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Newsstand: Notre Dame QB CJ Carr named Freshman of the Week

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Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and quarterback CJ Carr. (Photo by Chad Weaver/BGI)

Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr was named the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Week, honoring the nation’s best freshman, for his performance in Week 5 at Arkansas, the Irish announced Tuesday.

Carr was also selected as a Manning Award Star of the Week and a member of the Davey O’Brien Award Great 8, which honor the best signal-callers in college football.

In a 56-13 win over Arkansas, Carr went 22-of-30 for a career-high 354 yards (11.8 yards per attempt) and 4 touchdowns. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound redshirt freshman posted a passer rating of 216.5, raising his season-long mark to 181.1 — which ranks 10th in the country..

According to the Irish, Carr leads all freshman in college football in yards per attempt (10.49) and yards per completion (15.37). Those numbers rank fifth and sixth in the nation, respectively. Carr is proving to be everything the Irish thought he was out of Saline (Mich.) High and more.

Carr and the Irish are back in action at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, where they’ll take on Boise State.

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“We’ve got to know what our strengths are. And our strengths are the ability to hand the ball off to [Jeremiyah Love] and [Jadarian Price], let our O-line grind it and get bodies on bodies. Or, you know what, if you’re going to put an extra guy in the box, we have to be able to go over the top. We have to be able to take free access if you’re going to give it to us, give it to our quarterback, and we do that.”

— Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman

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