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Rees Faces Uphill Battle to Remain Starter at Notre Dame
Website's unofficial poll puts freshman Everett Golson as the fans' pick.
Notre Dame's annual Blue-Gold spring game on April 21 may very well predict whether former standout Tommy Rees will be a starter or a backup in the fall.
According to The Bleacher Report, writer Ian Hanford is picking Gunner Kiel to emerge as the starter. The highly touted freshman, who has never taken a snap as an Irish quafrterback, chose Notre Dame over Indiana and LSU. He is the nephew of former Notre Dame quarterback Blair Kiel.
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The Bleacher Report cited Rees' 14 interceptions last year as the need for a change at the quarterback position.
In the website's unscientific poll to name the starting quarterback, Everett Golson leads vote-getters with 48.6 percent, followed by Kiel (24.9 percent), Andrew Hendrix (17.8 percent) and Rees (8.9 percent).
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