led the Irish in rushing include John
Mohardt (Gary, 1918-21) on the 10-1
team in 1921, Fred "Dippy" Evans
(South Bend, 1940-42) on the un-
beaten 1941 team, and James Aldridge
(Crown Point, 2006-09) in 2007.
WIDE RECEIVERS: DERRICK MAYES
(INDIANAPOLIS, 1992-95) AND
JEFF SAMARDZIJA (VALPARAISO, 2003-06)
TIGHT END: TYLER EIFERT
(FORT WAYNE, 2009-12)
No state in the Union has produced
a better trio of receiving targets at
Notre Dame than Indiana with this
group.
Second-round pick Mayes' 19.5
yards per his 129 career catches (not
including three bowl games in which
his 12 grabs averaged 18.0 yards) are
the most by any Irish player with at
least 100 catches, ahead of 1987 Heis-
man Trophy winner Tim Brown (18.2
on 137) and 2009 Biletnikoff Award
recipient Golden Tate (17.2 on 157).
Two-time All-American Samardzija,
now an All-Star Major League Baseball
pitcher, caught 27 TD passes his last
two seasons, the second most to Mi-
chael Floyd (37) in school annals.
Wide receiver Jeff Samardzija of Valparaiso, Ind., was a two-time All-American, and he caught 27 touch-
down passes in his final two seasons at Notre Dame.
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