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Kelly vowed to become more involved with the defense during practice to help interim coordinator Greg Hudson. &#8216;It&#8217;s really a short-term approach,&#8217; Kelly said. &#8216;It&#8217;s, &#8220;Let&#8217;s put these guys in a position to succeed this year, utilizing a lot of young players, gaining experience as we go and being smarter about utilizing our personnel.&#8221;&#8216;&#8221; &#8230; Kelly hopes &#8230; it [also] could pay dividends in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>On another note, Notre Dame running back Tarean Folston was out against Syracuse after a turned ankle, yet he will be back for North Carolina State.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Kelly said Folston turned his ankle during practice and he&#8217;s optimistic Folston, who suffered a season-ending injury in last year&#8217;s opener, will play Saturday against North Carolina State. &#8216;He wanted to give it a shot,&#8217; Kelly said. &#8216;But he was just not even close to being able to.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/sports\/columnists\/ct-notre-dame-football-brian-kelly-spt-1003-20161002-column.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for Chicago Tribune: &#8220;Notre Dame trying to simplify its defense&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; Brian Kelly somewhat simplif[ied] Notre Dame&#8217;s defense since he dismissed defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder &#8230; [he also played] a lot of freshmen. &#8230; Troy Pride Jr. became the 13th freshman to play for Notre Dame this season, a high for Kelly since he joined the Irish in 2010. 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