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Dorian Thomas-Robinson UCLA QB

UCLA not only loses the Sun Bowl to Pitt and Thomas-Robinson gets injured and jeopardizing his draft status. The Sun Bowl was a very entertaining game. UCF is going to have to get bigger and stronger up front on both the offensive and defensive lines very quickly to compete in the Big-12 conference. Both UCLA and Pitt would have put 60 points on UCF this afternoon. I hope Gus hasn’t forgotten how to recruit big-time players to compete in a major football conference.

***UCF PFF Defense Player Grades - 30-13 loss to Duke (Military Bowl) ⚔🏈

Rivals has continued its partnership with Pro Football Focus (PFF) which grants me access to their comprehensive analytics and statistical tools.

After each game, two separate analysts grade every player on each play of the game and the two totals are averaged out. Obviously no subjective ranking system is perfect, but I am finding that my real world impressions of a player in a certain game usually reflects the PFF grade.

PFF Grading Scale

90 and above - Elite
80 to 89 - Great
70 to 79 - Good
60 to 69 - Average to Above Average
50 - 59 - Below Average
49 and below - Poor

Season Defensive Grades (by game)

South Carolina State - 88.4
Louisville - 62.5
FAU - 63.3
Georgia Tech - 70.0
SMU - 66.0
Temple - 66.8
ECU - 65.1
Cincinnati - 63.9
Memphis - 67.2
Tulane - 64.3
Navy - 77.2
South Florida - 53.2
Tulane (CCG) - 56.8
Duke (bowl) - 71.7

Overall Defensive Grades

DT Matt Alexander (21) - 84.1
DT Lee Hunter (11) - 83.5
CB Corey Thornton (46) - 74.6
CB Justin Hodges (66) - 72.5
CB Brandon Adams (58) - 71.5
CB Ja'Cari Henderson (36) - 71.1
DT Ricky Barber (59) - 69.5
LB Jason Johnson (70) - 69.4
LB Kam Moore (16) - 68.5
S Nikai Martinez (47) - 67.9
S Koby Perry (56) - 64.7
DT Anthony Montalvo (40) - 61.2
S Demari Henderson (41) - 56.2
DE Josh Celiscar (70) - 56.0
DE Jamaal Johnson (14) - 55.9
DE K.D. McDaniel (65) - 51.3
LB Walter Yates (54) - 36.7

Here's the breakdown by position:

Defensive End (3):

DE Josh Celiscar (70) - 56.0
DE Jamaal Johnson (14) - 55.9
DE K.D. McDaniel (65) - 51.3

Defensive Tackle (4):

DT Matt Alexander (21) - 84.1
DT Lee Hunter (11) - 83.5
DT Ricky Barber (59) - 69.5
DT Anthony Montalvo (40) - 61.2

Linebacker (3):

LB Jason Johnson (70) - 69.4
LB Kam Moore (16) - 68.5
LB Walter Yates (54) - 36.7

Safety (3):

S Nikai Martinez (47) - 67.9
S Koby Perry (56) - 64.7
S Demari Henderson (41) - 56.2

Corner (4):

CB Corey Thornton (46) - 74.6
CB Justin Hodges (66) - 72.5
CB Brandon Adams (58) - 71.5
CB Ja'Cari Henderson (36) - 71.1

Pressure Tracker (combination of sacks, hits and hurries):

3 - Ricky Barber
1 - Jamaal Johnson, Lee Hunter, Matt Alexander, Jason Johnson, Anthony Montalvo

Sacks and TFLs

I swear JRP was running fornhis life all day. Somehow the stats only show 6 sacks and 8 TFLs this has to be giving our Oline more credit than they deserve.

On the flip side we had 0 sacks and 0 TFLs. Not good at all.

Recruiting should be easy all positions are open. QB lines, WR, everything is wide open.

Also, Gus needs to take January and think of 5 new plays our guys will excel at running. Not guys that arent on the roster but the guys we have. Everyone knows the 3 he runs now.

If not, i suppose we will still watch anyway. But this did not look like a top 20 offense even if the stat sheets say so. Running it up on overmatched opponents to lay eggs to those with a pulse is not great.
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