Notre Dame vs. USC snap counts, participation chart: Defense
Here are the snap counts and run-pass splits for the Notre Dame defense vs. USC, as well as this season so far. All data is via Pro Football Focus.
Notre Dame defense vs. USC
| Player | Position | Snaps | Start? | Run D Snaps | Pass rush Snaps | Coverage Snaps |
| Benjamin Morrison | CB | 78 | * | 29 | 2 | 47 |
| JD Bertrand | LB | 78 | * | 29 | 10 | 39 |
| Xavier Watts | S | 71 | * | 27 | 0 | 44 |
| Thomas Harper | NCB | 69 | * | 24 | 2 | 43 |
| Marist Liufau | LB | 66 | * | 22 | 16 | 28 |
| Cam Hart | CB | 60 | * | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| Howard Cross III | DT | 55 | * | 21 | 34 | 0 |
| DJ Brown | S | 54 | * | 22 | 1 | 31 |
| Rylie Mills | DT | 50 | * | 19 | 31 | 0 |
| Javontae Jean-Baptiste | DE | 50 | * | 16 | 34 | 0 |
| Ramon Henderson | S | 39 | 10 | 0 | 29 | |
| Nana Osafo-Mensah | DE | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jordan Botelho | VYP | 28 | * | 9 | 19 | 0 |
| Gabriel Rubio | DT | 23 | * | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| Clarence Lewis | NCB | 23 | | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| Jaden Mickey | CB | 22 | | 13 | 0 | 9 |
| Junior Tuihalamaka | VYP | 21 | | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Kiser | LB | 17 | | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| Jaylen Sneed | LB/VYP | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Joshua Burnham | VYP | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Jason Onye | DT | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Donovan Hinish | DT | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Boubacar Traore | VYP | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Christian Gray | CB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Notes
• This was the most snaps sophomore linebacker Jaylen Sneed played since Week 3 vs. Central Michigan, when he played 26, almost exclusively as a situational pass rusher. This is the Sneed the Irish envisioned heading into this season.
• Notre Dame rotated its Vypers much more than it did earlier this season. Senior Jordan Botelho‘s 28 snaps are his lowest in a full game (he played 22 last week after being suspended for the first half due to a targeting penalty).
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• Freshman Vyper Boubacar Traore played one snap with the game in doubt and beat his blocker clean off the ball for a strip-sack. Notre Dame should spend its bye week getting Traore ready to play a bigger role.
• Twenty-two was the most snaps sophomore cornerback Jaden Mickey played since Week 2 vs. NC State (27). The Irish ran several dime and quarters sets against a spread team in USC.
Notre Dame defense this season
| Player | Position | Games | Snaps | Run D Snaps | Pass rush Snaps | Coverage Snaps |
| Xavier Watts | S | 8 | 465 | 219 | 5 | 241 |
| Benjamin Morrison | CB | 8 | 441 | 205 | 7 | 229 |
| Marist Liufau | LB | 8 | 436 | 209 | 83 | 144 |
| Cam Hart | CB | 8 | 407 | 185 | 0 | 222 |
| JD Bertrand | LB | 7 | 404 | 194 | 55 | 155 |
| Howard Cross III | DT | 8 | 392 | 183 | 209 | 0 |
| DJ Brown | S | 7 | 387 | 188 | 6 | 193 |
| Rylie Mills | DT | 8 | 348 | 192 | 156 | 0 |
| Javontae Jean-Baptiste | DE | 8 | 347 | 150 | 195 | 2 |
| Thomas Harper | NCB | 7 | 295 | 112 | 13 | 170 |
| Jordan Botelho | VYP | 8 | 284 | 122 | 151 | 11 |
| Ramon Henderson | S | 8 | 218 | 72 | 4 | 142 |
| Jack Kiser | LB | 8 | 214 | 132 | 23 | 59 |
| Nana Osafo-Mensah | DE | 8 | 177 | 101 | 73 | 3 |
| Clarence Lewis | NCB | 8 | 151 | 63 | 7 | 81 |
| Jaden Mickey | CB | 7 | 133 | 73 | 0 | 60 |
| Jaylen Sneed | LB/VYP | 8 | 131 | 63 | 42 | 26 |
| Junior Tuihalamaka | VYP | 7 | 105 | 59 | 44 | 2 |
| Joshua Burnham | VYP | 8 | 101 | 55 | 43 | 3 |
| Jason Onye | DT | 7 | 95 | 55 | 40 | 0 |
| Christian Gray | CB | 6 | 75 | 37 | 0 | 38 |
| Donovan Hinish | DT | 6 | 74 | 43 | 31 | 0 |
| Gabriel Rubio | DT | 4 | 70 | 39 | 31 | 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 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 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 |
