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June/July 2012

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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ler BOB CRABLE in 1982. That is the fewest of any position group at Notre Dame. Cur- rent senior Manti Te'o, who bypassed the draft this winter, will have a chance next year to join Crable. In the first 2013 "Big Board" from ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr., Te'o was No. 10 on the chart (and the No. 1 ranked senior inside linebacker), while ESPN's Todd McShay had him going No. 18 to Denver in the first 2013 NFL Mock Draft. 1 4 approved by the NCAA to play a sixth season. The quintet of Martin, guards Eric Atkins and Jerian Grant, wing Pat Connaughton and post player Jack Cooley scored 78.4 percent of the points last year, grabbed 72.8 percent of the rebounds and handed out 82.3 percent of the assists. 5 Starters returning for head coach Mike Brey's 2012-13 men's bas- ketball program with the announcement that wing Scott Martin was 10.36 & Field Championships on May 5 in Tampa, Fla. In the final, twin brother Josh At- kinson beat him while running a 10.39 to place fourth while George was fifth at 10.46. Their times rank second and third at Notre Dame in the event, behind the incomparable Raghib "Rocket" Ismail's 10.34 posted in 1991. Josh also finished fourth in the 200-meter dash. George's 10.36 qualifying time was the fourth fastest of any college football player on the track this spring. Time of Irish sophomore running back George Atkinson III in the 100-meters semifinals of the 2012 Big East Outdoor Track JUNE/JULY 2012 15 Linebacker from Notre Dame who has ever been drafted in the first round — Irish all-time leading tack- transferring to Division II West Virginia Wesleyan. After enrolling at Notre Dame in 2008, he was at Pasadena Community College (2009), Notre Dame (2010) again, and Montana (2011), where he backed up Jordan Johnson for the 11-3 Grizzlies last season and attempted 42 passes. Johnson is back this year, so Montana is exercising his fifth season option elsewhere. Different schools former Notre Dame preferred walk-on Nate Montana will have played for in college by recently UNDER THE DOME BY THE NUMBERS PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS

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