Arizona earned its first conference victory of the season with a 34-7 win over Cincinnati. Pro Football Focus gave the Wildcats (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) an overall mark of 75.8. The offense was given an overall mark of 79.2 and the defense was given a 63.3 overall mark.
The best aspect of Arizona’s performance was the overall run blocking which received a 86.2 grading, which is surprising given it was the worst grade for three consecutive weeks. The lowest overall grade given was 56.1 for Arizona’s tackling.
Below are the snap counts and individual grades of all players who appeared on offense or defense against Cincinnati:
Offense
- x-TE Tyler Powell (46, 89.7)
- x-LT Matthew Lado (83, 84.5)
- x-C Zach Henning (83, 79.0)
- x-WR Giovanni Richardson (7, 77.5)
- WR Brandon Phelps (36, 77.1)
- x-RG Alexander Doost (83, 73.3)
- x-WR Tre Spivey (43, 70.9)
- x-HB Kedrick Reescano (50, 69.8)
- x-QB Noah Fifita (83, 67.5)
- HB Quincy Craig (25, 66.1)
- x-LG Rhino Tapa’atoutai (83, 65.2)
- WR Isaiah Mizell (58, 63.8)
- x-WR Chris Hunter III (17, 62.3)
- x-LT Tristan Bounds (83, 61.8)
- TE Shane King (40, 61.7)
- TE Arthur Ban (4, 59.0)
- WR R.J. Mosley (40, 58.2)
- HB Antwan Roberts Jr. (11, 57.7)
- WR Caleb Smith (18, 56.5)
- WR Rodney Gallagher III (9, 55.2)
- WR DJ Jordan (8, 54.8)
- TE Henry Gabalis (3, 52.9)
Defense
- LB Dash Fifita (12, 84.0)
- x-CB Jay’Vion Cole. (43, 76.5)
- x-S Cam Chapa (37, 73.8)
- DT Keytrin Harris (12, 73.6)
- x-DT Leroy Palu (24, 71.4)
- x-S Lee Molette III (30, 70.7)
- DT Julian Savaiinaea (9, 70.1)
- DT Kaisi Lafitaga (7, 68.7)
- LB Myron Robinson (14, 65.4)
- CB Dwight Bootle II (17, 65.1)
- x-DE Tre Smith (30, 65.0)
- DT Zac Siulepa (15, 64.2)
- CB Zuri Watson (6, 64.2)
- CB Xaier Hiler (9, 63.8)
- x-S Malcolm Hartzog Jr. (57, 61.8)
- DE Dominic Lolesio (17, 61.3)
- x-CB Tyrese Boss (45, 60.7)
- DL Kevin Moorer Jr. (10, 59.9)
- DE Prince Williams (13, 59.0)
- x-LB Chase Kennedy (43, 57.5)
- x-LB Taye Brown (46, 55.3)
- S Quinn Olson (21, 54.3)
- x-LB Cooper Blomstrom (43, 53.2)
- DE Victory Johnson (2, 49.2)
- x-DE Mays Pese (32, 44.2)
- S Gavin Hunter (25, 41.1)
- LB Everett Roussaw Jr. (16, 36.2)
- LB Jabari Mann (3, 22.8)
(x = starter)
Top Overall grades (min. 20 snaps): TE Tyler Powell (89.7), WR Matthew Lado (84.5), C Zach Henning (79.0), WR Brandon Phelps (77.1), CB Jay’Vion Cole (76.5), S Cam Chapa (73.8)
Top pass blocking: LT Lado (86.5), C Henning (85.1), HB Kedrick Reescano (81.6)
Top run blocking: LT Lado (79.6), TE Powell (78.1), TE Shane King (77.5)
Top pass rushing: CB Tyrese Boss (69.9), LB Taye Brown (66.1), DT Leroy Palu (62.8)
Top run defense: DT Palu (75.0), DE Tre Smith (71.4), CB Cole (69.9)
Top tackling: CB Cole (81.5), S Chapa (80.8), S Lee Molette III (80.1)
Top coverage: LB Cooper Blomstrom (78.7), CB Cole (75.5), S Chapa (74.2)
