By The Numbers 2023: A look at how the Miami Hurricanes graded out against Bethune-Cookman
The Miami Hurricanes made short work of thoroughly overmatched Bethune-Cookman on Thursday night, 48-7. Miami had a 589-165 yard edge and had 35 minutes of possession to the Wildcats’ 25. There were 32 first down for the Canes vs. eight for Bethune-Cookman. And that was despite Miami playing virtually all backups in the second half with the team leading 34-0 at the break.
Reps were spread out among numerous players in the game, and with 70 considered a good grade there were nine defensive players that hit 70 or above and played 10 or more reps, and 12 offensive players had the same.
That’s simply domination and solid play against an overmatched opponent.
For comparison’s sake, in the win over Texas A&M the prior weekend there were five players on offense with a 70 or better grade and four on defense.
So yes, an easy win against a not-real-good opponent. But still good from a Miami perspective to see the solid Pro Football Focus grades spread around. A closer look:
SEVERAL TRUE FRESHMEN SHINE ON OFFENSE
The first-year Miami players got a chance to show out en masse in this game. So how did they do? Well, statistically you saw on offense that QB Emory Williams completed nine of 11 passes for 102 yards and led two TD drives; RB Chris Johnson ran seven times for 40 yard with a TD; WR Ray Ray Joseph had three catches for five yards and a 15-yard kickoff return; WR Robby Washington had two catches for 27 yards; TE Riley Williams was targeted on a 25-yard pass in the end zone and was open, but it was just overthrown.
As for the grades?
We’ll go from high to low:
*OL Samson Okunlola graded out at an elite 92.1 percent in 16 reps, and in nine pass blocking reps was at 70.1 percent while he was at 66.7 as a run blocker. For snaps when he was lined up on pass plays his grade was 92.8.
*WR Robby Washington graded out at 81.8 on 10 reps (58.1 on pass plays).
*RB Chris Johnson, Jr. found the end zone and had a solid 70.0 grade in 16 reps (69.9 as a runner, 74.9 pass blocking).
*QB Emory Williams played 27 reps in the second half and had a 69.0 passing grade (69.7 overall). His NFL rating was 109.5. As far as where he threw? He was 1-2 on passes that went 20 or more yards in the air, completing one on the right side for 22 yards and missing Riley Williams down the left sideline on what would have been a TD with a good throw. Between 10 and 20 yards he was 3-4 for 47 yards, he was 3-3 in the 0-10 yard range for 25 yards and had three passes behind the line that went for 21 yards. He had six passes in the middle of the field, one to the left and four to the right. Williams was kept clean in the pocket on eight attempts (completing all eight for 96 yards). Under pressure he was 1-3 passing with a sack, throwing for six yards. He was blitzed on four of his pass plays and was 1-3 passing in those situations with the sack.
*TE Riley Williams got 43 reps of work and had a decent 65.1 grade (48.4 on passing plays, 77.3 as a run blocker).
*Francis Mauigoa continues to start at RT and had a 64.5 grade and was at 54.4 as a pass blocker and 73.6 as a run blocker (played 54 reps). He was at 58.9 as a pass blocker vs. Texas A&M and 27.2 vs. Miami (Ohio), and 64.7 as a run blocker vs the Aggies and 58.6 vs. Miami (Ohio). So certainly dominated on the run blocking front compared to the prior two games.
*LG Tommy Kinsler played two reps (60.0 grade).
*WR Ray Ray Joseph got some opportunities but wasn’t able to shake free. In 11 reps he graded out at 59.3 percent.
Offensive true freshmen that didn’t play: RB Mark Fletcher, TE Jackson Carver, OL Antonio Tripp, OL Frankie Tinilau.
DEFENSIVE TRUE FRESHMEN GET CHANCE TO SHINE
On the defensive side several freshmen got opportunities and showed up in the stat book: DE Jayden Wayne tied for the team lead with 4 tackles (2 solo); CB Damari Brown had 2 tackles with 1.5 for losses (one knocking a guy’s helmet two yards backward); LBs Bobby Washington, Jr. and Raul Aguirre had 2 tackles apiece; DL Rueben Bain started and had a sack; and Marcellius Pulliam had a tackle.
As for the grades?
*DL Rueben Bain was the highest graded freshman at 78.8 percent (62.4 run defense, 70.2 tackle grade, 79.1 pass rush). He was credited with a sack and a QB hurry in the PFF stats, with 18 reps.
*DT Josh Horton played 14 reps and graded out at 70.9 overall with a 68.7 run defense grade, 70.1 tackle grade and 63.6 pass rush grade.
*CB Damari Brown graded out at 69.6 on 33 reps and was at 62.2 percent in run defense and 66.9 in coverage.
*LB Bobby Washington, Jr. played six reps and graded out at 68.5 percent (65.6 run defense, 77.4 tackling).
*DE Jayden Wayne got in for 33 reps and graded out at 66.3 percent (68.4 run defense, 75.7 tackling, 63.5 pass rush).
*LB Marcellius Pulliam played 8 reps and graded out at 66.0 percent (62.0 run defense, 73.6 tackling, 59.2 pass rush).
*LB Raul Aguirre played 11 reps and graded out at 54.2 percent (70.4 run defense, 73.1 tackling, 57.1 pass rush).
*LB Malik Bryant played 11 reps and graded out at just 29.3 percent (63.6 run defense, 19.3 tackling, 58.2 pass rush).
Defensive true freshmen that didn’t play: DL Collins Acheampong, S Kaleb Spencer, CB Robert Stafford.
MIAMI OFFENSIVE NUMBERS OF NOTE (10 or more reps)
QB Tyler Van Dyke’s grade of 94.2 percent now gives him an incredible season grade of 92.7 percent (92.2 season passing grade, was 93.9 passing in this game). For perspective, that 94.2 grade from the game was his best-ever, topping 90.3 vs. Bethune-Cookman last year and 87.9 percent against Central Connecticut State in 2021. By the way, his overall grade last year was 66.8 and in 2021 it was 75.5 percent. In this game he hit on 18 of 20 passes when kept clean in the pocket, for 226 yards and two TDs (95.3 grade in those situations). When under pressure he was 1-3 for 20 yards (58.9 grade in those situations). He was blitzed six times and hit on five passes for 25 yards vs. the blitz. When not blitzed he was 14-17 for 221 yards and two TDs. He threw six passes of 20 or more yards, hitting on four of them for 98 yards and a TD. On 10-20 yard passes he was 4-5 for 65 yards, he hit on all four passes from 0-10 yard range for 45 yards and had seven passes behind the line and hit all of them for 40 yards and a TD. Van Dyke threw two passes right, 14 in the middle and six to the right side.
Your pass blocking leaders were Anez Cooper (84.1), Matt Lee (82.0), Javion Cohen (81.7) and Jalen Rivers (73.4). Run blocking? The top performers were Matthew McCoy (77.7 percent), Rivers (77.1), Lee (74.9) and Francis Mauigoa (72.1).
Also of note were elite receiving grades from Xavier Restrepo at 91.5 percent and Brashard Smith at 87.6 percent.
MIAMI DEFENSIVE NUMBERS OF NOTE (10 or more reps)
The run defense leaders were Francisco Mauigoa (92.4 grade) followed by Thomas Gore (81.7), Chantz Williams (74.3), Corey Flagg (74.2) and Damari Brown (73.7).
Your top tackle grades: Mauigoa (79.9), James Williams (78.9), Jaden Harris (78.6) and Jadais Richard (78.5).
The pass rush leaders were Jared Harrison-Hunte (90.1), Rueben Bain (79.1), Corey Flagg (77.3) and Damari Brown (74.5).
In coverage it was Jaden Davis leading the way at 75.7 percent followed by Mauigoa (75.5), Jayden Wayne (69.0 with 8 of his reps in coverage) and Davonte Brown (67.9).
The QB hurry leaders? DT Harrison-Hunte with four, Leonard Taylor with three and Wayne with two. There were seven missed tackles noted, so really good there (one apiece from Taylor, Markeith Williams, Jacob Lichtenstein, Daryl Porter, Jr., Ahmad Moten, Brian Balom and Malik Bryant). Richard was the CB targeted most often and gave up 3-3 passing for 27 yards.
Offensive grades (snap count)
Tyler Van Dyke, 94.2 (43)
Xavier Restrepo, 93.5 (32)
Samson Okunlola, 92.1 (16)
Brashard Smith, 90.1 (17)
Don Chaney, 83.8 (10)
Robby Washington, 81.8 (7)
Jalen Rivers, 79.3 (54)
Ryan Rodriguez, 73.5 (16)
Matthew McCoy, 73.0 (16)
Jacolby George, 72.1 (44)
Matt Lee, 72.1 (54)
Jaleel Skinner, 71.4 (17)
Chris Johnson, 70.0 (16)
Emory Williams, 69.7 (27)
Anez Cooper, 69.6 (54)
Ajay Allen, 69.5 (25)
Luis Cristobal, 69.4 (16)
Henry Parrish, 68.6 (19)
Riley Williams, 65.1 (43)
Tyler Harrell, 64.6 (14)
Francis Mauigoa, 64.5 (54)
Cam McCormick, 61.4 (25)
Tommy Kinsler, 60.0 (2)
Michael Redding, 60.0 (2)
Ray Ray Joseph, 59.3 (11)
Colbie Young, 57.4 (47)
Logan Sagapolu, 57.4 (16)
Javion Cohen, 57.0 (29)
Frank Ladson, 55.7 (9)
Isaiah Horton, 55.6 (12)
Defensive grades (snap count)
Francisco Mauigoa, 90.7 (28)
Jared Harrison-Hunte, 88.9 (18)
Corey Flagg, 83.2 (14)
Thomas Gore, 80.4 (26)
Rueben Bain, 78.8 (18)
Chase Smith, 77.3 (7)
Jaden Davis, 76.4 (13)
Chantz Williams, 76.3 (19)
Leonard Taylor, 76.2 (14)
Josh Horton, 70.9 (14)
Damari Brown, 69.6 (33)
Bobby Washington, 68.5 (6)
Davonte Brown, 68.1 (40)
Jahfari Harvey, 67.0 (14)
Jayden Wayne, 66.3 (33)
Marcellius Pulliam, 66.0 (8)
Te’Cory Couch, 65.1 (8)
Markeith Williams, 64.2 (36)
Jaden Harris, 63.6 (38)
Jacob Lichtenstein, 63.6 (10)
Wesley Bissainthe, 63.1 (14)
Jadais Richard, 62.0 (36)
Daryl Porter, 61.9 (16)
Samuel Coufal, 60.8 (4)
James Williams, 60.8 (16)
Ahmad Moten, 60.3 (15)
Keontra Smith, 57.6 (11)
Brian Balom, 56.6 (14)
Raul Aguirre, 54.2 (11)
Cyrus Moss, 52.1 (12)
KJ Cloyd, 45.8 (13)
Malik Bryant, 29.3 (11)
Ryan Ragone, 27.1 (2)
The system reflected in the above? Well, a PFF analyst will grade each player on a scale of -2 to +2 per play. A “0” would be an average play in which a player didn’t have a “good” or “bad” play. There are three total analysts that look at the grades, which are then verified by the Pro Coach Network (a group of former/current NFL coaches). Then the grades are put into a 0-100 scale, with 64 considered average and anything 85 or higher considered elite.
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