Here’s a short rundown of the PFF grades from the FSU-Jacksonville State game. PFF does not allow us us post grades for all the players, so we just cover the high and lowlights. But if you have a question about a specific player, just ask and I’ll be happy to provide that info.
Overall Team Grades:
Top Mark: Florida State did not surrender a sack Saturday night and posted an extremely high team pass-blocking grade of 93.1. That incredible considering the changes on the OL during the game and the fact that FSU threw for just 133 yards. The last time FSU had a pass-blocking grade of 90 or better was way back in 2014 in the game vs. Miami (93.2).
Low Mark: Run blocking was again lousy with FSU coming in with a failing mark of 49.3. The Seminoles did run for 202 yards but were stuffed several times in short-yardage situations.
Odd: With five total sacks, you would think the pass rush grade would have been higher, but it was just 64.5. Led by six pressures from Jermaine Johnson. FSU finished with 21 total pressures.
Passing:
McKenzie Milton – 65.4 passing grade / Strangely his grade was just 59.9 when kept clean but 74.7 when under pressure
Rushing:
Jashaun Corbin – 77.4 rush grade (78.0 was the highest offensive grade on team) / 81 yards after contact.
Treshaun Ward – 76.7 rush grade
Lawrance Toafili – 56.6 rush grade
Receiving:
It wasn’t a great day for the receiving corps. Wyatt Rector finished as the top pass-catcher but had just two targets (83.2 receiving grade). Camren McDonald was the top-graded starter with an unimpressive 64.7 receiving mark with three catches on six targets.
Keyshawn Helton had arguably this worst outing as a Seminole coming in with a 46.6 receiving grade, and a team-low 46.1 offensive grade on 43 snaps. Of course, he had a huge drop on the opening drive and finished with zero catches on three targets.
Blocking:
As noted above, pass-blocking was impressive. Four starters finished with marks above 80 -- Dillan Gibbons (86.8), Devontay Love-Taylor (86.4), Darius Washington (84.4) and Robert Scott (81.1). Only one offensive lineman, Deonte Lucas (69.9), finished with a grade below 74.
The line surrendered no sacks and gave up just three pressures on 42 quarterback drop-backs.
Run-blocking was awful for the second straight game despite decent rush numbers. Every lineman that saw action finished with mediocre marks with everyone in the 50s. Baveon Johnson had the top grade (59.9) and Darius Washinton with the low grade (50.8).
Another huge negative for the OL was being responsible for seven of FSU’s 11 penalties. Lucas led the way with three.
Defense:
Not surprisingly, Jermaine Johnson was tops among starters with a defensive grade of 81.1. He also led the defense with six quarterback pressures. Other defensive starters or major contributors that finished with a grade of 70 or higher were Amari Gainer (76.2), Robert Cooper (75.8), Jammie Robinson (71.0), Renardo Green (70.9) and Fabian Lovett (70.8).
Three defensive backs brought up the rear with very disappointing marks -- Jarvis Brownlee Jr. (60.4), Jarrian Jones (53.9), and Meiko Dotson (50.9). Dotson really struggled in coverage (47.9). Green (72.1) and Robinson (69.7) were the top two defensive back in coverage. Brownlee should have had a higher coverage grade (59.1) considering he gave up just three catches on 10 targets, but per PFF he was responsible for the 59-yard TD pass on the final play that lost the game.
The top tacker on the team was Kalen DeLoach (82.9), who finished with seven tackles. The bottom mark came from Brownlee (22.2).
Overall Team Grades:
Top Mark: Florida State did not surrender a sack Saturday night and posted an extremely high team pass-blocking grade of 93.1. That incredible considering the changes on the OL during the game and the fact that FSU threw for just 133 yards. The last time FSU had a pass-blocking grade of 90 or better was way back in 2014 in the game vs. Miami (93.2).
Low Mark: Run blocking was again lousy with FSU coming in with a failing mark of 49.3. The Seminoles did run for 202 yards but were stuffed several times in short-yardage situations.
Odd: With five total sacks, you would think the pass rush grade would have been higher, but it was just 64.5. Led by six pressures from Jermaine Johnson. FSU finished with 21 total pressures.
Passing:
McKenzie Milton – 65.4 passing grade / Strangely his grade was just 59.9 when kept clean but 74.7 when under pressure
Rushing:
Jashaun Corbin – 77.4 rush grade (78.0 was the highest offensive grade on team) / 81 yards after contact.
Treshaun Ward – 76.7 rush grade
Lawrance Toafili – 56.6 rush grade
Receiving:
It wasn’t a great day for the receiving corps. Wyatt Rector finished as the top pass-catcher but had just two targets (83.2 receiving grade). Camren McDonald was the top-graded starter with an unimpressive 64.7 receiving mark with three catches on six targets.
Keyshawn Helton had arguably this worst outing as a Seminole coming in with a 46.6 receiving grade, and a team-low 46.1 offensive grade on 43 snaps. Of course, he had a huge drop on the opening drive and finished with zero catches on three targets.
Blocking:
As noted above, pass-blocking was impressive. Four starters finished with marks above 80 -- Dillan Gibbons (86.8), Devontay Love-Taylor (86.4), Darius Washington (84.4) and Robert Scott (81.1). Only one offensive lineman, Deonte Lucas (69.9), finished with a grade below 74.
The line surrendered no sacks and gave up just three pressures on 42 quarterback drop-backs.
Run-blocking was awful for the second straight game despite decent rush numbers. Every lineman that saw action finished with mediocre marks with everyone in the 50s. Baveon Johnson had the top grade (59.9) and Darius Washinton with the low grade (50.8).
Another huge negative for the OL was being responsible for seven of FSU’s 11 penalties. Lucas led the way with three.
Defense:
Not surprisingly, Jermaine Johnson was tops among starters with a defensive grade of 81.1. He also led the defense with six quarterback pressures. Other defensive starters or major contributors that finished with a grade of 70 or higher were Amari Gainer (76.2), Robert Cooper (75.8), Jammie Robinson (71.0), Renardo Green (70.9) and Fabian Lovett (70.8).
Three defensive backs brought up the rear with very disappointing marks -- Jarvis Brownlee Jr. (60.4), Jarrian Jones (53.9), and Meiko Dotson (50.9). Dotson really struggled in coverage (47.9). Green (72.1) and Robinson (69.7) were the top two defensive back in coverage. Brownlee should have had a higher coverage grade (59.1) considering he gave up just three catches on 10 targets, but per PFF he was responsible for the 59-yard TD pass on the final play that lost the game.
The top tacker on the team was Kalen DeLoach (82.9), who finished with seven tackles. The bottom mark came from Brownlee (22.2).
