We continue HawgBeat's series of analyzing Arkansas' games through the lens of Pro Football Focus after the Razorbacks' 19-14 win over the No. 4 Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday.
The analytics from PFF keep 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 defensive grades.
Here are the grades on the defensive side of the ball from the Tennessee game...
Team Grades
~Overall: 75.6
~Defense: 72.5
~Run defense: 79.6
~Tackling: 90.3
~Pass-rush: 72.1
~Coverage: 64.3
Notes
~ In an impressive tackling display by Arkansas, only one player graded below 70.0 in the department (Keivie Rose, 38.8).
~ Stephen Dix Jr. continues to flash, as he finished with the highest run defense grade (75.5), an 81.0 tackling grade, a 77.3 pass-rush grade and a 66.3 coverage grade.
~ Landon Jackson (75.3), Larry Worth (78.9) and Brad Spence (72.7) were excellent in pass-rush, with Xavian Sorey Jr. (69.8) and Nico Davillier (65.5) not far behind.
~ Arkansas' secondary still struggled a bit in coverage, as no one graded above 70.0 and one starter (TJ Metcalf) came in at 45.9.
~ In Hudson Clark's return to the field, he finished with a 61.3 run defense grade, a 73.5 tackling grade and a 65.5 coverage grade.
Arkansas Defense PFF Grades - Tennessee
| Player, position | PFF Grade -Tennessee | Snaps vs Tennessee |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Dix Jr., LB | 78.6 | 48 |
| Landon Jackson, DE | 77.7 | 57 |
| Larry Worth, S | 72.9 | 43 |
| Marquise Robinson, CB | 70.6 | 68 |
| Eric Gregory, DT | 70.6 | 47 |
| Danny Saili, DT | 70.2 | 4 |
| Quincy Rhodes Jr., DE | 68.7 | 11 |
| Keivie Rose, DT | 67.8 | 23 |
| Xavian Sorey Jr., LB | 66.5 | 68 |
| Hudson Clark, DB | 66.1 | 15 |
| Nico Davillier, DE | 66.0 | 19 |
| Ian Geffrard, DT | 65.6 | 10 |
| Jaheim Singletary, CB | 63.4 | 57 |
| Doneiko Slaughter, NB | 62.2 | 59 |
| Jayden Johnson, S | 58.7 | 68 |
| Anton Juncaj, DE | 57.5 | 16 |
| Cam Ball, DT | 55.5 | 42 |
| Brad Spence, LB | 51.1 | 20 |
| TJ Metcalf, S | 49.2 | 68 |
| Anthony Switzer, LB | 48.6 | 5 |
