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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM FEBRUARY 2024 9 UNDER THE DOME Fighting Irish Snap Count Totals Vs. Oregon State Defensive Linemen Run Snaps Pass Snaps Oregon State Total 2023 Total Howard Cross III 7 21 28 610 Rylie Mills 8 18 26 536 Javontae Jean-Baptiste 8 23 31 527 Jordan Botelho 8 14 22 428 Nana Osafo-Mensah — — — 252 Joshua Burnham 4 12 16 178 Junior Tuihalamaka 1 7 8 165 Jason Onye 3 11 14 156 Gabriel Rubio 3 10 13 135 Donovan Hinish 2 10 12 100 Aidan Keanaaina — — — 40 Boubacar Traore 3 7 10 27 Tyson Ford 0 0 0 13 Brenan Vernon 0 0 0 9 Devan Houstan 0 0 0 6 Armel Mukam 0 0 0 6 Cole Aubrey 0 0 0 2 Kobi Onyiuke 0 0 0 2 Note: Cross led a strong effort by the linemen and ranked first on the team with a 90.1 defense grade … Botelho (80.2) and Jean-Baptiste (74.6) were second and fourth, respectively, on the squad in defense grade. Linebackers Run Snaps Pass Snaps Oregon State Total 2023 Total JD Bertrand 9 25 34 647 Marist Liufau — — — 595 Jack Kiser 8 19 27 354 Jaylen Sneed 6 26 32 230 Drayk Bowen 5 11 16 73 Jaiden Ausberry 1 5 6 21 Preston Zinter 0 0 0 10 Tre Reader 0 1 1 4 Nolan Ziegler 0 0 0 3 Note: Bertrand (70.8) Kiser (70.7) paced the linebackers and were eighth and ninth, respectively, on the team in defense grade. Defensive Backs Run Snaps Pass Snaps Oregon State Total 2023 Total Xavier Watts 9 24 33 709 Benjamin Morrison 9 24 33 620 DJ Brown 7 21 28 595 Cam Hart — — — 572 Thomas Harper — — — 441 Ramon Henderson — — — 303 Jaden Mickey 8 17 25 252 Clarence Lewis 5 17 22 233 Christian Gray 5 25 30 198 Antonio Carter II — — — 72 Adon Shuler 5 13 18 49 Chance Tucker 3 8 11 33 Micah Bell 2 6 8 21 Ryan Barnes — — — 16 Ben Minich 3 10 13 15 Marty Auer 0 0 0 9 Eddie Scheidler 0 0 0 6 Luke Talich — — — 6 Isaiah Dunn 0 0 0 3 Note: Gray (75.0), Morrison (72.3), Xavier Watts (71.7) and DJ Brown (71.3) ranked third, fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, on the team in defense grade. BY STEVE DOWNEY Per Pro Football Focus (PFF) data, here is the snap count breakdown for Notre Dame's 40-8 victory over Oregon State in the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 29. Quarterbacks Oregon State 2023 Total Sam Hartman — 678 Steve Angeli 61 135 Kenny Minchey 6 13 Note: Angeli ranked fourth on the team with a 79.2 offense grade. Running Backs Oregon State 2023 Total Audric Estimé — 388 Gi'Bran Payne 19 160 Jeremiyah Love 21 147 Jadarian Price 19 107 Devyn Ford 6 55 Chase Ketterer 1 4 Skip Velotta 1 3 Sam Assaf 0 2 Note: Price led the ball carriers and ranked sec- ond on the team with an 81.6 offense grade. Wide Receivers Oregon State 2023 Total Rico Flores Jr. — 404 Tobias Merriweather — 378 Jayden Thomas 33 305 Jaden Greathouse 38 297 Chris Tyree — 276 Jordan Faison 37 149 Deion Colzie 15 65 Matt Salerno 20 62 Braylon James — 22 Henry Cook 0 5 Chase Dixon 0 2 Griffin Eifert 0 2 KK Smith 2 2 Leo Scheidler 0 1 Note: Faison led the team with an 85.8 offense grade … Thomas was second among the receiv- ers and third on the team with an 81.1 offense grade. Tight Ends Oregon State 2023 Total Mitchell Evans — 425 Holden Staes — 369 Eli Raridon 56 205 Cooper Flanagan 42 161 Davis Sherwood 22 119 Justin Fisher 3 9 Note: Raridon led the way for the tight ends and ranked 10th on the team with a 68.0 offense grade. * 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. Offensive Line Oregon State 2023 Total Pat Coogan 61 769 Joe Alt — 713 Blake Fisher — 713 Rocco Spindler — 559 Zeke Correll — 558 Billy Schrauth 61 257 Ashton Craig 61 238 Tosh Baker 61 115 Andrew Kristofic 6 67 Charles Jagusah 61 66 Aamil Wagner 6 52 Sam Pendleton 6 15 Quinn Murphy 6 10 Sullivan Absher 6 6 Note: In his first career start, Jagusah paced the linemen and was tied for sixth on the team with a 68.8 offense grade.