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3.2 points in 11.1 min- utes per game last year, will be able to practice this season and will be available if injuries affect the Irish down the road. "It [was] going to be hard for him to be part of our rotation, but I need him to help teach the young guys,' Brey explained. "I thought he did a good job of it in the summer." • Eric Katenda is get- ting closer to his college debut, but Brey isn't rushing things. "This is important ally patient with him. He is eligible after ex- ams, so he'd be eligible for the Big East season. We wouldn't redshirt … we're not thinking about getting another year back. When he starts playing he starts play- ing. His clock has kind of started." • It was announced at for Eric Katenda, these first two weeks," Brey explained. "He never got teaching practices. He came in January and we were already flow- ing and practices were cut down to keep guys fresh. He's a body we haven't had. "From what I've seen, my approach with him is 'You just need an- other year of practicing with us.' I want all the pressure off him. … If something changes and he jumps up there and we have injuries … but right now it's tough to get him on the floor and that's okay. "I think that's best for him. I just want to be re- the end of last year that senior forward Mike Broghammer 's career was finished due to a number of knee injuries over the years. He was at media day for the team photo, but it was the last time he'll put on an Irish jersey. He was able to practice with the team during the summer, but because of NCAA rules, he is now officially shut down. A LOOK AT DEMETRIUS JACKSON 2013 recruiting class got a layer of icing Sept. 27 when Mishawaka (Ind.) Marian star point guard Demetrius Jack- son finally gave his oral pledge to nearby Notre Dame. He had been the program's top target for the better part of two years, and the Irish can relax now knowing that An already talented such as Rivals.com, which ranks Jackson as a four-star recruit and the nation's No. 27 over- all prospect, and Scout. com, which tabs him as the 24th-best recruit in the country, value the floor general more than 247Sports, which put Jackson at No. 57. "Jackson is a strong position has been shored up considering junior Eric Atkins has just two years of eligibility re- maining. Recruiting services and aggressive point guard," 247Sports re- cruiting analyst Jerry Meyer said. "He has a solid all around game. Ski l l -wise, nothing sticks out in particular about him other than he is good all around. His leadership skills are perhaps his best attri- butes. "Towards the end of the summer he went up in the estimation of a lot of the scouts. I didn't see him during that period, but had seen him in the past and a lot during the NBA Players Camp. I felt a lot of the bump had to do more with schools like Louisville and Ken- tucky pursuing him than actually him." ✦