Notre Dame kicker Noah Burnette is OUT for Boise State game
Notre Dame football didn’t include place-kicker Noah Burnette on its latest injury report on Thursday, but the graduate transfer from North Carolina didn’t go through warmups Saturday ahead of Notre Dame’s home game against Boise State (3:30 p.m. EDT on NBC).
The Irish formally declared Burnette out for Saturday’s game one hour prior to the game. He was sidelined with a right hip injury that kept him out of the Purdue game on Sept. 20.
Burnette kicked six extra-point attempts in the first half of last Saturday’s 56-13 victory at Arkansas, but he was held out of the second half. His absence was not supposed to be due to an injury, per Notre Dame. Burnette is 3-of-3 on field goals and 13-of-13 on extra points this season.
Freshman kicker Erik Schmidt is expected to replace Burnette. He missed his lone field goal attempt against Purdue from 31 yards out. Schmidt is 10-of-10 on extra points this season after making all eight against Purdue and two against Arkansas.
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As Blue & Gold reported Friday, junior wide receiver Jaden Greathouse will also miss Saturday’s game. He was officially ruled out with a right thigh injury. Greathouse caught four passes for 73 yards in the first four games this season. Graduate senior Will Pauling, who has seven catches for 95 yards and one touchdown in a Notre Dame uniform this season, will be expectedly to play more against Boise State.
Notre Dame declared every other player on its official depth chart available for Saturday’s game. That includes sophomore cornerback Leonard Moore, who missed the past two games with a right ankle injury, and redshirt junior defensive tackle Donovan Hinish, who was limited against Arkansas with a left shoulder injury. Both were deemed probable by Notre Dame on Thursday.
How much Moore and Hinish play will be worth monitoring. Moore, a starter, totaled three tackles, one interception and two pass breakups in the first two games of the season. Hinish, a captain, recorded six tackles and one half of a sack in the first three games.