{"id":16310,"date":"2023-09-11T01:28:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T06:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=16310"},"modified":"2023-09-11T01:28:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T06:28:08","slug":"making-the-grade-how-did-ole-miss-fare-in-its-road-win-at-tulane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/making-the-grade-how-did-ole-miss-fare-in-its-road-win-at-tulane\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Grade: How did Ole Miss fare in its road win at Tulane?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first 30 minutes at Yulman Stadium on Saturday is something Ole Miss would like to forget, but the last 30 minutes is something that needs to have a pin by it to remember later this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ole Miss trailed 17-7 after the first 24 minutes of the game but the final 36 minutes saw them go on a 30-3 run and beat the then-No. 24 Green Wave 37-20. It was a second half to be remembered by the Rebels after such a sluggish start in the New Orleans heat.<\/p>\n<p>But as quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/jaxson-dart-58358\/\">Jaxson Dart<\/a><\/strong> noted post game last year\u2019s Ole Miss team might not have rallied back, though this year\u2019s team showed something different coming out of the locker room at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>With a bad first half mixed with a very good second half how will that cause the grades to shake out? Well before the page is turned and attention is squarely on next week\u2019s home game against Georgia Tech lets take a look at how the folks at Pro Football Focus graded out the Rebels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OFFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RankPlayerOffensive<br \/>GradePassing<br \/>GradePass-Blocking<br \/>GradeRunning<br \/>GradeRun-Blocking<br \/>Grade1Tre Harris95.091.8           \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u2014          \u2014\u2014\u20142Dayton Wade81.078.5           \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201477.63Jaxson Dart75.071.6           \u2014\u2014\u201468.060.34Jordan Watkins69.365.9           \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201478.25JJ Pegues69.1   \u2014\u2014\u2014           \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201473.16Caleb Warren67.4   \u2014\u2014\u201447.7     \u2014\u2014\u201469.17Quincy McGee65.8   \u2014\u2014\u201471.4     \u2014\u2014\u201464.28Quinshon Judkins63.168.978.260.058.49Spencer Sanders61.060.6           \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201460.010Victor Curne60.6   \u2014\u2014\u201462.9     \u2014\u2014\u201464.5T-11Joshua Aka60.0   \u2014\u2014\u2014           \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201460.0T-11Preston Cushman60.0   \u2014\u2014\u2014          \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201460.0T-11Cedric Melton60.0   \u2014\u2014\u2014          \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201460.0T-11Eli Acker60.0   \u2014\u2014\u2014          \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201460.0T-11Reece McIntyre60.0   \u2014\u2014\u2014          \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201460.0T-11Jam Griffin60.0   \u2014\u2014\u2014          \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201459.417Matt Jones59.2   \u2014\u2014\u2014          \u2014\u2014\u201459.6         \u2014\u2014\u201418Michael Trigg58.359.0          \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201455.719Salathiel Hemphill57.4   \u2014\u2014\u2014          \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201456.820Ulysses Bentley IV57.156.5          \u2014\u2014\u201454.373.021Jeremy James53.9   \u2014\u2014\u201452.2     \u2014\u2014\u201452.322Micah Pettus48.5   \u2014\u2014\u201462.2     \u2014\u2014\u201449.023Jalen Knox47.847.4           \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201459.024Kyirin Heath47.554.069.6     \u2014\u2014\u201456.725Ayden Williams46.148.8           \u2014\u2014\u2014     \u2014\u2014\u201460.026Jayden Williams45.6   \u2014\u2014\u20140.0    \u2014\u2014\u201460.0<\/p>\n<p>The unique and nuanced style of grading PFF does strikes again as it rewards those players who do more with less. <\/p>\n<p>Exhibit A: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/tre-harris-24006\/\">Tre Harris<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ole Miss\u2019 top receiver graded out with the best offense had two catches and a touchdown in the three-play scoring drive to open the game. But then Harris was out of the game after a left leg injury that has yet to be clarified in terms of a prognosis. Though <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/coach\/lane-kiffin-135051\/\">Lane Kiffin<\/a><\/strong> replied, \u201cIt does not,\u201d when asked if he felt the injury was long-term in nature.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive line took its beatings in the grading, as it should after the lack of pass protection and no run game to speak of. Will be interesting to watch and see how that group might change its approach\/scheme starting with the Yellow Jackets as Alabama looms.<\/p>\n<p><em>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/ole-miss-rebels\/news\/the-ole-miss-defense-needed-a-game-like-the-one-against-tulane-this-early-in-the-season\/\">The Ole Miss defense needed a game like the one against Tulane this early in the season<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RankPlayerDefensive<br \/>GradeRun-Defense<br \/>GradeTackling<br \/>GradePass-Rush<br \/>GradeCoverage<br \/>Grade1Daijahn Anthony86.368.077.759.989.32Khari Coleman84.774.981.883.971.73Jamond Gordon78.777.476.464.2      \u2014\u2014\u20144Deantre Prince77.576.566.456.276.05Isaac Ukwu74.375.078.765.963.76Stephon Wynn, Jr.72.674.270.257.4      \u2014\u2014\u20147JJ Pegues72.170.174.966.8      \u2014\u2014\u20148John Saunders, Jr.70.361.253.256.672.99Teja Young69.170.480.9       \u2014\u2014\u201466.210Monty Montgomery67.570.377.659.762.711DeShawn Gaddie66.563.973.5       \u2014\u2014\u201465.212Akelo Stone65.869.369.755.4     \u2014\u2014\u201413Isheem Young63.460.5    \u2014\u2014\u2014       \u2014\u2014\u201463.314Jared Ivey63.147.775.379.760.015Suntarine Perkins62.760.0    \u2014\u2014\u201462.2     \u2014\u2014\u201416Zamari Walton62.365.976.6       \u2014\u2014\u201460.717Ashanti Cistrunk61.172.854.354.749.218Richard O\u2019Bryant60.2        \u2014\u2014\u2014    \u2014\u2014\u2014       \u2014\u2014\u201460.0T-19Cedric Johnson59.666.053.557.849.0T-19Ladarius Tennison59.6        \u2014\u2014\u2014    \u2014\u2014\u201459.860.021Trey Washington58.869.185.2       \u2014\u2014\u201454.822Zxavian Harris58.154.773.866.0     \u2014\u2014\u201423Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste56.155.564.457.159.024Demarko Williams52.160.074.2     \u2014\u2014\u201452.7<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><em>Below are the full snap counts for offense and defense.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OFFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Micah Pettus \u2013 63Quincy McGee \u2013 63Caleb Warren \u2013 63Jeremy James \u2013 63Jaxson Dart \u2013 62Jordan Watkins \u2013 60Jalen Knox \u2013 60Dayton Wade \u2013 57Victor Curne \u2013 57Quinshon Judkins \u2013 53Michael Trigg \u2013 42Kyirin Heath \u2013 20Ulysses Bentley IV \u2013 10Jayden Williams \u2013 7Ayden Williams \u2013 6Salathiel Hemphill \u2013 3Tre Harris \u2013 3JJ Pegues \u2013 2Jam Griffin \u2013 2Spencer Sanders \u2013 2Joshua Aka \u2013 1Preston Cushman \u2013 1Matt Jones \u2013 1Cedric Melton \u2013 1Eli Acker \u2013 1Reece McIntyre \u2013 1<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Saunders, Jr. \u2013 76Deantre Prince \u2013 75Cedric Johnson \u2013 69Trey Washington \u2013 68Zamari Walton \u2013 66Daijahn Anthony \u2013 65Isaac Ukwu \u2013 65Jared Ivey \u2013 46Khari Coleman \u2013 43JJ Pegues \u2013 42Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste \u2013 42Monty Montgomery \u2013 42Akelo Stone \u2013 36Ashanti Cistrunk \u2013 36Teja Young \u2013 36Jamond Gordon \u2013 25DeShawn Gaddie \u2013 19Zxavian Harris \u2013 18Isheem Young \u2013 14Stephon Wynn, Jr. \u2013 14Suntarine Perkins \u2013 7Demarko Williams \u2013 6Ladarius Tennison \u2013 2Richard O\u2019Bryant \u2013 1<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/ole-miss-rebels\/news\/making-the-grade-how-did-ole-miss-fare-in-its-road-win-at-tulane\/\">Making the Grade: How did Ole Miss fare in its road win at Tulane?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first 30 minutes at Yulman Stadium on Saturday is something Ole Miss would like&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}