We continue HawgBeat's series of analyzing Arkansas' games through the lens of Pro Football Focus after the Razorbacks' 70-0 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
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 grades on the defensive side of the ball from the UAPB game.
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Team Grades
~Overall: 90.0
~Defense: 70.2
~Run defense: 83.5
~Tackling: 46.4
~Pass rush: 71.3
~Coverage: 55.7
Notes
~ DE Landon Jackson finished with a 26.1 tackling grade and a 58.9 overall grade, both lows on the starting defensive line.
~ LB Xavian Sorey Jr. was the team's lowest-graded at the position with a 48.7 overall grade.
~ DB TJ Metcalf finished with the best tackling grade (78.6) on 34 snaps.
~ Only one Razorback had a 70.0+ coverage grade in LB Brad Spence (71.6).
~ Five Hogs finished with a pass-rush grade above 70.0: Sorey (72.4), LB Bradley Shaw (72.0), DE Jon Hill (70.5), DE Quincy Rhodes Jr. (75.5) and DT Kaleb James (81.8).
~ Swiss-army knife DB Anthony Switzer was strong in all areas of the game, as he finished with a 74.3 overall grade, 80.6 run defense grade, 75.8 tackling grade and 63.9 coverage grade.
Arkansas Defense PFF Grades - UAPB
| Player, position | Snaps vs. UAPB | PFF Grade - UAPB |
|---|---|---|
| Kaleb James, DT | 7 | 87.4 |
| Quincy Rhodes Jr., DE | 17 | 82.6 |
| Anton Juncaj, DE | 21 | 79.6 |
| Nico Davillier, DE | 21 | 77.3 |
| Ian Geffrard, DT | 18 | 75.7 |
| Eric Gregory, DT | 24 | 74.4 |
| Anthony Switzer, DB | 18 | 74.3 |
| Aidan McCowan, DB | 4 | 72.2 |
| Jon Hill, DE | 6 | 71.8 |
| Bradley Shaw, LB | 6 | 70.8 |
| Brad Spence, LB | 18 | 69.5 |
| Keivie Rose, DT | 14 | 69.2 |
| Brooks Both, LB | 1 | 68.6 |
| Jayden Johnson, S | 21 | 68.1 |
| Jaylon Braxton, DB | 29 | 67.0 |
| Carson Dean, LB | 3 | 65.5 |
| Cam Ball, DT | 23 | 64.7 |
| Hudson Clark, S | 16 | 64.4 |
| Kaden Henley, LB | 6 | 63.0 |
| Wyatt Simmons, LB | 3 | 62.0 |
| Stephen Dix Jr., LB | 20 | 61.7 |
| Danny Saili, DT | 3 | 61.6 |
| Brooks Yurachek, LB | 3 | 61.3 |
| Jabrae Shaw, DB | 1 | 60.0 |
| Dylan Hasz, DB | 1 | 60.0 |
| Doneiko Slaughter, DB | 26 | 59.4 |
| TJ Metcalf, S | 34 | 58.9 |
| Landon Jackson, DE | 20 | 58.9 |
| Jaheim Singletary, DB | 16 | 58.5 |
| JJ Hollingsworth, DT | 7 | 57.7 |
| Kee'yon Stewart, DB | 13 | 56.2 |
| Kavion Henderson, DE | 7 | 56.1 |
| Larry Worth, LB | 21 | 54.2 |
| Marquise Robinson, DB | 24 | 53.5 |
| Charlie Collins, DE | 4 | 52.6 |
| Selman Bridges, DB | 10 | 48.9 |
| Xavian Sorey Jr., LB | 18 | 48.7 |
| Ahkahri Johnson, DB | 10 | 45.7 |
| Tevis Metcalf, DB | 14 | 40.3 |
