Everett Golson threw a TD pass in Notre Dame's spring game
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Two time WPDE Zoneman winner Everett Golson made his debut in front of Notre Dame fans at the Blue/Gold Spring Game in South Bend, Indiana. Golson was the Fighting Irish's leading rusher with 62 yards on the ground and was 9 of 18 for 91 yards and 1 TD. The Myrtle Beach High product is one of four quarterbacks competing for the starting QB job for head coach Brian Kelly. Golson and Dayne Crist worked on the Blue team with the first unit. Tommy Rees and Andy Hendrix guided the Gold team to a 17-14 win. With Crist and Rees playing in just the first quarter in non-contact, the final three quarters belonged to Hendrix and Golson. Golson had a scrambling 23 yard run to set up a 15 yard TD pass to Jim Goodman. He capped off the drive with a run for a two point conversion.
AP story: Gold beats Blue 17-14
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Post game quotes from Und.com
Everett Golson • Fr. • Quarterback
On running out of the tunnel...
"The first time I came out, before the game actually started, I was just in awe even though there weren't that many people in the stands. Just running out of the tunnel is a great experience."
On his 23-yard run...
"It felt like 70, seriously. Just trying to make something happen. Sometimes that takes running all across the field. It was definitely tiring."
On the speed of the game changing from high school to college...
"I felt like I rushed a lot of things on my own. As far as my progressions, I didn't think I passed the ball too well today. I kind of took my eyes off the end of the field a lot. It's just about working with the coaches and working in the film room and working until I improve."
On working on his ball security...
"Ishaq [Williams] is a great player. He kind of played a game with me. I stepped up in the pocket, and he stepped back in, and then I stepped back, and I was just dead from there. It was on me. I didn't keep the ball tight. He came and pulled it away from me. The coaches have been working on that real hard with me."
On improving his mechanics...
"Mechanics are probably one of my biggest weaknesses right now. I can sense myself falling back into my high school ways - in holding the ball correctly or positioning my foot. The coaches are helping me to improve that."
