Louisville’s PFF grades from Game Eight at Boston College

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As unlikely as it was, the Louisville football program is back in the win column.

Trailing Boston College by as many as 20 points, the Cardinals were able to stage an improbable comeback and escape Chestnut Hill with a 31-27 win over the Eagles.

How did Louisville’s players perform on the analytical site Pro Football Focus, considering their overall performance looked much better in the second half than in the first? Below are all the individual offensive and defensive numbers from their game against Boston College:

As a reminder, in the PFF rating scale, 60.0 is the basis for an “average” grade. 70.0-79.9 is considered above average, 80.0-89.9 is good, while 90.0 and above is elite. On the other end of the spectrum, 59.9-50.0 is below average, 49.9-40.0 is considered poor, while 39.9 and below is very poor.

*Fat means starter
*Key: Degree (number of snaps)

1. WR Ja’Corey Brooks – 81.2 (68)
2. QB Tyler Shough – 75.7 (73)
3. WR Kris Hughes – 73.8 (23)
4. RB Isaac Brown – 70.3 (47)
5. RT Monroe Mills — 70.2 (54)
6. TE Nate Kurisky – 67.5 (20)
7. RT Jonathan Mendoza – 64.6 (19)
8. WR Ahmari Huggins-Bruce — 64.0 (33)
9. LT Trevonte Sylvester – 62.5 (73)
10. RB Donald Chaney Jr. – 61.6 (13)
11. TE Jaleel Skinner — 60.0 (1)
12. C Pete Nygra – 59.2 (73)
13. RB Duke Watson – 59.1 (11)
14. LG Michael González — 58.0 (73)
15. TE Mark Redman – 57.3 (69)
16. WR Cataurus Hicks — 55.8 (7)
17. RG Rasheed Miller – 53.8 (37)
18. WR Chris Bell – 53.5 (71)
19. RG Renato Brown — 46.5 (38)

*Fat means starter
*Key: Degree (number of snaps)

1. LB/S Antonio Watt — 78.6 (46)
2. DT Jordan Guerad — 76.9 (39)
3. MLB Stanquan Clark — 76.8 (55)
4. CB Quincy Riley – 75.9 (56)
5. CB Tayon Holloway – 74.7 (21)
6. LB/S Benjamin Perry — 71.6 (25)
7. S D’Angelo Hutchinson – 71.5 (31)
8. DE Ashton Gillotte — 70.5 (61)
9. DT Jared Dawson – 68.1 (32)
10. CB Corey Thornton – 67.1 (56)
11. DT Dezmond Tell–66.4 (33)
12. DT Thor Griffith – 65.4 (26)
13. MLB TJ Quinn – 65.0 (54)
14. CB Tahveon Nicholson – 64.9 (17)
15. OLB Myles Jernigan – 64.5 (6)
16. S Tamarion McDonald — 64.1 (59)
17. DE Richard Kinley — 63.1 (10)
18. DE Ramon Puryear — 61.6 (59)
19. MLB Dan Foster Jr. – 61.4 (2)
20. DT Rene Konga — 61.2 (4)
21. DT William Spencer — 60.0 (1)
22. OLB Adonia Green — 57.8 (6)
23. OLB Tramel Logan — 57.1 (2)
24. S MJ Griffin – 56.1 (54)
25. MLB Jurriente Davis — 52.6 (4)

(Photo by Nate Kurisky: Eric Canha – Imagn Images)

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