A brief checklist to select from, listed below are the Irish gamers who performed nicely Saturday in a 16-14 upset loss to Stanford.
Tight finish Michael Mayer
Coming off of his 11-catch recreation towards BYU — a single-game document for a Notre Dame tight finish — Mayer was blanketed nicely by Stanford. But, the Irish All-American nonetheless led the Irish with 10 targets and 5 catches for 60 yards.
Wide receiver Tobias Merriweather
Following months of hype and hope, the Irish freshman made his first profession catch Saturday on a 41-yard landing move early within the fourth quarter. The TD seize tossed from junior Irish quarterback Drew Pyne gave Notre Dame a quick 14-13 lead. It ended up Merriweather’s solely catch of the sport on two targets.
Linebacker JD Bertrand
After lacking components of the earlier two video games due to focusing on penalty suspensions, the Irish senior returned to full-time motion towards Stanford and led Notre Dame with 13 tackles, together with the half-a sack he shared with graduate lineman Justin Ademilola.
Safety Xavier Watts
With accidents constructing on the Irish protection, the junior security performed nicely and recorded 7 tackles, 3 solo, on an Irish protection that’s being thinned out weekly. A transformed broad receiver, count on Watts’ contributions to grow to be more and more necessary shifting ahead.
Defensive deal with Gabriel Rubio
Like Watts, the Irish sophomore deal with was thrust into in depth motion due to a number of accidents and he responded with a career-high 7.0 tackles, with 0.5 for loss. Because the Irish line of defense choices proceed to skinny, count on Rubio to grow to be a standard title on this checklist.
Working again Audric Estime
Headlining an Irish speeding recreation that took a giant step again from its outings in consecutive wins over North Carolina and BYU, the sophomore working again nonetheless makes the checklist with 57 speeding yards on a surprisingly low 8 carries, with 1 landing and a 7.1 per-carry common.
