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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com SEPT. 10, 2022 29 liams' momentum carried him out of bounds. It was in the one place Notre Dame graduate student linebacker Bo Bauer couldn't deflect it. "I'm looking at him and in my mind I'm like, 'There's no way that's a com- pletion,'" Freeman said. "Hats off to him. There's a reason why he's a Heis- man Trophy candidate. He's a heck of a football player." It was a throw few quarterbacks can make. The off-platform, twisted re- lease was an elite display of athleticism. The accuracy was pinpoint. It's a play expected of a Heisman candidate and projected high first-round NFL Draft prospect. In the moment, Notre Dame defenders tried to shrug it off and move on. In hindsight, they couldn't help but acknowledge its significance. "In the midst of it, you preach one play, one life," Kiser said. "You don't re- ally think about it, you're onto the next play. But looking back, you wish that falls your way. You wish that had a dif- ferent outcome, especially when you're watching film. 'Dang it, you want that one back.' "But in the heat of it, one play, one life, let's make another play." Stroud and Williams made the plays instead. The former completed two passes for first downs later in that drive. Williams gained 49 yards on seven car- ries on that drive, capping it with a 2-yard touchdown that gave the Buck- eyes a 21-10 lead with 4:51 remaining. ✦ OHIO STATE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Passing C-A YDS. TD I C% RTG. Stroud 24-34 223 2 0 71 145.1 Receiving NO. YDS. TD LNG. AVG. TGT. C% Egbuka 9 90 1 31 10 12 75 Harrison Jr. 5 56 0 21 11.2 11 45 Stover 3 14 0 7 4.7 4 75 Johnson 2 34 1 24 17 3 67 Ballard 2 14 0 10 7 2 100 Smith-Njigba 2 3 0 4 1.5 3 67 Williams 1 12 0 12 12 1 100 Team 24 223 2 31 9.3 36 67 Rushing ATT. YDS. TD LNG. AVG. Henderson 15 91 0 16 6.1 Williams 14 84 1 15 6 Stroud 3 1 0 3 0.3 Team 35 172 1 16 4.9 Punting NO. YDS. AVG. LNG. I20 50+ Mirco 5 225 45 50 4 2 Field Goals Time Dist Result Ruggles 2nd-00:36 39 MISSED Total 0-1 LONG OF 0 All-Purpose Tot. Rush Rec. KOR PR IR-FR TD Egbuka 119 0 90 25 4 0 1 William 96 84 12 0 0 0 1 Henderson 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 Defense Total Solo Sack TFL Int. BrUp QBH FF Eichenberg 9 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 Ransom 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chambers 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Hickman 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hall 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 Vincent 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harrison 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burke 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Jean-Baptiste 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 McCalister 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trayanum 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuimoloau 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Friday 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hamilton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Egbuka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ruggles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Punt Returns NO. YDS. AVG. LNG. TD Egbuka 1 4 04 4 0 Kick Returns NO. YDS. AVG. LNG. TD Egbuka 1 25 25 25 0 NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Passing C-A YDS. TD I C% RTG. Buchner 10-18 177 0 0 56 138.2 Receiving NO. YDS. TD LNG. AVG. TGT. C% Mayer 5 32 0 17 6.4 8 63 Styles 1 54 0 54 54 2 50 Lenzy 1 32 0 32 32 4 25 Salerno 1 31 0 31 31 2 50 Bauman 1 22 0 22 22 1 100 Tyree 1 6 0 6 6 1 100 Team 10 177 0 54 17.7 19 53 Rushing ATT. YDS. TD LNG. AVG. Tyree 6 28 0 14 4.7 Estime 9 21 1 8 2.3 Buchner 11 18 0 12 1.6 Diggs 4 9 0 7 2.3 Team 30 76 1 14 2.5 Punting NO. YDS. AVG. LNG. I20 50+ Sot 8 370 46.2 75 3 2 Field Goals Time Dist Result Grupe 1st-12:13 33 GOOD Total 1-1 LONG OF 33 All-Purpose Tot. Rush Rec. KOR PR IR-FR TD Tyree 56 28 6 22 0 0 0 Styles 54 0 54 0 0 0 0 Lenzy 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 Defense Total Solo Sack TFL Int. BrUp QBH FF Lewis 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 Kiser 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liufau 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Griffith 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Foskey 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ademilola, Ju. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joseph 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bracy 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Bauer 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hart 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morrison 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bertrand 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cross 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Smith 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mills 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brown 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mickey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Osafo-Mensah 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ademilola, Ja. 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Estime 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grupe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Punt Returns NO. YDS. AVG. LNG. TD None Kick Returns NO. YDS. AVG. LNG. TD Tyree 2 22 11 11 0 PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: TYLER BUCHNER RB: AUDRIC ESTIME, Chris Tyree, Logan Diggs WR: BRADEN LENZY, Joe Wilkins Jr., Matt Salerno TE: MICHAEL MAYER, KEVIN BAUMAN, Davis Sherwood LT: JOE ALT LG: ANDREW KRISTOFIC C: ZEKE CORRELL RG: JOSH LUGG RT: BLAKE FISHER WR: LORENZO STYLES, Jayden Thomas DEFENSE SDE: RYLIE MILLS, Nana Osafo-Mensah DT: JAYSON ADEMILOLA, Jacob Lacey NT: HOWARD CROSS III, Chris Smith Vyper: ISAIAH FOSKEY, Justin Ademilola Mike: JD BERTRAND, Bo Bauer Will: MARIST LIUFAU, Jack Kiser Free Safety: BRANDON JOSEPH, Ramon Hen- derson Strong Safety: DJ BROWN, Houston Griffith, Xavier Watts Boundary CB: CLARENCE LEWIS, Benjamin Morrison Field CB: CAM HART, Jaden Mickey Nickel: TARIQ BRACY SPECIAL TEAMS Kickoff coverage: TaRiq Bracy, Ramon Hender- son, DJ Brown, Xavier Watts, Bo Bauer, Jordan Botelho, Jack Kiser, Junior Tuihalamaka, Prince Kollie, Houston Griffith Kick return: Lorenzo Styles, Skip Velotta, Junior Tuihalamaka, Bo Bauer, Xavier Watts, Joshua Burnham, Prince Kollie, Audric Estime, Brandon Joseph, Matt Salerno Punt return: Benjamin Morrison, Junior Tui- halamaka, Clarence Lewis, Jaden Mickey, Bo Bauer, JD Bertrand, DJ Brown, Jordan Botelho, Jack Kiser, Isaiah Foskey Punt coverage: Bo Bauer, Braden Lenzy, Lo- renzo Styles, Houston Griffith, Davis Sherwood, Michael Mayer, Kevin Bauman, Ramon Hender- son, TaRiq Bracy Kickoff: Zac Yoakam Placekicker: Blake Grupe Punter: Jon Sot Long snapper: Michael Vinson Holder: Jon Sot Kick Returner: Chris Tyree Punt Returner: Brandon Joseph