SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Award Week begins Monday. That day, Manti Te’o will be in Charlotte, N.C. On Tuesday, he will be in New York. On Wednesday, he will be in Houston. On Thursday, he will be in Orlando, Fla.

Then, on Friday, he may be back in New York. But even without a game to prepare for, at least for the next 6 weeks, Notre Dame’s decorated senior linebacker claims he hasn’t thought of what would bring him back to the Big Apple: The Heisman Trophy ceremony invite.

“My attention has just been on taking advantage of every day,” Te’o said Thursday, at a news conference to announce him as the winner of the ARA Sportsmanship Award. All I’ve been thinking about is the time I have left here at school with my peers, with my classmates.”