Blue & Gold Illustrated: 2012 Notre Dame Football Preview
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BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED 2016 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ✦ 137 DEFENSE ................. G TACKLES ASSISTS TOTAL TFL SACK PD FF FR Smith, Jaylon ............... 13 69 45 114 9-25 1-8 5 1 2 Schmidt, Joe ................ 13 42 36 78 4-12 2-10 3 0 0 Shumate, Elijah ............ 13 52 18 70 6.5-15 0-0 2 0 0 Redfield, Max............... 11 39 25 64 2-12 1-10 2 0 0 Rochell, Isaac ............... 13 31 32 63 7.5-19 1-3 2 0 0 Russell, KeiVarae .......... 11 48 12 60 3.5-20 1-11 4 2 0 Okwara, Romeo ........... 13 32 17 49 13.5-76 9-65 0 1 1 Day, Sheldon ................ 13 33 12 45 15.5-67 4-30 4 2 0 Farley, Matthias ........... 13 27 14 41 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Luke, Cole .................... 13 29 12 41 1-2 0-0 5 0 0 Onwualu, James .......... 11 21 17 38 6-22 3-18 2 1 0 Martini, Greer .............. 13 19 16 35 2.5-9 1-7 0 0 0 Grace, Jarrett ............... 13 15 11 26 1.5-10 0-0 0 0 0 Cage, Daniel ................. 11 8 10 18 4-10 0-0 0 0 0 Morgan, Nyles ............. 13 9 8 17 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Trumbetti, Andrew ...... 12 11 5 16 2.5-10 1-6 0 0 0 Coney, Te'von............... 12 6 7 13 0.5-1 0-0 0 0 0 Tillery, Jerry ................. 12 9 3 12 2-7 1-4 0 0 0 Butler, Devin ................ 12 6 5 11 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 Tranquill, Drue .............. 3 6 3 9 2.5-8 0-0 2 0 0 Watkins, Nick ............... 12 5 3 8 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Baratti, Nicky ............... 13 5 2 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Coleman, Nick.............. 13 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 Randolph, Doug ........... 13 4 1 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Bonner, Jonathan ......... 10 0 4 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Newsome, Tyler ........... 13 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Cavalaris, Connor .......... 6 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Fuller, Will .................... 13 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Hunter Jr., Torii ............ 13 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Adams, Josh ................. 13 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Blankenship, Grant ....... 3 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Daly, Scott .................... 13 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Fertitta, Nicco .............. 11 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Jones, Alizé .................. 13 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Matuska, Jacob ............. 1 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 DEFENSE ................. G TACKLES ASSISTS TOTAL TFL SACK PD FF FR Sanders, CJ ................... 13 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Turner, John .................. 6 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS G NO. YDS AVG. TD LG. YD./G Russell, KeiVarae 11 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Luke, Cole 13 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 -0.2 Trumbetti, Andrew 12 1 28 28.0 1 28 2.3 Schmidt, Joe 13 1 21 21.0 0 21 1.6 Redfield, Max 11 1 19 19.0 0 19 1.7 Farley, Matthias 13 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Shumate, Elijah 13 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total 13 9 65 7.2 1 28 5.0 Opponent 13 10 38 3.8 0 21 2.9 2015 CUMULATIVE DEFENSIVE STATISTICS ND OPP Total First Downs 292 242 Rushing 129 109 Passing 143 108 Penalty 20 25 Total Net Yards 6,063 4,845 Total Plays 864 870 Yards Per Play 7.0 5.6 Yards Per Game 466.4 372.7 Rushing Attempts-Yards 479-2,699 496-2,283 Yards Per Attempt 5.6 4.6 Yards Per Game 207.6 175.6 Pass Att.-Comp.-Int. 385-241-10 374-207-9 ND OPP Passing Yards 3,364 2,562 Yards Per Completion 14.0 12.4 Yards Per Game 258.8 197.1 Punting: No.-Avg. 57-44.3 73-41.9 Fumbles-Lost 21-10 16-5 Penalties-Yards 67-586 67-647 Sacks By-Yds. Lost 25-172 26-159 Third-Down Conversions 68-160 66-188 Conversion Pct. 42.5 35.1 Fourth-Down Conversions 5-8 14-22 Conversion Pct. 62.5 63.6 Avg. Time Of Possession 29:38 30:22 TEAM STATISTICS SCORING BY QUARTERS: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Notre Dame 123 105 97 120 0 445 Opponents 71 91 58 93 0 313 Linebacker Jaylon Smith (pictured) recorded 114 tackles as a junior in 2015, with fifth-year senior Joe Schmidt ranking a distant second with 78. Smith also added nine tackles for loss. PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA