Full PFF Grades vs Houston

West Virginia saw their win streak get snapped with a 41-39 loss to Houston on Thursday night. Hudson Clement scored a go-ahead touchdown on fourth down with 12 seconds remaining, only for Houston to respond with a walk off Hail Mary touchdown.

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 Houston. The list will be split into offense and defense and list the grades from first to worst then discuss the notable highlights from the grades.

Offense

• QB Garrett Greene: 81.1 (85 snaps)
• WR Devin Carter: 73.3 (56 snaps)
• WR Preston Fox: 72.2 (17 snaps)
• TE Kole Taylor: 69.9 (74 snaps)
• LT Nick Malone: 67.3 (85 snaps)
• WR Traylon Ray: 65.3 (68 snaps)
• RT Doug Nester: 63.8 (85 snaps)
• HB Jaheim White: 63.2 (18 snaps)
• WR EJ Horton: 62.0 (12 snaps)
• HB CJ Donaldson Jr.: 61.3 (49 snaps)
• WR Hudson Clement: 61.1 (72 snaps)
• HB Jaylen Anderson: 60.5 (18 snaps)
• FB Colin McBee: 60.0 (1 snap)
• RG Ja’Quay Hubbard: 56.1 (85 snaps)
• WR Rodney Gallagher III: 55.3 (18 snaps)
• LG Brandon Yates: 54.2 (85 snaps)
• TE Treylan Davis: 49.0 (22 snaps)
• C Zach Frazier: 46.7 (85 snaps)

Garrett Greene led the offensive PFF grades for this week. He set a new career high with 391 passing yards along with four total touchdowns.

Three of the wide receivers had season highs in PFF grade. Devin Carter, Preston Fox, and Traylon Ray had their highest graded games of the season.

CJ Donalson set a season low for overall PFF grade. The running backs all scored high in pass blocking but the highest graded runner was Jaheim White at 63.7.

FB Colin McBee saw his first game action since the game against Duquesne, coming in for one snap in a goal-to-go situation in the second half.

Kole Taylor set a new season high for receptions and receiving yards and led the team with a 63.4 run blocking grade.

The strength of the offensive line was at the tackle spots, while the weakness was at the interior. Every starter graded out better in pass blocking than run blocking except for Zach Frazier, who also had his lowest graded game of the season.

This was the worst performance of the season for the offense in terms of penalties with five.

Defense

• DT Fatorma Mulbah: 78.9 (9 snaps)
• SPEAR Lance Dixon: 73.8 (31 snaps)
• DT Edward Vesterinen: 66.9 (41 snaps)
• LB Lee Kpogba: 66.4 (50 snaps)
• LB Jairo Faverus: 64.2 (9 snaps)
• SPEAR Hershey McLaurin: 63.5 (38 snaps)
• BAN Tyrin Bradley: 60.7 (27 snaps)
• DT Hammond Russell IV: 60.7 (1 snap)
• DL Asani Redwood: 58.0 (8 snaps)
• SS Anthony Wilson: 57.1 (59 snaps)
• DL Davoan Hawkins: 56.8 (9 snaps)
• CB Beanie Bishop Jr.: 55.4 (59 snaps)
• CB Malachi Ruffin: 55.3 (59 snaps)
• DL Tomiwa Durojaiye: 54.9 (19 snaps)
• DE Sean Martin: 54.4 (36 snaps)
• BAN Jared Bartlett: 53.1 (44 snaps)
• FS Marcis Floyd: 51.0 (59 snaps)
• DT Mike Lockhart: 50.9 (33 snaps)
• LB Ben Cutter: 44.9 (48 snaps)
• DL Jalen Thornton: 44.7 (10 snaps)

The defense according to the PFF data had 11 pressures, eight quarterback hurries, two sacks, 12 missed tackles, one pass breakup, and a season-worst four penalties.

Fatorma Mulbah was the team’s highest graded defensive player this week. The Penn State transfer has continued to impress this season as a rotational piece and led the team on Thursday night with a 74.3 pass rushing grade.

Lance Dixon had his best individual game grade of the season. He was credited with the team’s lone pass breakup and a team-best 76.1 coverage grade.

Edward Vesterinen led the team with a 72.6 grade in run defense.

Lee Kpogba had his highest graded game against FBS competition since the season opener at Penn State. PFF credited him with six combined tackles and the team’s lone quarterback hit.

Jairo Faverus set a new career high against FBS competition with nine defensive snaps played. He was also credited with having one tackle.

The starting corners, Malachi Ruffin and Beanie Bishop, both had season lows in individual game grade. DL Sean Martin and bandit Jared Bartlett were other regular starters to have a season low in individual game grade as well.

True freshman Ben Cutter did not impress in his first career start, grading out at 26.8 in tackling and missing four tackles, which both were worst on the team.