| Notre Dame Fighting Irish–No. 28 | |
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| Position | Safety |
| Class | Junior |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Cody (Cody, Wyoming) |
Lucas Wayne Talich is an American college football safety for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Talich grew up in Cody, Wyoming and attended Cody High School, where he played basketball and football and competed in track and field. [1] As Cody's starting quarterback during his senior year, he passed for 1,682 yards while also rushing for 582 yards and accounted for 25 touchdowns. [2] Talich was rated a three-star recruit and the top college prospect in Wyoming. [3] He committed to play college football as a preferred walk-on at Notre Dame over scholarship offers from Washington State, Utah, and Wyoming. [4]
Talich initially intended on redshirting his true freshman season at Notre Dame, but due to injuries on defense and special teams played in the first eight games of the season before suffering a broken collarbone. [5] He was awarded a scholarship during spring practices. [6] Talich returned an interception 79 yards for a touchdown against Florida State during his sophomore year. [7]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sack | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 16 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 24 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Talich's father, Jim, played linebacker for the University of Wyoming, where his older brother Nicolas currently plays. [8] His mother, Jen, played college basketball at Montana State. [9]