UPDATE: Coach Brian Kelly made the naming of Everett Golson as starting quarterback official Thursday evening.

With presumptive starter Tommy Rees serving a one-game suspension, No. 24 Notre Dame was in the market for a starting quarterback for at least the season opener.

That will be sophomore Everett Golson, according to a report Thursday in the Chicago Tribune. The Irish open Sept. 1 against Navy in Dublin, Ireland.

Golson was in competition with junior Andrew Hendrix and ballyhooed freshman Gunner Kiel for the job. Neither Hendrix nor Golson has started at Notre Dame, but Hendrix played in five games last season.

Rees, 20, was arrested in May and pleaded guilty in July to consumption of alcohol by a minor and resisting law enforcement and suspended by Kelly on July 31. Rees was sentenced to 11 months' probation and 50 hours' community service. He also must write a letter of apology to the officers involved in his arrest.

Golson was 44-5 as a starter in his career at Myrtle Beach (S.C.) High and racked up 151 touchdown passes. He graduated from high school early and enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2011.