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Notre Dame TE Mitchell Evans to Undergo Season-Ending Surgery on Torn ACL Injury

Notre Dame tight end Mitchell Evans, who leads the team with 29 receptions and 422 receiving yards, will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee.

Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman confirmed the news to reporters on Monday (h/t LeVon Whittaker of ABC57 News).

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BREAKING: Tight End Mitchell Evans is out for the remainder of the season after tearing his ACL (again) in the win over Pittsburgh Saturday. <a href="https://t.co/2szGZD4jdb">pic.twitter.com/2szGZD4jdb</a>

"He will have surgery here in the next week or so, depending on when the doctors decide to do it," Freeman added.