{
  "id": 9594128,
  "title": "Notre Dame senior defender ruled out against Purdue testing depth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/notre-dame-senior-defender-ruled-out-against-purdue-testing-depth",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T17:27:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/notre-dame-senior-defender-ruled-172702246.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Senior Notre Dame safety Luke Talich will not participate in Saturday's game against Purdue due to an injured left wrist, according to the Notre Dame Football PR team. The team confirmed on social media that Talich will be unavailable for the matchup against the Boilermakers. Talich's absence leaves the Notre Dame defense with a reduced depth, as he is the sixth defender and second safety not to play in the upcoming Saturday game. Throughout the season, Talich has contributed significantly with 11 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, an interception, a pass breakup, and two deflections in three games. In last weekend's victory over Michigan State, he registered three tackles, a sack, a pass breakup, an interception, and two deflections. Freshman Joey O'Brien is set to make his first career start in Talich's place, as reported by Jake Soble of BlueandGold.com. The game between Notre Dame and Purdue is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET and will be exclusively streamed on Peacock.",
  "summary": "Notre Dame has ruled out another one of its defenders as the team gets closer to its Saturday road matchup against Purdue",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}