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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM FEBRUARY 2025 53 slowing him down, particularly dur- ing the second half when he had more holes to run through. He also pulled yet another hurdle out of thin air, leap- ing off only his left (healthy) knee and completely clearing redshirt junior line- backer Kobe King. "Thank God he's on our team," Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Den- brock said. "Yeah, your knee's sore? Well, so what. He verticals 36 inches over another defender trying to tackle him." Irish head coach Marcus Freeman said if Love didn't play in the Orange Bowl, "no one would have batted an eye." His performance, Freeman explained, speaks to the heart he has and the extent to which he gives everything he has to Notre Dame. He has a chance to do it one more time in the national championship game. "Watch out," freshman running back Aneyas Williams said. "He's got 11 days' rest." ✦ NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Love 11 45 0 45 4.1 1 9 Leonard 18 45 10 35 1.9 1 6 Thomas 1 18 0 18 18.0 0 18 Williams 2 17 0 17 8.5 0 15 Price 7 23 10 13 1.9 0 12 TEAM 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Angeli 2 0 12 -12 -6.0 0 0 Total 42 148 32 116 2.8 2 18 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Leonard 15 23 65.2 2 223 1 54 Angeli 6 7 85.7 0 44 0 14 TEAM 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Total 21 31 67.7 2 267 1 54 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Greathouse 7 105 1 54 Williams 5 66 0 36 Evans 5 58 0 32 Faison 2 25 0 14 Mitchell 1 7 0 7 Love 1 6 0 6 Total 21 267 1 54 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Hurleman 2 8 0 8 Total 2 8 0 8 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Harrison 1 19 0 19 Total 1 19 0 19 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Rendell 4 39.2 44 0 0 3 0 4 Total 4 39.2 44 0 0 3 0 4 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Jeter 2 2 41 0 Total 2 2 41 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Kiser 4 6 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Watts 5 3 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bowen 3 5 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sneed 2 4 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Viliamu-Asa 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Young 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rubio 0 4 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ausberry 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Cross 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Heard 2 1 3 1-8 1-8 0 0 0 Shuler 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gray 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Talich 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Burnham 1 1 2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Tuihalamaka 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Oben 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Clark 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Harrison 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hinish 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Moore 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Gray 1 0 0 0 Total 1 0 0 0 PENN STATE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Singleton 15 84 0 84 5.6 3 13 Allen 19 84 2 82 4.3 0 20 Warren 2 21 0 21 10.5 0 12 Allar 6 25 8 17 2.8 0 11 Total 42 214 10 204 4.9 3 20 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Allar 12 23 52.2 1 135 0 27 Total 12 23 52.2 1 135 0 27 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Warren 6 75 0 27 Singleton 2 33 0 23 Dinkins 2 21 0 20 Reynolds 1 7 0 7 Allen 1 6 0 6 Wallace 0 -3 0 0 Allar 0 -4 0 0 Total 12 135 0 27 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Tracy 1 0 0 0 Total 1 0 0 0 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Singleton 1 21 0 21 Total 1 21 0 21 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Thompson 5 42.0 48 0 0 3 0 1 Total 5 42.0 48 0 0 3 0 1 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Barker 1 1 20 0 Total 1 1 20 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Wheatley 9 7 16 1-4 1-4 0 0 0 King 4 5 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Dennis-Sutton 4 2 6 2-6 2-6 0 1 0 Reed 4 2 6 0.5-2 0-0 0 0 0 Izzard 3 3 6 1-4 1-4 0 0 0 Carter 3 2 5 2-10 1-8 1 0 0 Durant 2 1 3 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 Harris 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Washington 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 DeLuca 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Kimber 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rojas 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tracy 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Clifford 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Elsdon 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Miller 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Collins 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 J. Thomas 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Vanover 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Vilbert 0 1 1 0.5-2 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Dennis-Sutton 1 0 0 0 Wheatley 1 0 0 0 Total 2 0 0 0 PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: RILEY LEONARD, Steve Angeli RB: JEREMIYAH LOVE, Jadarian Price, Aneyas Williams WR: BEAUX COLLINS, KRIS MITCHELL, JADEN GREATHOUSE, Jordan Faison, Jayden Thomas, Jayden Harrison Deion Colzie TE: MITCHELL EVANS, Eli Raridon LT: ANTHONIE KNAPP, Tosh Baker LG: BILLY SCHRAUTH C: PAT COOGAN RG: ROCCO SPINDLER, Charles Jagusah RT: AAMIL WAGNER DEFENSE SDE: RJ OBEN, Bryce Young DT: GABRIEL RUBIO, Donovan Hinish NT: HOWARD CROSS III Vyper: JOSHUA BURNHAM, Junior Tuihalamaka Will: JACK KISER, Jaiden Ausberry Mike: DRAYK BOWEN, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Rover: JAYLEN SNEED BCB: LEONARD MOORE FS: XAVIER WATTS SS: ADON SHULER, Rod Heard II FCB: CHRISTIAN GRAY Nickel: Jordan Clark SPECIAL TEAMS Kick return: Jayden Thomas, Leo Scheidler, Davis Sherwood, Deion Colzie, Kevin Bauman, Mitchell Evans, Loghan Thomas, Junior Tuihala- maka, Preston Zinter Kickoff coverage: Max Hurleman, Jaylen Sneed, Loghan Thomas, Kennedy Urlacher, Luke Talich, Jaiden Ausberry, Preston Zinter, Ben Minich, Devyn Ford, Teddy Rezac Punt return: Kyngston Viliamu-Asa, Bryce Young, Jack Kiser, Loghan Thomas, Adon Shuler, Drayk Bowen, Jaiden Ausberry, Ben Minich, Charlie Selna, Preston Zinter, Luke Talich, Devyn Ford, Karson Hobbs Punt coverage: Max Hurleman, Luke Talich, Drayk Bowen, Jack Kiser, Davis Sherwood, Jeremiyah Love, Jordan Faison, Ben Minich, Jayden Harrison, Kobi Onyiuke, Rod Heard II Long snapper: Joseph Vinci Short snapper: Rino Monteforte Holder: Chris Salerno Kick returners: Jayden Harrison, Max Hurleman Punt returner: Hurleman Placekicker: Mitch Jeter Kickoff: Mitch Jeter Punter: James Rendell