Dayne Crist Highlights
Dayne Crist
Pos: QB // Height: 6-4 // Weight: 235 lbs // Class: 2012 // Hometown: Canoga Park, CA (Notre Dame Sherman Oaks)
Bio
Dayen Crist surprised many when the 5-star recruit committed to Notre Dame in the spring of 2007 on the heels of Jimmy Clausen committing to Notre Dame the season before. After redshirting in 2008, Crist has suffered two major injuries since enrolling at Notre Dame – a torn ACL in 2009 and a ruptured patella tendon in 2010.
Dayne Crist News Archive
Questions Remain Under Center for Irish Offense
It only took Brian Kelly a half of football this season to decide he needed to make a quarterback change and while Notre Dame’s 2nd year head coach hasn’t given any indication he is even considering another one, questions still surround the position for the Irish after starting the second half of the season with [...]
Comments (61) // Published: October 23, 2011
Tommy Rees Named Starter for Michigan
Earlier today Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly confirmed what many had speculated since Saturday night’s season opening loss to South Florida when he named sophomore Tommy Rees his starting quarterback for this weekend’s showdown with Michigan. “We’re going to start Tommy Rees against Michigan,” Kelly answered to the first question he knew would be [...]
Comments (46) // Published: September 6, 2011
No News on the QB Front for Notre Dame
Brian Kelly said on Sunday that he can the staff would evaluate film and come to a decision on who would be the starting quarterback on Monday. If that decision has been made it hasn’t been announced yet as the only news to come out from Notre Dame on the quarterback front Monday was the [...]
Comments (20) // Published: September 5, 2011
Rees Looks Like Notre Dame’s Starter
Tommy Rees may not look like a typical starting college quarterback when you see him without a football uniform on, but on Saturday afternoon he certainly looked like Notre Dame’s starting quarterback during the 2nd half of Notre Dame’s season opening loss to South Florida. Ress lost the starting quarterback derby to Dayne Crist last [...]
Comments (71) // Published: September 4, 2011
Dayne Crist Named Starter for ’11 Season
After declaring the quarterback race was too close to call just a little over a week ago, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly named senior Dayne Crist his starting quarterback for the 2011 season after a quarterback battle between Crist and sophomore Tommy Rees that started in spring ball. “We named a starting quarterback and [...]
Comments (34) // Published: August 24, 2011
Kelly Clipboard 8/14 – Camp ’11
Brian Kelly spoke with the media on Saturday after Notre Dame’s 9th practice of the season. Here’s the full video courtesy of the University’s YouTube channel and then some notes for those who don’t have time to watch the entire thing. <iframe width=”560″ height=”349″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/boiG-kPxg5Y” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> Notre Dame scrimmaged with the younger players – [...]
Comments (0) // Published: August 14, 2011
Crist, Floyd Named to Maxwell Watch List
A pair of Notre Dame seniors who Notre Dame fans hope connect early and often on the field this year, Dayne Crist and Michael Floyd, have been named to the Maxwell Award watch list heading into the 2011 season. Crist started the first nine games of the 2010 season before rupturing a patella tendon in [...]
Comments (2) // Published: July 6, 2011
8 Now or Never Players for 2011
Heading into fall camp every year there are a number of players who face now or never type seasons. Maybe they are coming off on an injury. Maybe they just haven’t cracked the starting lineup yet. Maybe they were recruited over and now have to fight off some hot shot freshman for playing time. Whatever [...]
Comments (4) // Published: June 20, 2011
Uncertainty Still Surrounds Quarterback Position
Notre Dame, IN – With the second full spring practice season under Brian Kelly officially concluded, the quarterback position for Notre Dame remains as cloudy as the weather in South Bend yesterday for the 82nd annual Blue-Gold Game. Heading into Saturday’s game, the plan was for Tommy Rees and Dayne Crist to only play a [...]
Comments (54) // Published: April 17, 2011
IBG – Big Apple Edition
We get back into the IBG this week as the Irish travel to the Big Apple to take on Army in this year’s neutral site game. 1) Saturday’s result against Utah was a very pleasant surprise, but an unexpected one, to say the least. What was the biggest positive you took from the win over [...]
Comments (20) // Published: November 17, 2010
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 27, Tulsa 28
Wow. I don’t think anyone imagined 11 months ago when Brian Kelly was hired that we’d be discussing back to back losses to Navy and Tulsa, but after an ill-advised decision to throw the football in the final seconds, that is exactly where we’re at. Here are some initial thoughts on the game. Offense Despite [...]
Comments (428) // Published: October 30, 2010
Crist Injures Knee, Likely Out for Season
Notre Dame, IN – Almost a year to the day of his ACL injury on the turf of the Alamodome, Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist suffered another major injury when he ruptured his patella tendon in his right on a first quarter scramble according to NBC sideline reporter Alex Flanagan. The injury occurred at the [...]
Comments (37) // Published: October 30, 2010
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 23, Pitt 17
Notre Dame jumped out to an early lead for the second week in a row, but this time the Irish needed a late defensive stand to hold on for a 23-17 win over Pitt. Here are this week’s initial impressions. Offense Dayne Crist is still a work in progress. He’s showing signs of really picking [...]
Comments (536) // Published: October 10, 2010
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 14, Stanford 37
Notre Dame suffered a tough loss Saturday at the hands of Stanford. The Irish were dominated on both lines of scrimmage and struggled to sustain much offense throughout the game. Here are some initial thoughts on today’s game. Offense The offensive line had its roughest day of the season. Stanford generated a pass rush all [...]
Comments (233) // Published: September 25, 2010
(Not So) Initial Impressions – Michigan 28, Notre Dame 24
This week’s initial impressions is coming a little late. The UHND crew was in South Bend this weekend for the game and a lack of internet and some travel snafus have delayed my normal posting. With all that said, here are some thoughts on the Michigan game. It goes without saying at this point, but [...]
Comments (85) // Published: September 14, 2010
Crist Solid In Starting Debut
Dayne Crist was more solid than spectacular in his starting debut this weekend, but the former five star recruit gave a few glimpses of the potential that made him one of the most sought after prep signal callers in the country a few years ago. Crist was a very efficient 19 of 26 for 205 [...]
Comments (7) // Published: September 6, 2010
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 23, Purdue 12
The Brian Kelly Era started off on the right foot with an 11 point victory over instate rival Purdue Saturday afternoon. Many positives can be taken away from the 2010 season opener, but it was also very evident that the Irish have a lot to work on this weekend. We’ll start on the defensive side [...]
Comments (63) // Published: September 4, 2010
The Indispensables – 2010 Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering got me thinking about who would be the toughest players on the Irish roster to replace if they were to go down to an injury. Figuring out who is the hardest to replace isn’t just a matter of listing the best players on the roster though – you have to [...]
Comments (3) // Published: September 3, 2010
IBG – Let’s Get This Party Started Edition
The long off-season is almost over and in just a few short days we will get our first glimpse of the 2010 Fighting Irish and the Brian Kelly Era. The start of the season also means the return of the Irish Blogger Gathering. We here at UHND are hosting this week’s so be sure to [...]
Comments (6) // Published: August 30, 2010
Breaking Down the ’10 Depth Chart – Offense
The first official depth chart of the 2010 season was released on Friday. There weren’t a lot of surprises, but we’ll take a look at both sides of the ball and speculate how things may shake out before the season opener.
Comments (4) // Published: August 10, 2010
Training Camp ’10 – Day 3 Videos
Here’s a quick roundup of a lot of the videos that have been posted by some Notre Dame sites over the last few days. Brian Kelly talking about building confidence and consistency. Ethan Johnson talking about how he fits in the 3-4 defense. Manti Te’o talking about the upcomming season. Kelly talking about the freshman. [...]
Comments (1) // Published: August 9, 2010
Kelly, Notre Dame Kick Off Fall Camp
Notre Dame officially kicked off fall camp on Saturday with it’s first practice. A day earlier though Brian Kelly spoke with the media about the upcoming season – his first as the head coach of the Fighting Irish. Here are some highlights from Kelly’s presser. On the goals he discussed with the team: No, we [...]
Comments (15) // Published: August 7, 2010
Ranking the Irish – #10-6
Our road to Notre Dame’s top player for 2010 continues today continues with the players ranked 10-6. First off, check out everyone’s rankings over at Inside the Irish and just in case you missed the previous posts, be sure to check out part 1 (25-21), part 2 (20-16), and part 3 (15-11) to see how [...]
Comments (2) // Published: July 17, 2010
ESPN Picks Notre Dame’s Top 5
ESPN’s Brian Bennett published a list of Notre Dame’s top 5 players for the 2010 season on Thursday and the list is a little interesting. Here’s how Bennett ranked the top players for the Irish. Dayne Crist, QB (Jr) Darius Fleming, OLB (Jr) Kyle Rudolph, TE (Jr) Manti Te’o, ILB (So) Michael Floyd, WR (Jr) [...]
Comments (27) // Published: July 9, 2010
Notes from the 2010 Blue/Gold Game
Here are some notes and observations from this year’s Blue/Gold game. Tai-ler Jones is going to be a great player. Jones looked as good as any wide receiver on the field yesterday and looks like he has a very, very bright future ahead of him. He’s going to need to hit the weights between now [...]
Comments (11) // Published: April 26, 2010
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