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At least during season, which still 2013 Spring the spring season, would have landed Scholarship Roster Brindza will be the him among the These are the specialists on scholarship this lone scholarship country���s top�� 25 spring. The class year denotes their standing punter on the Irish kickers a year ago. once the season begins next August, while roster. Faster players the eligibility refers to how many more years Brindza has yet on the college level a player could potentially play for Notre Dame to drop back as a require a quicker starting this season. punter in his colrelease for most lege career. He punters, which No. Specialists Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. was second in line would chip away 27 Kyle Brindza 6-1 225 Jr./2 behind senior Ben that average. But 40 Nick Tausch 6-0 201 5th/1 Turk during his Brindza, who set 61 Scott Daly 6-2 245 So./4 first two years in a Michigan high South Bend. Turk school record with punted for four straight to join Brindza at prac- a 70-yard punt, clearly seasons at Notre Dame. tice this spring are junior has the leg to do the job He typically had trouble Jude Rhodes and po- at the next level. with consistency in the tential fifth-year senior The Cavalry early part of the year, Nick Tausch. Rhodes is a but averaged more than walk-on punter who lists Is Coming While spring practice 40 yards per punt in his Kapsowar, Kenya, as his final two seasons and hometown. Tausch was may be sparse in kickers, never struggled enough doubtful to return before Notre Dame spent the to leave the door open attrition through trans- month of February trackfor Brindza. fers and injuries opened ing down strong and acThe Irish would prob- a couple extra rosters curate legs to add to next ably prefer to keep Brin- spots in early March. He year���s roster. Two incomdza focused on field could potentially help ing freshmen, punter goals and kickoffs, but ease some of Brindza���s Andrew Antognoli and head coach Brian Kelly burden as a placekicker placekicker John Cheresaid he has no qualms if needed, but is not son, decided to eschew about using one kicker if considered an option at scholarship offers from other schools to join the he���s the best at all three punter. jobs. Brindza averaged 48.2 Irish as preferred walk���Kyle Brindza obvi- yards per punt at Plym- ons. Alex Wulfeck, who is ously is a strong op- outh High School as a tion for us, doing both, junior. That would have currently finishing his playing both positions,��� made him the top punter final semester at Wake Kelly said in early Feb- in the Football Bowl Sub- Forest, also plans to ruary. division last season. He move to South Bend this The only other kick- dropped off to 43.2 yards summer. Wulfeck, who ing specialists expected per punt in his senior has one year of eligibil-