Tommy Rees Highlights
Tommy Rees
Pos: QB // Height: 6-2 // Weight: 210 lbs // Class: 2014 // Hometown: Lake Forest, IL (Lake Forest HS)
Bio
Tommy Rees enrolled early at Notre Dame in January 2010 and used his head start to win the backup QB position in the fall. When Dayne Crist injured his knee against Tulsa, Rees stepped in and guided the Irish to 4 straights wins to end the season including wins over USA and Miami.
Tommy Rees News Archive
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 45, Maryland 21
Notre Dame improved to 3-0 in its yearly off-site home game with a relatively easy victory over Maryland on Saturday night – the third blowout win for the Irish in three years in what is now being dubbed the Shamrock Series. Before I get into the game details, I will say that I did really [...]
Comments (48) // Published: November 13, 2011
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 24, Wake Forest 17
Notre Dame’s first trip to Winston-Salem ended with a win in an up and down performance that showed once again that the 2011 Fighting Irish are still very much a work in progress. Here are some initial thoughts from the game. Offense Tommy Rees didn’t have a very strong performance. He was not very accurate [...]
Comments (66) // Published: November 6, 2011
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
(Not So) Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 31, #15 Michigan State 13
This weekend I had to catch the Irish using the NBC Notre Dame central app while at a wedding making any comments regarding the Irish and their performance a little difficult. A day after making the long trip home I was able to catch the full game replay courtesy of NBCSports.com and have some impressions [...]
Comments (52) // Published: September 19, 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
Kelly Clipboard – The Day After USF
Brian Kelly spoke with the media yesterday to recap the South Florida loss. Here are some notes from what Kelly had to say related to, among other things, the starting QB spot, the punting game, and the punt returner. Kelly didn’t have a decision on who would start at quarterback as of yesterday but said [...]
Comments (16) // Published: September 5, 2011
Finding Some Positives from the Opener
It’s been about 36 hours since Notre Dame’s season opener ended with a thud and while the loss still stings it’s time to move on and start looking towards where the Irish go from here. With that in mind, here are several positive performances and bright spots in an otherwise disappointing display from the Irish [...]
Comments (15) // 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
Ranking the Irish ’11 – #20-16
We continue on with the countdown of the top 25 players for the 2011 Fighting Irish. In case you missed the first installment, check it out. (And no, I have not forgot about our best of the 2000′s series – I’ll finish that up soon). Keith over at Inside the Irish has the rankings for [...]
Comments (3) // Published: July 26, 2011
8 Sophomores Ready to Shine
On Monday we took a look at a group of freshman who could make an immediate impact for Notre Dame in 2011. Today we’ll move over to the sophomore class to identify some second year players who could be ready for increase roles and playing time. Notre Dame received a lot of contributions from freshman [...]
Comments (6) // Published: June 14, 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
Notre Dame Passes Out Some Hardware
The first annual football banquet of the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame featured a different format than years past. Notre Dame handed out its traditional awards, but a few new ones were handed out during an upbeat night capping off the 2010 season. Here’s a quick recap of all of the awards that were [...]
Comments (7) // Published: January 22, 2011
Initial Impressions: Notre Dame 33, Miami 17
Wow. What a way to end the season for Notre Dame. After a surprising three game winning streak to end the season, Notre Dame capped off its last season resurgence with a 33-17 victory over Miami in the Sun Bowl. Notre Dame dominated the game from start to finish with Miami never seriously challenging. The [...]
Comments (60) // Published: December 31, 2010
IBG – It’s Always Sunny in El Paso Edition
The final Irish Blogger Gathering of the season has a new twist to it. Subway Domer hosts the last IBG of 2010, but readers are asked to weigh in this week. Below is a survey with the questions for this week’s IBG. Further below are my responses to them, but before getting into them, take [...]
Comments (10) // Published: December 29, 2010
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 20, USC 16
THE STREAK IS OVER. Despite losing the turnover battle 4-1 and playing half of the game in a driving rain storm, Notre Dame ended USC’s 8 year winning streak over the Irish and capped off a roller coaster regular season on a high note. I’ll get into my normal post game comments in a bit, [...]
Comments (142) // Published: November 28, 2010
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 27, Army 3
Notre Dame became bowl eligible with a dominating defensive performance in the inaugural football game in Yankee Stadium Saturday night. The Irish defense led the way for the second week in a row as Notre Dame rolled to a 27-3 victory. Here are some thoughts on the game. Offense Tommy Rees wasn’t asked to do [...]
Comments (76) // Published: November 21, 2010
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
First Depth Chart Released
The first depth chart of the season was released by Notre Dame Monday and there are a few surprises in the two deep heading into this weekend’s season opener versus Purdue. Here are a few thoughts on the first two deep of the season. Offense Tommy Rees won the backup quarterback spot over Nate Montana. [...]
Comments (38) // Published: August 31, 2010
An Update on Position Battles
Here’s a quick update on some position battles that have been going on through camp that are still going on. Kelly said the battle for the backup QB position is still going on between Nate Montana and Tommy Rees. Freshmen Andrew Hendrix and Luke Massa were sent to the scout team although Kelly made mention [...]
Comments (10) // Published: August 27, 2010
Early Impressions of the ’10 Freshmen
It’s tough to determine which freshman are going to see the field before the pads go on, but so far a few freshman have caught the eye of the coaching staff. Here’s a quick recap of some of the news and notes about this year’s crop of freshman through the first couple of days of [...]
Comments (6) // Published: August 10, 2010
Freshman Numbers Assigned
The numbers for the incoming freshman class have been assigned by Notre Dame. Here’s a quick look at the history behind each number for the Notre Dame Class of 2014. #7 Tai-ler Jones - Jones is wearing the same number his father wore as a member of the Fighting Irish in the late 80′s. The [...]
Comments (14) // Published: June 11, 2010
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