West Virginia fell on Saturday night to Oklahoma 59-20. The 59 points allowed were far and away a season high as Oklahoma’s Dillon Gabriel had eight total touchdowns on the night.
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 Oklahoma. 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
- WR Devin Carter: 76.8 (59 snaps)
- QB Garrett Greene: 70.7 (65 snaps)
- HB CJ Donaldson Jr.: 69.6 (37 snaps)
- WR Traylon Ray: 67.3 (50 snaps)
- WR Hudson Clement: 65.5 (13 snaps)
- LT Wyatt Milum: 64.7 (76 snaps)
- C Zach Frazier: 64.2 (71 snaps)
- RG Ja’Quay Hubbard: 63.0 (6 snaps)
- HB Jahiem White: 62.0 (28 snaps)
- WR Preston Fox: 61.4 (46 snaps)
- RT Nick Malone: 60.0 (16 snaps)
- TE Will Dixon: 57.9 (2 snaps)
- RT Doug Nester: 56.9 (65 snaps)
- WR Rodney Gallagher III: 55.8 (13 snaps)
- TE Kole Taylor: 55.6 (60 snaps)
- TE Treylan Davis: 53.3 (30 snaps)
- HB Justin Johnson Jr.: 50.1 (12 snaps)
- RG Brandon Yates: 49.0 (75 snaps)
- LG Tomas Rimac: 48.2 (76 snaps)
- WR EJ Horton: 46.2 (25 snaps)
- QB Nicco Marchiol: 45.6 (11 snaps)
Devin Carter led the offensive PFF grades for this week. He also led the team with a 76.4 mark in the passing game and his grades were his best since the Houston game.
Garrett Greene continues to be a competitor out there on the field, as he received at least a 70.0 grade for the seventh time in nine games played this season.
CJ Donaldson exited with an injury, but he led the team with a 71.7 grade in the running game.
Traylon Ray’s 67.3 grade was a season high for the true freshman. His run blocking grade of only 62.3 led the team as the team finished with its lowest run blocking grade of the season at 47.4.
Doug Nester led the team with an 87.6 pass blocking grade. The team blocking grades as a whole were one dimensional in favor of pass blocking.
The starting offensive guards were a weak link on the offense this week, as both starters had their lowest graded games of the season. Brandon Yates had the lowest run blocking grade on the team at 42.7.
Nicco Marchiol had his lowest graded game of the season while coming in for garbage time in the fourth quarter of the blowout loss.
Defense
- LB Caden Biser: 83.5 (17 snaps)
- DL Tomiwa Durojaiye: 83.3 (27 snaps)
- DL Hammond Russell IV: 78.5 (18 snaps)
- SPEAR Raleigh Collins III: 72.4 (5 snaps)
- SPEAR Hershey McLaurin: 72.4 (37 snaps)
- DL Jalen Thornton: 72.0 (26 snaps)
- DL Davoan Hawkins: 71.0 (16 snaps)
- CB Beanie Bishop Jr.: 70.2 (74 snaps)
- DL Fatorma Mulbah: 68.7 (25 snaps)
- DL Mike Lockhart: 64.4 (33 snaps)
- DL Sean Martin: 64.2 (36 snaps)
- S Marcis Floyd: 64.2 (39 snaps)
- DL Edward Vesterinen: 61.4 (40 snaps)
- LB Lee Kpogba: 61.2 (69 snaps)
- DL Asani Redwood: 60.2 (14 snaps)
- CB Andrew Wilson-Lamp: 60.2 (5 snaps)
- FS Avery Wilcox: 60.0 (5 snaps)
- CB Josiah Jackson: 60.0 (5 snaps)
- DL Taurus Simmons: 60.0 (2 snaps)
- CB Jacolby Spells: 57.9 (20 snaps)
- CB Malachi Ruffin: 54.4 (67 snaps)
- LB Ben Cutter: 54.3 (60 snaps)
- LB Tirek Austin-Cave: 54.3 (10 snaps)
- FS Aubrey Burks: 53.6 (71 snaps)
- SS Anthony Wilson: 53.1 (69 snaps)
- BAN Jared Bartlett: 42.5 (51 snaps)
- BAN Tyrin Bradley: 38.9 (28 snaps)
The defense according to the PFF data had 17 pressures, 13 quarterback hurries, two sacks, eight missed tackles, one pass breakup, and no penalties.
Caden Biser led the defensive PFF grades for this week. His 85.8 run defense grade led the team, while his overall grade was his highest of the season.
Tomiwa Durojaiye was one of several defenders to have his highest graded game of the season. Hammond Russell, Raleigh Collins, and Jalen Thornton were others to achieve this feat.
Hershey McLaurin led the team with a 71.4 coverage grade and was credited with not being targeted in coverage.
Beanie Bishop was the only starter in the secondary not to grade below 64.3 as he led the team with an 82.8 tackling grade. He allowed two touchdowns in coverage but added one more on to his nation-leading 13 pass breakups.
Marcis Floyd led the team with an 80.0 pass rushing grade as a defensive back, and he tied for the team led in pressures with Sean Martin at four apiece.
Andrew Wilson-Lamp saw his first defensive snaps since the Duquesne game in Week 2.
Malachi Ruffin had his lowest graded game of the season.
Ben Cutter had the lowest tackling grade on the team at 20.5 as he was one of three players to miss more than one tackle.
The safety position was a weak link on the defense this week. Aubrey Burks allowed two touchdowns in coverage, the first touchdowns he has allowed since the Penn State game in Week 1.
The bandit position was another weak link on the defense this week. Both Jared Bartlett and Tyrin Bradley had their lowest graded games of the season, with Bartlett allowing over 100 receiving yards in coverage leading to a team-low 27.2 coverage grade.
