Drew White: LB · Notre Dame · #40.
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Drew White
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Notre Dame. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Florida State — Week 1, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 4.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 55 | 30 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 53 | 27 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 80 | 48 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 196 | 107 | 21.5 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-38@ Florida State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 32-29vs Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-13vs Purdue | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-13vs No. 18 Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24vs No. 7 Cincinnati | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 32-29@ Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-16vs USC | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-34vs North Carolina | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-6vs Navy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-0vs Georgia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-14@ Stanford | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 26 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
Week 4 · 2021
W 41-13
vs Wisconsin · neutral site
1 interception · 4 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 28-point win at a neutral site against Wisconsin.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
55tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%4 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups55 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Brian Kelly — 44-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
50.5%
450 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
74.2
12 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
499 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #136 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Notre Dame, 196 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brian Kelly.
