{"id":587214,"date":"2016-12-09T22:49:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T03:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=587214"},"modified":"2016-12-09T22:49:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T03:49:15","slug":"notre-dame-names-2017-captains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/notre-dame-names-2017-captains\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame names 2017 Captains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the conclusion of the annual football awards banquet, Head Coach Brian Kelly in somewhat surprising fashion named off the 2017 team captains. The list included: quarterback Deshone Kizer, linebackers Nyles Morgan and Greer Martini, offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey, offensive guard Quenton Nelson, safety Drue Tranquill and wide receiver Austin Webster.<\/p>\n<p>This comes at a very surprising time considering the captains are usually announced much closer to the start of the season. 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