... talented prospect ranked as the third best quarterback in the country by Rivals. Despite many offers from other schools, including numerous Californian programs, Crist headed to South Bend to be taught by Charlie Weis and prepare for a transition into a pro-style quarterback. Now that Weis and Jimmy Clausen are gone, Crist is the undisputed leader and future quarterback for the Fighting Irish. Ironically, he played in a spread system very similar to new head coach Brian Kelly’s, so there is some familiarity with it and he could very well excel relatively quickly in 2010. The only major question coming into the spring was whether Crist would be healthy enough to participate fully during practices and in the Blue & Gold scrimmage. So far,...

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