Brian Kelly acted coy the last few days following Notre Dame’s season opening loss to Texas when questioned if Deshone Kizer was his starting quarterback. Kelly ended the suspense on Wednesday though and named Kizer Notre Dame’s starting quarterback for this weekend’s home opener following the junior’s six touchdown performance.
“There’s one quarterback now, but there’s still two leaders,” Kizer told the media Wednesday. “We’re still going to lead the exact same way. Malik doesn’t fall off the face of the earth now. He’s a huge component to this team and he’s going to go out and lead the same way he’s been leading.