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Kizer Named To Davey O'Brien Award Watch List

DeShone Kizer was named to the Davey O'Brien Award watch list Thursday. ()

Notre Dame junior DeShone Kizer was named to the Davey O'Brien Award watch list Thursday, an honor given to the country's best college quarterback.

The watch list included 30 quarterbacks, though fellow Irish QB Malik Zaire was not among them. Kizer and Zaire are expected to have a preseason battle to determine who will be Notre Dame's starter.

As a sophomore, Kizer filled in for the injured Zaire and went on to pass for 2,884 yards with 21 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, leading the Irish to the Fiesta Bowl.

Zaire, now a senior, fractured his ankle in Week 2 at Virginia and did not return in 2015.

Both quarterbacks were named to the Maxwell Award watch list this month.

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