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How Will Fuller, C.J. Prosise Declaring for NFL Impacts Notre Dame for 2016

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — With the desert dust hardly settled from Notre Dame football's loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Fiesta Bowl on Friday, the Irish already have a clearer sense of their 2016 outlook.

All-American junior wide receiver Will Fuller and redshirt junior running back C.J. Prosise, the team’s leading rusher in 2015, both announced their intentions to forego their final seasons of college eligibility and declare for the 2016 NFL draft. In less than 24 hours, Notre Dame’s 2016 offense officially—and dramatically—changed shape.

Full C.J. Prosise statement on Instagram on declaring for the NFL Draft.