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Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly explained Tuesday how his team will deal with the loss of Tarean Folston, a junior running back who suffered a season-ending knee injury during Saturday's 38-3 win over Texas.
C.J. Prosise, a former wide receiver, will become the No. 1 back while freshmen Josh Adams and Dexter Williams prepare for larger roles.
"Without Tarean in the mix, the trickle down will be that Dexter gets more reps, and he now is included in the rotation," Kelly told reporters during a press conference Tuesday. "We like to rotate three backs, but first-team reps would go to C.J., and then we like to make certain that all three of them run with the first group at some time. Now, C.J. would get more of those reps, but all three of them would run with the first group. C.J. would not run with the second group. Josh and Dexter would take all of those. But we do like to get all three of them to run with the first group."
Prosise ran for 98 yards on 20 carries against the Longhorns while Adams had 49 yards and two touchdowns on only five attempts. Williams went for 24 yards on seven carries.
Kelly acknowledged Prosise still needs to work on fundamentals of the position, but the coach praised the way he played overall against Texas.
"He just plays the game fast and physical," Kelly said. "He doesn't think about it. So I just think that he's not afraid of contact. He's somebody that, whether he's running the ball or he's catching the ball, he's always played that fearless kind of game. I just it's probably more about the way he competes more than anything else."
