Because of injury, No. 3 Notre Dame has been forced to go back to the quarterback who started the season opener. Because of a coach’s decision, the Fighting Irish’s opponent tonight will go back to its season-opening starter as well.
Citing an unnamed source, the Tallahassee Democrat is reporting that Deondre Francois will get the start Saturday night for Florida State on the road in South Bend. According to the Democrat, head coach Willie Taggart informed the team of the move Friday night.
Francois started the first eight games of this season for the Seminoles. In that eighth game, the redshirt junior went down with what was later diagnosed as a concussion in the late-October loss to Clemson.
In Week 10, Francois was replaced in the starting lineup by James Blackman. Making his first start of the 2018 season, Blackman passed for 421 yards and four touchdowns as FSU dropped a 47-28 decision to NC State.
For that effort, Blackman was named ACC Quarterback of the Week.