Irish TE Fauria to miss 2009 season

by Pete Byrne (pmbyrne@wsbt.com)

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The Fighting Irish run out of the tunnel at Notre Dame Stadium

The Fighting Irish run out of the tunnel at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, September 6, 2008. (WSBT photo)

By WSBT Sports

Story Created: Jun 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM EST

Story Updated: Jun 24, 2009 at 4:16 PM EST

NOTRE DAME — Sophomore tight end Joseph Fauria will miss the 2009 football season.

Fauria diid not show up for summer school classes, which started this week at Notre Dame. The university says that Fauria has not enrolled for personal reasons and will not be enrolled in the fall semester either.

Charlie Weis will be losing a valuable asset at tight end, and hopes to have him back.

"Joseph won't be with us this fall but I hope to have him return for the spring semester," Weis sais in a statement.

Fauria was second on the Irish depth chart at tight end during the spring practice behind Kyle Rudolph.

Tune in to WSBT News for more on this developing story.

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