Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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8 NOV. 16, 2019 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED UNDER THE DOME Pro Football Focus Snap Count Totals Vs. Virginia Tech Running Backs Virginia Tech 2019 Total Tony Jones Jr. — 269 Jafar Armstrong 78 119 Jahmir Smith 12 81 C'Bo Flemister — 57 Avery Davis 11 54 Kyren Williams — 15 Mick Assaf — 7 Cameron Ekanayake — 2 Note: Since returning from abdominal surgery, Armstrong's snap count went from four versus USC to 31 at Michigan to a whopping 78 against Virginia Tech. BY MIKE SINGER Here is the snap count breakdown for Notre Dame's 21-20 victory versus Virginia Tech Nov. 2. Quarterbacks Virginia Tech 2019 Total Ian Book 93 408 Phil Jurkovec — 43 Brendon Clark — 19 Nolan Henry — 1 Tight Ends Virginia Tech 2019 Total Cole Kmet 90 393 Tommy Tremble 23 201 Brock Wright 6 88 George Takacs — 15 John Lager — 5 Jack Henige — 4 Offensive Line Virginia Tech 2019 Total Aaron Banks 93 512 Liam Eichenberg 93 512 Jarrett Patterson 93 512 Robert Hainsey 4 423 Tommy Kraemer — 378 Trevor Ruhland 93 179 Joshua Lugg 89 138 Dillan Gibbons — 42 Colin Grunhard — 42 Cole Mabry — 24 John Dirksen — 24 Logan Plantz — 12 Zeke Correll — 9 Andrew Kristofic — 9 Notes: Hainsey suffered an ankle fracture on the first play of the second series, which led to Lugg playing the remaining 89 snaps … Lugg entered the contest with 49 total snaps through the first seven games. Since returning from abdominal surgery, junior running back Jafar Armstrong's snap count has grown significantly in each successive week to the point where he was in for 83.9 percent of the offensive plays (78 of 93) against Virginia Tech. PHOTO BY ANDRIS VISOCKIS Wide Receivers Virginia Tech 2019 Total Chase Claypool 87 443 Chris Finke 76 421 Javon McKinley 59 188 Lawrence Keys III 6 133 Braden Lenzy 17 126 Michael Young — 85 Joe Wilkins Jr. — 55 Micah Jones — 22 Arion Shinaver — 9 Leo Albano — 3 Matt Salerno — 3 Defensive Linemen Run Snaps Pass Snaps VT Total 2019 Total Julian Okwara 29 27 56 383 Khalid Kareem 28 24 52 369 Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa 28 24 52 363 Kurt Hinish 26 15 41 283 Adetokunbo Ogundeji 7 14 21 181 Jayson Ademilola 6 8 14 163 Jamir Jones 11 23 34 154 Jacob Lacey — — — 125 Daelin Hayes — — — 97 Ja'Mion Franklin 6 8 14 37 Howard Cross III — — — 29 Ovie Oghoufo — — — 25 Justin Ademilola — — — 19 Isaiah Foskey — — — 17 NaNa Osafo-Mensah — — — 10 Hunter Spears — — — 10 Kofi Wardlow — — — 7 Notes: With the freshman Lacey banged up and unable to play, Franklin stepped in to take 14 snaps and reportedly graded out well in line coach Mike Elston's assessment, per head coach Brian Kelly … The snap total matched Franklin's career high versus New Mexico Sept. 14. Linebackers Run Snaps Pass Snaps VT Total 2019 Total Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah 31 23 54 446 Asmar Bilal 33 26 59 394 Drew White 32 23 55 386 Jack Lamb — — — 87 Shayne Simon — — — 67 Paul Moala — — — 53 Jordan Genmark Heath — — — 43 Bo Bauer — — — 42 Defensive Backs Run Snaps Pass Snaps VT Total 2019 Total Troy Pride Jr. 34 32 66 504 Alohi Gilman 26 25 51 463 Jalen Elliott 14 18 32 439 Kyle Hamilton 10 16 26 270 TaRiq Bracy 1 2 3 255 Shaun Crawford 19 14 33 208 Donte Vaughn 33 30 63 187 Houston Griffith — — — 50 DJ Brown — — — 39 KJ Wallace — — — 18 Temitope Agoro — — — 10 Patrick Pelini — — — 9 Cam Hart — — — 3 Note: Crawford was a regular in sub packages with 34 snaps, providing a huge boost with his coverage skills.