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Notre Dame reportedly is down one potential freshman contributor just more than a week into the preseason.
Safety Eliar Hardy tore his left LCL during practice last week and is expected to miss all of 2011, according to
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It’s no blow to the Irish two-deep, as the 5-foot-11, 177-pound Hardy likely was to be a special teams contributor at best. Hardy was a four-star prospect per Rivals.com at a position with little depth, though.
A Notre Dame spokesman did not return messages seeking comment Monday.
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