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December 2013

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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prep profiles Tar Heel State Sophomore Standout Is High On Irish Huntersville (N.C.) Southlake Chris- Notre Dame even more. tian Academy running back Robert "It was really cold, but I was too Washington visited Notre Dame this hyped during the game to even let it past summer for camp and made a re- bother me. I loved the atmosphere, and turn trip to South Bend to watch the I could see myself playing there." Irish take on BYU Nov. 23. Washington also enjoyed his first visit The 5-10, 195-pound prospect in the to South Bend for camp last summer. class of 2016 is very "It was a great interested in Notre bonding experiRobert Washington Dame due to his ence with my Southlake Christian many conversateammates, and Academy tions with running it was great meetHuntersville, N.C. backs coach Tony ing Coach Alford," Status: Not Offered Alford. he said. "We went Class: 2016 "I call Coach Alt h ro u g h d r i l l s , Position: Running Back ford every week," one-on-ones and Ht.: 5-10 · Wt.: 192 the sophomore stuff like that. … I 40-Yard Dash: 4.49 ball carrier noted. really enjoyed my247Sports Rankings: None yet "We just talk about self there, and it's a school, life, what beautiful campus." I'm doing on the field, how my season Washington maintains that he doesn't is going, and we talk about his running have any leaders at the moment and backs. … He gives me tips and just tries he's open to all schools. He plans to to make me a better player." narrow his focus to 10 schools before Washington has offers from 14 next summer. schools, including Arizona, Arizona "I've taken a lot of trips, and I'm tryState, Boston College, Duke, Mississippi ing to find the place that best fits me," State, North Carolina, North Carolina he said. "I was committed to MissisState, Ole Miss, Oregon State, Syracuse sippi State before, and that wasn't the and UCLA. He's hoping to add Notre best move for me. I rushed into that. Dame to that list. I'm just trying to take my time and slow "I'm just trying to better my relation- things down and then make a great deships with Coach Alford, Coach [Brian] cision." Kelly and the other coaches," WashDuring his sophomore campaign, ington said. "That's most important Washington ran for 2,512 yards on 219 to me. And now that I've seen what carries and scored 28 touchdowns. the game-day atmosphere is like, I like — Tom Loy

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