SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The public sharing of Boubacar Traore‘s injury diagnosis was delayed by Notre Dame football’s lack of media availability during an idle week on the schedule. The end result was still the same: Traore, a sophomore vyper defensive end, will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee injury.
Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman announced the news during his Monday press conference. The No. 11 Irish (4-1) will head into Saturday’s home game against Stanford (2-3) without their top two vypers to start the season. Notre Dame previously lost starter Jordan Botelho to a right knee injury suffered during the Purdue game in week 3.
Traore leads the Irish in sacks (3.0) and tackles for loss (5.0), which account for almost half of his 11 tackles. Traore returned an interception for a 34-yard touchdown against Purdue and forced a fumble against Miami (Ohio). Botelho tallied 12 tackles and one sack in the first three games.