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one-on-one with the country's top receiver, Marqise Lee, and kept the sophomore from reeling in a potential touchdown pass in the back of the end zone. Irish head coach Brian Kelly saw it as one last line on Te'o's résumé for the Heisman Trophy. "If a guy like Manti Te'o is not going to (-) Yards 0-5 Yards 6-9 Yards PLAY CHART (NO. OF PLAYS) Yards USC ND 6 50 or more Yards 10-19 Yards 20-29 Yards 30-39 Yards 40-49 Yards 27 5 11 1 0 0 1 31 14 13 4 1 0 0 6 OFFENSE QB: EVERETT GOLSON, Tommy Rees RB: THEO RIDDICK, Cierre Wood, George Atkinson III WR: ROBBY TOMA, Daniel Smith WR: CHRIS BROWN, John Goodman WR: TJ JONES TE: TYLER EIFERT, Troy Niklas, Ben Koyack LT: ZACK MARTIN, Nick Martin LG: CHRIS WATT C: BRAXSTON CAVE RG: MIKE GOLIC JR. RT: CHRISTIAN LOMBARD DEFENSE DE: KAPRON LEWIS-MOORE, Shel- don Day win the Heisman, they should just make it an offensive award. Just give it to an offensive player every year and cut to the chase," Kelly said. "If the Heisman Trophy is what it is, I don't know how Manti Te'o is held out of that conversation." Te'o is all but guaran- teed a trip to New York • 1-10 USC45 Wittek pass complete to Lee for 53 yards to the ND2 USC • 2-2 ND40 GOLSON pass complete to EIFERT for 36 yards to the USC24 Notre Dame City in December when the Downtown Ath- letic Club decides who will be called the year's most outstanding foot- ball player. He'll have to wrestle the bronze statue away from Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, who most prognosticators believe is in the driver's seat for the award. BIG PLAYS (25 YARDS OR MORE) PARTICIPATION CHART NG: LOUIS NIX III, Tony Springmann DE: STEPHON TUITT LB: PRINCE SHEMBO, Ishaq Williams ILB: DAN FOX, Carlo Calabrese ILB: MANTI TE'O LB: DANNY SPOND CB: BENNETT JACKSON S: ZEKE MOTTA, Elijah Shumate (nickel) S: MATTHIAS FARLEY CB: KEIVARAE RUSSELL SPECIAL TEAMS Kick Return: Nicky Baratti, Dan McCarthy, Elijah Shumate, Daniel Smith, Chris Salvi, Joe Schmidt, Tyler Plantz, Justin Utupo, Jarrett Grace, George Atkinson III and Cam Mc- Daniel Kickoff Coverage: Nicky Baratti, Carlo Calabrese, Jarrett Grace, Eli- jah Shumate, Kyle Brindza, Connor Cavalaris, Romeo Okwara, Kendall Moore, Cam McDaniel, Chris Salvi and Joe Schmidt Punt Returner: Davonte' Neal Punter: Ben Turk Placekicker: Kyle Brindza Hold: Ben Turk Long Snapper: Jordan Cowart Short Snapper: Jordan Cowart Gunners: Josh Atkinson and Cam McDaniel Others: None