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HawgBeat - How Kent State graded out in Week 1

HawgBeat breaks down how Pro Football Focus graded Kent State in Week 1 ahead of Saturday's matchup with Arkansas.

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Ahead of Saturday's game between Arkansa and Kent State at Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, HawgBeat took a look at the Golden Flashes through the lens of Pro Football Focus.

The analytics from PFF keeps track of grades for each player on a scale of 0-100. The website goes further into depth on specific grades, but for the purpose of this story, we will just look at offensive grades.

Here are grades that Kent State received during its 56-6 loss to Central Florida in Week 1, plus links to other breakdowns of the Golden Flashes

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- What Kent State HC Kenni Burns said about Arkansas

Team Grades

~ Overall: 54.2
~ Offense: 57.8
~ Passing: 55.0
~ Pass blocking: 61.0
~ Receiving: 64.1
~ Running: 62.5
~ Run blocking: 45.7
~ Defense: 52.6
~ Run defense: 42.2
~ Tackling: 31.4
~ Pass rush: 57.3
~ Coverage: 62.6
~ Special teams: 63.1

Notes​

~ Kent State's overall grade of 54.2 ranks 119th out of 133 FBS teams.

~ The Golden Flashes' team tackle grade of 31.4 ranks No. 130 in the nation and the run defense grade of 42.2 isn't far behind at No. 128.

~ Just one player — receiver Chrishon McCray — earned a grade above 80 in Week 1 and 10 players had grades of lower than 50. For reference, Arkansas had five players with at least an 80 overall grade and two players with a grade lower than 50.

~ Seven different offensive linemen played at least 19 snaps for the Golden Flashes, who return zero starters on offense from last season.

~ Missouri transfer linebacker Devin Nicholson earned a 31.3 tackle grade, which made him one of 12 players to receive a tackle grade lower than 50.

Kent State Offensive PFF Grades vs. UCF

Position	Player	PFF Grade	Snaps
WR	Chrishon McCray	86.6	28
RT	Elijah Lamptey	67.1	31
HB	Curtis Douglas	66.2	4
TE	Justin Holmes	64.6	40
HB	Gavin Garcia	63.9	44
WR	Trell Harris	62.9	63
LT	Jimto Obidegwu	60.9	70
LT	Nick Bryan	60.0	2
HB	Xavier Williams	59.9	21
WR	Jack Coulson	59.3	5
WR	Jared Kelley	59.2	5
TE	Hayden Junker	58.5	29
WR	Luke Floriea	57.7	43
QB	Michael Alaimo	57.3	65
LG	Dustyn Morell	54.3	70
RT	Cameron Golden	53.8	39
WR	Treymon Echols	53.5	33
QB	Tommy Ulatowski	50.6	5
C	Andrew Page	48.1	68
RG	Nolan Rumler	47.2	51
WR	Jameel Gardner Jr.	47.1	35
LG	Tristen Bittner	46.0	19

Kent State Defensive PFF Grades vs. UCF

Position	Player	PFF Grade	Snaps
LB	Nicholas Giacolone	73.5	38
DT	CJ West	70.8	40
CB	D.J. Miller Jr.	70.7	80
DT	Javier Duran	70.1	33
S	Bryce Sheppert	67.4	58
LB	CJ Harris	65.9	31
LB	Khalil Saunders	63.7	22
S	Josh Baka	62.1	14
DE	Stephen Daley	60.7	52
CB	Rocco Nicholl	59.7	46
CB	Capone Blue	58.2	69
DT	Macyo Williams	56.8	38
LB	Devin Nicholson	55.8	70
DT	Oliver Billotte	54.7	53
CB	Xavier Cokley	54.3	19
DE	Marcus Winfield	53.2	33
DE	Mason Maddox	52.6	1
S	Jalani Williams	52.0	43
LB	Matt Harmon	49.7	31
LB	Tyler Baylor	47.3	25
S	Alex Branch	42.4	41
LB	Mattheus Carroll	41.4	30
S	Dallas Craddieth	38.4	19
LB	Khalib Johns	32.7	38