Notre Dame LB Bo Bauer Will Miss The Remainder Of The 2022 Season

The Notre Dame defense has suffered another huge blow, as fifth-year senior linebacker and team captain Bo Bauer has been lost for the season. Bauer, who is also a standout on the Irish special teams, injured his knee during the week of practice, and the surgery will wipe out his final season with the Irish.

Bauer has been a key part of the Notre Dame special teams for years, and it is his success there that was a driving force behind him earning a role as team captain. Bauer is also an emotional leader for Notre Dame, which also played a role in him earning a role as a team captain.

The Pennsylvania native has nine tackles on the season, and you saw him make a huge goal line stop for Notre Dame in last week's win over BYU. Bauer racked up 47 tackles, four tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks to go with five pass break ups in 2021.

Bauer had spent a lot of time rotating at Mike linebacker with senior and fellow captain JD Bertrand, who must now take on more of a role from a volume standpoint. This also will likely force freshman Niuafe "Junior" Tuihalamaka into a more prominent rotation role. Of course, it could also mean more of Prince Kollie.

"I would think, for sure, you’ll see more Prince Kollie,” head coach Marcus Freeman said. "He played really, really well the last game. And he’s a guy that we want to try to continue to get on the field more.

"I think we’ll see more of Junior, too,” he continued. “I think you’ll see him play in a couple different packages....and increase his role, too.”

Kollie has taken snaps with the defense in Notre Dame’s last two wins over North Carolina and BYU. Freeman was also asked if freshman Jaylen Sneed could step in, but the head coach ruled that out, at least for now.

"Still to be determined,” Freeman said. "He’s continued to get better .... don’t see him, right now, being a part of the defensive package yet, for this game, but he’s going to have the opportunity, hopefully as the year goes on, to be able to try to play some more.”

Either way, losing Bauer takes away depth from the defense, a standout from special teams and a great team leader.

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