Stronger CJ Carr focuses on daily messages in Notre Dame Football Qb Battle

South Bend, Ind. CJ Carr Arrived for his interview session after practice with his New Jersey number, 13, and with a message written on the back of his left hand: keep football simple.

The upcoming second-year student is the most buzzworthy member of a three-headed Quarterback competition in the Notre Dame, which is two spring football practices in a fight that will probably only be decided in August. After he has set aside for a large part of his first -year season with a throwing elbow injury in his right arm, Carr writes specific messages to himself for every practice to stay focused on the daily tasks.

Playing football is not an easy sport, and people think simple and easy, are the same, Carr said on Friday after training. But sometimes, at the start of my first year, it came to you that you walk in the first day and you have a really complex defense, really complex attack, and it's a lot. You think a lot.

At the moment I felt really good today. It's just what is my read? Is it man? Is it zone? And can I make the throw? That I think I can make every throw that may be asked to me.

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The handwritten messages ran the attack was in his hand on Wednesday, were inspired by former Irish Quarterback Riley LeonardThat Notre Dame helped reach the national championship game in the first 12-team College Football Playoff. But Carr that this year is overrun from no. 12 to no. 13 on his sweater, is not a tribute to Leonard.

Carr only ended with No. 12 because Leonard came to Notre Dame last year after a transfer from Duke. He previously wore no. 13 and during his time in Saline (Mich.) High, because that is his father's number, Jason CarrWore during his football career.

I was pumped from high school because no one had 13 in the violation, CJ Carr said. I had something like that, let's go. This is my chance. And then you get a quarterback from the National Championship. It's like shooting.

It feels really good. Twelve was great. I just felt a bit uncomfortable. At the moment I have the feeling that I am home again.

Now CJ Carr can clearly concentrate on the number of repetitions he will receive this spring. Head coach Marcus Freemanattacking coordinator Mike Denbrock and Quarterbacks Coach Gino Guidugli make a joint attempt to evenly split the representatives under Carr, senior-to-be Steve Angeli and junior-to-be Kenny Minchey This spring. Guidugli shared on Friday that the staff follows repetitions for each of them to keep the possibilities comparable. The only differences can be in scrimmage settings when a quarterback leads a long drive and another QB gets stuck with a short, failed ride.

What told us is that they try to keep it as possible for us to go with those, with the two and the three, Carr said. That's how they are going to evaluate it. To be honest, that's not something I'm worried about. If I am with those, then I have to be an elite. When I am with the three, I have to be an elite.

Carr came to Notre Dame with the recruitment industry that expected him to be an elite. Rivals ranked him as the No. 4 pro-style Quarterback and No. 50 in the 2024 class. That is considerably higher than Angeli, which was assessed as a three-star recruit, and Minchey, which was arranged as the No. 12 Pro-style Quarterback and no. 209 General in the 2023 class.

When Guidugli Carr's strengths described as a large arm talent and are a natural leader, they are the kind of properties that have led to such high expectations for Carr. But he has much more than a year to learn in his university career.

Guidugli said he saw Carr's growth in the command of the attack since last spring.

Just a complete understanding of what tried to achieve on attack, run game and pass game, said Guidugli. He jumped well on that, and then to build, once you have mastered the attack, you don't think about it anymore. Your ability to process the defense spread snap, I think he has come a long way there.

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Carrs physical development became even more remarkable when he did not throw part of last season because of his elbow injury. Nd Head of Football Athletic Trainer Rob Hunt Described Carrs-Revalidation of the injury, for which no operation was required, as one that was set out in a 10-12 week plan. Because the Notre women's season on January 20 until the loss of 34-23 to Ohio State lasted, Carr gave the time to throw the team again before the season ended.

Carr has emerged as someone who believes that he has never thrown the ball further or with more power than he can do at the moment. After calling food and training habits with associated director of Sportvoeding Alexa Appelman and director of football performance Loren LandowThe 6-foot-3, 209 pound Carr said that he feels fast, quickly and can do everything that the attack asks for him athletic.

Sometimes you worry because he is such a competitor that if something was sick, he will not necessarily tell you, Guidugli said. But when you see the ball coming out of his hand, he will fly away. His feet look really healthy. He looks better in our zone-read things, pulling the ball and running or taking off and clambering, so I am really happy with where he is.

Notre Dame has not had a quarterback competition that has since been felt as open as this Tyler Buchter And Drew Pyne Fought before the runway prior to the 2022 season, Freemans first as head coach. Buchter was called the starter in mid -August.

It is not told when this competition will end. But what Carr last season went through with his elbow injury, helped him to prepare for what awaits us.

It gave me time to just get a little stronger, improve my health, improve my food, improve my sleep, improve my study houses, Carr said. You cannot concentrate on the bad. You can think about it and not get better, or you can try to do what you can do.

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