Notre Dame isn’t playing again this weekend as it was a pre-determined bye week, their first of two this fall, but Brian Kelly is letting it be known that the Fighting Irish are starting to get healthy.
Kelly met the media on Thursday and gave updates on a few players that have missed time so far this season.
At receiver Ben Skowronek has missed all but one half of football this season as he’s been dealing with a hamstring injury he suffered in the opener against Duke. Kelly says that he’s a full-go.
Kelly also added that star sophomore free safety Kyle Hamilton is cleared for takeoff after Hamilton sprained his ankle in the Duke game and was forced to miss the South Florida contest.
Finally, Kelly gave an update on a player should help boost production for a position group that desperately needs it early on in 2020. Kevin Austin, who broke his foot at the start of fall camp, will be cleared for the Florida State game “in some manner” on October 10 according to Kelly.
Now does that mean he’ll simply dress and go through warm ups after going through practice next week? Or does it mean he’ll be a full-go and ready to potentially start for Notre Dame when currently win-less Florida State comes to town in nine days?
That we don’t know but the good news is Austin is healing relatively quickly and with this news, you’d assume he’d be a full-go when things get more difficult against Louisville and Pitt in the two games following Florida State.