Arizona got back into the win column with a 42-17 win in the first ever matchup against NIU. Pro Football Focus gave the Wildcats (2-1, 0-1 Big 12) an overall mark of 82.9. The offense was given an overall mark of 80.6 and the defense was given a 74.8 overall mark.
The best aspect of Arizona’s performance was the overall pass grade which received a 87.8 grading. Surprisingly, the lowest overall grade given was 58.0 for Arizona’s run blocking, the second consecutive week that it received the lowest grade.
Below are the snap counts and individual grades of all players who appeared on offense or defense against NIU:
Offense
- x-QB Noah Fifita (56, 90.8)
- HB Quincy Craig (11, 81.1)
- x-WR Tre Spivey (44, 78.1)
- WR R.J. Mosley (12, 74.1)
- x-TE Cole Rusk (29, 70.6)
- x-C Zach Henning (57, 70.5)
- WR Isaiah Mizell (14, 70.3)
- x-WR Chris Hunter III (45, 68.7)
- WR Brandon Phelps (23, 67.6)
- x-LT Tristan Bounds (58, 66.8)
- x-RG Alexander Doost (59, 66.7)
- TE Tyler Powell (15, 63.7)
- QB Sawyer Anderson (7, 62.5)
- x-HB Kedrick Reescano (31, 61.1)
- x-LG Rhino Tapa’atoutai (55, 61.0)
- HB Ismail Mahdi (9, 60.9)
- x-WR Rodney Gallagher III (26, 60.7)
- C Grayson Stovall (6, 60.5)
- LG Javian Goo (9, 60.3)
- TE Arthur Ban (7, 60.3)
- RG Sione Tohi (4, 60.0)
- TE Tyler Mustain (2, 60.0)
- HB Wesley Yarbrough (7, 57.1)
- WR DJ Jordan (6, 56.4)
- RT Jake Griffin (6, 56.0)
- x-LT Matthew Lado (63, 54.6)
- WR Caleb Smith (8, 54.2)
- TE Shane King (17, 52.2)
- HB Antwan Roberts Jr. (7, 50.4)
Defense
- LB Dash Fifita (16, 90.7)
- DL Kevin Moorer Jr. (37, 75.3)
- DE Dominic Lolesio (18, 75.3)
- x-LB Taye Brown (46, 73.7)
- x-CB Jay’Vion Cole. (44, 73.6)
- x-DE Tre Smith (27, 70.1)
- LB Jabari Mann (16, 69.5)
- S Cam Chapa (34, 69.4)
- x-S Malcolm Hartzog Jr. (59, 69.4)
- LB Leviticus Su’a (10, 68.8)
- x-LB Myron Robinson (27, 67.4)
- CB Johno Price (20, 65.4)
- DE Prince Williams (28, 64.8)
- S Gavin Hunter (14, 64.8)
- S Hannibal Navies II (10, 64.1)
- DE Victory Johnson (11, 64.1)
- x-CB Tyrese Boss (54, 63.4)
- x-S Lee Molette III (39, 63.4)
- CB Swayde Griffin (10, 63.3)
- x-LB Cooper Blomstrom (44, 63.0)
- S Matai Tagoa’i (10, 62.5)
- DT Julian Savaiinaea (24, 61.9)
- x-DT Leroy Palu (29, 59.6)
- S Daylen Austin (16, 59.5)
- LB Dominic Hanger (10, 59.0)
- DT Kaisi Lafitaga (26, 55.9)
- x-S Quinn Olson (25, 53.6)
- DT Keytrin Harris (14, 52.7)
- CB Xaier Hiler (10, 49.5)
- LB Max Harris (31, 43.4)
(x = starter)
Top Overall grades (min. 20 snaps): QB Noah Fifita (90.8), WR Tre Spivey (78.1), DL Kevin Moorer Jr. (75.3), LB Taye Brown (73.7), CB Jay’Vion Cole (73.6), TE Cole Rusk (70.6)
Top pass blocking: RT Tristan Bounds (87.3), C Zach Henning (85.5), LG Rhino Tapa’atoutai (83.9)
Top run blocking: RG Alexander Doost (64.1), C Henning (63.9), WR Spivey (61.6)
Top pass rushing: DL Moorer Jr. (80.4), LB Brown (75.9), LB Myron Robinson (63.6)
Top run defense: LB Robinson (76.8), CB Tyrese Boss (70.9), S Cam Chapa (70.1)
Top tackling: LB Cooper Blomstrom (81.6), CB Boss (80.6), S Quinn Olson (78.2)
Top coverage: CB Cole (73.5), LB Brown (71.5), S Malcolm Hartzog Jr. (70.2)
