Notre Dame vs. Duke snap counts, participation chart: Defense
Here are the snap counts and run/pass splits for the Notre Dame defense in Week 5 against Duke, as well as this season so far. All data is via Pro Football Focus.
Notre Dame defense vs. Duke
| Player | Position | Snaps | Start? | Run D Snaps | Pass rush Snaps | Coverage Snaps |
| JD Bertrand | LB | 70 | * | 35 | 9 | 26 |
| DJ Brown | S | 69 | * | 35 | 2 | 33 |
| Xavier Watts | S | 68 | * | 35 | 0 | 33 |
| Benjamin Morrison | CB | 65 | * | 34 | 1 | 30 |
| Cam Hart | CB | 57 | * | 29 | 0 | 28 |
| Marist Liufau | LB | 57 | * | 29 | 8 | 20 |
| Howard Cross III | DT | 57 | * | 28 | 29 | 0 |
| Rylie Mills | DT | 52 | * | 32 | 20 | 0 |
| Thomas Harper | NCB | 52 | * | 24 | 1 | 27 |
| Javontae Jean-Baptiste | DE | 50 | * | 24 | 25 | 1 |
| Jordan Botelho | VYP | 34 | * | 12 | 20 | 2 |
| Nana Osafo-Mensah | DE | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | |
| Joshua Burnham | VYP | 16 | * | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Gabriel Rubio | DT | 16 | | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Jack Kiser | LB | 16 | | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| Junior Tuihalamaka | VYP | 15 | | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Clarence Lewis | NCB | 15 | | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Jaden Mickey | CB | 13 | | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Ramon Henderson | S | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| Jason Onye | DT | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Christian Gray | CB | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Antonio Carter II | S | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jaylen Sneed | LB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Notes
• Notre Dame played five more defenders (23) than it did last week (18). Those players were sophomore cornerback Jaden Mickey, sophomore Vyper Junior Tuihalamaka, graduate safety Antonio Carter II, junior defensive tackle Jason Onye and freshman cornerback Christian Gray.
• After reportedly believing he could play 20-30 snaps per game in fall camp, the Irish coaching staff doesn’t trust Jaylen Sneed as much as it did then. Only one snap for the sophomore linebacker.
• Notre Dame blitzed considerably less than it had earlier in the season, but its pass rush had a strong game.
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• Irish defensive coordinator Al Golden said Tuesday that graduate linebacker Jack Kiser would play more than he did last week against Ohio State, when he received 10 snaps. He had 16 against Duke.
• Graduate linebacker Marist Liufau didn’t play as much as Notre Dame fans might be used to, deferring to fellow graduate LB JD Bertrand, who led the defense this week.
Notre Dame defense this season
Note: Games played only includes defensive participation, not special teams.
| Player | Position | Games | Snaps | Run D Snaps | Pass rush Snaps | Coverage Snaps |
| Xavier Watts | S | 6 | 330 | 157 | 5 | 168 |
| Marist Liufau | LB | 6 | 315 | 158 | 57 | 100 |
| Benjamin Morrison | CB | 6 | 299 | 151 | 5 | 153 |
| Cam Hart | CB | 6 | 282 | 131 | 0 | 151 |
| Howard Cross III | DT | 6 | 277 | 130 | 147 | 0 |
| DJ Brown | S | 5 | 268 | 130 | 4 | 134 |
| JD Bertrand | LB | 5 | 263 | 129 | 37 | 97 |
| Javontae Jean-Baptiste | DE | 6 | 253 | 113 | 139 | 1 |
| Rylie Mills | DT | 6 | 246 | 141 | 105 | 0 |
| Jordan Botelho | VYP | 6 | 234 | 100 | 124 | 10 |
| Thomas Harper | NCB | 6 | 226 | 89 | 11 | 126 |
| Ramon Henderson | S | 6 | 170 | 61 | 4 | 105 |
| Jack Kiser | LB | 6 | 167 | 97 | 22 | 48 |
| Nana Osafo-Mensah | DE | 6 | 127 | 72 | 52 | 3 |
| Jaylen Sneed | LB | 6 | 106 | 59 | 21 | 26 |
| Jaden Mickey | CB | 5 | 99 | 55 | 0 | 44 |
| Clarence Lewis | NCB | 6 | 93 | 40 | 3 | 50 |
| Jason Onye | DT | 5 | 82 | 47 | 35 | 0 |
| Junior Tuihalamaka | VYP | 5 | 73 | 43 | 28 | 2 |
| Christian Gray | CB | 5 | 73 | 36 | 0 | 37 |
| Joshua Burnham | VYP | 6 | 71 | 38 | 32 | 1 |
| Donovan Hinish | DT | 4 | 64 | 35 | 29 | 0 |
| Gabriel Rubio | DT | 3 | 47 | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| Antonio Carter II | S | 5 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 21 |
| Adon Shuler | S | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Aidan Keanaaina | DT | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Jaiden Ausberry | LB | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| Ryan Barnes | CB | 1 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| Chance Tucker | CB | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Micah Bell | NCB | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Boubacar Traore | VYP | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Marty Auer | S | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Drayk Bowen | LB | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Brenan Vernon | DT | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Talich | S | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyson Ford | DE | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Preston Zinter | LB | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaiah Dunn | CB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre Reader | LB | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Scheidler | S | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Aubrey | VYP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
