Notre Dame vs. Louisville snap counts, participation chart: Defense
Here are the snap counts and run/pass splits for the Notre Dame defense in Week 6 against Louisville, as well as this season so far. All data is via Pro Football Focus.
Notre Dame defense vs. Louisville
| Player | Position | Snaps | Start? | Run D Snaps | Pass rush Snaps | Coverage Snaps |
| Xavier Watts | S | 65 | * | 37 | 0 | 28 |
| Cam Hart | CB | 65 | * | 37 | 0 | 28 |
| DJ Brown | S | 65 | * | 37 | 1 | 27 |
| Benjamin Morrison | CB | 64 | * | 36 | 0 | 28 |
| JD Bertrand | LB | 63 | * | 37 | 7 | 29 |
| Howard Cross III | DT | 60 | * | 33 | 27 | 0 |
| Marist Liufau | LB | 55 | * | 30 | 9 | 16 |
| Rylie Mills | DT | 52 | * | 33 | 19 | 0 |
| Javontae Jean-Baptiste | DE | 44 | * | 21 | 22 | 1 |
| Clarence Lewis | NCB | 35 | * | 14 | 4 | 17 |
| Jack Kiser | LB | 30 | 25 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jordan Botelho | VYP | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | |
| Nana Osafo-Mensah | DE | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | |
| Joshua Burnham | VYP | 16 | * | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| Jaden Mickey | CB | 12 | | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Junior Tuihalamama | VYP | 11 | | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Jaylen Sneed | LB | 9 | | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Aidan Keanaaina | DT | 8 | | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramon Henderson | S | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Donovan Hinish | DT | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jason Onye | DT | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Notes
• If Cross and Mills leave after this season (the former seems more likely than the latter, but both could get drafted), the Irish might be looking for a defensive tackle in the transfer portal. The trust in Onye and Hinish is low, despite publicly praising them and both looking good on tape. Keanaaina is trusted to hold the line against the run, that’s it. Junior Gabriel Rubio, out Saturday for undisclosed reasons, is in line to start but beyond him, the pipeline at defensive tackle feels thin.
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• Botelho played the most snaps at Vyper, despite missing the first half due to a targeting suspension. He did not record a pressure.
• With graduate nickel cornerback Thomas Harper out, the Irish played more base than they had before. They also played Hart in the slot a bit with Mickey on the outside. Kiser played more snaps than he played in the past two weeks combined.
• We finally saw Sneed used as a situational pass rusher this week, for 9 snaps.
Notre Dame defense this season
| Player | Position | Games | Snaps | Run D Snaps | Pass rush Snaps | Coverage Snaps |
| Xavier Watts | S | 7 | 394 | 192 | 5 | 197 |
| Marist Liufau | LB | 7 | 370 | 187 | 67 | 116 |
| Benjamin Morrison | CB | 7 | 363 | 176 | 5 | 182 |
| Cam Hart | CB | 7 | 347 | 167 | 0 | 180 |
| Howard Cross III | DT | 7 | 337 | 162 | 175 | 0 |
| DJ Brown | S | 6 | 333 | 166 | 5 | 162 |
| JD Bertrand | LB | 6 | 326 | 165 | 45 | 116 |
| Rylie Mills | DT | 7 | 298 | 173 | 125 | 0 |
| Javontae Jean-Baptiste | DE | 7 | 297 | 134 | 161 | 2 |
| Jordan Botelho | VYP | 7 | 256 | 113 | 132 | 11 |
| Thomas Harper | NCB | 6 | 226 | 88 | 11 | 127 |
| Jack Kiser | LB | 7 | 197 | 122 | 23 | 52 |
| Ramon Henderson | S | 7 | 179 | 62 | 4 | 113 |
| Nana Osafo-Mensah | DE | 7 | 148 | 87 | 58 | 3 |
| Clarence Lewis | NCB | 7 | 128 | 54 | 7 | 67 |
| Jaylen Sneed | LB | 7 | 115 | 60 | 29 | 26 |
| Jaden Mickey | CB | 6 | 111 | 60 | 0 | 51 |
| Joshua Burnham | VYP | 7 | 87 | 48 | 36 | 3 |
| Jason Onye | DT | 6 | 87 | 51 | 36 | 0 |
| Junior Tuihalamaka | VYP | 6 | 84 | 49 | 33 | 2 |
| Christian Gray | CB | 5 | 73 | 36 | 0 | 37 |
| Donovan Hinish | DT | 5 | 69 | 39 | 30 | 0 |
| Gabriel Rubio | DT | 3 | 47 | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| Antonio Carter II | S | 5 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 21 |
| Aidan Keanaaina | DT | 4 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Adon Shuler | S | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 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 |
