Senior defensive lineman for Notre Dame. 2025: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.
6′3″ · 260 lb · Honolulu, HI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
sack · 2025
1.5 TFL · 20 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 3 tackles, at Arkansas
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Notre Dame. 2025: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.
Jordan Botelho
Wins his gap play after play. Jordan Botelho has played for two head coaches in six seasons at Notre Dame. The receipt: 4 tackles against Stanford — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #282 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 20 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 12 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 29 | 15 | 4.5 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 11 | 9 | 6.5 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 18 | 11 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 93 | 51 | 16.5 | 12.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 34–24
vs USC
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 40-41vs Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-13@ Arkansas | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-7vs Boise State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 36-7vs NC State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-24vs USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-10vs Navy | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-15@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-20@ Stanford | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
2026 Outlook
Notre Dame
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Notre Dame
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Notre Dame · Last season: 10-2 (AP #9) · Talent rank #6 · 2026 recruiting class #5
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Cormontae Hamilton’s 2023 season.
Matches Cormontae on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA