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Notre Dame vs Virginia Position By Position Breakdown

By Matt Clark

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA - SEPTEMBER 14: Jalen Elliott #21, Khalid Kareem, and Daelin Hayes #9 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish pose to celebrate the victory against the New Mexico Lobos at Notre Dame Stadium on September 14, 2019 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA - SEPTEMBER 14: Jalen Elliott #21, Khalid Kareem, and Daelin Hayes #9 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish pose to celebrate the victory against the New Mexico Lobos at Notre Dame Stadium on September 14, 2019 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images) /
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ATHENS, GEORGIA – SEPTEMBER 21: Drew White #40 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish reacts in the second half while playing the Georgia Bulldogs at Sanford Stadium on September 21, 2019 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

Linebacker 

Virginia Cavaliers-Charles Snowden: 6’7″, 235 pound, junior, 3 star recruit out of Silver Springs, MD

28 tackles, 3 sacks, 2 pass deflections

Virginia Cavaliers-Jordan Mack: 6’2″, 230 pound, senior, 3 star recruit out of Lithonia, GA

29 tackles, 5 sacks

Virginia Cavaliers-Zane Zandier: 6’3″, 230 pound, junior, 3 star recruit out of Pittsburgh, PA

29 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 pass defended, 1 interception, 1 touchdown

Virginia Cavaliers-Noah Taylor: 6’5″, 215 pound, sophomore, 3 star recruit out of Silver Spring, MD

13 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 pass defended

Notre Dame Irish-Asmar Bilal: 6’2″, 230 pound, graduate student, 4 star recruit out of Indianapolis, IN

15 tackles

Notre Dame Irish-Drew White: 6’1″, 230 pound, junior, 3 star recruit out of Boca Raton, FL

14 tackles, 1 sack, 1 pass defended

Notre Dame Irish-Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah: 6’1″, 215 pound, junior, 3 star recruit out of Hampton, VA

19 tackles

Advantage-Virginia

Virginia has one of the most productive linebacking groups in all of college football. Their linebackers account for 14 of their 20 sacks on the season. In addition, the Cavalier linebacking group possesses great tackling skills, so don’t anticipate them giving the Irish offense any free yardage, due to missed tackles. The group, led by Snowden, a preseason watchlist candidate for the Butkus Award and Mack, a preseason candidate for the Bronco Nagurski Award, is as elite as any linebacking group that the Irish will face all year. They bring pressure to the quarterback from all over the field and will present a major test for the Notre Dame offensive line.

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