The Florida State Seminoles football team dropped their fifth game of the season this past week with a loss to the Clemson Tigers. It was another game of squandered opportunities for FSU as the offense
once again outgained their opponent but failed to secure the win. The defeat dropped the Seminoles to below .500 and put their hopes at a bowl birth in jeopardy. FSU must secure two wins over their next three games to become bowl eligible.
FSU only managed 110 yards on the ground but also abandoned the run game early. After nearly eclipsing 100 yards last week, running back Samuel Singleton Jr. only managed 28 yards on just six carries. True freshman Ousmane Kromah was second in the running back room at 22 yards on just three carries. The Seminoles chose to have quarterback Tommy Castellanos attempt 43 passes (his most since Miami)— he completed just 23 for 250 yards. The Clemson defense racked up six sacks on the night and nine tackles for loss.
Each week, Tomahawk Nation will take a peek at FSU’s PFF Grades along the offensive line, offering insights into the numbers and performances Please note, any player seeing minimal snaps may be excluded due to the small sample size.
The total score is an average of the run and pass blocking scores. The scores will be weighted more towards where the player saw the most action.
- PFF isn’t a perfect scoring system. The graders cannot know 100% of the assignments on each play.
- PFF CFB Scale: 90-100 Elite, 85-89 All-Conference, 70-84 starter, 60-69 Backup, <60 Replaceable
- PFF grades are reevaluated through the week and may lead to changes after publication
Florida State offensive line performance takeaways with @Ricobert11:
- Run blocking scores in the 40s out of your two tackles is not ideal. No wonder FSU only ran it 19 times compared to 43 passes.
- Pettus’ 48 run blocking score is his lowest since recording his all-time low as a freshman at Ole Miss against TAMU (45).
- Hansen’s <50 run blocking score is his lowest since the Miami game (46). His 53.5 season average ranks him 151st out of 170 P4 offensive tackles who have played on >20% of offensive snaps.
- On the flip side, Hansen put on one of his best pass blocking performances of the year (84.8), just below his season high of 85.4 vs Kent State. Hansen’s 69.2 season average ranks him 69th out of 170 P4 offensive tackles who have played on >20% of offensive snaps.
- Petitbon’s 71 overall is his 3rd-best performance of the year and 2nd-best against P4 competition (72 last week). He will go down as one of Mike’s best OL transfer acquisitions.
