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football recruiting dia messages as they want to recruits. Kelly said the Irish plan to do whatRestrictions on what materials can be ever it takes to keep pace with the rest mailed to prospects will be gone. The of their competitors on the recruiting board also nixed the rule that limits trail. how many assistant coaches can be on "I think it's going to require some the road recruiting at the same time. time to think it through," he said. "We A mountain of work awaits coaching don't want to be left behind on it eistaffs that want to remain competitive ther, and we won't be. We're going to in the hunt for top high school talent. be at the front of all the new trends "Everybody that uses a smart phone, and opportunities to continue to build they may use it a little bit more," Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly said. "I don't think it's going to be to the point where it's goNotre Dame has 42 players on grant-in-aid on offense and 41 on ing to distract our coaches. defense, plus two on special teams. That 85 total matches the NCAA limit of 85, although junior offensive tackle Tate Nichols' scholarship They're pretty sharp." might be transferred to a university fund because of injuries. The Coaches will get an asnumber in parentheses for those other than fifth-year seniors or sist from another new rule, freshmen denotes years of eligibility remaining. which allows athletic departments to hire a recruitQuarterbacks (5) ing coordinator that is not Seniors — Andrew Hendrix (2) and Tommy Rees (1) a member of the actual Juniors — Everett Golson (3) coaching staff. The only restriction for the new po- Sophomore — Gunner Kiel (4) sition is that he or she will Freshman — Malik Zaire Note: Rees has 18 career starts, while Golson, who could start three not be able to travel to visit more seasons, has 11. prospective athletes. Running Backs/Slots (7) Programs with deep Seniors — None pockets can now mainJunior — George Atkinson III (2), Amir Carlisle (3) and Cam McDaniel (2) tain a group of employees solely to contact recruits. Sophomores — Will Mahone (4) and DaVonte' Neal (3) Freshmen — Greg Bryant and Tarean Folston Many of the soon-to-beNote: Neal is primarily a slot man, a la the graduated Robby Toma. scrapped rules were creWide Receivers (10) ated to avoid such a comSenior — TJ Jones (1), Luke Massa (2) and Daniel Smith (1) petitive advantage over Juniors — DaVaris Daniels (3) the have-nots. The board of directors decided a truly Sophomores — Chris Brown (3) and Justin Ferguson (3) Freshmen — William Fuller, Torii Hunter Jr., James Onwualu and equal playing field isn't Corey Robinson realistic and any attempt Note: Jones has 111 career receptions, while Daniels is second to create one causes more with 31. problems than it solves. 2013 Scholarship Breakdown By Class