Tommy Rees (quarterback)

Thomas Kevin Rees (born May 22, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Early years
Rees was born to Bill and Susan (née Cantwell) Rees in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Lake Bluff, Illinois. His father played college football at Ohio Wesleyan and served as an assistant coach at Northwestern and UCLA. Tommy played football at Lake Forest High School 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. His brother Danny Rees played football at UCLA.

College career
As a Freshman at Notre Dame in 2010 Rees saw limited action in games against Michigan and Navy, before being forced into action early against Tulsa when starting quarterback Dayne Crist ruptured his patellar tendon. 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 and USC, culminating in a 33–17 victory over Miami in the Sun Bowl. He finished the season with 1106 yards passing, 12 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. In 2011, Rees passed for 2,871 yards, 20 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions. Notre Dame went 8–4 in the regular season with a bowl loss. Andrew Hendrix, Everett Golson and Gunner Kiel competed with Rees for the starting QB position in the 2012 season. After Rees' one game suspension after his conviction of assaulting a police officer, Golson played the opening game against Navy in Dublin, Ireland. Golson played most of the second game of the 2012 season against Purdue, but was injured leading Rees to come in. Rees entered the game to a cascade of boos yet exited after piloting the game-winning drive, which ending in a winning field goal for Notre Dame. However, after the game, Coach Kelly indicated that the team was staying with their initial starter, Golson, for the third game of the 2012 season at Michigan State.

Personal
Rees was suspended by head coach Brian Kelly for the first game of the 2012 season after the junior quarterback was arrested and charged with resisting law enforcement and illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor. Linebacker Carlo Calebrese was also suspended one game.