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SOUTH BEND —Two-sport sensation Jordan Faison skipped the first two games of the Notre Dame lacrosse season, but the talented wideout/midfielder is back to pulling double duty this spring.
With the seventh-ranked Irish lacrosse program off until a March 29 home match against No. 8 Duke, Faison ran through football drills Wednesday on Day 1 of spring practice.
“We enhanced it,” Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman said. “It’s still a collaborative effort between the lacrosse program, coach (Kevin) Corrigan and the football program.”
Freeman also noted John Wagle, Notre Dame’s director of sports performance, has been assisting Project Faison in terms of “what’s the load and how much can his body take?”
The two-time defending champs are 4-2 after suffering back-to-back one-goal losses to Maryland and Ohio State. Those programs have a combined record of 15-1 and have moved up to first and ninth in the latest Inside Lacrosse rankings.
While projected starting linebacker Drayk Bowen stepped away from baseball this spring, Freeman remains supportive of sharing one of the team’s most productive receivers with a lacrosse powerhouse in search of a three-peat.
/In four lacrosse games, Faison has five goals, two assists and four groundballs. His seven points are tied for ninth on the Irish, while his 14 total shots rank sevenths.
Sophomore wideout Matt Jeffery, better know for his lacrosse skills, has two groundballs and one goal on 11 shots through four games. Tyler Buchner, the former starting quarterback turned walk-on wideout, has one shot and three groundballs through four games.
“To me it’s still lacrosse season,”…
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Publish date : 2025-03-19 16:43:00
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