Notre Dame surprises walk-on Josh Anderson with scholarship (Video)
When Notre Dame unveiled its new uniforms for this season’s Shamrock Series game against Boston College, walk-on Josh Anderson was the lucky Fighting Irish player to first wear the new combination.
Anderson modeled the new uniform when it was shown to the team for the first time, but there was a specific reason the senior was chosen: head coach Brian Kelly was presenting him with a full scholarship.
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It was an awesome moment:
Kelly explained the gesture after Thursday’s practice.
“[Anderson is] a senior for us that has done everything we’ve asked over the last five years. He’s taken more hits than any one of our backs. He’s a scout-team player. He’s done everything. He’s a great student. Well-respected by all of his teammates and we had an available scholarship and as a senior he deserved it so I brought him out to announce the Under Armour uniforms and I had him instead of the big mannequin, I had him dressed in the Under Armour uniform.
He didn’t know he was getting a scholarship. So the guys were pretty charged up. He had the Under Armour — I said: You know, this is a great model. Matter of fact, he’s such a great model — I said, Josh, take your helmet off — he models everything that I think is right about a Notre Dame football player. At that time I announced he was gonna get a scholarship, and the guys were excited. It was a good moment.”
A native of Chatsworth, Calif., the 5-foot-9, 200-pound Anderson has not seen any action during his time with the program. He served as the top running back on the team’s scout team in 2014.
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