SOUTH BEND —Notre Dame football narrowed its rotation on both sides of the ball in Saturday’s 34-24 win over USC.
However, even with Gabriel Rubio and Loghan Thomas out due to injury, nine different defensive linemen took at least 16 snaps in slowing the visitors to just 68 yards rushing (2.3 per carry).
“The key was just getting our defensive line and our linebackers to play well and then getting our safeties to fill when they needed to,” fourth-year linebacker Jaylen Sneed said. “Our D-line did a great job keeping the O-line off of us, and we were able to make tackles. Just a big shout-out to the D-line and how they’re playing right now. They’re on fire.”
Here’s a position-by-position breakdown of the snap count on offense and defense, according to Pro Football Focus:
Quarterback
71 – CJ Carr
Offensive line
71 – Anthonie Knapp, Joe Otting, Guerby Lambert, Aamil Wagner
66 – Billy Schrauth
5 – Sullivan Absher
Tight end
65 – Eli Raridon
16 – Ty Washington
6 – Matt Jeffery
4 – Cooper Flanagan
Running back
50 – Jeremiyah Love
21 – Jadarian Price
Wide receiver
71 – Malachi Fields
65 – Jordan Faison
57 – Will Pauling
Cornerback
78 – Leonard Moore, Christian Gray
53 – Dallas Golden
Safety
78 – Tae Johnson, Adon Shuler
14 – Luke Talich
Linebacker
68 – Drayk Bowen
49 – Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
34 – Jaiden Ausberry
31 – Jaylen Sneed
Defensive line
59 – Boubacar Traore
39 – Jared Dawson
38 – Jason Onye
36 – Donovan Hinish
35 – Jordan Botelho
28 – Elijah Hughes
26 – Junior Tuihalamaka
25 – Bryce Young
16 – Josh Burnham
Mike Berardino covers Notre Dame football for the South Bend Tribune and NDInsider.com. Follow him on social media @MikeBerardino.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: See how Notre Dame football distributed snaps on offense, defense in emotional win over USC
Reporting by Mike Berardino, South Bend Tribune / South Bend Tribune
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