Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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36 NOV. 22, 2025 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED GAME PREVIEW: SYRACUSE wanted to run it up on the ground, this is an oppo- nent it most definitely could do so against. In a span of four of five games since the start of October, Notre Dame averaged at least 5.5 yards per carry. In three of those games, the Irish's yards per carry average was at least 6.5. Syracuse has a couple linebackers with 54 tack- les apiece in redshirt junior Gary Bryant III and freshman Antione Deslauriers, but it's a case of "somebody's got to tackle the other guys." That's still only 5.4 tackles per game, and where are those tackles being made? Several yards downfield? This segment is called On Paper because that's what we're doing here; looking at each team's per- sonnel in specific matchups and lining them up. It's without question that Notre Dame has a definitive edge when running the ball in this football game. Advantage: Notre Dame NOTRE DAME PASSING GAME VS. SYRACUSE PASS DEFENSE You could pretty much copy and paste everything you just read about the Notre Dame running game versus the Syracuse run defense and put it down for the Notre Dame passing game versus the Syra- cuse pass defense. OK, fine. We'll follow the same format just to hammer the point home. On one hand, you've got the best pass-efficiency quarterback in the history of Notre Dame football in redshirt freshman quarterback CJ Carr and the best pass catching corps Marcus Freeman has had in his head coaching tenure in South Bend. Carr is on pace to set the program record with his pass OFFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. WR 0 Malachi Fields 6-4 222 R-Sr. 5 Cam Williams 6-2 200 R-Fr. WR 1 Jaden Greathouse 6-1 215 Jr. or 2 Will Pauling 5-10 190 R-Sr. LT 54 Anthonie Knapp 6-4 300 So. 71 Styles Prescod 6-6 292 R-Fr. LG 75 Sullivan Absher 6-8 327 R-So. 55 Chris Terek 6-6 322 R-So. C 64 Joe Otting 6-4 308 R-So. 57 Cam Herron 6-2 285 Fr. RG 76 Guerby Lambert 6-7 335 R-Fr. or 75 Sullivan Absher 6-8 327 R-So. RT 59 Aamil Wagner 6-6 300 R-Jr. 76 Guerby Lambert 6-7 335 R-Fr. TE 9 Eli Raridon 6-7 252 Sr. 7 Ty Washington 6-4 248 R-Jr. or 85 Jack Larsen 6-3 250 R-Fr. WR 6 Jordan Faison 5-10 185 Jr. 11 KK Smith 6-0 176 R-So. QB 13 CJ Carr 6-3 210 R-Fr. 8 Kenny Minchey 6-2 208 R-So. RB 4 Jeremiyah Love 6-0 214 Jr. 24 Jadarian Price 5-11 210 R-Jr. DEFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. DE 5 Boubacar Traore 6-4 250 R-So. 44 Junior Tuihalamaka 6-2 255 Sr. or 12 Jordan Botelho 6-3 260 R-Sr. DT 47 Jason Onye 6-5 302 R-Sr. 42 Cole Mullins 6-5 275 R-Fr. DT 41 Donovan Hinish 6-2 277 R-Jr. 93 Jared Dawson 6-1 288 R-Sr. DE 95 Bryce Young 6-7 271 So. 40 Joshua Burnham 6-4 260 R-Jr. WILL 3 Jaylen Sneed 6-2 230 R-Jr. 4 Jaiden Ausberry 6-2 228 R-So. MIKE 34 Drayk Bowen 6-2 235 Jr. 27 Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa 6-3 230 So. CB 15 Leonard Moore 6-2 195 So. 18 Chance Tucker 6-0 183 R-Sr. BS 8 Adon Shuler 6-0 205 R-So. 28 Luke Talich 6-4 210 Jr. FS 9 Tae Johnson 6-2 192 R-Fr. 7 Jalen Stroman 6-1 201 R-Sr. CB 6 Christian Gray 6-0 190 Jr. 24 Mark Zackery IV 5-11 175 Fr. NIC 0 DeVonta Smith 5-11 195 R-Sr. 14 Dallas Golden 6-0 187 Fr. SPECIAL TEAMS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. KO 18 Erik Schmidt 6-2 210 Fr. PK 18 Erik Schmidt 6-2 210 Fr. P 16 James Rendell 6-6 225 R-Sr. 18 Erik Schmidt 6-2 210 Fr. LS 96 Joseph Vinci 6-4 232 Fr. 49 Andrew Kros 6-4 225 Jr. H 10 Tyler Buchner 6-1 206 Sr. 16 Anthony Rezac 6-3 201 So. PR 6 Jordan Faison 5-10 185 Jr. or 2 Will Pauling 5-10 190 R-Sr. KR 4 Jeremiyah Love 6-0 214 Jr. or 24 Jadarian Price 5-11 210 R-Jr. NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH TWO-DEEP DEPTH CHART Sophomore Jamie Tremble (No. 82), the younger brother of former Notre Dame tight end Tommy Tremble, has played both tight end and linebacker for Syracuse. He ranks second on the team with 3 sacks. PHOTO COURTESY SYRACUSE ATHLETICS