"Junior year, I think I was like 48.3
yards average. I don't know where that
came from. I started picking up the me-
chanics pretty quick, just because I had
the leg and the leg speed. That's what
everyone has always told me."
If punting was his initial strong suit,
it did not last. A year ago, Notre Dame
Brindza has set Notre Dame's career field goals record — 54 and counting heading into the Northwestern
game Nov. 15 — and become a field position weapon.
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA