This is going to be a quick rundown of the PFF grades from the FSU-Notre Dame game. Not sure why, but they weren’t posted until this morning. Normally, we have a full recap up the day after the game.
Overall Team Grades:
Top Mark: Florida State posted an exceptionally high rushing grade of 83.0. Only one other time since the 2017 season has FSU had this high of a run mark vs. an FBS opponent. That was last year against North Carolina.
Low Mark: Pass blocking was still awful coming in with a grade of 40.7. That’s pretty disappointing considering that FSU had a worse pass-blocking grade only twice last season vs. Pittsburgh and NC State.
Odd: The run-blocking grade was also low at 45.3, which is surprising considering FSU rushed for 264 yards and had a top-notch rush grade (83.0).
Passing:
McKenzie Milton – 76.5 passing grade / 77.3 when kept clean and 66.6 when under pressure
Jordan Travis – 57.2 passing grade / 70.3 when kept clean but 45.6 when under pressure
Rushing:
Jashaun Corbin – 85.3 rush grade (his highest ever grade) / 124 yards after contact (8.27 yards av)
Treshaun Ward – 76.4 rush grade / He also accounted for six first down runs.
Lawrance Toafili – 65.9 rush grade
Receiving:
Ja'Khi Douglas played 22 snaps in the game and finished with a team-high receiving grade of 81.0. Interestingly, he was targeted three times and had three receptions on those targets. His 60-yard touchdown also probably helped his grade.
Keyshawn Helton was the other receiver to post above average receiving grades vs. Notre Dame (76.7). He was also perfect catching four passes on four targets finishing with 53 receiving yards. That included a reception on a two-point conversion.
No receiver finished with poor grades but Jashaun Corbin was credited with a dropped pass.
Blocking:
As noted above, it wasn’t a great night for Florida State’s offensive line. On the bright side, a couple linemen did extremely well pass-blocking. Darius Washington (85.4) and Dillan Gibbons (75.7) both finished with excellent marks. However, Robert Scott (45.4) struggled and both centers were awful in pass-blocking according to PFF. It’s not explained but possibly the centers’ grades were docked significantly because of bad snaps.
The line surrendered 13 pressures on 38 quarterback drop-backs. Four of those pressures were attributed to Robert Scott. On the other hand, Darrius Washington did not give up a single pressure during the game.
Run-blocking was lousy across the board. In fact, the only player to finish with a grade higher than 65 was wide receiver Malik McClain (79.6). Every linemen finished with a grade somewhere between 45 and below 60. The top OL in this department was Robert Scott (57.9).
Defense:
Keir Thomas was the top starter with a defensive mark of 68.5, including a 77.2 tackle grade.
Quashon Fuller played just 13 snaps but finished with an excellent grade of 71.9.
Jammie Robinson was the best player in coverage (70.8) while Travis Jay (47.5) struggled giving up a couple touchdown passes.
Sidney Williams (84.1) and Kalen DeLoach (83.7) were the team’s top tacklers according to PFF. DJ Lundy, the other starting LB next to DeLoach, also had a nice start with a 77.9 tackle grade. However, Amari Gainer (49.0) and Stephen Dix (28.7) struggled in this area.
Fabien Lovett (4), Keir Thomas (3), Jermaine Johnson (2), and Robert Cooper (2) led the way in pressures. Overall, FSU pressured Notre Dame quarterback Jack Coan 17 times. To compare, last year at Notre Dame FSU’s defense had seven total pressures on Ian Book.
We will have a more comprehensive Stat Bomb next week when we have a normal Saturday game and assuming PFF isn’t 24 hours late posting grades.
Overall Team Grades:
Top Mark: Florida State posted an exceptionally high rushing grade of 83.0. Only one other time since the 2017 season has FSU had this high of a run mark vs. an FBS opponent. That was last year against North Carolina.
Low Mark: Pass blocking was still awful coming in with a grade of 40.7. That’s pretty disappointing considering that FSU had a worse pass-blocking grade only twice last season vs. Pittsburgh and NC State.
Odd: The run-blocking grade was also low at 45.3, which is surprising considering FSU rushed for 264 yards and had a top-notch rush grade (83.0).
Passing:
McKenzie Milton – 76.5 passing grade / 77.3 when kept clean and 66.6 when under pressure
Jordan Travis – 57.2 passing grade / 70.3 when kept clean but 45.6 when under pressure
Rushing:
Jashaun Corbin – 85.3 rush grade (his highest ever grade) / 124 yards after contact (8.27 yards av)
Treshaun Ward – 76.4 rush grade / He also accounted for six first down runs.
Lawrance Toafili – 65.9 rush grade
Receiving:
Ja'Khi Douglas played 22 snaps in the game and finished with a team-high receiving grade of 81.0. Interestingly, he was targeted three times and had three receptions on those targets. His 60-yard touchdown also probably helped his grade.
Keyshawn Helton was the other receiver to post above average receiving grades vs. Notre Dame (76.7). He was also perfect catching four passes on four targets finishing with 53 receiving yards. That included a reception on a two-point conversion.
No receiver finished with poor grades but Jashaun Corbin was credited with a dropped pass.
Blocking:
As noted above, it wasn’t a great night for Florida State’s offensive line. On the bright side, a couple linemen did extremely well pass-blocking. Darius Washington (85.4) and Dillan Gibbons (75.7) both finished with excellent marks. However, Robert Scott (45.4) struggled and both centers were awful in pass-blocking according to PFF. It’s not explained but possibly the centers’ grades were docked significantly because of bad snaps.
The line surrendered 13 pressures on 38 quarterback drop-backs. Four of those pressures were attributed to Robert Scott. On the other hand, Darrius Washington did not give up a single pressure during the game.
Run-blocking was lousy across the board. In fact, the only player to finish with a grade higher than 65 was wide receiver Malik McClain (79.6). Every linemen finished with a grade somewhere between 45 and below 60. The top OL in this department was Robert Scott (57.9).
Defense:
Keir Thomas was the top starter with a defensive mark of 68.5, including a 77.2 tackle grade.
Quashon Fuller played just 13 snaps but finished with an excellent grade of 71.9.
Jammie Robinson was the best player in coverage (70.8) while Travis Jay (47.5) struggled giving up a couple touchdown passes.
Sidney Williams (84.1) and Kalen DeLoach (83.7) were the team’s top tacklers according to PFF. DJ Lundy, the other starting LB next to DeLoach, also had a nice start with a 77.9 tackle grade. However, Amari Gainer (49.0) and Stephen Dix (28.7) struggled in this area.
Fabien Lovett (4), Keir Thomas (3), Jermaine Johnson (2), and Robert Cooper (2) led the way in pressures. Overall, FSU pressured Notre Dame quarterback Jack Coan 17 times. To compare, last year at Notre Dame FSU’s defense had seven total pressures on Ian Book.
We will have a more comprehensive Stat Bomb next week when we have a normal Saturday game and assuming PFF isn’t 24 hours late posting grades.
