Florida’s offense crashed back to earth in a 45-17 loss to Missouri, and Pro Football Focus’ Week 5 grades help explain what went wrong.
The Gators finished with 325 total yards, including just 42 on the ground, after establishing one of the nation’s most productive rushing attacks through the first four games. Jadan Baugh was held to 13 yards on 12 carries, Aaron Philo was sacked three times and Florida never found enough consistency up front to keep the offense on schedule.
Not all of the goodwill from the Ole Miss game is gone, but Florida looked like a different team on the field. A week after scoring 52 points and controlling the game on the ground, the Gators saw that identity disappear in Columbia.
Below is Florida’s offensive PFF breakdown,
starting with the team-wide numbers before the offensive line, Baugh, quarterback play and the receiving corps.
Florida’s Week 5 team offensive grades
Florida loses the battle up front
Florida’s biggest issue against Missouri was its inability to establish a running game. Baugh wasn't the only one to struggle. The Gators managed just 42 rushing yards on 25 attempts. Florida’s offensive line struggled to create movement, and PFF’s run-blocking grades reflect that.
Harrison Moore was the only primary offensive lineman to earn a grade above 60.0, checking in at 65.3. TJ Shanahan Jr. was next at 58.0, while Bryce Lovett, Knijeah Harris and Emeka Ugorji all graded at 51.1 or lower.
Note: This includes only offensive linemen who played at least 50% of Florida’s offensive snaps.
The problems weren't limited to the run game.
Emeka Ugorji and TJ Shanahan Jr. posted respectable overall pass-blocking grades of 69.6 and 68.0, respectively, but the rest of the primary line struggled. Bryce Lovett finished at 53.3, Harrison Moore at 51.7 and Knijeah Harris at 38.0.
Moore and Harris allowed three pressures apiece, with Moore charged with one of Missouri’s sacks. Florida’s five primary linemen allowed nine pressures combined.
The true-pass-set grades add another layer. Ugorji led the group at 83.6 and Moore improved to 73.0, but Shanahan fell to 34.8 and Harris to 28.9 when obvious passing situations removed much of the disguise from Florida’s offense.
Note: This includes only offensive linemen who played at least 50% of Florida’s offensive snaps.
Jadan Baugh had nowhere to go
PFF’s individual rushing data reinforces how badly Missouri shut down Florida’s run game. Baugh earned a 53.6 rushing grade, forced no missed tackles and had just one run of at least 10 yards.
The directional splits were especially rough on the right side, as the numbers above suggest. Baugh carried eight times to the right of the center and gained zero net yards, including minus-6 yards on five carries toward the right end.
The 12-yard run accounted for nearly all of Baugh’s production. Remove it, and his other 11 carries went for just one yard.
Aaron Philo struggles to push the ball downfield
Aaron Philo’s performance is hard to gauge from the box score alone, given the offensive line's inconsistencies. Officially, he completed 21 of 34 passes for 197 yards and a touchdown. PFF graded 32 of those attempts, resulting in a 66.7 passing grade and a 68.5 overall offensive grade.
Pressure was part of the problem. Missouri pressured Philo on 27.3% of his dropbacks, and he completed just 3 of 8 passes for 23 yards under pressure with a 56.0 passing grade. When kept clean, he went 16-for-24 for 159 yards and a touchdown with a 70.0 passing grade.
Philo avoided the mistakes that can sink a quarterback's grade, though. He didn't record a turnover-worthy play and made sound decisions. However, he didn't have many high-end throws either. PFF did not credit him with a big-time throw.
Florida also struggled to create explosive plays against Missouri. PFF charted Philo at just 3-of-9 for 57 yards on throws at least 10 yards downfield. He did most of his work short, completing 16 of 22 passes for 125 yards on throws within nine yards of the line of scrimmage or behind it.
His deep success was concentrated almost entirely to the left. Philo completed both of his 20-plus-yard throws downfield to the left for 45 yards, but went 0-for-3 on deep throws between the numbers or to the right.
Tramell Jones Jr. earned an 80.5 passing grade in relief, completing all five of his attempts for 86 yards and a touchdown. That came on Florida’s final possession with the game already decided, so the sample is too small to draw much from beyond a strong finish.
Dallas Wilson, TJ Abrams provide the big plays
Florida’s receiving corps did not produce consistently against Missouri, but Dallas Wilson and TJ Abrams accounted for most of the damage through the air.
Wilson led the Gators with four catches for 66 yards and a touchdown on five targets, earning a 68.4 receiving grade. Three of those catches, accounting for 57 yards and his touchdown, came against cornerback Sione Laulea. Wilson averaged 2.54 yards per route run and finished with a 13.6-yard average depth of target.
Abrams finished with three catches for 55 yards and a touchdown on five targets. His biggest play came against safety Jayden McGregory, whom he beat twice for 48 yards, including Florida’s 42-yard touchdown. Abrams averaged 2.12 yards per route run with a 14.2-yard average depth of target.
Outside of those two, Florida struggled to find explosive production. Luke Harpring caught three passes for 33 yards, Bailey Stockton added 25 yards on two receptions and Eric Singleton Jr. was held to one catch for 9 yards.
Drops were another problem. PFF charged Florida with five, including one each to Wilson, Harpring, Amir Jackson, Duke Clark and London Montgomery.
Note: This includes Florida pass catchers with at least two targets and excludes running backs.
Florida’s Week 5 grades tell a fairly straightforward story. The Gators got enough from Philo and a handful of pass catchers to move the ball at times, but the collapse up front kept the offense from resembling the unit that overwhelmed Ole Miss a week earlier.
Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: What PFF grades reveal about Florida’s offensive collapse at Missouri
