Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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10 SEPT. 26, 2026 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED UNDER THE DOME Fighting Irish Snap Count Totals Vs. Rice Defensive Linemen Run Snaps Pass Snaps Rice Total 2026 Total Boubacar Traore 13 6 19 63 Bryce Young 11 5 16 60 Armel Mukam 11 5 16 50 Francis Brewu 12 4 16 44 Tionne Gray 13 8 21 39 Loghan Thomas 17 8 25 37 Keon Keeley 9 6 15 32 Elijah Hughes 10 8 18 30 Sean Sevillano Jr. 11 5 16 26 Rodney Dunham 12 7 19 24 Jason Onye — — — 19 Cole Mullins 5 2 7 7 Note: Gray ranked third on the team with an 82.4 PFF defense grade, while Keeley was fourth at 79.8. Linebackers Run Snaps Pass Snaps Rice Total 2026 Total Drayk Bowen 16 8 24 85 Jaylen Sneed 22 10 32 71 Jaiden Ausberry 18 8 26 68 Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa 12 5 17 17 Madden Faraimo 9 6 15 15 Teddy Rezac 9 6 15 15 Kahanu Kia 7 5 12 12 Note: In his first game action since suffering a knee injury last November, Viliamu-Asa was outstanding, finishing first on the team with a 91.6 PFF defense grade. Ausberry (88.9) and Kia (79.4) ranked second and fifth on the team, respectively. Defensive Backs Run Snaps Pass Snaps Rice Total 2026 Total Adon Shuler 22 10 32 93 Leonard Moore 9 5 14 75 Luke Talich 22 10 32 69 DJ McKinney 13 7 20 63 Christian Gray 13 5 18 59 Brauntae Johnson — — — 24 Jayden Sanders 9 3 12 30 Joey O'Brien 9 6 15 16 Dallas Golden 9 6 15 15 Ethan Long 9 6 15 15 Mark Zackery IV 9 6 15 15 Note: Shuler led the defensive backs and was seventh on the team with a 74.6 PFF defense 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. BY STEVE DOWNEY Per Pro Football Focus (PFF) data, here is the snap count breakdown for Notre Dame's 52-0 an- nihilation of Rice Sept. 12 in South Bend. Quarterbacks Rice 2026 Total CJ Carr 37 101 Noah Grubbs 21 21 Teddy Jarrard 9 9 Note: Carr led the team with a sterling PFF offense grade of 94.3, the best for any Power Four signal- caller through Week 2 of the season. Running Backs Rice 2026 Total Aneyas Williams 25 66 Nolan James Jr. 12 28 Kedren Young 9 16 Jonaz Walton 14 14 Javian Osborne 7 7 Note: James, who notched his first 2 career rush- ing touchdowns against Rice, was fourth on the team with an 82.2 PFF offense grade. Wide Receivers Rice 2026 Total Jordan Faison 22 85 Micah Gilbert 22 84 Jaden Greathouse 13 43 Mylan Graham 24 40 Matt Jeffery 24 24 Elijah Burress 21 21 Logan Saldate 18 18 Jerome Bettis Jr. 14 16 Devin Fitzgerald 9 9 Bubba Frazier 9 9 Dylan Faison 3 3 Note: Irish wide receivers accounted for five of the top seven PFF offense grades on the team, with Fitzgerald (87.0) ranking second, Faison (84.1) third, Bettis (81.9) fifth, Saldate (79.7) sixth and Greathouse (79.1) seventh. Tight Ends Rice 2026 Total Cooper Flanagan 22 67 James Flanigan 10 34 Jack Larsen 26 32 Ty Washington 13 21 Ian Premer 18 18 Note: Flanagan was ninth on the team with a 71.7 PFF offense grade. Offensive Line Rice 2026 Total Will Black 58 122 Anthonie Knapp 58 122 Guerby Lambert 28 92 Ashton Craig 30 81 Styles Prescod 39 72 Sullivan Absher 30 61 Joe Otting 37 50 Cam Herron 37 37 Devan Houstan 9 9 Owen Strebig 9 9 Note: Craig finished 10th on the team with a 70.6 PFF offense grade. CJ Carr's 94.3 PFF offense grade against Rice was the highest for a Power Four quarterback through Week 2 of the season. PHOTO BY MICHAEL MILLER