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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com SEPT. 26, 2016 11 UNDER THE DOME Patience And Extending Plays Pay Off In The Red Zone It's still early in the 2016 season, but the experience, maturity and patience of junior quarterback DeShone Kizer are prime reasons why head coach Brian Kelly said Notre Dame's red zone offense was more effective the first two games despite a much less proven receiving corps. Plus, Kizer has become more proficient at extending plays. Notre Dame scored five touchdowns in six red zone chances versus Nevada and three touchdowns in five op- portunities at Texas for an overall 72.72 percentage. Last season, the Irish scored touchdowns on just 58.49 percent of their 53 red zone opportunities — which ranked 79th in the country — and failed to score on 10 attempts. "A lot of times when he was getting double zoned down there in bracket coverage last year, he rushed into some throws," Kelly said. "When you're a lot more patient and can recognize what you're getting, you're not rushed into making that first throw. "A lot of that just comes with patience and understanding what you're getting and knowing where the openings are going to be in some of those bracket coverages that he's getting down there. "It's just maturity and just some more patience, where the game is not really fast down there for him, it's starting to slow down." Kizer also demonstrated the ability to extend the play when he found senior Torii Hunter Jr. on a short scoring toss at Texas, and the same with sophomore C.J. Sanders versus Nevada. Although an ability to run the ball effectively is priority No. 1 in the red zone, Kizer has improved throwing the ball near the goal line because of better patience and the ability to extend the play with his legs physically. "You have to understand in the red zone that if the first option is not there, go to the second, or third," Kizer said. 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