HawgBeat - Arkansas' PFF grades vs. LSU 2023 - Defense
HawgBeat reveals the Pro Football Focus grades for Arkansas' defense against LSU
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We continue HawgBeat's series of analyzing Arkansas' games through the lens of Pro Football Focus after the Razorbacks' 34-31 loss to LSU.
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 defensive grades.
Here are grades on the defensive side of the ball from the LSU game.
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Team Grades
~Overall: 69.7
~Defense: 57.6
~Run defense: 61.2
~Tackling: 59.0
~Pass rush: 53.5
~Coverage: 59.7
Notes
- Despite finishing as the 18th overall defensive player, Jaheim Singletary was the team's third-best tackler with a grade of 79.5.
- Keivie Rose and Jashaud Stewart were the two lowest-graded tacklers with grades of 23.2 and 21.3, respectively.
- Only one player finished with a coverage grade above 70.0, and that was freshman defensive back Jaylon Braxton with a 70.9.
- Only two players graded above a 70.0 in rush defense. Cameron Ball (71.9) and Eric Gregory (70.1) both did so.
- Despite finishing with two quarterback hurries, Trajan Jeffcoat still finished with a pass rush grade of 61.1.
Arkansas defense PFF grades - LSU
| Position | Player | PFF Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Linebacker | Jaheim Thomas | 72.4 |
| Defensive back | Jaylon Braxton | 70.2 |
| Defensive back | Jayden Johnson | 69.8 |
| Defensive lineman | Cameron Ball | 68.0 |
| Linebacker | Jordan Crook | 65.7 |
| Defensive lineman | John Morgan III | 62.7 |
| Defensive lineman | Eric Gregory | 61.6 |
| Defensive lineman | Ian Geffrard | 60.3 |
| Linebacker | Brad Spence | 60.0 |
| Defensive back | Hudson Clark | 59.8 |
| Linebacker | Chris Paul Jr. | 59.4 |
| Defensive back | Alfahiym Walcott | 58.6 |
| Defensive lineman | Taurean Carter | 57.4 |
| Defensive lineman | Keivie Rose | 56.7 |
| Defensive back | Dwight McGlothern | 56.4 |
| Defensive lineman | Landon Jackson | 54.1 |
| Defensive back | Lorando Johnson | 53.7 |
| Defensive back | Jaheim Singletary | 53.6 |
| Defensive lineman | Trajan Jeffcoat | 52.0 |
| Defensive lineman | Zach Williams | 50.1 |
| Defensive back | TJ Metcalf | 49.2 |
| Defensive lineman | Jashaud Stewart | 38.3 |
Arkansas defense PFF grades - season
| Position | Player | PFF Grades |
|---|---|---|
| Linebacker | Brad Spence | 86.5 |
| Defensive lineman | Cameron Ball | 78.9 |
| Linebacker | Jaheim Thomas | 78.4 |
| Defensive lineman | John Morgan III | 77.8 |
| Defensive back | Dwight McGlothern | 77.2 |
| Defensive lineman | Jon Hill | 76.4 |
| Defensive back | Hudson Clark | 75.1 |
| Defensive back | Jayden Johnson | 71.6 |
| Linebacker | Carson Dean | 71.0 |
| Linebacker | Chris Paul Jr. | 70.7 |
| Defensive lineman | Keivie Rose | 70.7 |
| Defensive lineman | Eric Gregory | 70.5 |
| Linebacker | Antonio Grier | 70.1 |
| Defensive lineman | Anthony Booker Jr. | 68.6 |
| Defensive lineman | Taurean Carter | 68.6 |
| Defensive lineman | Landon Jackson | 68.4 |
| Defensive lineman | Nico Davillier | 64.8 |
| Defensive back | Jaheim Singletary | 64.0 |
| Defensive lineman | Ian Geffrard | 63.7 |
| Linebacker | Alex Sanford | 62.7 |
| Defensive back | Jaylon Braxton | 62.5 |
| Defensive back | TJ Metcalf | 62.1 |
| Defensive back | Jaylen Lewis | 60.9 |
| Defensive lineman | Jashaud Stewart | 60.4 |
| Linebacker | Brooks Both | 59.9 |
| Defensive back | Alfahiym Walcott | 59.9 |
| Defensive lineman | Zach Williams | 55.8 |
| Defensive back | Lorando Johnson | 54.5 |
| Defensive back | LaDarrius Bishop | 54.5 |
| Defensive lineman | Quincy Rhodes Jr. | 51.4 |
| Linebacker | Jordan Crook | 51.2 |
| Defensive back | Dylan Hasz | 50.6 |
| Defensive back | Kee'yon Stewart | 50.6 |
| Defensive lineman | Kyle Thompson | 36.2 |
