8 13 3 7 13 9 13 12 9 13 13

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Plays 346 176 119 108 68 27 20 2 11 1 1 16 895 905

Rush 74 -2 603 514 300 25 100 0 29 20 9 -26 1646 1848

Pass 2033 1106 0 3 0 116 0 32 0 0 0 0 3290 2796

Total 2107 1104 603 517 300 141 100 32 29 20 9 -26 4936 4644

Avg/G 234.1 122.7 46.4 64.6 23.1 47.0 14.3 2.5 3.2 1.5 0.8 -2.9 379.7 357.2

2010 REVIEW

CRIST, Dayne REES, Tommy WOOD, Cierre ALLEN, Armando HUGHES, Robert MONTANA, Nate GRAY, Jonas GOODMAN, John RIDDICK, Theo JACKSON, Bennett FLOYD, Michael TEAM Total.......... Opponents......

FIELD GOALS RUFFER, David TAUSCH, Nick

FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk 18-19 94.7 1-1 3-3 7-8 5-5 2-2 50 0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 34 0

Notre Dame Opponents Purdue (22),(46),(37) (25) Michigan (24) 39,40 Michigan State (33) Stanford (22),(40) (24),(41),(36),(33),(29) Boston College (37) (49),(25) Pittsburgh (32),(50),(31) (26),27 Western Michigan (33) (23),(26) Navy (45) Tulsa (37),32,(27) Utah (46) Army (47),(39) (20) USC (45),(23),(37) Miami (40),(50),(19),36,(34) (47) Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING TURK, Ben Total.......... Opponents......

No. 68 68 79

Yds 2603 2603 3066

Avg 38.3 38.3 38.8

Long 56 56 62

TB 3 3 4

FC 22 22 32

I20 26 26 25

50+ 6 6 11

No. 65 8 73 59

Yds 4182 443 4625 3751

Avg 64.3 55.4 63.4 63.6

TB 10 0 10 8

OB 2 0 2 0

Retn Net

YdLn

19.4 21.2

44.9 43.3

25 26

GP 13 12 8 13 9 13 11 6 12 8 13 7 9 9 13 13 13 12 11 13 3 13 13 9 9 13 13

Rush 603 9 514 20 29 300 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 -2 -26 1646 1848

Rec 170 1025 138 0 414 67 352 328 306 187 146 13 112 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3290 2796

PR 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 91 73

KOR 300 0 0 645 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1038 1147

IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 43 0 0 26 -1 0 23 0 0 0 145 125

Tot 1073 1034 699 665 479 367 352 328 306 187 163 129 112 74 54 43 34 32 26 26 25 23 7 -2 -26 6210 5989

Avg/G 82.5 86.2 87.4 51.2 53.2 28.2 32.0 54.7 25.5 23.4 12.5 18.4 12.4 8.2 4.2 3.3 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.0 8.3 1.8 0.5 -0.2 -2.9 477.7 460.7

KICKOFFS RUFFER, David TAUSCH, Nick Total.......... Opponents......

ALL PURPOSE WOOD, Cierre FLOYD, Michael ALLEN, Armando JACKSON, Bennett RIDDICK, Theo HUGHES, Robert EIFERT, Tyler RUDOLPH, Kyle Jones, TJ TOMA, Robby GOODMAN, John GRAY, Jonas KAMARA, Duval CRIST, Dayne SMITH, Harrison WALLS, Darrin COLLINSWORTH, A RAGONE, Mike SLAUGHTER, Jamoris BLANTON, Robert MONTANA, Nate GRAY, Gary BURGER, Bobby REES, Tommy TEAM Total.......... Opponents......

Blkd 0 0 1

Team Statistics ND 342 26.3 261 89 152 20 1646 1899 253 414 4.0 126.6 11 3290 285-481-16 6.8 11.5 253.1 28 4936 895 5.5 379.7 49-1038 17-91 18-145 21.2 5.4 8.1 18-8 58-529 40.7 68-2603 38.3 36.3 27:56 69/180 38% 5/11 45% 27-180 0 41 19-20 0-0 74-90 82% 52-90 58% 37-40 93% 1131130 7/80795

SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games SCORE BY QUARTERS Notre Dame Opponents

1st 96 69

2nd 106 62

3rd 89 55

4th 48 71

OT 3 6

OPP 263 20.2 235 97 125 13 1848 2126 278 465 4.0 142.2 15 2796 274-440-18 6.4 10.2 215.1 11 4644 905 5.1 357.2 59-1147 14-73 16-125 19.4 5.2 7.8 17-7 90-775 59.6 79-3066 38.8 36.6 31:58 74/203 36% 11/21 52% 20-112 0 29 19-23 0-0 62-76 82% 32-76 42% 26-26 100% 567884 4/70986 24/54136 -

Total 342 263

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NOTRE DAME 2010 GAME-BY-GAME LINE-UPS OFFENSIVE STARTERS BY GAME DATE 9/4

OPPONENT vs PUR

WR JONES

WR RIDDICK

LT MARTIN

LG STEWART

C CAVE

RG ROBINSON

RT DEVER

TE RUDOLPH

WR FLOYD

QB CRIST

RB ALLEN

MICH

JONES

RIDDICK

MARTIN

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

DEVER

RUDOLPH

FLOYD

CRIST

ALLEN

9/18

MSU

JONES

RIDDICK

MARTIN

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

DEVER

RUDOLPH

FLOYD

CRIST

ALLEN

9/25

STAN

EIFERT (TE)

RIDDICK

MARTIN

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

DEVER

RUDOLPH

FLOYD

CRIST

ALLEN

10/2

GOODMAN

RIDDICK

MARTIN

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

DEVER

RUDOLPH

FLOYD

CRIST

ALLEN

10/9

PITT

GOODMAN

RIDDICK

ROMINE

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

MARTIN

RUDOLPH

FLOYD

CRIST

ALLEN

10/16

WMU

JONES

RIDDICK

ROMINE

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

MARTIN

EIFERT

FLOYD

CRIST

C. WOOD

10/23

NAVY

GOODMAN

JONES

MARTIN

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

ROMINE

EIFERT

KAMARA

CRIST

ALLEN

10/30

TULSA

JONES

RAGONE (TE)

MARTIN

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

DEVER

EIFERT

FLOYD

CRIST

C. WOOD

11/13

UTAH

KAMARA

RAGONE (TE)

MARTIN

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

DEVER

EIFERT

FLOYD

REES

C. WOOD

11/20

ARMY

KAMARA

TOMA

MARTIN

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

DEVER

EIFERT

FLOYD

REES

C. WOOD

11/27

USC

KAMARA

TOMA

MARTIN

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

DEVER

EIFERT

FLOYD

REES

C. WOOD

12/31

MIAMI

JONES

RIDDICK

MARTIN

STEWART

CAVE

ROBINSON

DEVER

EIFERT

FLOYD

REES

C. WOOD

OLB

MEDIA INFO

9/11

DEFENSIVE STARTERS BY GAME OPPONENT

ILB

OLB

9/4

PUR

JOHNSON

I. WILLIAMS

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

CALABRESE

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

SLAUGHTER

G. GRAY

9/11

MICH

JOHNSON

I. WILLIAMS

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

CALABRESE

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

MOTTA

G. GRAY

9/18

MSU

JOHNSON

I. WILLIAMS

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

CALABRESE

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

MOTTA

G. GRAY

9/25

STAN

JOHNSON

I. WILLIAMS

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

CALABRESE

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

SLAUGHTER

G. GRAY

10/2

JOHNSON

I. WILLIAMS

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

CALABRESE

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

SLAUGHTER

G. GRAY

10/9

PITT

JOHNSON

I. WILLIAMS

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

CALABRESE

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

SLAUGHTER

G. GRAY

10/16

WMU

JOHNSON

I. WILLIAMS

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

CALABRESE

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

MOTTA

G. GRAY G. GRAY

NAVY

JOHNSON

I. WILLIAMS

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

CALABRESE

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

MOTTA

10/30

TULSA

JOHNSON

CWYNAR

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

B. SMITH

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

MOTTA

G. GRAY

11/13

UTAH

JOHNSON

CWYNAR

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

B. SMITH

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

MOTTA

G. GRAY

11/20

ARMY

JOHNSON

CWYNAR

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

B. SMITH

TE'O

BLANTON (CB)

WALLS

H. SMITH

SLAUGHTER

G. GRAY

11/27

USC

JOHNSON

CWYNAR

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

B. SMITH

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

MOTTA

G. GRAY

12/31

MIAMI

JOHNSON

I. WILLIAMS

LEWIS-MOORE

FLEMING

B. SMITH

TE'O

NEAL

WALLS

H. SMITH

MOTTA

G. GRAY

SPECIALISTS BY GAME DATE 9/4

OPPONENT vs PUR

K RUFFER

P TURK

MICH

RUFFER

TURK

9/18

MSU

RUFFER

TURK

9/25

STAN

RUFFER

TURK

10/2

RUFFER

TURK

10/9

PITT

RUFFER

TURK

10/16

WMU

RUFFER

TURK

10/23

NAVY

RUFFER

TURK

10/30

TULSA

RUFFER

TURK

11/13

UTAH

RUFFER

TURK

11/20

ARMY

RUFFER

TURK

11/27

USC

RUFFER

TURK

12/31

MIAMI

RUFFER

TURK

COACHES & STAFF

9/11

THE FIGHTING IRISH

10/23

2011 OUTLOOK

DATE

2010 REVIEW

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NOTRE DAME 2010 GAME-BY-GAME OFFENSIVE STATS PUR

MICH

@MSU

STAN

@BC

PITT

WMU

@NAVY

TULSA

UTAH

vs. ARMY

@USC

vs. MIA

Season

9/4

9/11

9/18

9/25

10/2

10/9

10/16

10/23

10/30

11/13

11/20

11/27

12/31

Totals

261

Rushing

Passing

152

First Downs

Penalty

Third Downs

180

Converted

Efficiency

50.0%

28.6%

41.7%

30.8%

42.1%

33.3%

38.5%

50.0%

21.4%

20.0%

57.1%

33.3%

45.0%

38.3% 11

Fourth Downs

Converted

Efficiency

0.0%

100.0%

33.3%

100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

45.5%

Total Net Yards

358

535

461

351

315

329

448

363

458

256

369

296

397

4936

Plays

895

Avg. Per Play

5.8

7.0

5.7

5.2

4.1

4.7

7.0

5.3

5.7

5.2

6.4

4.5

5.2

5.5

Net Yards Rushing

153

154

112

149

106

124

127

155

147

196

1646

Attempts

414

Avg. Per Rush

4.3

4.8

3.5

1.9

3.6

2.8

4.4

3.5

5.2

4.4

4.1

4.6

4.1

4.0

Touchdowns

Net Yards Passing

205

381

369

307

203

242

299

257

334

129

214

149

201

3290

Attempts

481

Completions

285

73.1%

47.7%

58.2%

57.8%

53.3%

61.5%

66.7%

65.8%

58.9%

65.0%

58.8%

51.7%

59.3%

Completion Pct.

7.88

8.66

6.71

6.82

4.51

6.21

9.97

6.76

5.96

6.45

10.70

4.38

6.93

6.84

Touchdowns

Yards Per Attempt

Interceptions

Sacked

Yards Lost

112

Touchdowns

Rushing

Passing

Returns Penalties Yards Lost Fumbles Fumbles Lost Punts Total Yards

529

310

181

160

313

233

208

329

216

135

225

159

2607

Gross Avg.

31.7

38.8

36.2

32.0

39.1

46.6

41.6

43.0

41.1

36.0

33.8

37.5

39.8

38.3

Net Avg.

31.7

38.8

36.2

31.2

39.0

47.0

37.6

43.0

27.1

36.3

33.8

36.8

39.8

36.3

Inside-the-20

Touchbacks

FGs Attempted FGs Made

PATs Made-Att.

2-2

3-3

4-4

1-1

4-4

2-2

5-6

2-2

3-4

4-4

3-3

2-3

3-3

38-41

Kicking M-A

2-2

3-3

4-4

0-0

4-4

2-2

5-6

2-2

3-4

4-4

3-3

2-3

3-3

37-40

2-pt Rushing M-A

0-0

1-1

0-0

1-1

2-pt Passing M-A

0-0

7-2-1

5-4-1

5-1-1

4-1-0

6-0-0

8-5-2

4-0-0

5-4-3

5-1-1

6-0-0

4-0-0

8-2-1

73-20-10

Kickoffs-EZ-TB

0 2

Safeties

Points Scored

342

Time of Possession

24:55

25:51

25:36

23:35

28:05

28:38

30:35

24:11

29:55

25:25

30:43

28:25

37:09

27:56

Net Turnover Ratio

-3

-2

-1

-2

-3

PUR

MICH

@MSU

STAN

@BC

PITT

WMU

@NAVY

TULSA

UTAH

vs. ARMY

USC

Season

9/4

9/11

9/18

9/25

10/2

10/9

10/16

10/23

10/30

11/13

11/20

11/27

Totals

2011 NOTRE DAME FOOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS â&#x20AC;˘ UND.COM

OPPONENT 2010 GAME-BY-GAME OFFENSIVE STATS MICH

@MSU

STAN

@BC

PITT

WMU

@NAVY

TULSA

UTAH

vs. ARMY

@USC

vs. MIA

Season

9/4

9/11

9/18

9/25

10/2

10/9

10/16

10/23

10/30

11/13

11/20

11/27

12/31

Totals

235

Rushing

Passing

125

First Downs

Penalty

Third Downs

203

Converted

Efficiency

29.4%

18.8%

35.3%

68.8%

21.1%

33.3%

14.3%

76.9%

37.5%

26.7%

43.8%

23.5%

58.3%

36.5%

Converted

Efficiency

50.0%

100.0%

0.0%

25.0%

100.0%

0.0%

66.7%

0.0%

52.4%

Total Net Yards

322

532

477

404

270

382

314

438

399

265

174

261

406

4644

Plays

905

Avg. Per Play

4.4

6.6

6.2

5.3

3.9

5.5

4.6

7.1

5.5

3.8

3.4

3.8

6.2

5.1

Net Yards Rushing

102

288

203

166

110

367

203

135

1848

Attempts

465

Avg. Per Rush

3.2

7.0

4.7

3.8

0.2

3.5

1.4

6.1

5.2

2.4

3.1

2.6

3.5

4.0

Touchdowns

Net Yards Passing

220

244

274

238

265

272

277

196

194

187

319

2796

Attempts

440

Completions

274

73.8%

60.0%

70.6%

59.4%

57.4%

69.2%

65.1%

100.0%

52.9%

60.0%

25.0%

56.4%

65.0%

62.3%

Completion Pct. Yards Per Attempt

6.10

8.06

7.44

5.64

6.97

6.44

35.50

5.76

4.85

4.88

4.79

7.98

6.35

Interceptions

Sacked

Yards Lost

180

Touchdowns

Rushing

Passing

Returns Penalties Yards Lost Fumbles Fumbles Lost Punts Total Yards

120

133

775

375

365

443

142

212

117

285

157

261

257

163

3066

42.0

37.5

45.6

37.0

40.3

47.3

35.3

39.0

40.7

26.2

37.3

36.7

40.8

38.8

Net Avg.

35.7

34.6

37.2

37.0

40.6

48.0

35.3

39.0

41.0

21.7

37.9

33.9

40.2

36.6

Inside-the-20

Touchbacks

FGs Attempted FGs Made

PATs Made-Att.

1-1

4-4

3-3

1-1

2-2

5-5

2-3

0-0

1-1

2-2

27-28

Kicking M-A

1-1

4-4

2-2

1-1

2-2

5-5

2-2

0-0

1-1

2-2

26-26

2-pt Rushing M-A

0-0

2-pt Passing M-A

0-0

1-1

0-0

0-1

0-0

1-2

3-1-1

5-1-1

5-0-0

9-7-3

4-0-0

5-3-2

6-0-0

2-0-0

5-4-0

3-1-1

59-17-8

12 35:05 PUR

28 34:09 MICH

34 34:24 @MSU

37 36:25 STAN

13 31:55 @BC

17 31:22 PITT

20 29:25 WMU

35 35:49 @NAVY

28 30:05 TULSA

3 34:35 UTAH

3 29:17

17 22:51

vs. ARMY

16 31:35 USC

263 32:04 Season

9/4

9/11

9/18

9/25

10/2

10/9

10/16

10/23

10/30

11/13

11/20

11/27

Kickoffs-EZ-TB Safeties Points Scored Time of Possession

COACHES & STAFF

252

Gross Avg.

THE FIGHTING IRISH

5.24

Touchdowns

2011 OUTLOOK

Fourth Downs

MEDIA INFO

PUR

Totals

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NOTRE DAME 2010 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATS *Bold denotes TD

PASSING DATE OPPONENT 9/4 vs PUR 9/11 vs MICH 9/18 at MSU 9/25 vs STAN 10/2 at BC 10/9 vs PITT 10/16 vs WMU 10/23 at NAVY 10/30 vs TULSA 11/13 vs UTAH 11/20 vs ARMY 11/27 at USC 12/31 vs MIAMI

DAYNE CRIST -- QB GS X X X X X X X X X

Comp 19 13 32 25 24 24 18 19 0

Att 26 25 55 44 44 39 28 31 2

Yds 205 277 369 304 203 242 255 178 0

NATE MONTANA -- QB

Pct. Y/A TD INT 73.1 7.88 1 0 52.0 11.08 2 1 58.2 6.71 4 1 56.8 6.91 1 1 54.5 4.61 2 1 61.538 6.2051 1 0 64.3 9.11 3 1 61.29 5.7419 1 2 .0 .00 0 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY

Lg* 34 95 24 37 35 37 80 21 0

S 3 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 0

YL 10 11 6 9 6 20 19 5 0

Effic. 152.0 163.5 134.9 117.8 103.8 122.1 169.0 107.3 0.0

Comp

Att

Yds

Pct.

104

47.1

100.0

Y/A TD INT DID NOT PLAY 6.12 0 1 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 12.00 0 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY .00 0 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY

Lg*

Effic.

86.7

200.8

#DIV/0!

2010 Totals

174

294

2033

59.2

6.91

129.3

116

50.0

6.44

93.0

Career Totals

184

314

2163

58.6

6.89

128.2

116

50.0

6.44

93.0

Comp

Att

Yds

Pct.

Lg*

Effic.

Comp

Att

Yds

Pct.

Y/A

INT

Lg*

Effic.

-100.0

#DIV/0!

X X X X

0 6 33 13 13 20 15

0 7 54 20 20 32 29

0 79 334 129 214 149 201

0 23 26 26 35 22 36

0 0 1 2 0 1 0

0 0 7 7 0 5 0

#DIV/0! 180.5 126.4 168.7 161.4 103.5 132.7

2010 Totals

100

164

1106

61.0

6.74

132.0

0.0

0.00

#DIV/0!

Career Totals

100

164

1106

61.0

6.74

132.0

.00

#DIV/0!

PASSING DATE OPPONENT 9/4 vs PUR 9/11 vs MICH 9/18 at MSU 9/25 vs STAN 10/2 at BC 10/9 vs PITT 10/16 vs WMU 10/23 at NAVY 10/30 vs TULSA 11/13 vs UTAH 11/20 vs ARMY 11/27 at USC 12/31 vs MIAMI

TOMMY REES -- QB Y/A TD INT DID NOT PLAY .0 .00 0 1 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY .0 .00 0 0 DID NOT PLAY .0 .00 0 0 85.714 11.286 0 0 61.1 6.19 4 3 65.0 6.45 3 0 65.0 10.70 1 1 62.5 4.6562 2 3 51.7 6.93 2 0

NOTRE DAME 2010 GAME-BY-GAME RETURN STATS * Bold denotes TD KICKOFF RETURNS

DATE OPPONENT 9/4 vs PUR 9/11 vs MICH 9/18 at MSU 9/25 vs STAN 10/2 at BC 10/9 vs PITT 10/16 vs WMU 10/23 at NAVY 10/30 vs TULSA 11/13 vs UTAH 11/20 vs ARMY 11/27 at USC 12/31 vs MIAMI 2010 Totals Career Totals

THEO RIDDICK -- KR

No 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 2 39

PUNT RETURNS

Yds Avg Lg* TD 0 0.0 0 0 19 19.0 19 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 17 17.0 17 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 36 18.0 19 0 885 22.7 38 0

ARMANDO ALLEN -- PR

No 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 9

Yds Avg Lg* TD 38 38.0 38 0 9 9.0 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 47 23.5 38 0 113 12.6 22 0

CIERRE WOOD -- KR

No 2 2 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15

Yds 50 44 89 95 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 300

Avg 25.0 22.0 17.8 19.0 0.0 0.0 22.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.0

Lg* TD 38 0 22 0 19 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 38 0

JOHN GOODMAN -- PR

No 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 14 19

Yds 0 0 25 0 -4 -2 0 0 -2 0 -4 0 2 15 71

Avg Lg* TD 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 6.3 13 0 0.0 0 0 -4.0 -4 0 -1.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 -1.0 9 0 0.0 0 0 -1.3 1 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 2 0 1.1 13 0 3.7 24 0

BENNETT JACKSON -- KR

No 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 6 6 2 1 5 0 29 29

Yds 0 0 0 0 111 83 21 123 126 53 22 106 0 645 645

Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.8 20.8 21.0 20.5 21.0 26.5 22.0 21.2 0.0 22.2 22.2

Lg* TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 25 0 21 0 24 0 41 0 35 0 22 0 29 0 0 0 43 0 43 0

AUSTIN COLLINSWORTH -- KR

No 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Yds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 34 34

Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.0 34.0 34.0

Lg* TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 0 34 0

Yds

Avg Lg* TD

0 0

ROBERT BLANTON -- PR

No 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2

Yds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 27 27

Avg Lg* TD 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 13.5 6 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 13.5 6 1 13.5 6 1

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0 0

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NOTRE DAME 2010 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS * Bold denotes TD JONAS GRAY -- RB

ROBERT HUGHES -- RB/FB

CIERRE WOOD -- RB

CAMERON ROBERSON -- RB

Yds Avg Lg* TD No Yds Avg Lg* TD No 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 7 10 10.0 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 6 12 4.0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 12 3.0 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 DID NOT PLAY 4 12 3.0 5 0 1 DID NOT PLAY 1 3 3.0 3 0 7 DID NOT PLAY 8 63 7.9 30 0 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 8 DID NOT PLAY 4 12 3.0 5 0 16 DID NOT PLAY 44 14.7 36 0 4 21 5.3 12 0 19 22 2.4 5 0 9 39 4.3 11 1 14 0 0.0 0 0 11 69 6.3 13 1 15 DID NOT PLAY 27 81 3.0 25 0 12 100 5.0 36 0 68 300 4.4 30 2 119 309 4.1 36 0 321 1392 4.3 45 15 119

Yds 58 10 3 0 6 28 63 17 58 71 88 89 81 572 572

Avg 8.3 1.7 1.0 0.0 6.0 4.0 5.7 2.1 3.6 3.7 6.3 5.9 6.75 4.8 4.8

Lg* TD No 16 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 9 0 39 1 11 1 18 0 20 0 25 0 28 0 34 1 39 3 0 39 3 0

Yds

Avg Lg* TD No

Yds Avg Lg* TD DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 0 #### 0 0 0 #### 0 0

THEO RIDDICK -- WR

No 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

1 8 11 40

Yds Avg Lg* TD No 0 0.0 0 0 3 1.5 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY -6 -6.0 -6 0 32 4.0 18 0 29 2.6 18 0 0 189 4.7 24 0 0 DAYNE CRIST -- QB

No 9 4 6 4 6 7 5 10 1

#### ####

0 0

NATE MONTANA -- QB

Yds Avg Lg* TD No DID NOT PLAY 23 5.8 10 0 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 0 DID NOT PLAY 2 0.4 2 0 0 DID NOT PLAY 0 DID NOT PLAY 2 DID NOT PLAY 2 0 0.0 0 0 3 4 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 1 25 2.8 10 0 12 25 2.8 10 0 12

Yds

0 0

Avg Lg* TD No

#### ####

0 0

#### ####

0 0

Yds

0 0

Avg Lg* TD

0.0 ####

0 0

TOMMY REES -- QB

Yds Avg Lg* TD No DID NOT PLAY 0 0.0 0 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 0 0.0 0 0 DID NOT PLAY 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 5 2.5 12 0 -7 -3.5 0 0 1 0.3 4 0 -3 -0.8 1 0 2 2.0 2 0 -2 -0.2 12 0 -2 -0.2 12 0

Yds

Avg Lg* TD No

Yds

Avg Lg* TD

COACHES & STAFF

52 57

Yds Avg Lg* TD No 6 0.7 12 0 19 4.8 19 1 4 8 1.3 6 0 -17 -4.3 0 0 5 0.8 7 1 5 0.7 10 1 -6 -1.2 9 1 5 25 2.5 14 0 29 29.0 29 0 DID NOT PLAY 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 74 1.4 29 4 9 90 1.6 29 4 9

0 0

Avg Lg* TD No

THE FIGHTING IRISH

RUSHING DATE OPPONENT 9/4 vs PUR 9/11 vs MICH 9/18 at MSU 9/25 vs STAN 10/2 at BC 10/9 vs PITT 10/16 vs WMU 10/23 at NAVY 10/30 vs TULSA 11/13 vs UTAH 11/20 vs ARMY 11/27 at USC 12/31 vs MIAMI 2010 Totals Career Totals

Yds Avg Lg* TD No 93 5.2 22 1 0 89 5.9 29 0 1 71 5.5 14 0 3 49 3.3 9 0 4 90 4.7 30 1 56 4.3 10 0 0 0.0 3 0 66 6.0 19 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 3 9 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 0 DID NOT PLAY 107 514 4.8 30 2 20 469 2144 4.6 30 8 75

2011 OUTLOOK

ARMANDO ALLEN -- RB

No 18 15 13 15 19 13 3 11

MEDIA INFO

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NOTRE DAME 2010 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS * Bold denotes TD

RECEIVING MICHAEL FLOYD -- WR JOHN GOODMAN -- WR DATE OPPONENT No Yds Avg Lg* TD No Yds Avg Lg* TD No 9/4 vs PUR 5 82 16.4 34 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 9/11 vs MICH 5 66 13.2 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 9/18 at MSU 6 81 13.5 24 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 9/25 vs STAN 8 110 13.8 37 0 5 59 11.8 20 0 1 10/2 at BC 4 69 17.3 35 0 3 19 6.3 9 0 1 10/9 vs PITT 7 59 8.4 14 1 2 15 7.5 9 0 1 10/16 vs WMU 9 157 17.4 80 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 10/23 at NAVY 2 10 5.0 6 0 5 DID NOT PLAY 10/30 vs TULSA 11 104 9.5 26 2 2 13 6.5 9 0 5 11/13 vs UTAH 4 39 9.8 24 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 11/20 vs ARMY 3 63 21.0 33 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 11/27 at USC 11 86 7.8 19 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 12/31 vs MIAMI 6 109 18.2 36 2 1 30 30.0 30 0 1 2010 Totals 79 1025 13.0 80 12 15 146 9.7 30 0 23 171 2539 14.8 88 28 21 250 11.9 64 1 23 Career Totals RECEIVING ROBBY TOMA -- WR DATE OPPONENT No Yds Avg Lg* 9/4 vs PUR DID NOT PLAY 9/11 vs MICH 0 0 0.0 0 9/18 at MSU 0 0 0.0 0 9/25 vs STAN DID NOT PLAY 10/2 at BC DID NOT PLAY 10/9 vs PITT DID NOT PLAY 10/16 vs WMU 1 11 11.0 11 10/23 at NAVY 2 26 13.0 20 10/30 vs TULSA 4 67 16.8 26 11/13 vs UTAH 1 5 5.0 5 11/20 vs ARMY 4 63 15.8 22 11/27 at USC 2 15 7.5 8 12/31 vs MIAMI DID NOT PLAY 2010 Totals 14 187 13.4 26 17 208 12.2 26 Career Totals

BOBBY BURGER -- TE

TD No 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Yds Avg Lg* TD No 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 5 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 4 0 #### 0 0 27 10 5.0 9 0 27

TJ JONES -- WR

Yds Avg Lg* TD No 41 13.7 21 1 1 73 24.3 53 1 0 10 5.0 7 0 0 21 21.0 21 0 14 14.0 14 0 0 37 37.0 37 0 7 7.0 7 0 0 53 10.6 17 1 6 31 6.2 9 0 2 DID NOT PLAY 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 19 19.0 19 0 306 13.3 53 3 11 306 13.3 53 3 86 TYLER EIFERT -- TE

Yds Avg Lg* TD No 0 0.0 0 0 17 17.0 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 DID NOT PLAY 0 DID NOT PLAY 1 72 18.0 39 1 1 42 10.5 23 0 1 61 12.2 21 0 0 15 7.5 14 0 0 78 19.5 35 1 0 36 12.0 22 0 0 31 7.8 13 0 0 352 13.0 39 2 3 352 13.0 39 0 10

DUVAL KAMARA -- WR

MIKE RAGONE -- TE

Yds Avg Lg* TD 13 6.5 7 0 39 19.5 37 0 128 12.8 24 1 71 10.1 22 1 69 7.7 20 1 75 10.7 16 0 11 11.0 11 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 6 6.0 6 0 2 2.0 2 0 414 10.4 37 3 457 9.9 37 3 KYLE RUDOLPH -- TE

Yds Avg Lg* TD No Yds Avg Lg* TD DID NOT PLAY 5 43 8.6 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 8 164 20.5 95 1 0 0.0 0 0 8 80 10.0 18 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 2 2.0 2 1 11 11.0 11 0 5 38 7.6 12 0 12 12.0 12 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 9 9.0 9 0 DID NOT PLAY 0 0.0 0 0 DID NOT PLAY 0 0.0 0 0 DID NOT PLAY 0 0.0 0 0 DID NOT PLAY 0 0.0 0 0 DID NOT PLAY 0 0.0 0 0 32 10.7 12 0 28 328 11.7 95 3 99 9.9 30 0 90 1032 11.5 95 8

ARMANDO ALLEN -- RB JONAS GRAY -- RB ROBERT HUGHES -- RB/FB CIERRE WOOD -- RB RECEIVING DATE OPPONENT No Yds Avg Lg* TD No Yds Avg Lg* TD No Yds Avg Lg* TD No Yds Avg Lg* 9/4 vs PUR 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 14 7.0 11 9/11 vs MICH 1 9 9.0 9 0 1 13 13.0 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 9/18 at MSU 6 70 11.7 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 9/25 vs STAN 2 2 1.0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 43 21.5 37 0 0 0 0.0 0 10/2 at BC DID NOT PLAY 4 26 6.5 24 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 4 2.0 7 10/9 vs PITT DID NOT PLAY 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 10/16 vs WMU 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 29 9.7 18 DID NOT PLAY 10/23 at NAVY DID NOT PLAY 2 24 12.0 17 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 37 12.3 23 10/30 vs TULSA DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 1 1 1.0 1 0 5 57 11.4 14 11/13 vs UTAH DID NOT PLAY 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 7 3.5 4 0 2 25 12.5 17 11/20 vs ARMY DID NOT PLAY 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 5 5.0 5 11/27 at USC DID NOT PLAY 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 8 8.0 8 0 1 -3 -3.0 -3 12/31 vs MIAMI DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 1 8 8.0 8 0 1 2 2.0 2 2010 Totals 17 138 8.1 24 0 1 13 13.0 13 0 7 67 9.6 37 0 20 170 8.5 23 Career Totals 119 833 7.0 41 3 5 67 13.4 23 0 43 370 8.6 37 0 20 170 8.5 23

THEO RIDDICK -- WR

Yds Avg Lg* TD No 12 12.0 12 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 10 DID NOT PLAY 7 0 0.0 0 0 9 DID NOT PLAY 7 0 0.0 0 0 1 56 9.3 21 0 DID NOT PLAY 38 19.0 26 2 5 5.0 5 0 1 1.0 1 1 1 DID NOT PLAY 1 112 10.2 26 3 40 893 10.4 35 9 46

TD No 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0

Yds

0 0

Avg Lg* TD

#### ####

0 0

2011 NOTRE DAME FOOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS • UND.COM

NOTRE DAME 2010 GAME-BY-GAME KICKING STATS KICKING

Pct. 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 83% 100%

75% 100% 100% 67%

100% 93% 92%

DAVID RUFFER -- K Total Lg Points 18-19 Yds 46 11 0 - 0 24 6 0 - 0 33 7 0 - 0 40 7 0 - 0 37 7 0 - 0 50 11 0 - 0 33 8 0 - 0 45 5 0 - 0 3 0 - 0 4 0 - 0 47 9 0 - 0 2 0 - 0 50 12 1 - 1 50 92 1 - 1 50 116 1 - 1 100.0%

RUFFER OVERALL SPLITS

2010 Totals

FIELD GOAL ACCURACY 20-29 Yds 30-39 Yds 40-49 Yds 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 2 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 1 3 - 3 7 - 8 5 - 5 5 - 5 8 - 9 7 - 7 100.0% 100.0% 88.9%

50+ Yds 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 2 2 - 2 100.0%

HOME

AWAY

GRASS

TURF

Last 2 Min

10 - 10 100.0%

8 - 9 88.9%

13 - 13 100.0%

5 - 6 83.3%

1 - 1 100.0%

2011 OUTLOOK

XPM 2 3 4 1 4 2 5 2 3 4 3 2 3 38 47

FIELD GOALS FGM FGA Pct. 3 3 100% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 3 3 100% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 2 2 100% 0 0 0% 75% 3 4 18 19 95% 23 24 96%

MEDIA INFO

PATs XPA 2 3 4 1 4 2 6 2 4 4 3 3 3 41 51

OTHER: Nick Tausch - FG: 1-1 vs. Miami in Hyundai Sun Bowl (34 yards)

Yds 95 310 181 160 313 233 204 43 329 216 135 225 159 2603 3597

Gross 31.7 38.8 36.2 32.0 39.1 46.6 40.8 43.0 41.1 36.0 33.8 37.5 39.8 38.3 38.3

TB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 5

In-20 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 2 1 3 26 35

Lg 35 47 44 46 53 51 50 43 56 41 49 49 45 56 53

BEN TURK - P Blk Net 0 31.7 0 38.8 0 36.2 0 31.2 0 39.0 0 47.0 0 37.6 0 43.0 0 27.1 0 36.3 0 33.8 0 36.8 0 39.8 0 36.3 0 35.9

Punt Yardages* 29, 35, 31 38, 37, 47, 44, 45, 29, 36, 34 41, 20, 39, 37, 44 22, 38, 37, 17, 46 33, 33, 43, 42, 53, 34, 41, 34 51, 42, 51, 49, 40 28, 35, 46, 45, 50 43 44, 53, 28, 37, 56, 36, 38, 37 41, 36, 35, 36, 29, 39 29, 49, 22, 35 49, 22, 45, 35, 34, 40 29, 40, 45, 45 * Punts In-the-20 are BOLDED * Touchbacks are UNDERLINED

COACHES & STAFF

No 3 8 5 5 8 5 5 1 8 6 4 6 4 68 94

THE FIGHTING IRISH

PUNTING DATE OPPONENT 9/4 vs PUR 9/11 vs MICH 9/18 at MSU 9/25 vs STAN 10/2 at BC 10/9 vs PITT 10/16 vs WMU 10/23 at NAVY 10/30 vs TULSA 11/13 vs UTAH 11/20 vs ARMY 11/27 at USC 12/31 vs MIAMI 2010 Totals Career Totals

2010 REVIEW

2011 NOTRE DAME FOOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS • UND.COM

0 -

0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0

0 0 0

1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

1 0

Ruffer, David

Posluszny, David

Nix III, Louis

Nwankwo, Emeka

0 3 5 1 4 2 3 11 3 3 4 5 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 4 5 0 6 2 0 1 6 0 3 2 1 0 1 - 4 3 3 4 4 11 50 42

Newman, Brandon

Neal, Kerry

Motta, Zeke

McCarthy, Dan

1 6 0 8 0 2 2 4 0 5 1 1 5 2 0 6 0 2 1 1 7 3 1 0 2 1 1 41 11 38

7 8 5 3 1 3

McDonald, Anthony

Lewis-Moore, Kapron

Johnson, Ethan

0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 6

Jackson, Bennett

4 3 4 1 3 6 0 3 0 0 1 6 0 1 1 0 3 4 2 5 2 0 3 10 0 3 3 0 4 8 2 0 7 0 2 7 1 3 4 10 34 62

Williams, Hafis

Hughes, Robert

- 9 - 13 - 11 0 21 - 10 0 5 - 10 - 13 - 8 - 9 - 12 - 6 0 6 0 133

Walls, Darrin

0 0 0 0 1 0

Te'o, Manti

0 0

Turk, Ben

Gray, Gary

3 6 4 - 0 9 2 0 6 10 0 7 2 11 2 1 3 2 1 4 4 13 0 1 1 3 1 - 1 10 0 3 7 6 5 1 10 7 0 5 1 6 0 4 5 6 3 2 4 7 15 31 50 94

Tausch, Nick

Fox, Dan

Cwynar, Sean

Fleming, Darius

Cowart, Jordan Smith, Harrison

Filer, Steve

Coughlin, Patrick

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wood, Lo

0 0 0 0 0 0 2

2 1 1 0 9 0 1 6 0 5 5 0 6 0 2 2 2 4 0 4 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 6 2 5 3 4 2 3 8 6 1 5 7 2 2 0 4 1 9 6 1 1 0 5 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 7 0 6 1 0 3 2 7 33 14 49 20 66

0 0 1 1

Stockton, Tyler

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Smith, Brian

1 0

Collinsworth, Austin

0 2 0 0 0 2

0 -

0 0 1 1 0 1 7

0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 7

Slaughter, Jamoris

9 10 4 4 10 8 7 5 1 1 1 60

Williams, Ian

2010 Totals

PUR MICH MSU STAN BC PITT WMU NAVY TULSA UTAH ARMY USC MIAMI

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Spond, Danny

vs vs at vs at vs vs at vs vs vs at vs

Calabrese, Carlo

9/4 9/11 9/18 9/25 10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/31

4 4 4 4 2 3 6 1 5 2 4 5 9 53

Shembo, Prince

2010 Totals

Burger, Bobby

PUR MICH MSU STAN BC PITT WMU NAVY TULSA UTAH ARMY USC MIAMI

Schwenke, Kona

vs vs at vs at vs vs at vs vs vs at vs

Blanton, Robert 9/4 9/11 9/18 9/25 10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/31

Salvi, Chris

NOTRE DAME 2010 GAME-BY-GAME TOTAL TACKLES

0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

2011 NOTRE DAME FOOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS â&#x20AC;˘ UND.COM

NOTRE DAME 2010 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS ROBERT BLANTON -- CB

* Bold denotes TD

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

1 -2

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

1 -6

2 - 11

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

CARLO CALABRESE -- ILB

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

0 -0

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

INT - Ret.* PBU FF 0 -0

FR - Ret.*

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

1.5 - 7

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

1 - -1

0 -0

10/2

at BC

1 -4

3.5 - 11

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

2 -3

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

0- 0

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

1.5 - 3

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.5 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

12/31

vs MIAMI

9 53

3 29

6 24

0 -0 1.0 - 6.0

0 -0 7 - 19

1 -0 2 - -1

0 4

0 0

0 -0 0 -0

124

1.0 - 6.0

11 - 34

6 - 46

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

1 -1

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

1 -3

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.5 - 1

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

2.5 - 11.0

5 - 18

0 -0

2.5 - 11.0

5 - 18

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

0 -0

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

0 -0 0 -0

SEAN CWYNAR -- NG

STEVE FILER -- OLB INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

1 33

0 9

1 24

0 -0 0.0 - 0.0

0 -0 2.5 - 5

0 -0 0 -0

0 0

0 1

0 -0 0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

2.5 - 5

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

1.5 - 11.0

1.5 - 11

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

2 - 11

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

1 -3

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

1 -1

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

1.5 - 11

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0.5 - 6

1 -0

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

DARIUS FLEMING -- OLB

DAN FOX -- ILB INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

2 - 12

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

1.0 - 2

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

1.0 - 3

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

1 -1 11 - 50

0 -0 1 -0

1 4

0 0

0 -0 0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

26 - 105

1 -0

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

11/27

at USC

0- 0

12/31

vs MIAMI

2010 Totals Career Totals

3 49

2 27

1 22

0 -0 6.0 - 40.0

102

41 11.5 - 79.0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

1 -1

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

1 -2

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9 10/16

vs PITT vs WMU

1 1

1 0

0 1

0- 0 0 -0

1 -1 0.5 - 1

0 -0 0 -0

0 0

0 -0 0 -0

10/9 10/16

vs PITT vs WMU

5 8

3 6

2 2

0- 0 0 -0

0 -0 1 -1

0 -0 1 -9

1 0

0 1

0 -0 0 -0

BARRY GALLUP JR. -- CB

GARY GRAY -- CB INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

1 -5

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

1.0 - 1

0 - 14

0 -0 0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0 4

0 3

0 1

0 -0 0.0 - 0.0

0 -0 1.5 - 2

0 -0 0 -0

0 0

0 -0 0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

5 - 10

1 - 23

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

1.5 - 2

0 -0

109

0.0 - 0.0

5 - 10

4 - 118

0 - 20

2010 Totals Career Totals

2011 NOTRE DAME FOOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS • UND.COM

2010 REVIEW

10/23

2010 Totals Career Totals

COACHES & STAFF

10/23

THE FIGHTING IRISH

11/27

2011 OUTLOOK

2010 Totals Career Totals

MEDIA INFO

DATE OPPONENT

ETHAN JOHNSON -- DE

KAPRON LEWIS-MOORE -- DE

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

DATE OPPONENT

9/4

vs PUR

2 -8

0 -0

S - YL

TFL - YDS

0 -0

9/4

vs PUR

1 - 14

INT - Ret.* PBU FF 0 -0

FR - Ret.*

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

1 -0

10/16

vs WMU

1.5 - 6

0 -0

1 -0

10/16

vs WMU

1 -5

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

1 -2

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

1.5 - 5

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

0.5 - 0

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

3 34

0 13

3 21

0 -0 5.0 - 19.0

0 -0 6.0 - 21

0 -0 0 -0

0 2

0 0

0 -0 1 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

47 12.5 - 68.0

18.0 - 81

0 -0

3 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

2010 Totals Career Totals

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

2.0 - 19.0

2.5 - 19

0 -0

1 -0

108

4.5 - 31.0

9.5 - 42

0 -0

2 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

0 -0 0 -0

DAN McCARTHY -- S

ANTHONY McDONALD -- ILB INT - Ret.* PBU FF 0 -0

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

9/18

at MSU

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

0.5 - 1

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

DID NOT PLAY

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

DID NOT PLAY

11/27

at USC

12/31

vs MIAMI

DID NOT PLAY

12/31

vs MIAMI

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

DID NOT PLAY

2010 Totals Career Totals

0.0 - 0.0

0.5 - 1

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0.5 - 1

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/4

vs PUR

0.5 - 6

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

0.5 - 0

1 -0

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

1 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

1 -1

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0.5 - 4

0 -0

1 -0

ZEKE MOTTA -- S

KERRY NEAL -- OLB INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

S - YL

TFL - YDS

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0.5 - 3

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

0 -0 0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

0.0 - 0.0

1.5 - 1

1 -0

1.5 - 13.0

1.5 - 13

0 -0

1 -0

0.5 - 1.0

2 -2

3 - 47

1 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

112

7.0 - 52.0

11 - 61

1 -2

3 - 11

DATE OPPONENT

BRANDON NEWMAN -- NG AT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

LOUIS NIX III -- NG S - YL

DID NOT PLAY

9/4

vs PUR

DID NOT PLAY

vs MICH

DID NOT PLAY

9/11

vs MICH

DID NOT PLAY

at MSU

DID NOT PLAY

9/18

at MSU

DID NOT PLAY

vs STAN

DID NOT PLAY

9/25

vs STAN

DID NOT PLAY

10/2

at BC

DID NOT PLAY

10/2

at BC

DID NOT PLAY

10/9

vs PITT

DID NOT PLAY

10/9

vs PITT

DID NOT PLAY

10/16

vs WMU

DID NOT PLAY

10/16

vs WMU

DID NOT PLAY

10/23

at NAVY

DID NOT PLAY

10/23

at NAVY

DID NOT PLAY

10/30

vs TULSA

DID NOT PLAY

10/30

vs TULSA

DID NOT PLAY

11/13

vs UTAH

DID NOT PLAY

11/13

vs UTAH

DID NOT PLAY

11/20

vs ARMY

DID NOT PLAY

11/20

vs ARMY

DID NOT PLAY

11/27

at USC

DID NOT PLAY

11/27

at USC

DID NOT PLAY

12/31

vs MIAMI

12/31

vs MIAMI

9/4

vs PUR

9/11 9/18 9/25

2010 Totals Career Totals

DID NOT PLAY 0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

TFL - YDS

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

DID NOT PLAY 0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

2011 NOTRE DAME FOOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS • UND.COM

EMEKA NWANKWO -- DE

DAVID POSLUSZNY -- ILB

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

9/25

vs STAN

10/2

at BC

10/9

vs PITT

10/16

vs WMU

10/23

at NAVY

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 0

0 -0

DID NOT PLAY 1

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT 9/4

vs PUR

S - YL

TFL - YDS

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

DID NOT PLAY

9/11

vs MICH at MSU

DID NOT PLAY

0 -0 DID NOT PLAY

9/25

vs STAN

10/2

at BC

DID NOT PLAY

10/9

vs PITT

DID NOT PLAY

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

at USC

DID NOT PLAY

11/27

at USC

12/31

vs MIAMI

DID NOT PLAY

12/31

vs MIAMI

2010 Totals Career Totals

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

KONA SCHWENKE -- DE FR - Ret.*

DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY 0

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

PRINCE SHEMBO -- OLB S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

DID NOT PLAY

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

DID NOT PLAY

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

DID NOT PLAY

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

0.5 - 1

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

DID NOT PLAY

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

DID NOT PLAY

10/2

at BC

2 - 10

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

DID NOT PLAY

10/9

vs PITT

0.5 - 3

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

DID NOT PLAY

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

DID NOT PLAY

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

1 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

1 - 10

1.0 - 10

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0 2

0 0

0 -0 0.0 - 0.0

0 -0 0 -0

0 0

0 -0 1 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

1 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

9/18

at MSU

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

1 - 26

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9 10/16

vs PITT vs WMU

4 1

3 0

1 1

0- 0 0 -0 DID NOT PLAY

0 -0 0 -0

0 0

0 -0 0 -0

1 - 16

0 -0

4.5 - 39.0

5 - 40

0 -0

4.5 - 39.0

5 - 40

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

0.5 - 1

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

1 -3

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9 10/16

vs PITT vs WMU

4 1

0 0

4 1

0- 0 0 -0

0 -0 0 -0

0 0

0 -0 0 -0 0 -0

BRIAN SMITH -- ILB

INT - Ret.* PBU FF 0 -0

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

0 -0

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

at NAVY

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

1 -6

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

1 -0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

1.0 - 1

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

2 31

2 20

0 11

0 -0 0.0 - 0.0

0 -0 0 -0

0 -0 1 - 26

1 3

0 0

0 -0 0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

1 - 26

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

1 - 23

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

1 - 15

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

1 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

1.0 - 2

0 -0

0.0 - 0

2010 Totals Career Totals

0 -0

1.0 - 6.0

3.5 - 11

1 -0

0 -0

6.0 - 50.0

17.5 - 85

4 - 35

3 - 25

2010 Totals Career Totals

200 102 98

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

0 -0

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

DID NOT PLAY

10/23

at NAVY

DID NOT PLAY

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

HARRISON SMITH -- S

DANNY SPOND -- ILB INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

at USC

0- 0

1 -0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

12/31

vs MIAMI

7 94

6 57

1 37

0 -0 0.0 - 0.0

0 -0 1 -2

3 - 16 7 - 54

0 7

0 0

0 -0 0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

3.5 - 26.0

16 - 53

7 - 54

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

220 135 85

2010 Totals Career Totals

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

DID NOT PLAY 0

0- 0 DID NOT PLAY DID NOT PLAY

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

2011 NOTRE DAME FOOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS • UND.COM

2010 REVIEW

11/27

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

COACHES & STAFF

10/23

THE FIGHTING IRISH

0 -0

DID NOT PLAY 0

FR - Ret.*

2010 Totals Career Totals

JAMORIS SLAUGHTER -- S

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

2011 OUTLOOK

2010 Totals Career Totals

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

9/18

11/27

TFL - YDS

10/23

DID NOT PLAY

S - YL

MEDIA INFO

DATE OPPONENT

TYLER STOCKTON -- NG

MANTI TE'O -- LB DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

0 -0

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

1 -3

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

2.5 - 15

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

0.5 - 1

0 -0

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

vs WMU

0 -0

1 -2

0 -0

0- 0

1 -2

0 -0

1 -1

0 -0

vs UTAH

1- 7

1.5 - 9

0 -0

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

1.0 - 7.0

8.5 - 33

0 -0

14 - 58

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

1 -4

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/9

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

10/16

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

10/30

vs TULSA

DID NOT PLAY

10/30

vs TULSA

11/13

vs UTAH

DID NOT PLAY

11/13

11/20

vs ARMY

DID NOT PLAY

11/20

11/27

at USC

DID NOT PLAY

11/27

at USC

12/31

vs MIAMI

DID NOT PLAY

12/31

vs MIAMI

2010 Totals Career Totals

133

196

95 101 2.0 - 19.0

DATE OPPONENT

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

1.0 - 4.0

1 -4

0 -0

1.0 - 4.0

1 -4

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

1 -0

0 -0

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

1 -1

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

DARRIN WALLS -- CB

HAFIS WILLIAMS -- DE INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

1 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

1.0 - 5

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

1.0 - 2

1 - 42

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.5 - 1

0 -0

0 -0 0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

0.0 - 0.0

0.5 - 1

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0.5 - 1

0 -0

DATE OPPONENT

2010 Totals Career Totals

0.0 - 0.0

2 -7

3 - 43

1 -0

104

0.0 - 0.0

5.5 - 25

5 - 118

1 -0

DATE OPPONENT

S - YL

TFL - YDS

9/4

vs PUR

0.5 - 6

1 -0

0 -0

9/4

vs PUR

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/11

vs MICH

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0.5 - 4

0 -0

9/18

at MSU

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

9/25

vs STAN

0- 0

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

1 -1

0 -0

10/2

at BC

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

1 -1

0 -0

10/9

vs PITT

0- 0

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0.5 - 6

0 -0

10/16

vs WMU

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/23

at NAVY

0- 0

0 -0

10/30

vs TULSA

DID NOT PLAY

10/30

vs TULSA

0 -0

11/13

vs UTAH

DID NOT PLAY

11/13

vs UTAH

0- 0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/20

vs ARMY

DID NOT PLAY

11/20

vs ARMY

0 -0

0.0 - 0

0 -0

11/27

at USC

0- 0

0.0 - 0

000

0 -0

12/31

vs MIAMI

11/27

at USC

12/31

vs MIAMI

2010 Totals Career Totals

100

IAN WILLIAMS -- NG S - YL

TFL - YDS

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.*

DID NOT PLAY 1 38

0 17

1 21

0 -0 1.5 - 16.0

0 -0 3.5 - 18

0 -0 1 -0

0 1

0 0

0 -0 0 -0

162

1.5 - 16.0

13 - 35

2 -0

0 -0

2010 Totals Career Totals

LO WOOD -- CB

INT - Ret.* PBU FF

FR - Ret.* 0 -0

DID NOT PLAY 3

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

0.0 - 0.0

0 -0

2011 NOTRE DAME FOOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS • UND.COM

NOTRE DAME 2010 INDIVIDUAL GAME-HIGHS * Bold denotes TD

IRISH

OPPONENTS PASSING Attempts Completions Yards Long TDs INTs

No 43 31 277 58 2 2

Player Alex Carder Robert Marve Alex Carder Chase Rettig Kirk Cousins Last: Trent Steelman

Opponent vs WMU vs PUR vs WMU at BC at MSU vs ARMY

Date 10/16 9/4 10/16 10/2 9/18 11/20

Date 11/27 9/11 9/11 10/16

Opponent at USC vs MICH vs MICH vs WMU

Player Last: Michael Floyd Kyle Rudolph Kyle Rudolph Michael Floyd

No 11 164 95 3

RECEIVING Receptions Yards Long TDs

No 12 137 58 1

Player Keith Smith Bobby Swigert Bobby Swigert Last: L. Hankerson

Opponent vs PUR at BC at BC vs MIAMI

Date 9/4 10/2 10/2 12/31

Date 12/31 10/16 10/16 12/31

Opponent vs MIAMI vs WMU vs WMU vs MIAMI

Player Robert Hughes Cierre Wood Cierre Wood Last: Robert Hughes

No 27 94 39 1

RUSHING Rushes Yards Long TDs

No 28 258 87 3

Player Last: Stepfan Taylor Denard Robinson Denard Robinson Ricky Dobbs

Opponent vs STAN vs MICH vs MICH at NAVY

Date 9/25 9/11 9/11 10/23

Date 9/25 11/20 9/25 10/30 10/2

Opponent vs STAN vs ARMY vs STAN vs TULSA at BC

Player Manti Te'o Last: Manti Te'o Manti Te'o Last: Darius Fleming Carlo Calabrese

No 21 8 13 2 3.5

TACKLES Total Tackles Solos Assists Sacks TFLs

No 14 10 8 2 3

Player Last: Colin McCarthy Curnelius Arnick Last: Colin McCarthy Jabaal Sheard Marcus Forston

Opponent vs MIAMI vs TULSA vs MIAMI vs PITT vs MIAMI

Date 12/31 10/30 12/31 10/9 12/31

Date 12/31 11/20 11/20

Opponent vs MIAMI vs ARMY vs ARMY

Player Harrison Smith Darrin Walls Darrin Walls

No 3 42 1

INTERCEPTIONS INTs Long Return TDs

No 1 66 1

Player Shawn Jackson Last: Shawn Jackson

Opponent at USC vs TULSA vs TULSA

Date 11/27 10/30 10/30

Date 9/18 9/4 9/4 11/13

Opponent at MSU vs PUR vs PUR vs UTAH

Player John Goodman Armando Allen Armando Allen Robert Blanton

No 4 38 38 1

PUNT RETURNS Returns Yards Long TDs

No 3 72 59 1

Player Damaris Johnson Damaris Johnson Damaris Johnson Damaris Johnson

Opponent vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA

Date 10/30 10/30 10/30 10/30

Date 10/30 10/30 10/2

Opponent vs TULSA vs TULSA at BC

Player Bennett Jackson Bennett Jackson Bennett Jackson

No 6 126 43 -

KICKOFF RETURNS Returns Yards Long TDs

No 6 110 38 -

Player Brian Fields Brian Fields Robert Woods

Opponent vs WMU vs WMU at USC

Date 10/16 10/16 11/27

Date 12/31 12/31 12/31

Opponent vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs MIAMI

Player David Ruffer Last: David Ruffer Last: David Ruffer

No 4 3 50

FIELD GOALS Attempts Made Long

No 5 5 49

Player Nate Whitaker Nate Whitaker Nate Freese

Opponent vs STAN vs STAN at BC

Date 9/25 9/25 10/2

Date 10/30 10/30 10/9 10/30 9/11 10/30

Opponent vs TULSA vs TULSA vs PITT vs TULSA vs MICH vs TULSA

Player Last: Ben Turk Ben Turk Ben Turk Ben Turk Ben Turk Ben Turk

No 8 329 46.6 56 4 2

PUNTS Punts Yards Average Long In-20 Touchbacks

No 11 443 47.3 62 4 2

Player Ryan Quigley Ryan Quigley Dan Hutchins Aaron Bates Jacob Harfman Aaron Bates

Opponent at BC at BC vs PITT at MSU at USC at MSU

Date 10/2 10/2 10/9 9/18 11/27 9/18

Last: M. Jones/D. Kennard/C. Galippo

COACHES & STAFF

No 55 33 369 95 4 3

THE FIGHTING IRISH

Player Dayne Crist Tommy Rees Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Last: Tommy Rees Last: Tommy Rees

2011 OUTLOOK

Opponent at MSU vs TULSA at MSU vs MICH vs TULSA at USC

MEDIA INFO

Date 9/18 10/30 9/18 9/11 10/30 11/27

2010 REVIEW

2011 NOTRE DAME FOOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS â&#x20AC;˘ UND.COM

101

NOTRE DAME 2010 WEEK-BY-WEEK LEADERS Scoring

Rushing Yards

Receptions

Receiving Yards

Tackles

vs PUR

Ruffer - 11

Allen - 93

Floyd, Rudolph - 5

Floyd - 82

Calabrese, Gray Te'o - 9

9/11

vs MICH

Crist, Jones, Rudolph, Ruffer - 6

Allen - 89

Rudolph - 8

Rudolph - 164

Te'o - 13

9/18

at MSU

Floyd - 12

Allen - 71

Riddick - 10

Riddick - 128

Motta - 11

9/25

vs STAN

Ruffer - 7

Allen - 49

Floyd - 8

Floyd - 110

Te'o - 21

10/2

at BC

Ruffer - 7

Allen - 90

Riddick - 9

Floyd, Riddick - 69

Calabrese, Te'o - 10

10/9

vs PITT

Ruffer - 11

Allen - 56

Floyd, Riddick - 7

Riddick - 75

H. Smith - 13

10/16

vs WMU

Floyd - 18

Wood - 94

Floyd - 9

Floyd - 157

Te'o - 10

10/23

at NAVY

Jones, Wood - 6

Allen - 66

Kamara - 6

Kamara - 56

Te'o - 13

10/30

vs TULSA

Floyd, Wood - 12

Wood - 58

Floyd - 11

Floyd - 104

G. Gray - 9

11/13

vs UTAH

Kamara - 12

Wood - 71

Floyd - 4

Floyd - 39

B. Smith - 10

11/20

vs ARMY

DATE

9/4

OPPONENT

11/27

at USC

12/31

vs MIAMI

Ruffer - 9

Wood - 88

Eifert, Toma - 4

Eifert - 78

Te'o - 12

Floyd, Kamara, Hughes - 6

Wood - 89

Floyd - 11

Floyd - 86

Fleming, Lewis-Moore - 7

Floyd, Ruffer - 12

Hughes, Wood - 81

Floyd - 6

Floyd - 109

Blanton - 9

Ruffer - 7

Allen - 7

Floyd - 8

Te'o - 7

Most Times Led or Tied for Lead

NOTRE DAME 2010 QUARTER-BY-QUARTER SCORING DATE 9/4 9/11 9/18 9/25 10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/31

OPPONENT vs PUR vs MICH at MSU vs STAN at vs vs at vs vs vs at vs

2010 Totals

102

BC PITT WMU NAVY TULSA UTAH ARMY USC MIAMI

1 7 7 7 3 21 7 7

2 6 0 0 3 3 10 20

1H 13 7 7 6 24 17 27

IRISH 3 4 7 3 10 7 14 7 0 8 7 0 3 3 14 3

2H 10 17 21 8 7 6 17

OT 0 0 3 0 0 0 0

TOT 23 24 31 14 31 23 44

1 0 14 0 10 7 3 7

2 3 7 7 6 6 0 10

1H 3 21 7 16 13 3 17

3 13 7 0 0 14 96

7 7 7 17 13 13 106

10 20 14 17 13 27 202

0 7 14 10 0 3 89

7 7 14 10 7 6 137

0 0 0 0 0 0 3

17 27 28 27 20 33 342

7 12 3 3 3 0 69

14 6 0 0 0 3 62

21 18 3 3 3 3 131

7 0 0 0 7 3 48

OPPONENTS 3 4 2H 0 9 9 0 7 7 14 7 21 3 18 21 0 0 0 7 7 14 0 3 3 14 7 0 0 10 0 55

0 3 0 0 3 14 71

14 10 0 0 13 14 126

OT 0 0 6 0 0 0 0

TOT 12 28 34 37 13 17 20

Point Differential +11 -4 -3 -23 +18 +6 +24

0 0 0 0 0 0 6

35 28 3 3 16 17 263

-18 -1 +25 +24 +4 +16 +79

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NOTRE DAME 2010 3rd & 4th DOWN EFFICIENCY OFFENSE DATE

OPPONENT

PUR MICH MSU STAN BC PITT WMU NAVY TULSA UTAH ARMY USC MIAMI

3rd & 1

3rd & 2

3rd & 3

3rd & 4

3rd & 5

3rd & 6

3rd & 7

3rd & 8

3rd & 9

3rd & 10+

1 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2

0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0

0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0

1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0

TOTALS 15 / 19 5 / 9 78.9% 55.6%

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 1

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

1 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

2 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 3

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 4

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0

6 / 14 8 / 12 4 / 13 7 / 10 7 / 20 5 / 13 1 / 5 42.9% 66.7% 30.8% 70.0% 35.0% 38.5% 20.0%

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

PUR MICH MSU STAN BC PITT WMU NAVY TULSA UTAH ARMY USC MIAMI

12 14 12 13 19 12 13 12 14 10 14 15 20

69 / 180 38.3%

3rd & 1-5 38 / 67

3rd & 6-10+ 31 / 113

3rd & 1-3 26 / 42

3rd & 4-6 19 / 35

3rd & 7-10+ 24 / 103

56.7%

27.4%

61.9%

54.3%

23.3%

4th Down

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1

5 / 10 50.0%

3rd & 1

3rd & 2

3rd & 3

3rd & 4

3rd & 5

3rd & 6

3rd & 7

3rd & 8

3rd & 9

3rd & 10+

3rd DOWN TOTAL

4th Down

3 1 0 5 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 2 1

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 1

0 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2

0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1

1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

5 3 6 11 4 5 2 10 6 4 7 4 7

0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

5 2 1 6 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 4 2

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

0 1 1 0 2 2 2 3 1 0 1 2 1

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

0 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 4 1 3 0 2

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

1 2 2 1 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 2

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

1 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 1

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

1 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 1

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

2 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0

TOTALS 20 / 31 9 / 16 13 / 20 8 / 17 3 / 13 7 / 23 3 / 16 4 / 15 2 / 10 64.5% 56.3% 65.0% 47.1% 23.1% 30.4% 18.8% 26.7% 20.0%

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

4 3 6 5 5 1 4 0 3 6 3 1 1

5 / 42 11.9%

3rd & 1-5 53 / 97

3rd & 6-10+ 21 / 106

3rd & 1-3 42 / 67

3rd & 4-6 18 / 53

3rd & 7-10+ 14 / 83

54.6%

19.8%

62.7%

34.0%

16.9%

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

17 16 17 16 19 15 14 13 16 15 16 17 12

74 / 203 36.5%

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 0 3 1

COACHES & STAFF

vs vs at vs at vs vs at vs vs vs at vs

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

THE FIGHTING IRISH

9/4 9/11 9/18 9/25 10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/31

OPPONENT

6 4 5 4 8 4 5 6 3 2 8 5 9

11 / 65 16.9%

DEFENSE DATE

TOTAL

3 7 4 8 6 4 7 3 6 4 4 2 7

2011 OUTLOOK

vs vs at vs at vs vs at vs vs vs at vs

MEDIA INFO

9/4 9/11 9/18 9/25 10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/31

3rd DOWN

8 / 16 50.0%

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NOTRE DAME 2010 DRIVE ENGINEERING IRISH OFFENSIVE DRIVES Total DATE

OPPONENT

Punt

1st Half

2nd Half

Drives

TDs

FGs

Miss

Block

Punt

Block

INT

Time

Safety

Points

Efficiency

1st Drive

9/4

PUR

42%

Punt

9/11

MICH

24%

9/18

MSU

33%

Punt

9/25

STAN

23%

Punt

10/2

29%

Punt

10/9

PITT

27%

Downs

10/16

WMU

47%

10/23

NAVY

33%

Downs

INT

10/30

TULSA

25%

Punt

11/13

UTAH

31%

Downs

11/20

ARMY

45%

INT

11/27

USC

21%

Punt

INT

12/31

MIAMI

58%

175

336

33%

Scoring

1st Half

2nd Half

2010 Totals

Fumble Downs

Scoring

OPPONENT OFFENSIVE DRIVES Total DATE

OPPONENT

Punt

TDs

FGs

Miss

Block

Punt

Block

INT

Time

Safety

Points

Efficiency

1st Drive

18%

Punt

25%

Punt

36%

Punt

58%

Fumble

18%

Punt

27%

Downs

29%

Punt

56%

29%

Fumble

UTAH

Fumble

ARMY

INT

USC

29%

Punt

MIAMI

23%

Punt

171

261

27%

PUR

9/11

MICH

9/18

MSU

9/25

STAN

10/2

10/9

PITT

10/16

WMU

10/23

NAVY

10/30

TULSA

11/13

11/20

11/27 12/31

104

Drives

9/4

2010 Totals

Fumble Downs

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NOTRE DAME 2010 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY IRISH RED ZONE STATS DATE

OPPONENT

Scoring

Missed

Avg.

GOAL - TO - GO

Scores

TDs

TD %

FGs

Turnovers

Downs

Points

Drives

TDs

TD %

PUR

75.0%

25.0%

3.0

100.0%

9/11

MICH

66.7%

33.3%

3.0

33.3%

9/18

MSU

100.0%

75.0%

5.2

100.0%

9/25

STAN

66.7%

33.3%

3.0

100.0%

10/2

100.0%

80.0%

5.4

100.0%

10/9

PITT

80.0%

40.0%

3.6

66.7%

10/16

WMU

100.0%

66.7%

5.0

100.0%

10/23

NAVY

66.7%

4.0

50.0%

10/30

TULSA

75.0%

4.5

100.0%

11/13

UTAH

100.0%

6.0

100.0%

11/20

ARMY

66.7%

33.3%

3.0

100.0%

11/27

USC

100.0%

6.0

100.0%

12/31

MIAMI

2010 Totals

FGs

75.0%

25.0%

3.0

25.0%

82.6%

56.5%

4.2

74.1%

2011 OUTLOOK

Red Zone

9/4

MEDIA INFO

Drives In

IRISH RED ZONE DRIVES ENDED BY TIME: 3 (vs. Michigan; vs. Stanford; vs. Pittsburgh)

OPPONENT RED ZONE STATS OPPONENT

Scores

Scoring %

TDs

TD %

FGs

Missed FGs

Turnovers

Downs

Avg. Points

Drives

GOAL - TO - GO TDs TD %

FGs

9/4

PUR

50.0%

0.0%

1.5

0.0%

9/11

MICH

100.0%

6.0

100.0%

0 0

9/18

MSU

75.0%

4.5

50.0%

9/25

STAN

100.0%

28.6%

3.9

50.0%

10/2

100.0%

0.0%

3.0

0.0%

10/9

PITT

50.0%

25.0%

2.2

100.0%

WMU

100.0%

50.0%

4.5

50.0%

NAVY

100.0%

6.0

100.0%

10/30

TULSA

75.0%

25.0%

3.0

100.0%

11/13

UTAH

0.0%

0.0

0.0%

11/20

ARMY

100.0%

0.0%

3.0

0.0%

11/27

USC

100.0%

50.0%

4.5

50.0%

12/31

MIAMI

50.0%

3.0

100.0%

79.5%

43.6%

3.7

70.0%

2010 Totals

COACHES & STAFF

10/16 10/23

THE FIGHTING IRISH

DATE

Drives In Red Zone

OPPONENT RED ZONE DRIVES ENDED BY TIME: 1 (vs. Miami)

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NOTRE DAME 2010 TURNOVER RATIO TAKE-AWAYS

POINTS OFF TURNOVERS

INTs

Fumbles

Total

Scores

TDs

FGs

Conv. %

Points

IRISH

48.0%

OPPONENTS

58.3%

TAKE-AWAYS DATE

OPPONENT

GIVE-AWAYS

Net

INTs

Fumbles

Total

INTs

Fumbles

Total

Differential

Result

9/4

PUR

9/11

MICH

-3

9/18

MSU

-2

9/25

STAN

10/2

-1

10/9

PITT

10/16

WMU

10/23

NAVY

-2

10/30

TULSA

-2

11/13

UTAH

11/20

ARMY

11/27

USC

-3

12/31

MIAMI

8-5

2010 Totals

106

Total

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NOTRE DAME 2010 TURNOVER BREAKDOWN * Bold denotes TD

TAKE-AWAY / GIVE-AWAY RATIO = +1 (25 / 24) IRISH TAKE-AWAYS (25) QTR Scrimmage Player 1 3-6, ND 34 Robert Marve 4 4-1, ND 5 Robert Marve 2 3-G, ND 8 Kirk Cousins 1 Punt Doug Baldwin 2 1-10, ND 30 Andrew Luck 3 2-10, STAN 45 Andrew Luck 4 3-8, BC 31 Mike Marscovetra 4 1-10, ND 29 Mike Marscovetra 2 3-7, PITT 42 Tino Sunseri 4-7, ND 19 Andrew Janocko 2 1-10, WMU 25 Alex Carder 2 3-2, WMU 44 Jordan White 2 3-2, ND 47 Alex Carder 2 2-3, ND 35 Alex Carder 4 2 2-15, TULSA 42 G.J. Kinne 3 1-10, ND 37 J. Douglas 1 1-10, UTAH 33 Jordan Wynn 3 2nd Half Kickoff Shaky Smithson 3 3-7, ARMY 26 Trent Steelman 3 2-13, ARMY 27 Trent Steelman 4 2-10, ND 23 Mitch Mustain 1 1-10, MIA 14 Jacory Harris 2 1-10, MIA 45 Jacory Harris 2 1-10, MIA 41 Jacory Harris 2 1-10, MIA 47 Stephen Morris

Turnover (Forced By) Interception Interception Interception Fumble (Muffed Punt) Interception Interception Interception Interception Interception Fumble (Muffed FG) Interception Fumble (Gary Gray) Interception

Take-Away Darrin Walls Ian Williams Zeke Motta Zeke Motta Jamoris Slaughter Darrin Walls Robert Blanton Harrison Smith Harrison Smith Kapron Lewis-Moo Darius Fleming Ethan Johnson Gary Gray Fumble (Kapron Lewis-Moore) Kerry Neal Fumble (Brian Smith) Kona Schwenke Fumble (Kerry Neal) Darrin Walls Interception Harrison Smith Fumble (Austin Collinsworth) Daniel Smith Interception Darrin Walls Interception Brian Smith Interception Harrison Smith Interception Robert Blanton Interception

Harrison Smith

Interception Interception

Harrison Smith Harrison Smith

Yardline ND 16 ND 3 ND 0 STAN 21 ND 2 ND 43 BC 46 ND 10 ND 40 ND 23 WMU 32 ND 45 ND 47 ND 36 TULSA 47 ND 19 UTAH 49 UTAH 26 ARMY 42 ARMY 37 ND 1 ND 43 ND 30 ND 46 ND 26

Return* 0 0 0 0 26 1 -1 23 15 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 42 14 0 0 16 0 0

Drive Result Touchdown Safety Fumble Field Goal Punt Punt Interception Punt Field Goal End of Half Touchdown Punt Touchdown Field Goal Punt Touchdown Punt Touchdown Touchdown Field Goal End of Game Punt Touchdown Punt Field Goal

IRISH GIVE-AWAYS (24) Opponent vs PUR vs MICH vs MICH vs MICH at MSU at MSU at MSU vs STAN vs STAN at BC at BC at BC vs WMU at NAVY at NAVY vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA vs ARMY at USC at USC at USC at USC

QTR Scrimmage Player 3 2-10, PUR 16 Michael Floyd 1 2-9, ND 25 Tommy Rees 2 1-10, ND 48 Nate Montana 3 1-10, UM 23 Dayne Crist 2 2-10, MSU 22 Michael Floyd 2 1-10, MSU 27 Dayne Crist 4 4-1, ND 42 Dayne Crist 1 1-10, ND 20 Dayne Crist 4 1-10, ND 16 Dayne Crist 2 2-4, ND 48 Cierre Wood 2 3-16, ND 10 Armando Allen 4 4-7, BC 33 Dayne Crist 4 2-11, ND 32 Dayne Crist 2 3-6, ND 7 Dayne Crist 3 2-10, NAVY 44 Dayne Crist 1 4-4, TULSA 29 John Goodman 2 1-10, TULSA 30 Tommy Rees 2 1-10, ND 45 Tommy Rees 4 2-8, TULSA 19 Tommy Rees 1 2-5, ARMY 5 Tommy Rees 1 3-2, ND 28 Tommy Rees 3 3-10, ND 29 Tommy Rees 3 3-10, ND 15 Tommy Rees 4 1-10, ND 21 Tommy Rees

Turnover (Forced By) Fumble (Will Lucas) Interception Interception Interception Fumble (Chris Norman) Interception Fumble (J. Strayhorn) Fumble (Levine Toilolo)

Interception Fumble (Max Holloway) Fumble (Damik Scafe) Interception Interception Interception Interception Muffed Punt Interception Interception Interception Interception Interception Interception Fumble (Nick Perry) Interception

Take-Away Logan Link Jonas Mouton J.T. Floyd Jordan Kovacs Marcus Hyde Johnny Adams Chris Norman

Yardline PUR 2 ND 40 MICH 37 ND 35 MSU 11 MSU 6 ND 44 Chase Thomas ND 15 Owen Marecic ND 20 Luke Kuechly ND 45 Dominick LeGrande ND 18 D. Fletcher BC 18 Jamail Berry ND 45 De'Von Richardson ND 30 Kwesi Mitchell NAVY 27 Bryan Burnham ND 14 Shawn Jackson TULSA 34 Dexter McCoil TULSA 35 John Flanders TULSA 0 Donovan Travis ARMY 0 Chris Galippo ND 31 Devon Kennard ND 29 Nick Perry ND 10 Marshall Jones ND 38

Return* 0 9 0 10 0 0 0 0 20 0 4 8 3 0 1 0 66 0 0 0 0 8 8 0

Drive Result Interception Touchdown Punt Punt Punt Touchdown Punt Field Goal Touchdown Field Goal Field Goal Interception Fumble Touchdown Touchdown Missed FG Touchdown End of Half End of Game Field Goal Field Goal Field Goal Touchdown Field Goal

Points Off Turnover 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 3 7 3 3 0 0 7 7 0 6 0 0 3 3 3 7 3

COACHES & STAFF

Date 9/4 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/18 9/18 9/18 9/25 9/25 10/2 10/2 10/2 10/16 10/23 10/23 10/30 10/30 10/30 10/30 11/20 11/27 11/27 11/27 11/27

THE FIGHTING IRISH

IRISH POINTS OFF TURNOVERS

Points Off Turnover 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 7 3 0 7 0 7 7 3 0 0 7 0 3

2011 OUTLOOK

Opponent vs PUR vs PUR at MSU vs STAN vs STAN vs STAN at BC at BC vs PITT vs PITT vs WMU vs WMU vs WMU vs WMU vs TULSA vs TULSA vs UTAH vs UTAH vs ARMY vs ARMY at USC vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs MIAMI

MEDIA INFO

Date 9/4 9/4 9/18 9/25 9/25 9/25 10/2 10/2 10/9 10/9 10/16 10/16 10/16 10/16 10/30 10/30 11/13 11/13 11/20 11/20 11/27 12/31 12/31 12/31 12/31

2010 REVIEW

OPPONENTS POINTS OFF TURNOVERS

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NOTRE DAME 2010 SCORING DRIVES DATE 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/18 9/18 9/18 9/18 9/18 9/25 9/25 9/25 10/2 10/2 10/2 10/2 10/2 10/9 10/9 10/9 10/9 10/9 10/16 10/16 10/16 10/16 10/16 10/16 10/16 10/23 10/23 10/23 10/30 10/30 10/30 10/30 11/13 11/13 11/13 11/13 11/20 11/20 11/20 11/20 11/20 11/27 11/27 11/27 12/31 12/31 12/31 12/31 12/31 12/31 12/31

108

OPPONENT vs PUR vs PUR vs PUR vs PUR vs PUR vs MICH vs MICH vs MICH vs MICH at MSU at MSU at MSU at MSU at MSU vs STAN vs STAN vs STAN at BC at BC at BC at BC at BC vs PITT vs PITT vs PITT vs PITT vs PITT vs WMU vs WMU vs WMU vs WMU vs WMU vs WMU vs WMU at NAVY at NAVY at NAVY vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA vs UTAH vs UTAH vs UTAH vs UTAH vs ARMY vs ARMY vs ARMY vs ARMY vs ARMY at USC at USC at USC vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs MIAMI

OBTAINED Interception Punt Kickoff (FG) Punt Punt Kickoff (1st Half ) Punt Punt Punt Punt Kickoff (TD) Kickoff (TD) Punt OT Possession Fumble Kickoff (FG) Kickoff (TD) Kickoff (1st Half ) Punt Punt Kickoff (FG) Punt Kickoff (FG) Missed FG Interception Downs Punt Kickoff (1st Half ) Interception Punt Interception Punt Punt Fumble Kickoff (TD) Kickoff (TD) Punt Kickoff (TD) Kickoff (FG) Missed FG Fumble Punt Punt Fumble Punt Kickoff (FG) Punt Punt Interception Interception Punt Downs Kickoff (FG) Kickoff (1st Half ) Punt Interception Interception Punt Punt Kickoff (TD)

SCORING PLAY Armando Allen 22-yard run David Ruffer 22-yard field goal David Ruffer 46-yard field goal TJ Jones 5-yard rec. from Crist David Ruffer 37-yard field goal Dayne Crist 1-yard run TJ Jones 53-yard rec. from Crist David Ruffer 24-yard field goal Kyle Rudolph 95-yard rec. from Crist Michael Floyd 7-yard rec. from Crist Kyle Rudolph 10-yard rec. from Crist Theo Riddick 15-yard rec. from Crist Michael Floyd 24-yard rec. from Crist David Ruffer 33-yard field goal David Ruffer 22-yard field goal David Ruffer 40-yard field goal Theo Riddick 3-yard rec. from Crist Dayne Crist 7-yard run Kyle Rudolph 2-yard rec. from Crist Theo Riddick 20-yard rec. from Crist David Ruffer 37-yard field goal Armando Allen 2-yard run Michael Floyd 1-yard rec. from Crist Dayne Crist 10-yard run David Ruffer 32-yard field goal David Ruffer 50-yard field goal David Ruffer 31-yard field goal Michael Floyd 80-yard rec. from Crist Michael Floyd 32-yard rec. from Goodman Dayne Crist 9-yard run Tyler Eifert 39-yard rec. from Crist Cierre Wood 39-yard run Michael Floyd 2-yard rec. from Crist David Ruffer 33-yard field goal David Ruffer 45-yard field goal TJ Jones 16-yard rec. from Crist Cierre Wood 1-yard run Michael Floyd 10-yard rec. from Rees Cierre Wood 23-yard pitch from Jones Michael Floyd 4-yard rec. from Rees Cierre Wood 6-yard rec. from Rees Robert Blanton 5-yard blocked punt return Michael Floyd 3-yard rec. from Rees Duval Kamara 26-yard rec. from Rees Duval Kamara 12-yard rec. from Rees David Ruffer 47-yard field goal Robert Hughes 1-yard run Tyler Eifert 31-yard rec. from Rees Darrin Walls 42-interception return David Ruffer 39-yard field goal Michael Floyd 1-yard rec. from Rees Duval Kamara 1-yard rec. from Rees Robert Hughes 5-yard run Michael Floyd 3-yard rec. from Rees Michael Floyd 34-yard rec. from Rees Cierre Wood 34-yard run David Ruffer 40-yard field goal David Ruffer 50-yard field goal David Ruffer 19-yard field goal Nick Tausch 34-yard field goal

PAT Ruffer kick

Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick

Allen rush Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick

Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick blocked Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick

Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick blocked Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick missed Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick Ruffer kick

PLAYS YARDS 7 84 8 50 9 45 5 30 10 39 13 71 2 53 8 66 1 91 9 80 6 74 11 77 5 52 4 9 6 16 12 61 6 80 4 50 9 59 7 72 5 26 14 76 13 77 15 80 5 30 4 1 11 69 1 80 1 32 5 36 4 44 2 44 9 53 10 48 10 48 13 72 10 76 9 78 5 58 13 80 9 81 3 61 1 26 5 63 6 36 4 40 5 71 6 16 16 79 7 62 7 77 6 54 8 74 1 39 9 51 9 33 15 63 8 48

DRIVE TIME 2:26 2:53 3:07 2:12 3:47 3:41 0:12 2:14 0:34 2:24 1:49 4:16 1:29 0:00 2:39 3:46 1:44 1:48 3:38 2:22 1:30 4:44 4:50 6:23 2:11 0:50 3:21 0:12 0:08 1:36 0:52 0:38 4:06 5:32 3:01 4:54 4:09 3:35 1:38 5:05 2:55 1:43 0:13 2:17 2:15 0:50 2:17 2:25 8:02 0:37 3:55 3:48 4:27 0:14 3:30 1:22 6:46 2:38

SCORE UND-OPP QTR 7-0 1 10-0 2 13-3 2 20-3 3 23-12 4 7-0 1 14-21 3 17-21 3 24-21 4 7-0 1 14-14 3 21-21 3 28-21 4 31-28 OT 3-0 1 6-10 2 14-34 4 7-0 1 14-0 1 21-0 1 24-13 2 31-13 3 7-3 1 14-3 2 17-3 2 20-3 3 23-10 4 7-0 1 14-7 2 20-7 2 27-10 2 34-17 3 41-17 3 44-17 4 3-7 1 10-14 2 17-35 4 6-9 1 13-12 1 20-12 2 27-18 3 7-3 1 14-3 2 21-3 3 28-3 3 3-3 2 10-3 2 17-3 2 24-3 3 27-3 3 7-3 2 13-3 2 20-16 4 7-0 1 14-0 1 21-0 2 24-0 2 27-0 2 30-3 3 33-17 4

TIME LEFT 2:01 11:09 0:43 10:20 4:30 11:19 12:42 8:48 3:41 5:28 12:25 1:29 13:20 8:11 13:22 6:01 13:12 6:26 2:19 5:22 4:39 2:36 8:25 3:22 12:11 9:06 14:48 14:41 9:16 2:19 12:17 6:34 7:46 3:04 6:07 6:12 6:13 1:21 8:10 8:47 2:04 12:25 14:47 9:09 14:50 11:55 8:01 14:00 5:23 2:39 0:07 2:23 11:02 4:35 13:21 4:50 0:27 7:12 1:21

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

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OPPONENTS 2010 SCORING DRIVES OBTAINED Kickoff (FG)

Roy Roundtree 31-yard rec. from Robinson

Stephen Hopkins 1-yard run Denard Robinson 87-yard run Denard Robinson 2-yard run Keshawn Martin 6-yard rec. from Cousins

Edwin Baker 56-yard run Le'Veon Bell 16-yard run B.J. Cunningham 24-yard rec. from Cousins Charlie Gantt 29-yard rec. from Bates

Coby Fleener 16-yard rec. from Luck Nate Whitaker 24-yard field goal Nate Whitaker 41-yard field goal Nate Whitaker 36-yard field goal Nate Whitaker 33-yard field goal Owen Marecic 1-yard run Owen Marecic 20-yard INT return Nate Whitaker 29-yard field goal Bobby Swiegert 58-yard rec. from Rettig

PAT

Wiggs kick Gibbons kick Gibbons kick Gibbons kick Broekhuizen kick Conroy kick Conroy kick Conroy kick Conroy kick Conroy kick Whitaker kick

Ertz rec. from Luck Whitaker kick Freese kick

Nate Freese 49-yard field goal Nate Freese 25-yard field goal Dan Hutchins 26-yard field goal

Tino Sunseri 4-yard run Jon Baldwin 56-yard rec. from Sunseri Alex Carder 1-yard run John Potter 23-yard field goal Alex Carder 3-yard run John Potter 26-yard fild goal

Hutchins kick Hutchins kick Potter kick

Alexander Teich 31-yard rec. from Dobbs

Teague kick Teague kick Teague kick Teague kick Teague kick Fitzpatrick kick

Ricky Dobbs 3-yard run Gee Gee Green 9-yard run Ricky Dobbs 9-yard run Ricky Dobbs 1-yard run Damaris Johnson 9 yard rec. from Kinne

Potter kick

Curnelius Arnick PAT Return

Kevin Fitzpatrick 37-yard field goal Shawn Jackson 66-yard INT return Damaris Johnson 59-yard punt return Kevin Fitzpatrick 27-yard field goal Joe Phillips 46-yard field goal Alex Carlton 20-yard field goal Joe Houston 45-yard field goal Joe Houston 23-yard field goal Mitch Mustain 1-yard run Joe Houston 37-yard field goal Matt Bosher 47-yard field goal L. Hankerson 6-yard rec. from Morris T. Streeter 42-yard rec. from Morris

Kinne pass failed Fitzpatrick kick

Houston kick

Bosher kick Bosher kick

PLAYS 15

YARDS 79

DRIVE TIME 7:19

7 1 5 5 12 7 2 11 4 4 10 4 16 4 10 11 7 4 7 4 12 10 3 15 10 10 7 6 12 5 7 10 9 8 12 9 17 4 7 4 7 4 7 8

55 31 65 98 72 94 74 73 56 25 79 9 58 32 49 49 21 68 14 10 68 77 64 59 75 80 70 99 77 30 77 73 67 60 57 24 78 3 15 2 18 39 57 98

2:53 0:06 1:40 1:56 3:14 3:17 0:35 6:29 2:12 0:00 4:34 1:22 8:28 0:30 4:16 5:37 4:14 2:00 3:20 1:18 6:22 4:50 1:43 7:17 4:03 2:04 2:36 3:08 7:03 1:45 3:37 5:18 3:30 3:14 4:47 4:39 8:45 2:20 2:29 1:50 4:03 0:18 1:13 2:35

SCORE UND-OPP 10-3 20-5 20-12 7-7 7-14 7-21 24-28 7-7 7-14 14-21 28-28 31-34 3-7 3-10 6-13 6-16 6-19 6-27 6-34 14-37 21-7 21-10 21-13 0-3 20-10 23-17 7-7 20-10 27-17 44-20 0-7 3-14 10-21 10-28 10-35 0-7 6-9 6-12 20-18 27-25 27-28 0-3 0-3 0-3 13-6 13-13 13-16 27-3 30-10 30-17

QTR 2 4 4 1 1 2 4 2 3 3 4 OT 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 1 2 2 1 3 4 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 4 4

TIME LEFT 3:50 14:48 11:55 8:06 1:26 1:51 0:27 2:22 14:20 5:51 7:43 3:37 2:08 4:54 0:04 10:44 7:58 7:45 1:47 0:19 11:32 5:22 7:26 3:12 7:23 3:20 5:13 0:15 5:10 6:05 11:01 0:14 11:23 4:38 9:48 6:13 2:59 0:37 4:59 3:23 8:31 2:10 4:09 11:02 5:40 6:25 0:00 10:36 4:01

COACHES & STAFF

Kickoff (Safety) Interception Punt Punt Kickoff (TD) Interception Kickoff (2nd Half ) Kickoff (TD) Punt OT Possession Kickoff (FG) Fumble Kickoff (FG) Punt Kickoff (2nd Half ) Downs Interception Kickoff (TD) Kickoff (TD) Fumble Fumble Punt Punt Kickoff (FG) Punt Kickoff (TD) Kickoff (TD) Kickoff (FG) Downs Kickoff (FG) Interception Kickoff (2nd Half ) Interception Punt PAT Block Return Kickoff (TD) Interception Punt Punt Downs Interception Interception Interception Fumble Interception Kickoff (FG) Punt Punt

SCORING PLAY Carson Wiggs 25-yard field goal Team safety Robert Marve 23-yard run

THE FIGHTING IRISH

OPPONENT vs PUR vs PUR vs PUR vs MICH vs MICH vs MICH vs MICH at MSU at MSU at MSU at MSU at MSU vs STAN vs STAN vs STAN vs STAN vs STAN vs STAN vs STAN vs STAN at BC at BC at BC vs PITT vs PITT vs PITT vs WMU vs WMU vs WMU vs WMU at NAVY at NAVY at NAVY at NAVY at NAVY vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA vs UTAH vs ARMY at USC at USC at USC at USC vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs MIAMI

2011 OUTLOOK

DATE 9/4 9/4 9/4 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/18 9/18 9/18 9/18 9/18 9/25 9/25 9/25 9/25 9/25 9/25 9/25 9/25 10/2 10/2 10/2 10/9 10/9 10/9 10/16 10/16 10/16 10/16 10/23 10/23 10/23 10/23 10/23 10/30 10/30 10/30 10/30 10/30 10/30 11/13 11/20 11/27 11/27 11/27 11/27 12/31 12/31 12/31

MEDIA INFO

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

2010 REVIEW

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NOTRE DAME 2010 20-PLUS YARD PASSING PLAYS * Bold denotes TD

IRISH COMPLETIONS OF 20 OR MORE YARDS DATE 9/11 10/16 9/11 10/16 9/25 9/25 9/11 10/9 12/31 11/20 10/2 9/4 12/31 11/20 10/16 11/20 12/31 11/13 10/30 10/30 9/18 9/18 11/13 10/2 11/20 10/30 10/23 10/23 9/25 11/20 11/27 9/4 9/25 10/30 10/23 9/25 9/25 9/11 11/20 10/23 10/2

110

OPPONENT vs MICH vs WMU vs MICH vs WMU vs STAN vs STAN vs MICH vs PITT vs MIAMI vs ARMY at BC vs PUR vs MIAMI vs ARMY vs WMU vs ARMY vs MIAMI vs UTAH vs TULSA vs TULSA at MSU at MSU vs UTAH at BC vs ARMY vs TULSA at NAVY at NAVY vs STAN vs ARMY at USC vs PUR vs STAN vs TULSA at NAVY vs STAN vs STAN vs MICH vs ARMY at NAVY at BC

QTR 4 1 3 2 4 4 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 4 3 2 4 3 4 3 2 2 1 4 4 4 1 2 2 3 2 1 4 4 4 2 4 1

PASSER Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Nate Montana Dayne Crist Tommy Rees Tommy Rees Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Tommy Rees Tommy Rees John Goodman Tommy Rees Tommy Rees Tommy Rees Tommy Rees Tommy Rees Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Tommy Rees Dayne Crist Tommy Rees Tommy Rees Tommy Rees Tommy Rees Dayne Crist Tommy Rees Tommy Rees Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Tommy Rees Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Dayne Crist Tommy Rees Tommy Rees Dayne Crist

RECEIVER YARDS Kyle Rudolph 95 Michael Floyd 80 TJ Jones 53 Tyler Eifert 39 Michael Floyd 37 Robert Hughes 37 Theo Riddick 37 TJ Jones 37 Michael Floyd 36 Tyler Eifert 35 Michael Floyd 35 Michael Floyd 34 Michael Floyd 34 Michael Floyd 33 Michael Floyd 32 Tyler Eifert 31 John Goodman 30 Duval Kamara 26 Robby Toma 26 Michael Floyd 26 Theo Riddick 24 Michael Floyd 24 Michael Floyd 24 Armando Allen 24 Michael Floyd 23 Cierre Wood 23 Cierre Wood 23 Tyler Eifert 23 Theo Riddick 22 Robby Toma 22 Tyler Eifert 22 TJ Jones 21 TJ Jones 21 Tyler Eifert 21 Duval Kamara 21 Michael Floyd 20 John Goodman 20 Kyle Rudolph 20 Robby Toma 20 Robby Toma 20 Theo Riddick 20

OPPONENT COMPLETIONS OF 20 OR MORE YARDS # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

YARDS 58 56 49 40 34 32 32 31 31 31 31 29 28 27 27 26 25 24 24 24 24 24 23 22 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

RECEIVER Bobby Swigert Jon Baldwin Juan Nunez Greg Jones Robert Woods Jon Baldwin Genesis Cole Roy Roundtree Martavious Odoms Alexander Teich Ricky Johnson Charlie Gantt Lamar Miller B.J. Cunningham Davyd Brooks Konrad Reuland Kendrick Moeai B.J. Cunningham Shaky Smithson LaRon Byrd Leonard Hankerson Leonard Hankerson Stepfan Taylor Damaris Johnson Keshawn Martin Coby Fleener Devin Street Jordan White Martavious Odoms Chris Owusu Clyde Lee Bobby Swigert Bobby Swigert Blake Hammond Jereme Brooks Chase Ford

PASSER Chase Rettig Tino Sunseri Alex Carder Ricky Dobbs Mitch Mustain Tino Sunseri G.J. Kinne Denard Robinson Denard Robinson Ricky Dobbs G.J. Kinne Aaron Bates Stephen Morris Kirk Cousins Trent Steelman Andrew Luck Jordan Wynn Kirk Cousins Jordan Wynn Stephen Morris Stephen Morris Stephen Morris Andrew Luck G.J. Kinne Kirk Cousins Andrew Luck Tino Sunseri Alex Carder Denard Robinson Andrew Luck Mike Marscovetra Mike Marscovetra Mike Marscovetra Alex Carder Jordan Wynn Stephen Morris

QTR 1 4 4 3 4 1 4 1 1 1 4 OT 4 2 1 1 3 4 3 2 2 4 4 2 4 2 3 4 2 3 2 4 4 2 4 4

OPPONENT at BC vs PITT vs WMU at NAVY at USC vs PITT vs TULSA vs MICH vs MICH at NAVY vs TULSA at MSU vs MIAMI at MSU vs ARMY vs STAN vs UTAH at MSU vs UTAH vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs STAN vs TULSA at MSU vs STAN vs PITT vs WMU vs MICH vs STAN at BC at BC at BC vs WMU vs UTAH vs MIAMI

DATE 10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 11/27 10/9 10/30 9/11 9/11 10/23 10/30 9/18 12/31 9/18 11/20 9/25 11/13 9/18 11/13 12/31 12/31 12/31 9/25 10/30 9/18 9/25 10/9 10/16 9/11 9/25 10/2 10/2 10/2 10/16 11/13 12/31

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NOTRE DAME 2010 10-PLUS YARD RUSHING PLAYS * Bold denotes TD

IRISH RUSHES OF 10 OR MORE YARDS vs WMU vs UTAH vs MIAMI at BC vs WMU vs MICH vs TULSA at USC at USC vs MIAMI vs ARMY vs MIAMI vs WMU vs PUR vs UTAH vs TULSA vs MICH at NAVY vs PUR vs TULSA vs MIAMI vs MIAMI vs PUR vs ARMY vs PUR vs PUR at MSU at NAVY vs WMU vs MIAMI vs PUR vs PUR vs MICH vs ARMY at USC vs PUR at MSU vs MICH vs ARMY vs UTAH at NAVY at USC vs PUR vs STAN vs ARMY vs UTAH at NAVY vs MICH vs MICH vs MICH vs MICH vs MICH vs PITT vs PITT

3 2 2 1 4 3 1 2 4 4 1 3 4 1 3 2 1 3 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 3 4 2 4 4 2 2 3 2 4 2 4 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2

Cierre Wood Jonas Gray Cierre Wood Armando Allen Robert Hughes Armando Allen Dayne Crist Cierre Wood Cierre Wood Cierre Wood Cierre Wood Robert Hughes Cierre Wood Armando Allen Cierre Wood Bennett Jackson Dayne Crist Armando Allen Armando Allen Cierre Wood Theo Riddick Cierre Wood Cierre Wood Cierre Wood Cierre Wood Cierre Wood Armando Allen Dayne Crist Cierre Wood Robert Hughes Cierre Wood Armando Allen Armando Allen Cierre Wood Robert Hughes Dayne Crist Armando Allen Armando Allen Cierre Wood Robert Hughes Armando Allen Robert Hughes Armando Allen Jonas Gray Robert Hughes Cierre Wood Cierre Wood Dayne Crist Cierre Wood Nate Montana Armando Allen Jonas Gray Armando Allen Dayne Crist

OPPONENT RUSHES OF 10 OR MORE YARDS YARDS

YARDS

39 36 34 30 30 29 29 28 26 26 25 25 24 22 20 20 19 19 18 18 18 17 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

87 56 54 36 30 25 25 24 23 23 20 19 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

RUSHER Denard Robinson Edwin Baker Alexander Teich Denard Robinson Dion Lewis Ja'Terian Douglas Alexander Teich Marco Nelson Robert Marve G.J. Kinne Alex Carder Denard Robinson Ja'Terian Douglas Alexander Teich Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell Trent Steelman Dan Dierking Edwin Baker Denard Robinson Alexander Teich Dan Dierking Ray Graham Gee Gee Green Gee Gee Green Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell Denard Robinson Ray Graham G.J. Kinne G.J. Kinne Alexander Teich Alexander Teich Dan Dierking Antavian Edison Andrew Luck Denard Robinson Denard Robinson Ricky Dobbs Gee Gee Green Marc Tyler Stephen Morris Edwin Baker Damaris Johnson Ja'Terian Douglas G.J. Kinne Montel Harris Storm Johnson Storm Johnson

QTR

OPPONENT

DATE

2 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 4 1 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 1 1 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 3 2 3 3

vs MICH at MSU at NAVY vs MICH vs PITT vs TULSA at NAVY vs TULSA vs PUR vs TULSA vs WMU vs MICH vs TULSA at NAVY at MSU at MSU at MSU at MSU vs ARMY vs PUR at MSU vs MICH at NAVY vs PUR vs PITT at NAVY at NAVY at MSU at MSU vs MICH vs PITT vs TULSA vs TULSA at NAVY at NAVY vs PUR vs PUR vs STAN vs MICH vs MICH at NAVY at NAVY at USC vs MIAMI at MSU vs TULSA vs TULSA vs TULSA at BC vs MIAMI vs MIAMI

9/11 9/18 10/23 9/11 10/9 10/30 10/23 10/30 9/4 10/30 10/16 9/11 10/30 10/23 9/18 9/18 9/18 9/18 11/20 9/4 9/18 9/11 10/23 9/4 10/9 10/23 10/23 9/18 9/18 9/11 10/9 10/30 10/30 10/23 10/23 9/4 9/4 9/25 9/11 9/11 10/23 10/23 11/27 12/31 9/18 10/30 10/30 10/30 10/2 12/31 12/31

COACHES & STAFF

10/16 11/13 12/31 10/2 10/16 9/11 10/30 11/27 11/27 12/31 11/20 12/31 10/16 9/4 11/13 10/30 9/11 10/23 9/4 10/30 12/31 12/31 9/4 11/20 9/4 9/4 9/18 10/23 10/16 12/31 9/4 9/4 9/11 11/20 11/27 9/4 9/18 9/11 11/20 11/13 10/23 11/27 9/4 9/25 11/20 11/13 10/23 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 10/9 10/9

RUSHER

THE FIGHTING IRISH

QTR

2011 OUTLOOK

OPPONENT

MEDIA INFO

DATE

2010 REVIEW

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NOTRE DAME 2010 20 OR 30-PLUS YARD RETURNS * Bold denotes TD

112

DATE 11/20 9/25 10/2

IRISH INTERCEPTION RETURNS OF 20 OR MORE YARDS OPPONENT QTR PASSER RETURNER YARDS vs ARMY 3 Trent Steelman Darrin Walls 42 vs STAN 2 Andrew Luck Jamoris Slaughter 26 at BC 4 Mike Marscovetra Harrison Smith 23

DATE

IRISH FUMBLE RETURNS OF 20 OR MORE YARDS OPPONENT QTR FUMBLED BY RETURNER YARDS

DATE 9/4

IRISH PUNT RETURNS OF 20 OR MORE YARDS OPPONENT QTR RETURNER YARDS vs PUR 3 Armando Allen 38

DATE 10/2 10/30 9/4 10/30 11/13 12/31

IRISH KICKOFF RETURNS OF 30 OR MORE YARDS OPPONENT QTR RETURNER YARDS at BC 1 Bennett Jackson 43 vs TULSA 1 Bennett Jackson 41 vs PUR 4 Cierre Wood 38 vs TULSA 2 Bennett Jackson 35 vs UTAH 1 Bennett Jackson 35 vs MIAMI 1 Austin Collinsworth 34

DATE

IRISH BLOCKED FG RETURNS OF 20 OR MORE YARDS OPPONENT QTR RETURNER YARDS

# 1 2 3

OPPONENT INTERCEPTION RETURNS OF 20 OR MORE YARDS YARDS RETURNER PASSER QTR OPPONENT 66 Shawn Jackson Tommy Rees 2 vs TULSA 20 Owen Marecic Dayne Crist 4 vs STAN

DATE 10/30 9/25

OPPONENT FUMBLE RETURNS OF 20 OR MORE YARDS YARDS RETURNER FUMBLED BY QTR OPPONENT

DATE

OPPONENT PUNT RETURNS OF 20 OR MORE YARDS YARDS RETURNER QTR OPPONENT 59 Damaris Johnson 3 vs TULSA

DATE 10/30

# 1 2 3 4 5 6

YARDS 38 36 33 31 31 31

OPPONENT KICKOFF RETURNS OF 30 OR MORE YARDS RETURNER QTR OPPONENT Robert Woods 2 at USC Brian Fields 2 vs WMU Ray Graham 4 vs PITT Damaris Johnson 3 vs TULSA Josh Jackson 3 vs ARMY Travis Benjamin 2 vs MIAMI

DATE 11/27 10/16 10/9 10/30 11/20 12/31

# 1 2 3

YARDS

OPPONENT BLOCKED FG RETURNS OF 20 OR MORE YARDS RETURNER QTR OPPONENT

DATE

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CB Robert Blanton QB Dayne Crist

TE Tyler Eifert

ILB Carlo Calabrese DE Kapron Lewis-Moore

C Braxston Cave

S Zeke Motta

OT Zack Martin

S Jamoris Slaughter

QB Tommy Rees RB Cierre Wood

2011 Schedule October

November

1 at Purdue..............................................TBA

5 at Wake Forest.....................................TBA

10 at Michigan..........................................TBA

8 AIR FORCE...............................

17 MICHIGAN STATE...................

22 USC .........................................

12 MARYLAND............................. (FedEx Field, Landover, Md.)

24 at Pittsburgh........................................TBA

29 NAVY........................................

September 3 SOUTH FLORIDA.....................

WR Theo Riddick

CB Gary Gray

19 BOSTON COLLEGE.................. 26 at Stanford............................................TBA

OT Taylor Dever

OG Trevor Robinson OLB Darius Fleming

DE Ethan Johnson