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first and only touchdown pass and five
full seasons to earn a scholarship. Fai-
son knocked out both accolades in his
first-ever collegiate action. He wasn't
just any walk-on. Notre Dame has a true
weapon in Faison. Everyone in South
Bend has seen it since fall camp.
"He's been a talented individual from
the moment he stepped on this cam-
pus," Notre Dame head coach Marcus
Freeman said.
"He was routing dudes up, running by
them, and I'm like, 'Dang, this kid can
run,'" Notre Dame junior tight end Mitch-
ell Evans added. "He's a baller. He's fast,
quick, shifty. He's got the whole package."
It begs the question, why didn't he
see the field sooner? It took hamstring
injuries to junior Jayden Thomas and
freshman Jaden Greathouse for the
Notre Dame coaching staff to work Fai-
son into the rotation.
It's not like he wasn't this fast and
didn't possess this sort of playmaking
ability from the start of the season.
"I definitely felt like I was doing good
in the preseason and all through fall
camp," Faison said. "I'm just humble and
just keep trying to get better no matter
what the situation you're facing."
Notre Dame knows for sure what Fai-
son is capable of now, and hamstring
injuries tend to be as nagging as any.
In a Notre Dame offense desperate for
anyone to be an option for quarterback
Sam Hartman, why not let it be Faison
— the curly-headed kid who was pinch-
ing pennies on a lesser scholarship a few
weeks ago but is now enjoying the full
treatment of everything being a Fight-
ing Irish football player entails.
Corrigan won't get his hands on Fai-
son until next semester, but he knows
what the Notre Dame football staff is
working with until he does.
"He's very competitive and skilled
and just knows how to create havoc,"
he said. ✦
