Arnaz Battle
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"Arnaz Jerome Battle" is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame Fighting Irish football/Notre Dame.

Battle has also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is the son of former NFL tight end Ron Battle.

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When I went to Notre Dame, I was so excited about following great quarterbacks like Joe Montana and Rick Mirer.

It's great. I feel like coaches are realizing the strengths that we have on this team, the type of players and what we can do ? the variety of things.

You have to take a lot of pride in it. It's part of the game plan. If it's called, you want to make it work. Just because it's a gadget and it doesn't work, a lot of people will (say), 'Well, we don't normally do that.' But we feel like when we call those type plays, we want to make them work.

A lot of people were doubting us coming in, saying that we had no big names or playmakers. But we knew we had guys who could go out there and make plays and compete.

[After three years, though, Notre Dame coach Bob Davie decided to switch Battle to wide receiver.] The offensive coordinator didn't like it because he'd worked so hard on making me a quarterback, ... I wasn't sure, but with my athletic skills, it was a good move for me.

There's a lot of guys who have made that transition, ... I feel if they can do it, I can do it.