Breaking down Oregon’s Week 1 defensive PFF grades, snap counts

On Saturday, we got our first look at Dan Lanning and Tosh Lupoi’s revamped defense during Oregon’s blowout win over Portland State.

The Ducks rolled out a roster stocked with transfer additions and talented true freshmen and held the Vikings to 200 yards of total offense and 3.5 yards per play.

Each week, Pro Football Focus releases reports for each FBS game across the country that assign a subjective grade to each player and track how many snaps each player played.

Here’s a rundown of how the Ducks graded out on the offensive side of the ball in Week 1, with a few takeaways as to what the snap counts could mean for Dan Lanning’s squad moving forward.

*denotes starter

Defensive line/EDGE

PlayerSnapsOverall GradeJordan Burch*2459.6Casey Rogers*2483.0Popo Aumavae*2458.2Matayo Uiagalelei2267.8Keyon Ware-Hudson2077.1Emar’rion Winston*1969.5Brandon Dorlus1881.3Jake Shipley*1639.2Blake Purchase1447.8Taki Taimani1265.4A’Mauri Washington938.1Jaeden Moore971.7Ashton Porter869.3Ben Roberts853.0Johnny Bowens III768.5Terrance Green 588.7My’Keil Gardner473.2

— Oregon’s coaching staff rolled out some really interesting lineups on Saturday, especially in the second quarter. If PFF’s position designations are to be believed, Jordan Burch and Brandon Dorlus each played multiple snaps at defensive tackle, defensive end, and outside linebacker against Portland State.

— According to PFF, Matayo Uiagalelei led the Ducks with 10 pass-rush attempts but won just one of those attempts.

Inside linebacker

PlayerSnapsOverall GradeJeffrey Bassa*3147.3Jamal Hill2269.8Bryce Boettcher*1980.7Devon Jackson1839.7Connor Soelle1877.5Jerry Mixon664.8

— Bryce Boettcher, the Ducks’ walk-on converted safety, graded out as Oregon’s best inside linebacker on the day and was fourth-best among all defenders at 80.7.

— Jeffrey Bassa graded out as the Ducks’ second-best tackler (80.2), but his 31.8 coverage grade was the worst among all Oregon defenders by a wide margin.

Secondary

PlayerSnapsOverall GradeTysheem Johnson*4179.7Bryan Addison*3160.1Khyree Jackson*2869.8Dontae Manning*2861.4Steve Stephens IV2269.9Nikko Reed1955.1Jahlil Florence1764.5Trikweze Bridges1768.1Cole Martin1375.9Daylen Austin1277.3Tyler Turner1264.0Khamari Terrell1150.0Rodrick Pleasant963.7Kodi DeCambra661.6Solomon Davis362.3

— Tysheem Johnson graded out as Oregon’s best player in coverage at 78.8. According to PFF, he played 17 snaps at free safety, 13 in the box, and 11 at slot corner.

— Dontae Manning was targeted a team-high four times but gave up just one reception for eight yards.

— Oregon rotated its outside cornerbacks in pairs for much of the first half. Manning and Khyree Jackson started the game, and Trikweze Bridges and Jahlil Florence swapped in and out semi-regularly.

All four players spent significant time at both left and right cornerback, according to PFF.

Manning: LCB: 10 — RCB: 13Jackson: LCB: 14 — RCB: 11Florence: LCB: 6 — RCB: 9Bridges: LCB: 10 — RCB: 5

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