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8 MARCH 2025 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED UNDER THE DOME Fighting Irish Snap Count Totals Versus Penn State and Ohio State Defensive Linemen Penn State (Run/Pass/Total) Ohio State (Run/Pass/Total) 2024 Total Howard Cross III 32/24/56 35/24/59 585 Rylie Mills — — 539 Joshua Burnham 23/13/36 24/14/38 467 Donovan Hinish 16/11/27 11/12/23 434 Junior Tuihalamaka 13/12/25 16/13/29 432 RJ Oben 19/15/34 23/13/36 401 Bryce Young 16/13/29 11/10/21 374 Gabriel Rubio 27/20/47 29/14/43 306 Boubacar Traore — — 133 Jason Onye — — 106 Jordan Botelho — — 95 Kobi Onyiuke 0/0/0 0/0/0 61 Armel Mukam 0/0/0 0/0/0 60 Loghan Thomas 0/0/0 0/0/0 42 Sean Sevillano Jr. 0/0/0 0/0/0 39 Grant Ristoff 0/0/0 0/0/0 29 Devan Houstan 0/0/0 0/0/0 10 Brenan Vernon 0/0/0 0/0/0 8 Note: Burnham paced the linemen and ranked fourth on the team with a 71.4 defense grade versus Penn State … Burnham paced the linemen and ranked third on the team with a 70.8 defense grade against Ohio State. Linebackers Penn State (Run/Pass/Total) Ohio State (Run/Pass/Total) 2024 Total Jack Kiser 28/23/51 21/9/30 641 Drayk Bowen 32/22/54 31/21/52 615 Jaiden Ausberry 17/11/28 9/6/15 438 Jaylen Sneed 18/17/35 6/7/13 433 Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa 11/14/25 24/19/43 343 Preston Zinter 0/0/0 0/0/0 47 Bodie Kahoun 0/0/0 0/0/0 30 Tre Reader 0/0/0 0/0/0 11 Jerry Rullo 0/0/0 0/0/0 11 Teddy Rezac 0/0/0 0/0/0 3 Note: Viliamu-Asa and Kiser paced the linebackers and were second and third on the team with defense grades of 73.6 and 73.0, respectively, versus Penn State … Bowen led the team with an 85.3 defense grade against Ohio State. Defensive Backs Penn State (Run/Pass/Total) Ohio State (Run/Pass/Total) 2024 Total Xavier Watts 37/30/67 37/27/64 970 Christian Gray 37/30/67 36/27/63 796 Adon Shuler 20/20/40 35/27/62 768 Leonard Moore 37/30/67 36/27/63 736 Jordan Clark 6/9/15 20/22/42 651 Rod Heard II 18/16/34 3/5/8 409 Benjamin Morrison — — 314 Luke Talich 0/0/0 0/0/0 98 Karson Hobbs 0/0/0 0/0/0 83 Jaden Mickey — — 82 Kennedy Urlacher 0/0/0 0/0/0 65 Max Hurleman 0/0/0 0/0/0 63 Ben Minich 0/0/0 0/0/0 46 Tae Johnson 0/0/0 0/0/0 39 Note: Clark made the most of his 15 snaps against Penn State, leading the team with a 76.1 defense grade … Watts led the defensive backs and ranked second on the team with a 75.1 defense grade against Ohio State. * 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 27-24 victory versus Penn State in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff at the Orange Bowl Jan. 9 and its 34-23 loss to Ohio State in the national championship game Jan. 20. Quarterbacks Penn State Ohio State 2024 Riley Leonard 66 63 944 Steve Angeli 9 1 103 Kenny Minchey 0 0 4 CJ Carr 0 0 4 Note: Angeli, who completed 6 of 7 throws for 44 yards on the Irish's first scoring drive of the game right before halftime after Leonard left the game due to an injury, ranked second on the team with a 72.7 PFF of- fense grade against Penn State … Leonard was second on the team with a grade of 80.2 versus Ohio State. Running Backs Penn State Ohio State 2024 Jeremiyah Love 32 41 465 Jadarian Price 17 14 302 Aneyas Williams 27 10 213 Devyn Ford 0 0 62 Kedren Young 0 0 30 Justin Fisher 0 0 3 Jake Tafelski 0 0 2 Note: Love ranked third on the team with a 70.2 offense grade against Penn State … Love was first among the running backs but only 18th on the team with a 59.7 offense grade versus Ohio State. Tight Ends Penn State Ohio State 2024 Mitchell Evans 57 49 554 Eli Raridon 20 19 391 Cooper Flanagan — — 262 Kevin Bauman 0 0 71 Davis Sherwood 0 1 52 Jack Larsen 0 0 7 Matt Jeffery 0 0 7 Note: Evans led the tight ends and was fifth on the team with a 66.2 offense grade versus Penn State … Raridon paced the tight ends and was third on the team with a 71.0 grade against Ohio State. Wide Receivers Penn State Ohio State 2024 Beaux Collins 7 51 670 Jaden Greathouse 65 51 493 Kris Mitchell 28 31 478 Jordan Faison 47 33 401 Jayden Thomas 57 12 340 Jayden Harrison 3 4 211 Deion Colzie 15 3 132 KK Smith 0 0 90 Micah Gilbert 0 0 43 Logan Saldate 0 0 7 Tyler Buchner 0 0 2 Jack Polian 0 0 2 Leo Scheidler 0 0 1 Cam Williams 0 0 1 Note: Greathouse led the team with a 73.7 offense grade against Penn State … Once again, Greathouse produced the top offense grade on the team with an 82.2 against Ohio State. Offensive Line Penn State Ohio State 2024 Aamil Wagner 75 63 973 Anthonie Knapp 14 — 843 Pat Coogan 75 63 813 Rocco Spindler 22 63 747 Billy Schrauth 75 63 700 Sam Pendleton 0 0 492 Ashton Craig — — 159 Tosh Baker 61 0 125 Charles Jagusah 53 63 116 Sullivan Absher 0 0 90 Joe Otting 0 0 82 Chris Terek 0 0 78 Guerby Lambert 0 0 53 Ty Chan 0 0 8 Peter Jones 0 0 3 Note: Jagusah came off the bench for an injured Spindler against Penn State, and led the linemen and ranked sixth on the team with a 65.9 offense grade … In his first start of the season, Jagusah paced the linemen and ranked fifth on the team with a 65.2 grade versus Ohio State.