easy stuff for them. The great part
about it is they see that as well, that
they have a lot of work to do.
"Malik hasn't played yet. Everett
played [in 2012], but you saw how we
ran the offense with Everett. We took
him out in a few games and Tommy
helped us win some games, the de-
fense did a great job of winning games
for us. Then he didn't play last year, so
he's learning too."
RUN, CATCH & BLOCK
Speaking of horses, the backfield
stable should have another balanced
three-man rotation with senior Cam
McDaniel and sophomores Tarean
Folston and Greg Bryant.
This trio might have a chance to ac-
crue a collective 2,000 yards rushing
after McDaniel (705 yards rushing),
George Atkinson III (555 yards) and
Folston (470) accumulated 1,730 last
season, while the triumvirate of Theo
Riddick (917 yards), Cierre Wood (742)
and Atkinson (361) amassed 2,020 in
2012.
Bryant is expected to add a power
dimension although he is the lightest
of the three at 204 pounds. However,
pass protection and pass catching will
decide who could fall into the "every-
down back" category.
"I thought they hit all three facets of
Junior wide receiver Chris Brown's 17 career receptions are the most among Notre Dame's pass catchers
who were available this spring.
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
