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come a player the whole team rallies around, not just his fellow defensive backs. games as a sophomore on special teams and made 12 tackles. A year ago, Diaco raved about Grace���s performance in his first spring session. The Cincinnati native said he���s learned a lot from watching Te���o, including the best way to role,��� Grace said in Miami. ���You can���t really try to fill that role right away. The best thing you can do is focus on yourOpportunity Knocks self.��� Sustainability for a Elijah Shumate has the defense comes from type of winning record depth. Four former AlKelly and his staff seek abama defenders were out on the recruiting taken in the first 35 trail. The national picks of the 2012 championship Career Statistics NFL Draft, yet the game was the first Entering 2013 Tide didn���t miss a loss the freshman Tackles Total For Loss Sacks step. A new batch had experienced Carlo Calabrese 146 9.0 3.5 of talented players since junior high. Dan Fox 131 4.5 2 produced a second Shumate found Prince Shembo 97 19 14 straight season as a way to impact Louis Nix III 95 12 2.5 the country���s top the 12���0 regular Bennett Jackson 93 1.5 0 unit. season for Notre Stephon Tuitt 77 16 14 Notre Dame has Dame while play2 0.5 KeiVarae Russell 58 its own group of ing the nickel back Danny Spond 53 1.5 0 young or inexperole for much of Matthias Farley 49 2 0 rienced defenders the season. He Ishaq Williams 28 4.5 0 who have been made nine tackles Sheldon Day 23 3.5 2 Kendall Moore 20 0 0 waiting in the and broke up three Jarrett Grace 12 0 0 wings for their passes in a limited Tony Springmann 11 2 1 chance to grab the amount of time on Lo Wood 10 0.5 0 spotlight. Four in the field. He has Ben Councell 10 0 0 particular are enthe size and speed tering a pivotal to play either corInterceptions No. Yds. TD PD 57 0 4 Bennett Jackson 4 year when they nerback or safety KeiVarae Russell 2 31 0 2 can grab hold of a in the future. His Lo Wood 1 57 1 0 significant role. biggest challenge Matthias Farley 1 49 0 0 Grace might this year is carving Nicky Baratti 1 0 0 0 have the biggest out a larger niche Danny Spond 1 0 0 3 shoes to fill of anyin a crowded secone in college footondary. ball next year. The 6-3, deal with the limelight. Jarron Jones didn���t see 240-pound linebacker ���There���s some pres- the field as a freshman in was Te���o���s understudy sure for next year for 2012, but was regularly during the last two sea- who that guy is who is among the few players sons. Grace played all 13 going to try to fill that singled out by coaches