SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Three incompletions, including one drop, and a few procedure penalties were about all that went wrong for Notre Dame football offensively in Saturday’s 38-3 thrashing of Texas. But the Irish took a major hit when running back Tarean Folston exited in the first quarter with what proved to be a torn ACL, ending his season.
Folston, Notre Dame’s leading rusher in 2014 with 889 yards (5.1 yards per carry), tore the ligament in his right knee and will have surgery in the next seven to 10 days, Irish head coach Brian Kelly said in a teleconference Sunday.