notre dame fighting irish players most career interceptions since 2000

Since 2000, Xavier Watts has made the most interceptions by a Notre Dame player, with 13 interceptions.

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notre dame fighting irish players most career defensive interceptions since 2000

	NAME	INT	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Xavier Watts X. Watts	13	55	122	66	188	1.5	10	273	1	2	2	1
2	Shane Walton S. Walton	11	16						181	3		0	0
3	Benjamin Morrison B. Morrison	9	32	61	22	83	0.0	0	111	1	0	0	0
4	Kyle Hamilton K. Hamilton	8	31	114	24	138	0.0	0	80	1	0	0	0
5	Cole Luke C. Luke	8	31	68	6	74	1.0	2	24	0	2	1	0
6	Kyle McCarthy K. McCarthy	8	42			241			108	0		0	0
7	Mike Richardson M. Richardson	8	39			121			69	0		0	0
8	Tom Zbikowski T. Zbikowski	8	39			230			199	2		2	2
9	Leonard Moore L. Moore	7	26	59	19	78	0.0	0	56	1	3	0	0
10	Matthias Farley M. Farley	7	40	84	35	119			146	0		0
11	Manti Te'O M. Te'O	7	51	212	225	437			35	0		1	0
12	Robert Blanton R. Blanton	7	48	124	70	194			129	1		1	0
13	Harrison Smith H. Smith	7	50	186	121	307			54	0		0	0
14	David Bruton D. Bruton	7	39	137	76	213			77	0		0	0
15	Courtney Watson C. Watson	7	7						202	2		0	0
16	Vontez Duff V. Duff	7	33						129	1		1	0
17	Christian Gray C. Gray	6	38	47	15	62	0.0	0	118	1	1	0	0
18	Jalen Elliott J. Elliott	6	39	113	33	146	0.5	0.5	68	0	1	0	0
19	Bennett Jackson B. Jackson	6	44	98	33	131			91	1		0
20	Gary Gray G. Gray	6	40	128	48	176			131	0		0	0
21	Adon Shuler A. Shuler	5	32	76	44	120	1.0	8	140	1	3	1	0
22	Shaun Crawford S. Crawford	5	33	99	17	116	3.5	26	45	0	1	3	0
23	Julian Love J. Love	5	34	123	8	131	0.0	0	159	2	1	4	1
24	Keivarae Russell K. Russell	5	34	111	29	140			31	0		1
25	Darrin Walls D. Walls	5	37			104			118	2		0	0

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

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1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

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1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167