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Oct. 29, 2022

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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10 OCT. 29, 2022 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED UNDER THE DOME Irish Snap Count Totals Vs. Stanford Defensive Linemen Run Snaps Pass Snaps Stanford Total 2022 Total Isaiah Foskey 22 30 52 274 Jayson Ademilola 7 8 15 229 Howard Cross III 18 17 35 218 Justin Ademilola 20 20 40 214 Rylie Mills 20 17 37 197 NaNa Osafo-Mensah 20 26 46 157 Chris Smith 32 31 63 137 Gabriel Rubio 21 23 44 81 Jacob Lacey — — — 73 Alexander Ehrensberger 0 0 0 9 Notes: Smith and Rubio set season highs in snaps played, with Rubio surpassing his season total of 37 through five games … Mills (91.8, first), Justin Ademilola (77.7, second), Osafo-Mensah (77.4, third) and Rubio (73.3, fifth) all finished among the top five on the team in defense grade. Linebackers Run Snaps Pass Snaps Stanford Total 2022 Total Marist Liufau 27 28 55 302 JD Bertrand 30 38 68 252 Jack Kiser 14 9 23 194 Bo Bauer — — — 71 Prince Kollie 11 10 21 39 Jordan Botelho 0 0 0 19 Junior Tuihalamaka 0 1 1 8 Notes: Bertrand was the highest-graded linebacker on the team at 66.6, eighth on the team … He also finished second on the team with a 70.2 pass rush grade and sixth with a 72.7 run defense grade. Defensive Backs Run Snaps Pass Snaps Stanford Total 2022 Total Cam Hart 39 43 82 325 Brandon Joseph 26 31 57 313 TaRiq Bracy — — — 296 Benjamin Morrison 40 42 82 246 DJ Brown 18 19 37 217 Clarence Lewis 27 21 48 193 Houston Griffith 24 24 48 187 Xavier Watts 14 17 31 101 Ramon Henderson 10 18 28 97 Jaden Mickey — — — 71 Notes: Joseph finished fourth on the team with a 74.8 defense grade and first in coverage grade with a 75.3 … Watts (84.0), Joseph (82.4), Brown (81.8), Griffith (81.1) and Lewis (79.5) notched the top five tacking grades on the team. * Note: A player who has 0 snaps listed for the game was healthy but did not appear ... A player who has a dash listed was not active for the contest or is no longer with the team. BY STEVE DOWNEY Per Pro Football Focus (PFF) data, here is the snap count breakdown for Notre Dame's 16-14 loss to Stanford Oct. 15. Quarterbacks Stanford 2022 Total Drew Pyne 63 301 Tyler Buchner — 120 Note: Pyne had just the 13th-best PFF offense grade at 57.0 for the Irish against the Cardinal, his lowest since a 55.5 vs. Cal Sept. 17. Running Backs Stanford 2022 Total Audric Estime 22 181 Chris Tyree 20 180 Logan Diggs 23 105 Notes: Tyree (67.4, third) and Diggs (65.1, fifth) finished among the top five on the team in offense grade … Tyree led the team with a 69.2 run grade. Wide Receivers Stanford 2022 Total Braden Lenzy 52 339 Lorenzo Styles 46 297 Jayden Thomas 46 257 Matt Salerno 2 63 Joe Wilkins Jr. 6 19 Tobias Merriweather 10 17 Deion Colzie 1 15 Notes: Merriweather played a career-high 10 snaps and posted the top offensive grade on the team at 79.0 on the strength of his 41-yard touch- down reception — his first catch in an Irish uniform … Styles notched the best run blocking grade (74.7) on the team. Tight Ends Stanford 2022 Total Michael Mayer 61 397 Eli Raridon 4 76 Kevin Bauman — 75 Davis Sherwood 1 39 Holden Staes 2 26 Mitchell Evans 19 19 Notes: Evans made his season debut after recover- ing from a foot injury suffered during the summer … Mayer's offense (59.9) and run blocking (46.6) grades were his lowest of the season. Offensive Line Stanford 2022 Total Joe Alt 63 421 Zeke Correll 63 421 Josh Lugg 63 421 Blake Fisher 63 408 Jarrett Patterson 63 371 Andrew Kristofic 0 50 Tosh Baker 0 13 Notes: Alt was second on the team with a 71.0 offense grade, while Fisher was fourth with a 65.4 grade … Alt (87.4), Patterson (85.7) and Correll (83.4) registered the top three pass blocking grades for the Irish. Junior defensive lineman Rylie Mills notched only 3 tackles against the Cardinal, but he was PFF's top- graded Irish defender with a season-best 91.8. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER

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