Linebacker, Notre Dame, 2019–⁠23

J.D. Bertrand

Number: No. 27
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 230 lb
Class (2023): Senior
Hometown: Roswell, GA
Born: May 5, 2000

J.D. Bertrand played linebacker at Notre Dame (2019–⁠23). The Atlanta Falcons took Bertrand in round 5, No. 143 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Best season: 102; Tackles, 2021 (Notre Dame, 11–⁠2)
Drafted: No. 143; Round 5, 2024 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

13tackles, career highvs. Stanford, 2022

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

102

10–⁠2AP 511–⁠2AP 89–⁠4AP 1810–⁠3AP 14

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2020	Notre Dame	4	3	0	0	0	0
2021	Notre Dame	102	65	6.5	1	1	3
2022	Notre Dame	74	40	8	2	2	2
2023	Notre Dame	76	41	7.5	2.5	5	7
Career		256	149	22	5.5	8	12

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Notre Dame	27	LB	RS
2020	Notre Dame	27	LB	Fr.
2021	Notre Dame	27	LB	So.
2022	Notre Dame	27	LB	Jr.
2023	Notre Dame	27	LB	Sr.	6′1″	230

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2023 Notre Dame 12 games, 76 tackles, 2.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 26	vs.Navy	W 42–⁠3	3	3	0	0	0
Sep 2	vs.Tennessee State	W 56–⁠3	5	3	1	0	0
Sep 9	atNC State	W 45–⁠24	5	1	0	0	1
Sep 23	vs.Ohio State	L 14–⁠17	8	4	1	0	1
Sep 30	atDuke	W 21–⁠14	11	3	0	0	0
Oct 7	atLouisville	L 20–⁠33	9	5	1.5	1	0
Oct 14	vs.USC	W 48–⁠20	11	6	1.5	0.5	0
Oct 28	vs.Pittsburgh	W 58–⁠7	5	4	0	0	0
Nov 4	atClemson	L 23–⁠31	6	4	0.5	0	2
Nov 18	vs.Wake Forest	W 45–⁠7	6	5	1	1	0
Nov 25	atStanford	W 56–⁠23	6	2	1	0	0
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Oregon State	W 40–⁠8	1	1	0	0	1

2022 Notre Dame 11 games, 74 tackles, 2 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 3	atOhio State	L 10–⁠21	3	1	0	0	0
Sep 10	vs.Marshall	L 21–⁠26	9	0	1	0	0
Sep 17	vs.California	W 24–⁠17	5	0	0.5	0	0
Sep 24	atNorth Carolina	W 45–⁠32	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 8	vs.BYU	W 28–⁠20	5	2	0	0	0
Oct 15	vs.Stanford	L 14–⁠16	13	6	0.5	0.5	0
Oct 22	vs.UNLV	W 44–⁠21	7	5	1.5	0.5	1
Oct 29	atSyracuse	W 41–⁠24	5	5	1	0	0
Nov 5	vs.Clemson	W 35–⁠14	12	9	2	1	0
Nov 19	vs.Boston College	W 44–⁠0	5	5	0	0	1
Nov 26	atUSC	L 27–⁠38	9	6	1.5	0	0

2021 Notre Dame 13 games, 102 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 5	atFlorida State	W 41–⁠38	11	6	0	0	0
Sep 11	vs.Toledo	W 32–⁠29	11	10	3	1	0
Sep 18	vs.Purdue	W 27–⁠13	12	5	1	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Wisconsin	W 41–⁠13	8	7	0	0	0
Oct 2	vs.Cincinnati	L 13–⁠24	6	4	0	0	0
Oct 9	atVirginia Tech	W 32–⁠29	10	5	0.5	0	0
Oct 23	vs.USC	W 31–⁠16	7	5	0	0	0
Oct 30	vs.North Carolina	W 44–⁠34	6	2	0	0	0
Nov 6	vs.Navy	W 34–⁠6	9	6	0	0	0
Nov 13	atVirginia	W 28–⁠3	4	1	0	0	0
Nov 20	vs.Georgia Tech	W 55–⁠0	4	2	0	0	1
Nov 27	atStanford	W 45–⁠14	5	4	0	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Oklahoma State	L 35–⁠37	9	8	2	0	0

2020 Notre Dame 2 games, 4 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 19	vs.South Florida	W 52–⁠0	3	2	0	0	0
Dec 5	vs.Syracuse	W 45–⁠21	1	1	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2024 Senior Bowl (American team, lost 7–⁠16).

Drill	Combine 2024
Height	6′0⅞″
Weight	235 lb
Arm length	30⅝″
Hand size	9¾″
Wingspan	74⅞″^W
Bench press	20 reps

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 17 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2024	Atlanta Falcons	8	21	1
2025	Atlanta Falcons	9	35	0
NFL career		17	56	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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