| Notre Dame Fighting Irish–No. 56 | |
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| Position | Defensive tackle |
| Class |  |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | July 31, 2001 |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 288 lb (131 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Saint Joseph Regional (Montvale, New Jersey) |
Howard Edward Cross III (born July 31, 2001) is an American college football defensive tackle for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Cross was born in Paramus, New Jersey [ citation needed ] and attended Saint Joseph Regional High School, where he was a state-champion wrestler. [1] He committed to play college football at the University of Notre Dame. [2]
As a freshman in 2019, Cross totaled seven tackles in four games. [3] In the shortened 2020 season, he recorded 13 tackles. [3] In week 12 of the 2021 season, Cross notched two sacks in a win over Georgia Tech. [4] He finished the season with 22 tackles with 4.5 being for a loss, and three sacks. [5]
In week 2 of the 2022 season, Cross recorded 11 tackles with half a tackle being for a loss in a loss to Marshall. [6] He finished the season with 33 tackles with 2.5 going for a loss, two sacks, a pass deflection, and a forced fumble. [7] Cross earned the starting nose tackle spot ahead of the 2023 season. [8] In week 5 of the 2023 season, he tallied 13 tackles with 3.5 going for a loss, a sack, and two forced fumbles in a win over Duke. [9] Cross was named a midseason All-American,[ by whom? ] after eight weeks of the 2023 season. [10]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sack | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 12 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 12 | 7 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 13 | 13 | 66 | 28 | 38 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 11 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 64 | 33 | 165 | 79 | 86 | 11.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Cross is the son of former New York Giants tight end Howard Cross. [11] He has a twin sister, Bella. [12]
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