The Thanksgiving week ICON has a feature on the Irish Guard and asked a number of Irish players and coaches about their Thanksgiving family traditions and more...
Tommy Rees passed for 201 yards and two touchdowns to Michael Floyd, as Notre Dame sprinted to a 30-3 advantage.
CAREER: One of quickest and most exciting players on Irish roster ... moved to wide receiver as a sophomore in 2010 after playing in every game during freshman season as reserve running back and kickoff returner ... missed four games in 2010 with foot injury ... has played in 21 career games and started nine, eight in 2010 ... has 46 career catches for 457 yards and three touchdowns ... has added 40 career rushes for 189 yards, good for a 4.7 per carry average ... has returned 39 kickoffs and averaged 22.7 yards per return ... broke Armando Allen's school record with 849 kickoff return yards in 2009.
2010 (SOPHOMORE): Played in nine games for the Irish, starting eight ... missed four games (Navy, Tulsa, Utah and Army) with a foot injury ... still ranked second on the team in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns (tied) ... recorded 40 catches for 414 yards and three TDs ... added 11 rushes for 29 yards and two kickoff returns for 36 yards in 2009 ... registered four catches of 20 yards or more ... 22 of 40 receptions resulted in a TD or first down ... five of seven receptions on third down plays resulted in a TD or first down ... started out Irish career as a running back, but head coach Brian Kelly liked the idea of moving Riddick to the slot in his spread offense ... somewhat slow in his progression at wideout over Notre Dame's first two games of 2010 ... managed just four catches for 52 yards against Purdue and Michigan, but the wide receiver found his form over a four-game stretch against Michigan State, Stanford, Boston College and Pittsburgh ... totaled 33 receptions for 343 yards and three TDs (all team-highs over the four-game stretch) ... recorded a game-high and career-high 10 catches for 128 yards against Michigan State ... also grabbed a 15-yard TD pass from Dayne Crist versus the Spartans ... registered his first career 100-yard receiving game against Michigan State ... posted two grabs for 42 yards on Notre Dame's opening scoring drive of the second half (an 18- and 24-yard grab) ... his 10 receptions against the Spartans were tied for the ninth most in single-game school history ... his output was tied for the third most ever by an Irish sophomore wideout...Michael Floyd also hauled in 10 catches against Navy on Nov.7,2009 and Jim Seymour,who was a first-year player, but a sophomore eligibility wise, has the two highest outputs (13 and 11 catches in 1966) ... registered a TD catch in three consecutive weeks (Michigan State, Stanford and Boston College) ... recorded seven catches for 71 yards and a TD versus Stanford...added nine more catches(69yards)and a TD in the victory at Boston College...collected seven receptions over 75 yards against Pittsburgh...managed just one catch against Western Michigan before he was sidelined by an injury ... returned to the field against USC and has one catch for six yards ... managed only one reception for two yards in the Hyundai Sun Bowl victory over Miami(Fla.),but rushed for 32 yards on eight carries(both season highs)...totaled 490 snaps on offense, third most of any Irish wide receiver.
2009 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in all 12 contests for Irish, serving as primary return man on kickoffs and as reserve running back ... earned first start of career in final game of season against Stanford ... tallied 849 kickoff return yards on 37 returns, most kickoff return yards in single season in Irish history (Armando Allen - 704 in 2007) ... rushed five times for 19 yards in opener against Nevada ... averaged season-best 26.8 yards on four kickoff returns against Michigan State...set season highs with nine rushes for 51 yards and three receptions for 24 yards against Washington State ... averaged 7.0 yards on five rushes against Navy and added one 16-yard reception ... totaled 155 all-purpose yards in season finale at Stanford behind 35 rushing yards,minus 2 receiving yards and 122 kickoff return yards ... logged 14:01 of playing time and made 60 special-teams appearances.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked 82nd in Offense-Defense Top100...member of Rivals 250,ranking 242nd overall...241st overall player in country according to Scout.com...named SuperPrep All-American,rating him as 23rd-best running back nationally ... SuperPrep ranks him as seventh best player in New Jersey 35 ... first-team all state performer senior year at Immaculata High School ... selected third-team all-state running back during junior season by Newark Star-Ledger ... Star-Ledger named him to first-team non-public school all-state squad after junior season ...named second-team all-state performer as defensive back during sophomore campaign by Associated Press and Newark Star-Ledger ... as junior carried 159 times for 1,192 yards and 13 touchdowns on offense and added 17 tackles on defense ... tallied 1,352 yards and 23 TDs on 172 carries during sophomore season ... added 13 catches for 157 yards offensively and five interceptions as safety on defense in 2006 sophomore season ... ran for 217 yards in 2006 state championship game, leading his team to victory and perfect 12-0 season ... added three TDs and an interception in the end zone with 57 seconds left to preserve victory in state championship ... rushed for 4,042 yards and 52 TDs during high school career ... ranked second in New Jersey preseason top 30 according to Rivals.com and fourth in its postseason rankings ... played for head coach Pierce Frauenheim at Immaculata High School ... born May 4, 1991 ... son of Celeste Bell ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in film, television and theatre.
