Thomas Kevin Rees is an American football

American football

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 quarterback

Quarterback

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 for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

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Early years

Rees was born to Bill and Susan (née Cantwell) Rees in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 and grew up in Lake Bluff, Illinois

Lake Bluff, Illinois

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. His father played college football at Ohio Wesleyan

Wesleyan Battling Bishops

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 and served as an assistant coach at Northwestern

Northwestern Wildcats football

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 and UCLA

UCLA Bruins Football

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. Tommy played football at Lake Forest High School

Lake Forest High School (Illinois)

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 where, as a senior in 2009, he completed 215 of 308 passes for 2572 yards and 23 touchdowns, including a 526 yard/6 TD performance against Bradford

Mary D. Bradford High School

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College career

As a true freshman at Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

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 in 2010 Rees saw limited action in games against Michigan

Michigan Wolverines football

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 and Navy

Navy Midshipmen football

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, before being forced into action early against Tulsa

Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

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 when starting quarterback Dayne Crist

Dayne Crist

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 ruptured his patellar tendon

Patellar ligament

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. Rees finished the game with 334 yards and four TD passes, but threw a costly interception in the waning minutes of the game which sealed the victory for the Golden Hurricane. Rees led the Irish to victories in his first four starts at quarterback, including upsets of Utah

Utah Utes football

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 and USC, culminating in a 33-17 victory

2010 Sun Bowl

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 over Miami

Miami Hurricanes football

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 in the Sun Bowl

Sun Bowl

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. He finished the season with 1106 yards passing, 12 touchdowns and 8 interceptions.In 2011, Rees passed for 2,708, 19 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. Notre Dame went 8-4 in the regular season.

College football statistics

			Passing									Rushing
Season	Team	GP	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TDs	Int	YPA	W	L	Att	Yds	TDs	Avg
2010	Notre Dame	9	100	164	61.0	1,106	12	8	6.7			12	-2	0	-0.2
2011	Notre Dame	12	253	384	65.9	2,708	19	12	7.1			27	-28	0	-1.0
Career		21	353	548	64.4%	3,814	31	20	7.0			39	-30	0	-0.8