Jeff Samardzija

College football's leading returning receiver after winning consensus All-American honors in 2005 ... named a 2006 preseason first-team All-American by Street & Smiths, CBSSportsLine.com and Athlon ... rated the nation's number-three wide receiver for `06 by The Sporting News ... preseason Maxwell Award watch list selection ... a two-sport star who was a pitching ace for the Irish baseball team ... holder of Irish single-season records for catches (77, tied for the lead with Tom Gatewood's 1970 total), receiving yards (1,249) and TD catches (15) ... among the Notre Dame career leaders in receiving yards (ninth with 1,576), receiving TDs (tied for fifth with 15) and catches (ninth with 101) ... has played in all 36 games since joining the Irish in 2003 ... fifth-round draft pick of the Chicago Cubs in June of 2006 ... played with Boise and Peoria, Class A Cub farm teams, during the summer.

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