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2016 RECRUITING ISSUE with Banks eventually transfer- ring to Pitt. Motta played in all 12 games (6-6) on special teams and was a hybrid safety/outside line- backer, recording 12 stops. 2010 (5): S Chris Badger, CB Spencer Boyd, WR TJ Jones, QB Tommy Rees and CB Lo Wood Rees finished the spring on the third team, but he helped salvage Notre Dame's 4-5 beginning by going 4-0 in his starts to end the season. Jones caught touchdowns in each of his first two games, started seven and finished with 23 catches for 306 yards and three scores. Boyd transferred to South Flor- ida after his first spring, and Bad- ger left for BYU after serving a two-year Mormon mission. Wood redshirted and later used his fifth season at Miami (Ohio). 2011 (5): K/P Kyle Brindza, OL Brad Carrico, QB Everett Golson, DE Aaron Lynch and DE/OLB Ishaq Williams Only the record-setting Brindza played at Notre Dame from start to finish. Carrico arrived with a foot problem that ended his football career before it could get on track. The Floridian Lynch earned Fresh- man All-America honors, but was miserable in Northern Indiana and transferred to South Florida. Golson's roller-coaster career saw him redshirt as a freshman, start at QB for the 12-1 team in 2012, serve an academic suspen- Defensive end Aaron Lynch earned Freshman All-America honors after recording 33 total stops, seven tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks while starting six of 12 games in 2011. PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND