JD Bertrand: LB · Notre Dame · #27.
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JD Bertrand
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at Notre Dame: Brian Kelly and Marcus Freeman. On tape: 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against USC, Week 7, 2023.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
76 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 76 | 41 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 74 | 40 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 102 | 65 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 256 | 149 | 22.0 | 5.5 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-3vs Navy | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 56-3vs Tennessee State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-24@ NC State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-17vs No. 6 Ohio State | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-14@ No. 17 Duke | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 20-33@ No. 25 Louisville | 9 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-20vs No. 10 USC | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 58-7vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-31@ Clemson | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-7vs Wake Forest | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-23@ Stanford | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 40-8vs No. 21 Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 76 | 41 | 7.5 | 2.5 | — | 5 |
Week 7 · 2023
W 48-20
vs USC
0.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 11 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against USC.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
76tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%8 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
7%5 pass breakups76 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 7.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 6.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Pass share
43.6%
347 pass / 449 run
Plays / game
61.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
370 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #95 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Notre Dame, 256 tackles — drafted at #143 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Atlanta FalconsEntering 3rd NFL season
Atlanta FalconsEntering 3rd NFL season
