Chris Stewart Class: Junior Hometown: Spring, TX High School: Klein Height / Weight: 6-5 / 337 Position: Offensive Guard Birthdate: 09/12/1987

CAREER: Physically-imposing player appears to have found a home on the offensive line after also trying defense in 2007... entered Notre Dame as an offensive lineman but moved to nose tackle during '07 spring practices... returned to the offensive line prior to the season and appeared in the first six games of his Irish career... former high school All-American appeared at guard and tackle and finished the '07 season as the backup right tackle... opens training camp as the starter at right guard... rated the No. 57 offensive guard in the country by Phil Steele for '08.

2006 (FRESHMAN): Strong freshman guard who did not play last year but was a valuable member of the show team.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Graduated from Klein High School in Klein, Texas ... second-team offensive lineman on USA Today prep All-America squad for 2005 ... selected for U.S. Army All-American Bowl prep all-star game ... played for Klein High School in Klein, Texas ... rated 33rd on list of top 100 players in Texas by Dallas Morning News ... second-team Texas Class 5A all-state pick in '05 by Texas Sportswriters Association, after 102 pancake blocks ... 57 pancake blocks and only two sacks allowed as junior in '04 ... all-area pick as sophomore and junior ... also plays basketball ... brother plays basketball at Texas Southern as 6-11, 320-pound starting center ... mother Lusia was member of United States silver medal-winning basketball team at 1976 Summer Olympic Games ... enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2006 ... born Sept. 12, 1987 ... high school coach was Stan Labay ... enrolled in College of Arts and Letters, majoring in history ... earned a 3.533 grade-point average in `06 fall semester and boasts a 3.519 cumulative average.