because his hand went up for the sig-
nal on seemingly every return. But in
the majority of his opportunities, his
teammates had not carved out any
lanes for him to use or blocked the
punting team downfield.
"We have done a lot of work on the
breakdown of individual pieces of
[special teams]," Kelly said. "We have
done less unit work than any time I've
been a head coach and more specific
work on the fundamentals and iden-
tifying those guys we want on those
teams. True, competitive drill work.
Notre Dame may look to utilize sophomore running back Greg Bryant's game-breaking athleticism to
spark the punt return unit.
PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND
