Tommy Rees Will Start for Notre Dame

Former Lake Forest High School football standout Tommy Rees will once again be the starting quarterback for the University of Notre Dame when the Fighting Irish open their season August 30 against Rice University in South Bend, according to ESPN College Football.

Rees, a senior who started for Notre Dame in 2011, performed in a backup/closer role to starter Everett Golson last season as the Fighting Irish reached the National Championship Game before losing to Alabama, according to a report on NBC Sports.

Golson is not currently enrolled at Notre Dame, according to a recent Patch article.

“We always move forward,” Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly said in the NBC story. “I live in the present, and in the present, we have Tommy Rees. We have Tommy Rees, who is an established player, and he will be our starter.”

When Rees started two years ago, has completed 65.5 percent of his passes throwing for 2,871 yards and 20 touchdowns during that stint, according to the Bleacher Report. In his career at Notre Dame, Rees is 18-4 as a starter completing 403 of 634 passes for 4,413 yards, according to ESPN College Football.

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