Notre Dame Fighting Irish

2008 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT
34	James Aldridge J. Aldridge	RB	6'0"	225
5	Armando Allen A. Allen	RB	5'10"	201
37	Mike Anello M. Anello	DB	5'10"	170
67	Thomas Bemenderfer T. Bemenderfer	OL	6'5"	300
12	Robert Blanton R. Blanton	DB	6'1"	196
35	Kevin Brooks K. Brooks	TE	6'2"	241
94	Justin Brown J. Brown	DL	6'3"	277
31	Sergio Brown S. Brown	DB	6'2"	205
27	David Bruton D. Bruton	DB	6'2"	205
39	Ryan Burkhart R. Burkhart	K	5'11"	195
52	Braxston Cave B. Cave	OL	6'3"	304
7	Jimmy Clausen J. Clausen	QB	6'3"	223
40	Maurice Crum M. Crum	LB	6'0"	235
98	Sean Cwynar S. Cwynar	DL	6'4"	280
75	Taylor Dever T. Dever	OL	6'5"	297
46	Steve Filer S. Filer	LB	6'3"	235
45	Darius Fleming D. Fleming	LB	6'2"	250
3	Michael Floyd M. Floyd	WR	6'3"	220
21	Barry Gallup Jr. B. Gallup Jr.	WR	5'11"	185
24	Leonard Gordon L. Gordon	DB	5'11"	187
4	Gary Gray G. Gray	DB	5'11"	195
25	Jonas Gray J. Gray	RB	5'10"	230
11	David Grimes D. Grimes	WR	5'10"	175
6	Ray Herring R. Herring	DB	5'10"	200
33	Robert Hughes R. Hughes	RB	5'11"	245
90	Ethan Johnson E. Johnson	DL	6'4"	300
18	Duval Kamara D. Kamara	WR	6'4"	220
96	Patrick Kuntz P. Kuntz	DL	6'3"	283
20	Terrail Lambert T. Lambert	DB	5'11"	195
43	John Leonis J. Leonis	DB	5'9"	169
43	Eric Maust E. Maust	P	6'2"	190
15	Dan McCarthy D. McCarthy	DB	6'2"	205
28	Kyle McCarthy K. McCarthy	DB	6'0"	210
51	Anthony McDonald A. McDonald	LB	6'2"	235
8	Raeshon McNeil R. McNeil	DB	6'0"	190
93	Paddy Mullen P. Mullen	DL	6'3"	295
56	Kerry Neal K. Neal	LB	6'2"	244
76	Andrew Nuss A. Nuss	OL	6'5"	303
91	Emeka Nwankwo E. Nwankwo	DL
55	Eric Olsen E. Olsen	OL	6'4"	305
82	Robby Parris R. Parris	WR	6'3"	205
48	Steve Quinn S. Quinn	LB	6'2"	231
53	Morrice Richardson M. Richardson	DL	6'2"	255
78	Trevor Robinson T. Robinson	OL	6'5"	300
9	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	TE	6'6"	265
97	David Ruffer D. Ruffer	K	6'1"	176
90	John Ryan J. Ryan	DL	6'5"	255
24	Chris Salvi C. Salvi	DB	5'10"	190
32	Luke Schmidt L. Schmidt	FB	6'4"	255
44	Asaph Schwapp A. Schwapp	FB	6'0"	261
13	Evan Sharpley E. Sharpley	QB	6'2"	215
58	Brian Smith B. Smith	LB	6'3"	234
22	Harrison Smith H. Smith	DB	6'2"	214
35	Kevin Smith K. Smith	LB	5'8"	200
41	Scott Smith S. Smith	LB	6'3"	245
49	Toryan Smith T. Smith	LB	6'1"	244
59	Chris Stewart C. Stewart	OL	6'5"	344
23	Golden Tate G. Tate	WR	5'11"	195
63	Jeff Tisak J. Tisak	OL	6'5"	306
77	Michael Turkovich M. Turkovich	OL	6'6"	301
96	Brandon Walker B. Walker	K	6'3"	210
42	Kevin Washington K. Washington	LB	6'1"	244
19	George West G. West	WR	5'8"	196
95	Ian Williams I. Williams	DL	6'2"	301
65	Evan Wray E. Wray	LB	6'0"	215
88	Will Yeatman W. Yeatman	TE	6'6"	250
74	Sam Young S. Young	OL	6'8"	320

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333