Jaylin Thomas never had more than six tackles in a college game until Saturday at No. 8 Notre Dame.
There he had seven … in the first half.
The redshirt sophomore played a key role in a Ball State defensive effort that mostly bottled up the Fighting Irish running game and brought relentless pressure on quarterback Brandon Wimbush, sacking him four times and forcing him into three interceptions.
Thomas didn't have a sack, but he spent plenty of time in the backfield. His pressure forced one of the picks, and he had a tackle for loss among his team-high nine stops, eight of which were solo tackles.