“Bowen hurt? I'd like to opt out of the rest of the season”
8 stories this week, from 8 outlets.
No. 4 Notre Dame rules out LB Drayk Bowen for showdown against No. 1 Miami
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Drayk Bowen
Fourth year in the Notre Dame linebacker corps. On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Wisconsin, Week 1, 2026.
45 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
from 8 outlets
No. 4 Notre Dame rules out LB Drayk Bowen for showdown against No. 1 Miami
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Talk is up: 8 stories this week, from 2 the week before.
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No. 4 Notre Dame rules out LB Drayk Bowen for showdown against No. 1 Miami
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Irish Sports DailyOne Foot Down +1Each week: his team’s game, the stories about him that week, and the week’s biggest news headline.
Stories are headlines grouped by what they are about, counted through Nov 4.
Fans first named Drayk Bowen vs Wisconsin.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Notre Dame | 45 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 67 | 33 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 78 | 40 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 203 | 104 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 7 |
Last game (Wk 9): 7 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-13vs Wisconsin | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 52-0vs Rice | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-10vs Michigan State | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-10@ Purdue | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-26@ North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 58-7vs Stanford | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-28@ No. 8 BYU | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-13vs Navy | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Oct. 31 · W 35-13 vs Navy, play by play
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: coverage — 2 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
How Notre Dame’s defense played that day
Navy’s 7 drives: 4 stopped · 3 scored. While the game was within a score they held 1 of 4.
8 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 7 for him; the box score credits 6.
2 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
8 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 9 for him; the box score credits 8.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
9 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 3 of his 9, sacks included.
Week 1 · 2026
W 41-13
vs Wisconsin · neutral site
1 tackle for loss · 9 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Dominant 28-point win at a neutral site against Wisconsin.
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +17 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
45tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
4%2 pass breakups45 tackles · 1 for loss.
4 seasons under Marcus Freeman — 41-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Pass share
46.7%
247 pass / 282 run
Plays / game
66.1
8 games
Team sack rate
0.8%
259 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #347 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 41 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Marcus Freeman.
