Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs will start Saturday against Notre Dame after missing most of the team's last two games with a cracked bone in his right knee.
"When you sit out two weeks, I don't think you're ever at full capacity," coach Ken Niumatalolo said in a report by The Capital of Annapolis, Md. "We'll try to get him into good shape and hopefully he'll get a full week of practice."
Dobbs said he needs a full week of practice repetitions to get himself back to game speed to run the triple-option. Despite sitting out the entire game against Wake Forest and getting only seven plays last weekend against Temple, Dobbs is the team's second-leading rusher with 595 yards and still leads the nation with 16 rushing touchdowns.
"I do need to get my timing and rhythm down as far as pitching the ball," Dobbs told the newspaper.
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