Notre Dame sack leader Traore done for season

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterOct 7, 2024, 01:14 PM ET

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College football press reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.Notre Dame’s list of season-ending injuries to linemen has grown as pass rush Boubacar Traore will be sidelined with a left knee injury.Coach Marcus Freeman said Monday that Traore, a redshirt freshman, will miss out on the season with the injury, sustained throughout a Sept. 28 win against Louisville. Traore had actually begun at the viper position– a defensive end-outside linebacker hybrid area– for Notre Dame and led the group in both sacks(3)and deals with for loss(5 ). A local of Boston, Traore was an ESPN 300 hire in the 2023 class. He appeared in 5 games last

season, tape-recording a sack and a forced fumble. The 6-foot-4, 243-pound Traore moved into the starting lineup following a season-ending knee injury to Jordan Botelho. The Irish also have lost offensive linemen Ashton Craig and Charles Jagusah to season-ending injuries.Junior Tuihalamaka is set to start in place of Traore when No. 12 Notre Dame goes back to action today versus Stanford.