Entering last season, DeShone Kizer was just another quarterback buried on Notre Dame’s depth chart. He came to South Bend a three-sport high school athlete who never attended specialized quarterback camps. Now, he the guy who stood on the sideline with a backwards camouflage hat. Aside from mop-up duty in a lopsided season-opening win over Texas, the only time he got onto the field was on field-goal attempts; Kizer was Notre Dame’s holder.
In Week 2, the Fighting Irish were on the road in Virginia when starting quarterback Malik Zaire broke his ankle late in the third quarter.