Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM OCT. 18, 2025 27 turn to gimmicks. The Wildcat is one such option, and it is deeply unpopular. Could the Irish take their success with redshirt senior quarterback Tyler Bu- chner's fake punt on fourth-and-2 and turn it into an offensive package? At this point, nothing is off the table. What Notre Dame does know is that short yardage is its offense's Achil- les heel right now, and without Riley Leonard serving as a battering ram in the quarterback run game, it doesn't have a consistent solution. The Irish have left points on the table in back-to- back games — games they won going away, with wider margins in yards than in points. "We're gonna get it fixed," Carr said. If they do, nothing is stopping Notre Dame. — Jack Soble NORTH CAROLINA STATE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Smothers 12 46 0 46 3.8 0 10 Scott 5 15 0 15 3.0 0 7 Wilson 2 4 0 4 2.0 0 2 Bailey 9 20 34 -14 -1.6 0 10 Total 28 85 34 51 1.8 0 10 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Bailey 30 17 56.7 3 186 1 45 Smothers 1 1 100.0 0 -4 0 0 Total 18 31 58.1 3 182 1 45 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Smothers 4 21 0 9 Anderson 3 57 1 45 Jackson 3 27 0 14 Scott 3 26 0 15 Hoffmann 2 47 0 26 Joly 2 8 0 6 Bailey 1 -4 0 0 Total 18 182 1 45 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Anderson 1 2 0 2 Total 1 2 0 2 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Scott 1 17 0 17 Total 1 17 0 17 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Noonkester 7 45.4 56 0 1 3 3 2 Total 7 45.4 56 0 1 3 3 2 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. None Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Royal 7 3 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Fordham 2 8 10 0.5-5 0.5-5 0 0 0 Brown 6 3 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Soares 4 4 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Slone 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Price 2 2 4 1-5 1-5 1 0 0 Vick 2 2 4 0.5-0 0-0 1 0 0 Cleveland 1 3 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Shirley 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Johnson 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Marshall 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Johnson 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Harsh 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Williams 0 2 2 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Bailey 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Grimes 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hodge 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Joly 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Smothers 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McBride 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Thomas 0 1 1 0.5-5 0.5-5 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Brown 1 0 0 0 Total 1 0 0 0 NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Love 18 86 0 86 4.8 2 24 Price 15 68 2 66 4.4 0 20 Buchner 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 TEAM 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 Carr 3 5 15 -10 -3.3 0 5 Total 39 162 19 143 3.7 2 24 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Carr 19 31 61.3 1 342 2 42 TEAM 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 Total 19 32 59.4 1 342 2 42 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Raridon 7 109 0 36 Pauling 4 105 1 42 Faison 4 49 0 17 Smith 3 59 1 31 Fields 1 20 0 20 Total 19 342 2 42 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Faison 1 23 0 23 Total 1 23 0 23 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Price 2 39 0 22 Total 2 39 0 22 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Rendell 3 44.0 47 0 0 2 0 1 Total 3 44.0 47 0 0 2 0 1 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Burnette 2 2 48 0 Schmidt 0 0 0 0 Total 2 2 48 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Johnson 4 3 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bowen 3 4 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Viliamu-Asa 3 3 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Traore 3 1 4 2-21 2-21 0 0 0 Ausberry 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Moore 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Shuler 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hughes 2 1 3 1-3 1-3 0 0 0 Dawson 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Golden 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Botelho 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tuihalamaka 1 1 2 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 Young 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Faraimo 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rubio 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Stroman 1 0 1 1-8 1-8 0 0 0 Talich 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Vinci 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Jeffery 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Onye 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sneed 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Thomas 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Shuler 1 44 0 44 Viliamu-Asa 1 14 0 14 Hobbs 1 11 0 11 Total 3 69 0 44 PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: CJ CARR, Kenny Minchey RB: JEREMIYAH LOVE, Jadarian Price WR (X): MALACHI FIELDS, Micah Gilbert, Cam Williams WR (Z): JORDAN FAISON, KK Smith WR (Y): WILL PAULING, Matt Jeffery TE: ELI RARIDON, Ty Washington LT: ANTHONIE KNAPP, Sullivan Absher LG: BILLY SCHRAUTH C: ASHTON CRAIG, Joe Otting RG: GUERBY LAMBERT RT: AAMIL WAGNER, Chris Terek DEFENSE LDE: BOUBACAR TRAORE, Junior Tuihalamaka, Loghan Thomas DT: GABRIEL RUBIO, Jared Dawson, Jason Onye, Armel Mukam NT: JASON ONYE, Donovan Hinish, Elijah Hughes RDE: JORDAN BOTELHO, Bryce Young, Joshua Burnham MLB: DRAYK BOWEN, Madden Faraimo, Bodie Kahoun WLB: JAIDEN AUSBERRY, Kyngstonn Viliamu- Asa, Jaylen Sneed Nickel: DALLAS GOLDEN, Karson Hobbs BCB: LEONARD MOORE, Chance Tucker FCB: CHRISTIAN GRAY, Mark Zackery IV BS: ADON SHULER, Luke Talich FS: TAE JOHNSON, Jalen Stroman, Ethan Long SPECIAL TEAMS Kick return: Madden Faraimo, Cole Mullins, Matt Jeffery, Gi'Bran Payne, Kobi Onyiuke, Mal- achi Fields, Joshua Burnham, Loghan Thomas, Preston Zinter Kickoff coverage: Luke Talich, Matt Jeffery, Jalen Stroman, Teddy Rezac, Jaylen Sneed, Loghan Thomas, Kobi Onyiuke, Madden Fara- imo, Ben Minich, Kahanu Kia Punt return: Preston Zinter, Drayk Bowen, Ben Minich, Joshua Burnham, Adon Shuler, Luke Ta- lich, Madden Faraimo, Loghan Thomas, Bryce Young, Jalen Stroman Punt coverage: Jordan Faison, Jason Onye, Jeremiyah Love, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Luke Talich, Drayk Bowen, Jaylen Sneed, Kobi Ony- iuke, Will Pauling, Joshua Burnham Long snapper: Joseph Vinci Holder: Tyler Buchner Kick returners: Jadarian Price, Aneyas Williams Punt returner: Jordan Faison Placekicker: Noah Burnette, Erik Schmidt Kickoff: Erik Schmidt Punter: James Rendell