West Virginia rebounded from their loss to Penn State and took care of business against FCS foe Duquesne. The Mountaineers started out slow but after a weather delay, they finished out strong.
But how did the individual players grade out?
This article will take a look at the Pro Football Focus grades from West Virginia’s game against Duquesne. It will include the list of grades from first to worst then discuss the notable highlights from the grades.
- DT Fatorma Mulbah: 92.8 (10 snaps)
- LB Taurus Simmons: 91.2 (13 snaps)
- QB Garrett Greene: 90.5 (43 snaps)
- LT Wyatt Milum: 85.6 (42 snaps)
- C Landen Livingston: 85.0 (24 snaps)
- CB Malachi Ruffin: 83.5 (47 snaps)
- RG Brandon Yates: 82.4 (56 snaps)
- WR Hudson Clement: 82.2 (50 snaps)
- CB Beanie Bishop: 82.0 (44 snaps)
- RT Doug Nester: 80.5 (42 snaps)
- RB Jaheim White: 78.2 (24 snaps)
- QB Nicco Marchiol: 77.2 (42 snaps)
- WR C.J. Cole: 76.2 (16 snaps)
- LB Trey Lathan: 75.9 (38 snaps)
- DE Zeiqui Lawton: 75.8 (4 snaps)
- LG Tomas Rimac: 74.4 (61 snaps)
- CB Hershey McLaurin: 74.3 (25 snaps)
- LB Jared Bartlett: 74.3 (28 snaps)
- RT Johnny Williams IV: 74.1 (24 snaps)
- TE Kole Taylor: 73.2 (41 snaps)
- RB Jaylen Anderson: 72.6 (18 snaps)
- DT Mike Lockhart: 72.4 (28 snaps)
- LG Bryce Biggs: 71.9 (24 snaps)
- LB Lee Kpogba: 70.9 (26 snaps)
- DL Oryend Fisher: 70.1 (3 snaps)
- SS Christian Stokes: 69.9 (3 snaps)
- CB Jacolby Spells: 69.2 (16 snaps)
- C Zach Frazier: 69.1 (35 snaps)
- WR Preston Fox: 67.9 (23 snaps)
- LB Tyrin Bradley: 67.2 (18 snaps)
- RG Sullivan Weidman: 66.6 (43 snaps)
- DT Hammond Russell IV: 66.2 (10 snaps)
- LB Jairo Faverus: 66.0 (23 snaps)
- FS Aubrey Burks: 65.9 (38 snaps)
- LT Nick Malone: 65.8 (46 snaps)
- DE Sean Martin: 64.9 (24 snaps)
- RG Ja’Quay Hubbard: 63.8 (31 snaps)
- RB CJ Donaldson Jr.: 63.5 (33 snaps)
- CB Josiah Jackson: 63.5 (6 snaps)
- SS Anthony Wilson: 62.5 (37 snaps)
- LB Lance Dixon: 62.3 (24 snaps)
- WR Ja’Shaun Poke: 62.1 (29 snaps)
- DT Harry Hilvert: 61.9 (2 snaps)
- DE Davoan Hawkins: 61.3 (19 snaps)
- LB Caden Biser: 61.1 (3 snaps)
- DT DJ Cotton: 60.5 (2 snaps)
- DE Corey McIntyre Jr.: 60.5 (13 snaps)
- DT Derek Berlitz: 60.2 (1 snap)
- CB Raleigh Collins III: 60.2 (3 snaps)
- FS Aden Tagoloa-Nelson: 60.0 (2 snaps)
- CB Jordan Jackson: 60.0 (3 snaps)
- FB Colin McBee: 59.8 (2 snaps)
- FB Luke Hamilton: 58.9 (3 snaps)
- FS Avery Wilcox: 58.8 (13 snaps)
- DT Edward Vesterinen: 57.9 (34 snaps)
- TE Victor Wikstrom: 57.3 (13 snaps)
- TE Treylan Davis: 56.8 (26 snaps)
- WR Tyler Evans: 56.7 (7 snaps)
- DL Jalen Thornton: 56.6 (16 snaps)
- RB DJ Oliver: 56.3 (15 snaps)
- TE Will Dixon: 55.3 (6 snaps)
- WR Jarel Williams: 54.9 (8 snaps)
- WR Noah Massey: 54.8 (9 snaps)
- DE Tomiwa Durojaiye: 54.1 (17 snaps)
- LB Ben Cutter: 53.7 (28 snaps)
- WR Cortez Braham: 53.4 (25 snaps)
- SS Keyshawn Cobb: 53.1 (36 snaps)
- WR Rodney Gallagher III: 50.7 (33 snaps)
- WR Jeremiah Aaron: 47.0 (41 snaps)
- CB Andrew Wilson-Lamp: 39.1 (12 snaps)
After not having any members last week, West Virginia had three members of the PFF 90 Club for this week in Fatorma Mulbah, Taurus Simmons, and Garrett Greene. Mulbah had a 95.5 grade in pass rush.
Wyatt Milum was not only the highest graded offensive lineman but the highest graded offensive player for pass blocking and run blocking at 85.3 and 80.8 respectively.
With WR Devin Carter sitting out due to injury, Hudson Clement saw significant action for the first time and made the most of it. He had five catches for 177 yards and three touchdowns and graded out at 84.2 in the passing game.
Nicco Marchiol saw action at quarterback in this game as well and put on a solid performance. He graded in the 70’s in overall grade, passing grade, and running grade.
Rodney Gallagher also saw significant action at wide receiver but graded out below average. He had one catch for 12 yards and graded out at 47.7 in the passing game.
The West Virginia defense, according to PFF’s data, had 16 pressures, five sacks, five quarterback hits, and six quarterback hurries. Trey Lathan led the way with three pressures and Tomiwa Durojaiye led the way with two sacks.
The grades were overall a lot better than last week. Playing an FCS opponent benefitted the players and a total of 71 players saw at least one snap on either side of the ball.
