Senior cornerback for Notre Dame. 2022: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 31 tackles.
5′10″ · 185 lb · Milpitas, CA
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.
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 434 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback for Notre Dame. 2022: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 31 tackles.
TaRiq Bracy
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Five seasons at Notre Dame, two different head coaches: Brian Kelly and Marcus Freeman. The receipt: 6 tackles against Syracuse — Week 9, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Notre Dame, 145 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
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
Elite: tackles for loss (81st 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
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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 · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #177 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 31 | 21 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 39 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 24 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 34 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 17 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 145 | 107 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 13 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022
W 35–14
vs Clemson
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-21@ Ohio State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-26vs Marshall | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-17vs California | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-32@ North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-20vs BYU | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-21vs UNLV | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-24@ Syracuse | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 35-14vs Clemson | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-32@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 21 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 5.5 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.
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Beanie Bishop’s 2022 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Beanie Bishop's graduate season at Minnesota (2022).
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Player DNA