A New
Set Of Tires
The running back corps must replace
Theo Riddick and Cierre Wood
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Wood concluded his Notre Dame career seventh on the school's alltime rushing list with 2,447 yards.
photo by lon horwedel
By Lou Somogyi
wo days after Notre
Dame head coach
Brian Kelly indicated he would remain with the Fighting
Irish rather than pursue
interest in the NFL's
Philadelphia Eagles, senior running back Cierre
Wood did the opposite.
On Jan. 14, Wood announced he would forgo
his fifth season of eligibility and submit his
name into the 2013 NFL
Draft. Because he did
not see action as a freshman in 2009, Wood was
eligible for a fifth season
at Notre Dame in 2013.
Wood leaves Notre
Dame as the seventhleading rusher in school
history, having gained
2,447 yards while averaging 5.4 yards per
carry. He paced the
Fighting Irish ground at-
