The No. 9 Irish will be without two starters \u2014 with two more listed by the Notre Dame football communications team as questionable \u2014 on Saturday against No. 23 Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n
Left guard Billy Schrauth<\/a> (left knee) and defensive tackle Gabriel Rubio<\/a> (left elbow) are both out for the second straight game, including a third for Rubio. Defensive tackle Donovan Hinish<\/a> (concussion) and wide receiver Jaden Greathouse<\/a> (right thigh), who have both also started games for the Irish early in the season, are questionable. <\/p>\n In addition to those four players, eight more were mentioned on Monday\u2019s availability report. <\/p>\n Kicker Noah Burnette<\/a> (right hip), offensive linemen Charles Jagusah<\/a> (left arm) and Peter Jones<\/a> (left ankle), and defensive linemen Sean Sevillano Jr.<\/a> (left ankle) have all been ruled out. Tight end Cooper Flanagan<\/a> (left Achilles) and wide receiver Micah Giblert<\/a> (left hand) have a questionable destination. <\/p>\n Notre Dame is expected to get junior cornerback Christian Gray<\/a> back after he missed the Navy game with a left hip injury. He was not listed on this week\u2019s availability report. <\/p>\n Here is a detailed look at this week\u2019s Notre Dame football injury report vs. Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n \u2014 Flanagan, junior, QUESTIONABLE: After missing the first six games of the season, he made his season debut against USC on Oct. 18 and played four offensive snaps. Flanagan suffered his Achilles injury against Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2.<\/p>\n \u2014 Gilbert, redshirt freshman, QUESTIONABLE: Last played three snaps against NC State on Oct. 11 before leaving the game due to injury.<\/p>\n \u2014 Greathouse, junior, QUESTIONABLE: No details have been given on when the injury occurred. However, he missed the USC, NC State and Boise State games after playing 24 snaps against Arkansas on Sept. 27. On Monday, Freeman provided where Greathouse is physically and mentally since the injury occurred.<\/p>\n \u201cJG is putting in so much work on trying to get that hamstring to where it needs to go, where it needs to be,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cLast week, had to extract some blood from his hamstring, just because part of the healing process, some blood buildup, you got to extract it and continue to get that muscle stronger.<\/p>\n \u201cMentally, he\u2019s been in a good place. He\u2019s as frustrated as anybody; he wants to be out there. And so we got to just keep, hey, keep working, keep working. And then we\u2019ll see what happens here in the next days, weeks, depending on how he heals.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 Jagusah, redshirt sophomore, OUT: On July 5, Jagusah\u00a0fractured his left humerus<\/a>\u00a0during a UTV accident in Wyoming. On Oct. 13, Freeman said Jagusah had to have a second surgery, and the timeline for his return is uncertain.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jones, redshirt freshman, OUT: On Aug. 26, the Notre Dame football communications team announced he had a left ankle injury. He has been out since then.<\/p>\n \u2014 Rubio, redshirt senior, OUT: On Oct. 16, Notre Dame added him to the injury report after he suffered a midweek injury before the USC game. On Oct. 17, Freeman said Rubio should return before the end of the season.<\/p>\n \u2014 Schrauth, redshirt junior, OUT: On Oct. 21, the Notre Dame football communications team ruled him out for the Boston College game with the injury. He played 66 offensive snaps against USC on Oct. 18 despite going down with an injury during the game. On Monday, Freeman said whenever Schrauth is ready, he\u2019ll play.<\/p>\n \u201cIf he can get back, he\u2019ll play,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cBut right now, he\u2019s just trying to just keep improving and get to that point where he can help us. But he\u2019s not there yet. I don\u2019t know when he\u2019ll be there. But he\u2019s working tirelessly at really getting back to helping his football team.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 Sevillano, redshirt freshman, OUT: The Notre Dame football communications team added him to the availability report Monday. He played a season-high 8 snaps last Saturday against Navy. <\/p>\n \u2014 Sixth-year tight end\u00a0Kevin Bauman<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0out for the season\u00a0and\u00a0has retired from football. On Aug. 9, the Notre Dame football communications team\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0Bauman suffered an articular cartilage injury in his left knee.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2014 Redshirt junior\u00a0Ashton Craig<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0out for the season. On Monday, Freeman announced he suffered a season-ending left knee injury on Saturday against NC State.<\/p>\n