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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM NOV. 22, 2025 27 in the end zone. He found a convoy down the left sideline and returned it more than 100 yards to the end zone, scoring two points for Notre Dame. "Adon, he's a fire starter," Johnson said. He was speaking to the early pass bro- ken up, but that statement applies to Shuler — and himself, and Talich — in general. "Adon brings the energy to our de- fense," Johnson said. "For Adon to do that, it was a fire starter for our defense. It turned all of our energy up. That's what we needed." Notre Dame's safeties were incredible in Pittsburgh. And the best part — or worst, if you're a quarterback facing the Irish — is they're getting better every week. "The goal for us as safeties is to run the defense," Johnson said. "We just want to keep focusing on being us, and we're not really worried about anything else other than that." — Jack Soble NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Love 23 158 11 147 6.4 1 56 Price 8 25 4 21 2.6 0 13 Carr 5 15 8 7 1.4 1 7 Total 36 198 23 175 4.9 2 56 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Carr 21 32 65.6 2 212 2 35 Total 21 32 65.6 2 212 2 35 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Fields 7 99 2 35 Raridon 6 67 0 28 Pauling 3 6 0 3 Love 2 20 0 15 Gilbert 1 7 0 7 Smith 1 7 0 7 Faison 1 6 0 6 Total 21 212 2 35 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Faison 3 36 0 21 Total 3 36 0 21 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Price 2 71 0 43 Total 2 71 0 43 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Rendell 1 36.0 36 0 0 1 0 1 Total 1 36.0 36 0 0 1 0 1 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Schmidt 0 1 0 0 Total 0 1 0 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Sneed 3 3 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Johnson 3 2 5 0.5-0 0-0 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 Talich 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Burnham 2 1 3 2.5-19 2-18 0 0 0 Smith 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Botelho 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bowen 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Faraimo 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Viliamu-Asa 2 0 2 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 Shuler 1 1 2 1-8 1-8 1 0 0 Traore 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mukam 1 0 1 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 Onye 1 0 1 1-7 1-7 0 0 0 Rezac 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Schmidt 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Tuihalamaka 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Zinter 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Carr 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hinish 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Otting 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Johnson 1 49 1 49 Total 1 49 1 49 PITT INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Goff 5 35 0 35 7.0 0 12 Turner 5 15 0 15 3.0 0 6 Reid 5 13 1 12 2.4 0 5 Heintschel 9 40 33 7 0.8 0 14 Holstein 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 Total 25 104 34 70 2.8 0 14 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Heintschel 16 33 48.5 1 126 0 27 Holstein 3 6 50.0 0 23 1 21 Total 19 39 48.7 1 149 1 27 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Reid 6 63 0 27 Johnson 4 27 0 17 Williams 3 14 0 8 Holmes 2 16 0 12 Goff 2 2 0 3 Thomas 1 21 1 21 Overman 1 6 0 6 Total 19 149 1 27 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long None Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Spann 2 57 0 40 Total 2 57 0 40 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Junko 4 49.8 54 0 0 0 1 0 Total 4 49.8 54 0 0 0 1 0 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Carpenter 1 2 24 0 Total 1 2 24 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Biles 3 6 9 2-7 0.5-4 1 0 0 Bains 5 3 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lovelace 5 1 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Battle 4 2 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Zelinsky 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McIntyre 4 0 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lynum 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Louis 2 2 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Whittington 3 0 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Brewu 1 2 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 Lee 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 James 0 3 3 0.5-0 0-0 1 0 0 Neal 2 0 2 1-7 0-0 0 0 0 Ferguson 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Scott 1 1 2 0.5-4 0.5-4 0 0 0 Temple 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bryant 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Kinsler 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Carpenter 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Lapi 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long Bains 1 49 0 49 Biles 1 10 1 10 Total 2 59 1 49 PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: CJ CARR RB: JEREMIYAH LOVE, Jadarian Price WR: MALACHI FIELDS, WILL PAULING, JORDAN FAISON, KK Smith, Micah Gilbert TE: ELI RARIDON, Ty Washington, James Flani- gan, Jack Larsen LT: ANTHONIE KNAPP, Matty Augustine LG: SULLIVAN ABSHER C: JOE OTTING RG: GUERBY LAMBERT, Owen Strebig RT: AAMIL WAGNER, Chris Terek, Will Black DEFENSE DE: JOSHUA BURNHAM, Junior Tuihalamaka, Kobi Onyiuke DT: JARED DAWSON, Elijah Hughes, Armel Mu- kam NT: JASON ONYE, Donovan Hinish, Cole Mullins DE: BOUBACAR TRAORE, Jordan Botelho, Preston Zinter Will: JAIDEN AUSBERRY Mike: DRAYK BOWEN BCB: LEONARD MOORE, Chance Tucker, Cree Thomas FS: TAE JOHNSON, Luke Talich SS: ADON SHULER, Jalen Stroman FCB: CHRISTIAN GRAY, Mark Zackery IV, Karson Hobbs Nickel: DEVONTA SMITH, Dallas Golden SPECIAL TEAMS Kick return: Madden Faraimo, Cole Mullins, Matt Jeffery, Gi'Bran Payne, Jalen Stroman, Joshua Burnham, Loghan Thomas, Preston Zinter, Teddy Rezac Kickoff coverage: Luke Talich, Matt Jeffery, Jalen Stroman, Teddy Rezac, Jaylen Sneed, Loghan Thomas, Kahanu Kia, Ko'o Kia, Mad- den Faraimo, Ben Minich, Kahanu Kia, Preston Zinter, Bodie Kahoun Punt return: Preston Zinter, Drayk Bowen, Ben Minich, Matt Jeffery, Adon Shuler, Luke Tal- ich, Madden Faraimo, Loghan Thomas, Bryce Young, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Punt coverage: Jordan Faison, Jason Onye, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Luke Talich, Drayk Bowen, Jaylen Sneed, Loghan Thomas, Will Pauling, Joshua Burnham, Jalen Stroman Long snapper: Joseph Vinci Holder: Tyler Buchner Kick returners: Jadarian Price, Aneyas Williams Punt returner: Jordan Faison Placekicker: Erik Schmidt Kickoff: Erik Schmidt Punter: James Rendell