attrition, and Kelly said that has ham-
pered his ability to practice the way he
wants to late in the year.
This year, Kelly sought and found
five preferred walk-ons from all over
the country to bolster his freshman
class (see sidebar). Three of them held
scholarship offers to other Division I
programs. All five of them spent the
summer on campus working out with
the rest of the team.
"They're really good players," he
Chris Salvi (2009-12), who recorded six special teams stops while playing all 13 games in his final season,
is one of three walk-ons that received a scholarship during Kelly's first four years in South Bend.
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
