Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM MARCH 2025 23 stayed locked in enough to execute on the receiving end of a shovel pass on Notre Dame's first two-point conversion. Just look at sophomore receiver Jor- dan Faison and graduate student re- ceiver Beaux Collins, a duo that com- bined for only 5 catches for 38 yards, but also a duo that connected on a trick-play passing score on Notre Dame's second two-point conversion. So many times in the 15 games that got Notre Dame to the doorstep of the team's first national championship since the 1988 season, Greathouse was the guy whose box score wasn't overly impres- sive. But if you actually watched the game, he was very much involved in it. He wore the metaphorical cape in the title game, but it was about so much more than his 6 catches for 128 yards and 2 touchdowns. "Production doesn't always reflect performance," Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman said. "It doesn't. Pro- duction is something that is a result of doing your job and the quarterback mak- ing the decision to throw you the ball and the offensive play that calls for it. "But JG has been playing great all season long, it's just now he's had some production to go along with the way he's been playing." ✦ NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Leonard 17 54 14 40 2.4 1 8 Price 3 13 0 13 4.3 0 9 Love 4 4 1 3 0.8 0 2 Faison 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 TEAM 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 Total 26 72 19 53 2.0 1 9 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Leonard 22 31 71.0 0 255 2 34 Angeli 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Total 22 32 68.8 0 255 2 34 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Greathouse 6 128 2 34 Evans 4 52 0 33 Collins 4 32 0 12 Raridon 2 20 0 14 Mitchell 2 16 0 10 Love 2 5 0 7 Faison 1 6 0 6 Harrison 1 -4 0 -4 Total 22 255 2 34 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Hurleman 1 10 0 10 Total 1 10 0 10 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long None Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Rendell 2 48.5 51 0 0 1 1 0 Total 2 48.5 51 0 0 1 1 0 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Jeter 0 1 0 0 Total 0 1 0 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Bowen 7 1 8 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Watts 6 2 8 1-5 0-0 1 0 0 Moore 5 0 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Kiser 4 1 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Burnham 4 0 4 2-4 2-4 0 0 0 Shuler 3 1 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Viliamu-Asa 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Clark 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Gray 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rubio 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ausberry 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Cross 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Faison 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Heard 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Oben 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sneed 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Talich 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Thomas 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Young 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long None OHIO STATE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Judkins 11 100 0 100 9.1 2 70 Howard 16 64 7 57 3.6 0 11 Henderson 12 49 0 49 4.1 0 19 Egbuka 1 13 0 13 13.0 0 13 Smith 1 0 5 -5 -5.0 0 0 Total 41 226 12 214 5.2 2 70 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Howard 17 21 81.0 0 231 2 56 Total 17 21 81.0 0 231 2 56 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Egbuka 6 64 0 24 Smith 5 88 1 56 Tate 2 35 0 20 Judkins 2 21 1 15 Inniss 1 19 0 19 Scott Jr. 1 4 0 4 Total 17 231 2 56 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Inniss 1 -3 0 0 Total 1 -3 0 0 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Henderson 1 6 0 6 Total 1 6 0 6 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 McGuire 1 51.0 51 0 0 0 1 0 Total 1 51.0 51 0 0 0 1 0 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Fielding 2 2 46 0 Total 2 2 46 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Simon 4 4 8 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 S. Styles 3 3 6 1-11 1-11 0 0 0 Downs 5 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tuimoloau 5 0 5 2-3 1-2 0 0 0 Williams 3 1 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Igbinosun 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Burke 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ransom 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sawyer 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hancock 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Houston 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jackson 2 0 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 L. Styles 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Curry 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Matthews 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Reese 1 0 1 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 McDonald 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long None PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: RILEY LEONARD RB: JEREMIYAH LOVE, Jadarian Price, Aneyas Wil- liams WR (X): BEAUX COLLINS, Jayden Thomas WR (Z): KRIS MITCHELL, Jordan Faison WR (Y): JADEN GREATHOUSE, Jayden Harrison, Deion Colzie TE: MITCHELL EVANS, Eli Raridon LT: CHARLES JAGUSAH LG: BILLY SCHRAUTH C: PAT COOGAN RG: ROCCO SPINDLER RT: AAMIL WAGNER DEFENSE DE: RJ OBEN, Bryce Young DT: GABRIEL RUBIO NT: HOWARD CROSS III, Donovan Hinish VYP: JOSHUA BURNHAM, Junior Tuihalamaka MLB: DRAYK BOWEN, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa WLB: JACK KISER, Jaiden Ausberry ROV: JAYLEN SNEED NICKEL: Jordan Clark BCB: LEONARD MOORE FCB: CHRISTIAN GRAY BS: ADON SHULER, Rod Heard II FS: XAVIER WATTS SPECIAL TEAMS Kickoff return: Loghan Thomas, Preston Zinter, Leo Scheidler, Davis Sherwood, Mitchell Evans, Jayden Thomas, Deion Colzie, Max Hurleman, Kevin Bauman, Junior Tuihalamaka, Kedren Young Kickoff coverage: Kennedy Urlacher, Loghan Thomas, Luke Talich, Jaiden Ausberry, Jaylen Sneed, Max Hurleman, Devyn Ford, Teddy Rezac, Preston Zinter, Ben Minich, Xavier Watts, Jack Kiser, Rod Heard II Punt return: Teddy Rezac, Bryce Young, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Loghan Thomas, Preston Zinter, Luke Talich, Adon Shuler, Ben Minich, Jaiden Ausberry, Jack Kiser Punt coverage: Luke Talich, Kobi Onyiuke, Jor - dan Faison, Drayk Bowen, Davis Sherwood, Max Hurleman, Jayden Harrison, Jack Kiser, Rod Heard II, Steve Angeli Long snapper: Joseph Vinci Short snapper: Rino Monteforte Holder: Chris Salerno Kick returner: Jayden Harrison Punt returner: Max Hurleman Placekicker: Mitch Jeter Kickoff specialist: Mitch Jeter Punter: James Rendell