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Notre Dame QB Tyler Buchner out for season with shoulder injury; Drew Pyne to start
Notre Dame sophomore quarterback Tyler Buchner will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury, Irish head coach Marcus Freeman announced Monday. Buchner suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of Notre Dame’s 26-21 loss to Marshall on Saturday on the last of his 13 rushing attempts. He is expected to have surgery and Freeman projected a four-month recovery timeline.
Notre Dame ends preseason QB competition, naming sophomore Tyler Buchner the starter
As a new question pops up to plague the Notre Dame offense, the Irish at least finally answered an obvious one: Sophomore Tyler Buchner will be Notre Dame’s starting quarterback in three weeks at Ohio State, officially beating out junior Drew Pyne in a competition that always seemed headed for this resolution.
Leftovers & Links: Counting Down the Irish — Others Receiving Votes, shedding some insights into Notre Dame’s QB competition
Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman and Tommy Rees may insist a quarterback competition is unfolding in the Irish preseason. Sophomore Tyler Buchner and junior Drew Pyne (pictured above) can wax poetically about the competition not impacting their close friendship. Everyone involved with Notre Dame can parrot the party line.
Reports: Notre Dame already finds new tight end coach, West Virginia’s Gerad Parker
It took just two days for Marcus Freeman and Tommy Rees to find Notre Dame’s new tight ends coach, per multiple Wednesday morning reports. The Irish are expected to hire Gerad Parker, West Virginia’s co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach, to replace John McNulty after McNulty went to Boston College to become the Eagles offensive coordinator on Monday.