Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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34 NOV. 9, 2019 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED With a season-long completion of 44 yards, Harris has been unable to hit many big plays this season. He is averaging only 187.5 passing yards per game and his 10.0 yards per completion and 6.1 yards per pass attempt flirt with the worst in the country. Harris has 13 touchdown passes and seven inter- ceptions. The already steady Irish pass defense received an artificial statistical boost against Michigan by holding the Wolverines to 134 passing yards. Of course, considering Michigan gained those yards on only eight completions — 16.8 yards per grab — even that effort doesn't look terrific. Pass defense continues to be the strength of the Irish defense and should continue to be with no high- powered aerial attacks remaining on the regular-sea- son schedule. Through seven games, the Irish ranked 24th in passing yards allowed per game (186.4) and 37th in passing efficiency defense (120.31 rating). Advantage: Notre Dame NOTRE DAME RUNNING GAME VS. DUKE RUN DEFENSE At the risk of sounding repetitive, the Irish ground game was an area of steady improvement for several weeks until the trip to Michigan. With three consecutive rushing games of at least 100 yards, senior running back Tony Jones Jr. had estab- lished himself as the feature back and was coming off a career-high 176 yards against USC. Jones managed just 14 yards on eight attempts against Michigan before getting injured, while as a team Notre Dame tallied only 47 anemic yards on 31 carries in that game. GAME PREVIEW: DUKE Offense Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. WR 83 Chase Claypool 6-4½ 229 Sr. 88 Javon McKinley 6-2 220 Sr. WR 10 Chris Finke 5-9½ 184 5th-Sr. 13 Lawrence Keys III 5-10½ 173 So. LT 74 Liam Eichenberg 6-6 305 Sr. 75 Joshua Lugg 6-7 307 Jr. LG 69 Aaron Banks 6-6 325 Jr. 57 Trevor Ruhland 6-3½ 292 5th-Sr. C 55 Jarrett Patterson 6-5 300 So. 61 Colin Grunhard 6-0½ 289 Jr. RG 57 Trevor Ruhland 6-3½ 292 5th-Sr. 56 John Dirksen 6-5½ 309 So. RT 72 Robert Hainsey 6-4½ 295 Jr. 73 Andrew Kristofic 6-5 280 Fr. TE 84 Cole Kmet 6-5½ 250 Jr. 89 Brock Wright 6-4½ 246 Jr. or 24 Tommy Tremble 6-3½ 235 So. WR 25 Braden Lenzy 5-11½ 180 So. 18 Joe Wilkins 6-1½ 194 So. QB 12 Ian Book 6-0 212 Sr. 15 Phil Jurkovec 6-4½ 227 So. RB 6 Tony Jones Jr. 5-11 224 Sr. 8 Jafar Armstrong 6-0½ 220 Jr. Defense Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. DE 42 Julian Okwara 6-4½ 248 Sr. 44 Jamir Jones 6-3 255 Sr. DT 95 M. Tagovailoa-Amosa 6-2½ 286 Jr. 57 Jayson Ademilola 6-3 279 So. NG 41 Kurt Hinish 6-2 295 Jr. 54 Jacob Lacey 6-2 293 Fr. DE 53 Khalid Kareem 6-4 265 Sr. 91 Ade Ogundeji 6-4½ 253 Sr. Buck 22 Asmar Bilal 6-2 225 5th-Sr. 33 Shayne Simon 6-3 232 So. Mike 40 Drew White 6-0 230 Jr. 52 Bo Bauer 6-3 230 So. Rover 6 J. Owusu-Koramoah 6-1½ 216 Jr. 13 Paul Moala 5-11½ 216 So. CB 5 Troy Pride Jr. 5-11½ 194 Sr. 8 Donte Vaughn 6-3 212 Sr. or 9 Cam Hart 6-2½ 208 Fr. S 11 Alohi Gilman 5-10½ 201 Sr. 14 Kyle Hamilton 6-4 210 Fr. S 21 Jalen Elliott 6-0½ 210 Sr. 3 Houston Griffith 6-0 198 So. CB 20 Shaun Crawford 5-9 180 5th-Sr. 28 TaRiq Bracy 5-10 170 So. NOTRE DAME DEPTH CHART Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. KO 39 Jonathan Doerer 6-3 23 Jr. 98 Harrison Leonard 5-10 203 Fr. PK 39 Jonathan Doerer 6-3 203 Jr. 98 Harrison Leonard 5-10 203 Fr. P 19 Jay Bramblett 6-1 188 Fr. 98 Harrison Leonard 5-10 203 Fr. H 19 Jay Bramblett 6-1 188 Fr. 17 Nolan Henry 6-0 193 5th-Sr. Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. LS 54 John Shannon 6-2 225 Sr. 65 Michael Vinson 6-2 224 So. PR 10 Chris Finke 5-9½ 184 5th-Sr. 11 Alohi Gilman 5-10½ 201 Sr. KR 13 Lawrence Keys III 5-10½ 173 So. 20 C'Bo Flemister 5-11 200 So. Special Teams Junior safety Marquis Waters is tied for the team lead in both interceptions (two) and passes defended (five), and ranks fourth on the Blue Devils with 43 stops. PHOTO COURTESY DUKE ATHLETICS