Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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10 OCT. 17, 2026 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED UNDER THE DOME Fighting Irish Snap Count Totals At North Carolina Defensive Linemen Run Snaps Pass Snaps UNC Total 2026 Total Boubacar Traore 16 23 39 170 Bryce Young 14 25 39 167 Armel Mukam 13 18 31 125 Francis Brewu 10 18 28 121 Tionne Gray 6 12 18 98 Elijah Hughes 5 10 15 79 Loghan Thomas 6 7 13 79 Sean Sevillano Jr. 4 5 9 70 Keon Keeley 2 6 8 67 Rodney Dunham 2 2 4 53 Cole Mullins 0 1 1 19 Jason Onye — — — 19 Ebenezer Ewetade 0 0 0 11 Joe Reiff 0 0 0 5 Gordy Sulfsted 0 0 0 4 Note: In limited duty, Dunham led the linemen and ranked third on the team with a 76.9 PFF defense grade, while Mukam (75.3), Traore (71.8), Gray (68.0) and Young (66.2) were right behind him fourth through seventh, respectively, while playing more snaps. Linebackers Run Snaps Pass Snaps UNC Total 2026 Total Drayk Bowen 13 21 34 187 Jaylen Sneed 12 17 29 153 Jaiden Ausberry 10 16 26 142 Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa 13 16 29 96 Madden Faraimo 0 0 0 33 Teddy Rezac 0 0 0 31 Kahanu Kia 0 0 0 16 Ko'o Kia 0 0 0 3 Note: Viliamu-Asa led the linebackers for the second straight week and was second on the team with an 80.3 PFF defense grade. Defensive Backs Run Snaps Pass Snaps UNC Total 2026 Total Adon Shuler 20 30 50 237 Leonard Moore 19 31 50 221 Christian Gray 13 27 40 170 Luke Talich 20 32 52 166 DJ McKinney 9 10 19 158 Jayden Sanders 12 22 34 92 Joey O'Brien 1 2 3 76 Mark Zackery IV 0 0 0 35 Dallas Golden 0 0 0 34 Ethan Long 0 0 0 34 Brauntae Johnson — — — 24 Brandon Logan 0 0 0 19 Ayden Pouncey 0 0 0 19 Note: Talich made his presence felt after a one-game absence due to an injury, posting a team-high PFF defense grade of 89.8. BY STEVE DOWNEY Per Pro Football Focus (PFF) data, here is the snap count breakdown for Notre Dame's 37-26 triumph at North Carolina Oct. 3. Quarterbacks UNC 2026 Total CJ Carr 76 294 Noah Grubbs 0 32 Teddy Jarrard 0 9 Note: Carr led the team with an 89.3 PFF offense grade. Running Backs UNC 2026 Total Aneyas Williams 23 137 Nolan James Jr. 22 113 Jonaz Walton 31 62 Kedren Young 0 16 Javian Osborne 0 7 Note: Walton's career day (120 yards on 23 car- ries) was reflected in his PFF offense grade of 79.4, which paced the running backs and ranked third on the team. Wide Receivers UNC 2026 Total Jordan Faison 69 267 Micah Gilbert 65 252 Jaden Greathouse 43 149 Mylan Graham 0 75 Matt Jeffery 9 45 Jerome Bettis Jr. 0 32 Elijah Burress 0 21 Logan Saldate 0 18 Devin Fitzgerald 0 9 Bubba Frazier 0 9 Dylan Faison 0 3 Brayden Robinson 0 1 Note: Faison's 8-catch, 132-yard, 2-touchdown performance earned him the second-best PFF of- fense grade on the team at 79.7. Tight Ends UNC 2026 Total Cooper Flanagan 56 217 James Flanigan 44 130 Jack Larsen 9 53 Ty Washington 10 43 Ian Premer 1 22 Note: Washington paced the tight ends and ranked seventh on the Irish with a 69.2 PFF of- fense 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. Offensive Line UNC 2026 Total Will Black 77 316 Anthonie Knapp 75 314 Guerby Lambert 77 286 Ashton Craig 76 274 Sullivan Absher 77 255 Styles Prescod 1 84 Joe Otting 0 61 Cam Herron 1 48 UNC 2026 Total Devan Houstan 0 20 Owen Strebig 1 10 Grayson McKeogh 0 7 Charlie Thom 1 5 Peter Jones 0 1 Note: Lambert earned the top PFF offense grade among offensive linemen and ranked fifth on the team with a 72.6.