Mike Berardino, South Bend TribuneSun, November 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM UTC·1 min readPALO ALTO, Calif. — Notre Dame football made it through Thanksgiving week without any last-minute additions to its injury report ahead of Saturday’s late-night kickoff at Stanford.
Tight end Cooper Flanagan (Achilles) observed pregame warmups in sweats and was later ruled out officially for the regular-season finale. Flanagan, who had been listed as questionable on Monday, has seen the field just once this season, playing six snaps against USC on Oct. 18.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementKicker Noah Burnette (right hip), who last kicked in a game on Nov. 1 at Boston College, went through pregame warmups and is expected to be available.
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Burnette went 5-of-6 on pregame attempts from between 33 and 43 yards, missing from 40 yards. Freshman Erik Schmidt, who has yet to make a field goal in a game situation, missed two of seven pregame attempts between 33 and 43 yards.
Schmidt hit the left upright from 36 and later missed wide right from the same distance.
Ruled out this week were safety Tae Johnson (left hand), defensive tackle Sean Sevillano Jr. (left ankle), offensive guard Billy Schrauth (left knee) and defensive tackle Gabriel Rubio (left elbow).
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThat was in addition to the season-ending leg injuries linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa and cornerback Chance Tucker suffered in Notre Dame’s 70-7 win over Syracuse.
Mike Berardino covers Notre Dame football for the South Bend Tribune and NDInsider.com. Follow him on social media @MikeBerardino.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Notre Dame football pregame injury update from Stanford game
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