Francis Brewu
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
91
Elite

Francis Brewu

Notre Dame Fighting IrishElite
LDTDefenseEliteTRANSFER · Pittsburgh
Projected Starter

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Francis Brewu is the projected starter at LDT for Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Junior · #7 · 6'1", 285 lbs

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Depth at LDT · Notre Dame Fighting Irish

  1. 1791Francis BrewuStarter
  2. 2085Tionne Gray
  3. 35964Sean Sevillano Jr.

Notre Dame Starting Lineup

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Up next for Notre Dame

Notre Dame plays Miami at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 3-star recruit out of Thomas Worthington, ranked #481 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 34 tackles, 6 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 85th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit3★ · #481 NatlTeam Share4%Percentile85th
Westerville, OH
Jersey
#7
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
285 lbs
Transfer
Pittsburgh

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—3461

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8900
National Rank
#481
High School
Thomas Worthington
Hometown
Columbus, OH

Why this rating?

On a 94-rated defense; 85th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.94 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
94
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 85% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 12% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 17LBYUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-24

Oct 10WSTANTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 58-7

Oct 3WUNCTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 37-26

Sep 26WPURTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-10

Sep 19WMSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-10

Sep 12WRICETKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-0

Sep 6WWISTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-13

Francis Brewu's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

34 tkl · 6 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement40%
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