Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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28 SEPT. 19, 2026 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED as they headed toward the sideline. It's a little thing, but little things define lead- ership. As a two-time captain and the beating heart of the 2026 Irish, Shuler takes pride in leading. And annihilating people. Shuler is playing like he takes pride in annihilat- ing people, too. When he took the field against Rice, NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Walton 8 48 0 48 6.0 0 15 James 6 29 0 29 4.8 2 15 Williams 9 29 0 29 3.2 0 7 Young 4 8 0 8 2.0 0 3 Osborne 5 10 6 4 0.8 0 6 Total 32 124 6 118 3.7 2 15 Passing Com. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Carr 16 20 80.0 0 253 4 56 Grubbs 7 11 63.6 0 78 0 21 Jarrard 2 2 100.0 0 29 0 20 Total 25 33 75.8 0 360 4 56 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Faison 4 54 2 25 Greathouse 3 48 0 23 Saldate 3 36 0 21 Burress 3 33 0 16 Bettis 2 61 0 56 Gilbert 2 47 1 39 Jeffery 2 28 0 18 Graham 2 24 0 20 Fitzgerald 1 20 0 20 Young 1 8 0 8 Flanagan 1 2 1 2 James 1 -1 0 0 Total 25 360 4 56 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Faison 3 41 0 37 Golden 2 6 0 6 Total 5 47 0 37 Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long None Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Scaife 1 46.0 46 0 0 1 0 1 Total 1 46.0 46 0 0 1 0 1 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. Porath 1 1 36 0 Total 1 1 36 0 Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR Ausberry 2 3 5 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 Viliamu-Asa 2 3 5 1.5-8 0-0 0 0 1 Talich 3 1 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 Sneed 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Dunham 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Young 2 1 3 2.5-9 1-6 0 0 0 Hughes 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Keeley 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Long 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rezac 1 2 3 0.5-0 0-0 0 0 0 Shuler 2 0 2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 Ka. Kia 1 1 2 0.5-1 0-0 0 1 0 Zackery 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bowen 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 O'Brien 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Thomas 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Brewu 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mukam 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Sevillano 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Faraimo 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 T. Gray 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 C. Gray 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McKinney 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mullins 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Traore 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long None RICE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Att. Gain Lost Net Avg. TD Long Brown 16 51 19 32 2.0 0 11 Byars 7 24 0 24 3.4 0 7 Hardeman 9 14 1 13 1.4 0 3 Lane Jr. 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 TEAM 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 Total 34 89 25 64 1.9 0 11 Passing Att. Com. Pct. Int. Yards TD Long Brown 8 12 66.7 0 64 0 30 Total 8 12 66.7 0 64 0 30 Receiving Rec. Yards TD Long Walker 2 12 0 10 Grice 2 -8 0 0 B. Jackson 1 30 0 30 Bruce 1 19 0 19 Matthews 1 6 0 6 Clark 1 5 0 5 Total 8 64 0 30 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long None Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long VerMaas 1 8 0 8 Total 1 8 0 8 Punting No. Avg. Long Blk. TB FC 50+ In 20 Durkin 6 45.8 58 0 1 0 1 0 Total 6 45.8 58 0 1 0 1 0 Field Goals Made Att. Long Blk. None Defense Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks PD FF FR King 5 5 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Brown 3 4 7 0.5-1 0-0 1 0 0 Condoll 4 1 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bays 3 2 5 2-6 0-0 0 0 0 Akui 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Combs 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Chavez 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Clemmons 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Nwajuaku 0 4 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Barton 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Benjamin 1 2 3 0.5-0 0-0 1 0 0 Clark 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mutombo 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Cody 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Harnetiaux 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ogbor 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Reddic 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Blanton 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Botts 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Clark-Jolivet 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Harper 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 VerMaas 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bruce 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 May 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Int. Returns No. Yards TD Long None PARTICIPATION CHART OFFENSE QB: CJ CARR, Noah Grubbs, Teddy Jarrard RB: ANEYAS WILLIAMS, Nolan James Jr., Kedren Young, Jonaz Walton, Javian Osborne WR (X): MICAH GILBERT, Jerome Bettis Jr., Eli- jah Burress, Devin Fitzgerald WR (Z): JORDAN FAISON, Matt Jeffery, Logan Saldate, Dylan Faison WR (Y): JADEN GREATHOUSE, Mylan Graham, Bubba Frazier TE: COOPER FLANAGAN, James Flanigan, Jack Larsen, Ty Washington, Ian Premer LT: WILL BLACK, Styles Prescod LG: ANTHONIE KNAPP, Devan Houstan, Gray- son McKeogh C: ASHTON CRAIG, Joe Otting RG: SULLIVAN ABSHER, Cam Herron RT: GUERBY LAMBERT, Owen Strebig, Sullivan Garvin, Charlie Thom DEFENSE LDE: BOUBACAR TRAORE, Loghan Thomas, Rodney Dunham DT: FRANCIS BREWU, Elijah Hughes, Cole Mul- lins NT: ARMEL MUKAM, Tionne Gray, Sean Sevil- lano Jr. RDE: BRYCE YOUNG, Keon Keeley, Dominik Hulak Will: JAIDEN AUSBERRY, Madden Faraimo Mike: DRAYK BOWEN, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Kahanu Kia Rover: JAYLEN SNEED, Teddy Rezac BCB: LEONARD MOORE, Jayden Sanders, Mark Zackery IV FS: LUKE TALICH, Ethan Long SS: ADON SHULER, Joey O'Brien FCB: DJ MCKINNEY, Christian Gray, Dallas Golden SPECIAL TEAMS Kickoff return: James Flanigan, Jerome Bettis Jr., Ian Premer, Kahanu Kia, Cole Mullins, Teddy Rezac, Luke Talich, Madden Faraimo, Loghan Thomas, Ebenezer Ewetade, Devin Fitzgerald Kickoff coverage: Ja'Kobe Clapper, Thomas Davis Jr., Rodney Dunham, Ebenezer Ewetade, Madden Faraimo, Matt Jeffery, Kahanu Kia, Ethan Lo ng, Joey O'Brien, Teddy Rezac, Luke Talich, Loghan Thomas, Ayden Pouncey, Brandon Logan Punt return: Luke Talich, Bryce Young, Teddy Rezac, Ebenezer Ewetade, Ethan Long, Jayden Sanders, Madden Faraimo, Loghan Thomas, Adon Shuler, Drayk Bowen, Mark Zackery IV, DJ McKinney Punt coverage: Cooper Flanagan, James Flanigan, Bubba Frazier, Matt Jeffery, Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Luke Talich, Drayk Bowen, Mark Zackery IV, Jaylen Sneed Long snapper: Joseph Vinci Holder: Jasper Scaife Kick returners: Jonaz Walton, Nolan James Jr. Punt returner: Jordan Faison, Dallas Golden Placekicker: Spencer Porath Kickoff: Erik Schmidt, Micah Drescher Punter: Jasper Scaife