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www.BLUEANDGOLD.com FEBRUARY 2023 27 Shane Beamer — a former special teams coordinator and the son of the "Beamer Ball" purveyor, Frank, whose Virginia Tech teams excelled in that phase of the game. Freeman's response to witnessing it was to go for the knockout. "There's no more games left, and I wanted to run it," Freeman said. "I knew going into the game if the op- portunity presented itself, I wanted to run it. Mase said, 'Let's do it here,' and I said, 'Let's go.' We executed. It was beautifully executed." ✦ SOUTH CAROLINA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Rattler 7 43 6 37 5.3 0 18 McDowell 6 28 0 28 4.7 0 13 Beal-Smith 3 11 3 8 2.7 0 9 Joyner 1 8 0 8 8.0 0 8 Brown 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 Amos 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 Wells 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 Legette 2 0 4 -4 -2.0 0 0 Total 22 92 17 75 3.4 0 18 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Rattler 29 46 63.0 1 246 2 42 Kroeger 1 1 100.0 0 23 1 23 Joyner 1 1 100.0 0 18 0 18 TEAM 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Total 31 49 63.3 1 287 3 42 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Legette 7 78 2 42 Adkins 5 78 0 24 Wells 5 30 0 10 Brown 4 22 0 10 Joyner 3 35 0 26 McDowell 3 13 0 11 Beal-Smith 2 7 0 5 Rogers 1 23 1 23 Blake 1 1 0 1 Total 31 287 3 42 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Brown 2 12 0 7 Total 2 12 0 7 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Legette 2 52 0 28 Total 2 52 0 28 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Kroeger 6 40.0 52 0 0 3 1 2 Total 6 40.0 52 0 0 3 1 2 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Jeter 1 1 45 0 Total 1 1 45 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Greene 5 6 11 1-9 1-9 0 0 0 Johnson 3 5 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Webb 3 5 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Emmanwori 3 4 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Smith 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Dial 4 0 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Huntley 3 1 4 1-12 1-12 1 0 0 Burch 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hemingway 2 2 4 1-7 0-0 0 0 0 Nelson 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Sanders 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Barrett 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ford 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Fortune 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Blake 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Blanton 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Johnson 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gibson 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Martin-Scott 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Williams 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Fortune 1 100 1 100 Smith 1 47 1 47 Barrett 1 -5 0 0 Total 3 142 2 100 NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Estime 14 95 0 95 6.8 0 26 Diggs 13 89 0 89 6.8 1 39 Buchner 12 82 21 61 5.1 2 21 Tyree 5 21 0 21 4.2 0 12 TEAM 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 Total 46 287 23 264 5.7 3 39 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Buchner 18 33 54.5 3 274 3 75 Sherwood 1 1 100.0 0 20 0 20 Total 19 34 55.9 3 294 3 75 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Thomas 5 67 0 25 Lenzy 4 89 1 44 Tyree 4 10 0 9 Evans 3 39 1 18 Diggs 2 81 1 75 Estime 1 8 0 8 Total 19 294 3 75 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Salerno 1 7 0 7 Total 1 7 0 7 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Tyree 1 18 0 18 Total 1 18 0 18 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Sot 4 51.2 55 0 1 1 3 0 Total 4 51.2 55 0 1 1 3 0 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Grupe 1 1 37 0 Total 1 1 37 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Bertrand 5 3 8 0.5-2 0-0 0 0 0 Bracy 4 4 8 0.5-0 0-0 0 1 0 Kiser 3 3 6 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Henderson 2 4 6 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 1 Brown 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Mills 2 2 4 1.5-2 1-1 0 0 0 TEAM 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Watts 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Morrison 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Osafo-Mensah 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Botelho 2 0 2 2-5 2-5 0 0 0 Liufau 2 0 2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Ju. Ademilola 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Kollie 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lewis 1 1 2 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 Rubio 1 1 2 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 Fisher 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mickey 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Styles 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Smith 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sneed 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Walters 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Yoakam 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Morrison 1 0 0 0 Total 1 0 0 0 PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: TYLER BUCHNER RB: LOGAN DIGGS, Audric Estime, Chris Tyree WR: JAYDEN THOMAS, DEION COLZIE, LO- RENZO STYLES, Braden Lenzy, Tobias Merri- weather, Matt Salerno TE: MITCHELL EVANS, Holden Staes LT: JOE ALT LG: JARRETT PATTERSON, Andrew Kristofic C: ZEKE CORRELL RG: JOSH LUGG RT: BLAKE FISHER DEFENSE Vyper: JORDAN BOTELHO, Junior Tuihalamaka, Jaylen Sneed DT: RYLIE MILLS, Gabriel Rubio NT: HOWARD CROSS III, Chris Smith SDE: JUSTIN ADEMILOLA, Nana Osafo-Mensah Mike: JD BERTRAND, Prince Kollie Will: MARIST LIUFAU, Jaylen Sneed Rover: JACK KISER Strong Safety: DJ BROWN, Houston Griffith Free Safety: XAVIER WATTS, Ramon Henderson Boundary CB: BENJAMIN MORRISON, Clar- ence Lewis Field CB: TARIQ BRACY, Jaden Mickey Nickel: Ramon Henderson, Clarence Lewis SPECIAL TEAMS Kickoff coverage: Houston Griffith, Junior Tuihalamaka, Jaylen Sneed, Jack Kiser, Jordan Botelho, DJ Brown, Clarence Lewis, Xavier Watts, TaRiq Bracy, Ramon Henderson Kick return: Jayden Thomas, Deion Colzie, Jack Kiser, Junior Tuihalamaka, Joshua Burnham, Audric Estime, Matt Salerno, Davis Sherwood, Skip Velotta, Jordan Botelho, Gi'Bran Payne Punt return: Clarence Lewis, Xavier Watts, Marist Liufau, Jordan Botelho, TaRiq Bracy, Jus- tin Ademilola, Howard Cross III, Benjamin Mor- rison, JD Bertrand, Rylie Mills, Chance Tucker, Ramon Henderson, DJ Brown, Houston Griffith, Jaden Mickey, Jack Kiser, Prince Kollie Punt coverage: Braden Lenzy, Houston Griffith, Lorenzo Styles, Marist Liufau, Prince Kollie, Jack Kiser, JD Bertrand, Davis Sherwood, Alexander Ehrensberger Kickoff: Zac Yoakam Placekicker: Blake Grupe Punter: Jon Sot Long snapper: Michael Vinson Holder: Jon Sot Kick Returner: Chris Tyree Punt Returner: Matt Salerno