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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com FEBRUARY 2018 23 the native of Louisiana, who did not receive an offer from LSU. Boykin was the hero late, hauling in a 29-yard reception between two defenders to convert a third-and-19 to set up the team's first touchdown, and making a spectacular one- handed grab and then outrunning the LSU defense for a 55-yard game- winning score with just more than a minute left in the game. Kelly apparently saw Boykin's big moment coming. "We were in practice, and we knew that we were going to have to get a couple of one-on-one matchups on the outside," recalled the Irish head coach. 'I said, 'Miles, you're going to win the MVP trophy.' He looked at me like I had two heads, but I felt like he had a chance. He's got the ability, if we could get him the football. "Ian [Book] got him the football, and Miles made a great individual play and, lo and behold, I've got the MVP sitting next to me." Boykin finished the game with ca- reer highs in receptions (three) and receiving yards (102) en route to Cit- rus Bowl MVP honors. NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Adams 15 53 9 44 2.9 0 11 Wimbush 4 38 0 38 9.5 0 31 Book 11 64 28 36 3.3 0 21 Williams 2 36 0 36 18.0 0 31 T. Jones Jr. 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Total 33 191 37 154 4.7 0 31 Passing Att. Com. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Book 19 14 73.7 1 164 2 55 Wimbush 8 3 37.5 0 52 0 35 Kmet 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Total 28 17 60.7 1 216 2 55 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Boykin 3 102 1 55 Adams 3 19 0 9 St. Brown 2 47 0 35 Weishar 2 13 0 9 Smythe 2 10 0 5 Young 2 8 1 6 T. Jones Jr. 2 -1 0 1 Finke 1 18 0 18 Total 17 216 2 55 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Team 1 0 0 0 Total 1 0 0 0 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Sanders 1 21 0 21 Smythe 1 0 0 0 Total 2 21 0 21 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Newsome 4 46.0 48 0 0 0 0 1 Total 4 46.0 48 0 0 0 0 1 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Yoon 2 2 49 0 Total 2 2 49 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Coney 7 10 17 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tranquill 4 7 11 2-9 0-0 0 0 0 Morgan 1 8 9 0.5-3 0.5-3 0 0 0 Love 3 3 6 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 Genmark Heath 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Elliott 1 4 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Martini 1 4 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tillery 0 4 4 0.5-3 0.5-3 0 0 0 Bonner 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Kareem 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bilal 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Coleman 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 D. Hayes 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Studstill 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Watkins 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jo. Jones 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Nelson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Okwara 1 0 1 1-6 1-6 0 0 0 Trumbetti 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 J. Hayes 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hinish 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ja. Jones 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mustipher 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Wimbush 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long None LSU INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Guice 21 99 1 98 4.7 0 31 D. Williams 9 44 0 44 4.9 0 12 Etling 10 33 12 21 2.1 0 11 Gage 1 15 0 15 15.0 0 15 Dillon 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 0 0 Total 42 191 21 170 4.0 0 31 Passing Att. Com. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Etling 33 19 57.6 0 229 2 30 Total 33 19 57.6 0 229 2 30 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long DJ Chark 5 63 0 23 Moreau 4 64 0 26 Guice 3 24 2 20 Anderson 2 35 0 30 Sullivan 2 24 0 13 Gage 2 15 0 15 D. Williams 1 4 0 4 Total 19 229 2 30 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Chark 2 3 0 2 Carter 1 1 0 0 Total 3 4 0 2 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Edwards-Helaire 2 14 0 14 Jonathan Rucker 1 7 0 7 Total 3 21 0 14 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 VonRosenberg 3 39.3 47 0 0 1 0 1 Growden 2 34.0 36 0 0 1 0 2 Total 5 37.2 47 0 0 2 0 3 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Gonsoulin 1 2 17 0 Culp 0 1 0 0 Total 1 3 17 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Delpit 4 4 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 White 4 2 6 1.5-15 1-13 0 0 0 Lawrence 4 2 6 1-6 0-0 0 0 0 Divinity Jr. 4 1 5 1.5-2 1-1 0 0 0 A. Williams 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Jackson 2 1 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 LaCouture 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Thornton 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Alexander 2 0 2 1-8 1-8 0 0 0 Herron 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gilmore 2 0 2 1-6 1-6 0 0 0 Phillips 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Battle 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Chaisson 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Taylor 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Carter 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ferguson 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long A. Williams 1 4 0 4 Total 1 4 0 4 PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: BRANDON WIMBUSH, Ian Book RB: JOSH ADAMS, Tony Jones Jr., Dexter Williams WR: EQUANIMEOUS ST. BROWN, Cam Smith WR: MILES BOYKIN WR: CHRIS FINKE, Michael Young TE: DURHAM SMYTHE, Nic Weishar, Cole Kmet LT: MIKE MCGLINCHEY LG: QUENTON NELSON C: SAM MUSTIPHER RG: ALEX BARS RT: ROBERT HAINSEY, Tommy Kraemer DEFENSE SDE: JAY HAYES, Andrew Trumbetti, Khalid Kareem DT: JONATHAN BONNER, Myron Tagovailoa- Amosa, Micah Dew-Treadway NT: JERRY TILLERY, Kurt Hinish Drop: DAELIN HAYES, Julian Okwara Mike: TE'VON CONEY, Nyles Morgan Buck: GREER MARTINI, Jamir Jones Rover: DRUE TRANQUILL, Asmar Bilal Stud: NICK COLEMAN, Devin Studstill Whip: JALEN ELLIOTT, Jordan Genmark Heath Field CB: TROY PRIDE JR., Shaun Crawford, Nick Watkins Boundary CB: JULIAN LOVE SPECIAL TEAMS Kickoff Coverage: Julian Love, Jordan Genmark Heath, Shaun Crawford, Robert Regan, Jona- than Jones, Asmar Bilal, Drue Tranquill, Greer Martini, Nicco Fertitta, Te'von Coney Kick Return: Jordan Genmark Heath, Austin Webster, Asmar Bilal, Greer Martini, Isaiah Robertson, Tony Jones Jr., Cole Kmet, Nic Weis- har, Durham Smythe, Michael Young Punt Coverage: Shaun Crawford, Julian Love, Asmar Bilal, Daeln Hayes, Drue Tranquill, Dur- ham Smythe, Tony Jones Jr., Greer Martini Punt Return: Jonathan Jones, Isaiah Robertson, Jordan Genmark Heath, Jamir Jones, Shaun Crawford, Cole Kmet, Austin Webster, Donte Vaughn, Asmar Bilal, Tony Jones Jr. Kickoff/Placekicker: Justin Yoon, Jonathan Doerer Punter: Tyler Newsome Long/Short Snapper: John Shannon Holder: Montgomery VanGorder Kick Returner: C.J. Sanders Punt Returner: Chris Finke Others: Hunter Bivin