Notre Dame football defensive snap counts and ratings after Louisville landslide

The Notre Dame football defense was not as sharp as it could have been. There were in fact, times when Al Golden's unit was getting gashed. On the other hand there were times when they bowed up and stopped the Cardinals when it counted the most.

Following the 31-24 win, the there were players, like Xavier Watts who stood out and really showed that they are among the best in the country. Two forced fumbles, 3 sacks and 7 tackles for loss.

The Notre Dame football team has some serious performers on that side of the ball. They have so much talent, as a matter of fact that it seems like a different dude steps up every week. You can check out all of their stats from yesterday here and then look at the snap counts and ratings according to PFF below.

Notre Dame football defensive ratings and snap counts vs Louisville

Defensive linemen

Howard Cross has had a rather disappointing season so far, but he had a heck of a game against Louisville. He's the easy standout of this group as he had 5 quarterback hurries, even though he didn't actually get to the quarterback.

Linebackers

Drayk Bowen was the standout of this particular Notre Dame football unit. He had 5 tackles, a tackle for loss, a pass breakup and a forced fumble. Still, the linebacker corps didn't log a ton of great ratings according to PFF.

Defensive backs

Leonard Moore was needed to step up after Jaden Mickey announced he was redshirting and transferring. Moore's first game in the job was his best of his career. The Notre Dame football team's secondary was easily the best unit of Golden's squad.