Luke Talich
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
90
Elite

Luke Talich

Notre Dame Fighting IrishElite
FSDefenseElite
Projected Starter

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Luke Talich is the projected starter at FS for Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Senior · #28 · 6'4", 222 lbs

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Depth at FS · Notre Dame Fighting Irish

  1. 12890Luke TalichStarter
  2. 22072Joey O'Brien

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 Cody, ranked #846 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 25 tackles, 3 INT, 3 PBU. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 86th-percentile production nationally — good for a 90 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit3★ · #846 Natl3-Yr Total47 tacklesTeam Share4%Percentile86th
Cody, WY
Jersey
#28
Class
SR
Height
6'4"
Weight
222 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20252533
20242010
2023200

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
0.8700
National Rank
#846
High School
Cody
Hometown
Cody, WY

Why this rating?

On a 94-rated defense; 86th-percentile production (×0.99 for competition level) put them -2 vs unit starters → 90.

Team defense (SP+)
94
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 86% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.99)
Depth-chart adjustment
-2 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 31WNAVYTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-13

Oct 17LBYUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-24

Oct 10WSTANTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 58-7

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

Final W 37-26

Sep 19WMSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 27-10

Sep 12WRICETKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-0

Sep 6WWISTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-13

Luke Talich's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

25 tkl · 3 PD · 3 INT
Usage / Involvement50%
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