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January 2026

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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10 JANUARY 2026 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED UNDER THE DOME Fighting Irish Snap Count Totals At Stanford Defensive Linemen Run Snaps Pass Snaps Stanford Total 2025 Total Boubacar Traore 11 22 33 470 Jason Onye 19 15 34 354 Jared Dawson 9 13 22 323 Bryce Young 8 22 30 314 Donovan Hinish 3 20 23 310 Jordan Botelho 14 16 30 292 Junior Tuihalamaka 10 16 26 286 Elijah Hughes 17 14 31 264 Joshua Burnham 11 9 20 235 Gabriel Rubio — — — 173 Armel Mukam 4 6 10 69 Cole Mullins 1 4 5 59 Loghan Thomas 0 5 5 39 Kobi Onyiuke 0 0 0 38 Preston Zinter 0 0 0 18 Sean Sevillano Jr. — — — 17 Christopher Burgess Jr. 0 0 0 9 Davion Dixon 0 0 0 9 Joe Reiff 0 0 0 9 Gordy Sulfsted 0 0 0 7 Note: Onye produced the top PFF defense grade among the linemen and ranked fourth on the team with a 74.7. Linebackers Run Snaps Pass Snaps Stanford Total 2025 Total Drayk Bowen 18 33 51 585 Jaiden Ausberry 25 32 57 437 Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa — — — 435 Jaylen Sneed 12 27 39 313 Madden Faraimo 10 12 22 144 Kahanu Kia 0 0 0 33 Teddy Rezac 0 0 0 17 Bodie Kahoun 0 0 0 3 Ko'o Kia 0 0 0 2 Jerry Rullo 0 0 0 1 Note: Ausberry paced the linebackers and was third on the team with a 75.5 PFF defense grade. Defensive Backs Run Snaps Pass Snaps Stanford Total 2025 Total Adon Shuler 27 44 71 661 Christian Gray 21 36 57 638 Leonard Moore 27 44 71 632 Tae Johnson — — — 573 Jalen Stroman 27 41 68 335 Dallas Golden 7 11 18 311 Mark Zackery IV 5 7 12 307 DeVonta Smith 10 25 35 287 Luke Talich 1 10 11 205 Karson Hobbs 0 0 0 108 Chance Tucker — — — 36 Cree Thomas 0 0 0 30 Ethan Long 0 0 0 23 JaDon Blair 0 0 0 19 Ben Minich 0 0 0 15 Taebron Bennie-Powell 0 0 0 13 Note: Moore led the team with a PFF defense grade of 87.6, and Smith was second with a 78.3. BY STEVE DOWNEY Per Pro Football Focus (PFF) data, here is the snap count breakdown for Notre Dame's 49-20 triumph at Stanford Nov. 29. Quarterbacks Stanford 2025 Total CJ Carr 56 688 Kenny Minchey 17 87 Tyler Buchner 0 1 Note: Carr was second on the team with a 79.2 PFF offense grade. Running Backs Stanford 2025 Total Jeremiyah Love 27 448 Jadarian Price 21 242 Aneyas Williams 14 47 Nolan James Jr. 11 29 Gi'Bran Payne 0 16 Dylan Devezin 0 1 Note: Williams made the most of his 14 snaps by posting a team-best PFF offense grade of 81.1 against Stanford. Wide Receivers Stanford 2025 Total Malachi Fields 42 600 Jordan Faison 46 583 Will Pauling 39 374 Micah Gilbert 25 115 Jaden Greathouse 0 112 KK Smith 6 107 Cam Williams 6 67 Elijah Burress 21 52 Logan Saldate 6 32 Matt Jeffery 5 26 Jerome Bettis Jr. 0 11 Leo Scheidler 0 8 Alex Whitman 0 8 Note: Faison led the receivers and was fourth on the team with a PFF offense grade of 68.9. Offensive Line Stanford 2025 Total Aamil Wagner 56 696 Anthonie Knapp 56 688 Guerby Lambert 56 684 Billy Schrauth — 436 Ashton Craig — 352 Joe Otting 56 380 Sullivan Absher 56 327 Styles Prescod 17 89 Chris Terek 17 80 Matt Augustine 17 55 Cam Herron 17 38 Devan Houstan 17 36 Will Black 0 27 Max Anderson 0 1 Owen Strebig 0 1 Robbie Wollan 0 1 Note: Knapp led the linemen and was third on the team with a 69.4 PFF offense grade. Tight Ends Stanford 2025 Total Eli Raridon 44 641 Ty Washington 18 244 Jack Larsen 15 70 James Flanigan 21 51 Cooper Flanagan — 4 Justin Fisher 0 3 Henry Garrity 0 1 Note: Washington led the tight ends and was 15th on the team with a 60.7 PFF offense grade. * 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.

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