The Notre Dame football team will be doing something interesting with the No. 1 jersey during the 2016 college football season. Head coach Brian Kelly stated the program will be rotating the jersey on a weekly basis, in order to reward players for their performance.
Kelly unveiled the plan during an appearance on WSBT 96.1.
“No. 1 we’re going to hand out from week to week,” Kelly said. “And that’s going to be the player that exemplifies himself both on and off the field in a manner that represents all the things that we want a Notre Dame football player to represent. He will wear that No. 1.”
That isn’t the only number that will need to be earned.
While the No. 1 is the only jersey that will rotate from week-to-week, Kelly also revealed jersey numbers 2 through 9 will have to compete for the chance to wear a single-digit number.
“I’d go out on the road and we’re closing deals with guys to come to Notre Dame and the first question [would be] ‘Can I get a number 4?’ Or a number 5 or a number 6,” Kelly said. “And of course, now there are defensive linemen asking for single digit numbers. It got to the point where I said ‘You know what, we’re going to compete for single digits.’”
Hey, anything in the name of competition has to be good, right?
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