Each week, we'll take a look back at Purdue's most recent game through PFF data and analytics.
Today, the Boilermakers' 20-10 win at Minnesota.
PURDUE OFFENSE
Snap Counts
Quarterback
Aidan O'Connell all 71
Wide Receiver
Charlie Jones 61
TJ Sheffield 58
Tyrone Tracy 40
Deion Burks 29
Mershawn Rice 22
Running Back
Devin Mockobee 29
Dylan Downing 27
Kobe Lewis 7
Ben Furtney (FB) 6
Tight End
Payne Durham 60
Paul Piferi 11
Offensive Line
Gus Hartwig (C) all 71
Spencer Holstege (LG) 65
Daniel Johnson (RT) 59
Marcus Mbow (RG) 50
Eric Miller (LT) 42
Sione Finau (RG) 39
Mahamane Moussa 34
GRADES AND SUCH
• Best game of the season, we think, for Purdue's running backs, as Devin Mockobee was Purdue's top-graded player and Dylan Downing fourth.
• On the offensive line, Gus Hartwig graded second-best on the team and his second-best grade of the season after just Indiana State, which is hardly relevent. Daniel Johnson, over 59 snaps at right tackle, graded very well.
• No real bad grades but Aidan O'Connell didn't have his usual game grades-wise. Two INTs will do that. And Payne Durham was the offense's lowest-graded player, uncharacteristically, in part because of a sketchy run-blocking grade on a day when Purdue ran the ball very well.
• Purdue's running backs haven't done a great job this season in pass protection, but both Mockobee and Downing graded very well in that regard against Minnesota, suggesting in-season improvement.
PURDUE PASSING GAME
• Purdue hit just the one pass that traveled 20 or more yards in the air on only three attempts, as Minnesota obviously schemed to keep everything in front of them.
• Aidan O'Connell's passing profile ...
Clean: 22-32, 184, 2 INT
Pressure: 5-8, 15 yards (worst grade)
No Blitz: 20-31, 141, INT
Blitz: 7-9, 58 (best grade)
• Concept ...
Playaction 7-10, 52 (best grade)
No Playaction 20-30, 147, 2 INT (very mediocre grade, because of two picks)
Screen: 4-4, 13
No screen 23-36, 186, 2 INT
• Purdue was 15-17 passing between zero and 10 yards. Beyond 10 yards, just 6-16. This was a very atypical blueprint for Purdue.
• Only one drop for Purdue, attributed to TJ Sheffield.
• Purdue recorded 70 yards after the catch, a modest number by their standards.
• Seven targets and six completions throwing to the running backs, which might have just been specific to this game, but they have been much more involved the past two games.
Running Game
• Purdue averaged a robust 4.87 yards after contact, roughly double what they've been averaging. Mockobee averaged more than seven yards after contact, thanks to the big hitter.
PURDUE DEFENSE
Snap Counts
Defensive Line
Jack Sullivan 43
Branson Deen 43
Kydran Jenkins 41
Lawrence Johnson 29
Cole Brevard 19
Khordae Sydnor 17
Scotty Humpich 16
Sulaiman Kpaka 15
Nic Caraway 10
Mo Omonode 7
Prince Boyd 2
Linebacker
Jacob Wahlberg 45
Semisi Fakasiieiki 31
OC Brothers 27
Kieren Douglas 10
Clyde Washington 2
Secondary
Cory Trice 57
Cam Allen 55
Chris Jefferson 54
Sanoussi Kane 54
Reese Taylor 41
Jamari Brown 22
Bryce Hampton 20
GRADES AND STUFF
Purdue's top five grades among high-volume-snaps players
1. Kydran Jenkins
2. Cory Trice
3. Sanoussi Kane
4. Bryce Hampton (we'll call 20 snaps high volume)
5. Jacob Wahlberg
• Minnesota averaged only 1.71 yards after contact in the running game, half of what they averaged a week before against Michigan State.
• According to PFF, Purdue only blitzed Morgan once, but still managed to pressure him on 12 dropbacks, in which he was 7-13 passes for just 36 yards.
• Jenkins generated four pressures against Tanner Morgan and Branson Deen three.
• Only six missed tackles for Purdue, three by Cam Allen.
Today, the Boilermakers' 20-10 win at Minnesota.
PURDUE OFFENSE
Snap Counts
Quarterback
Aidan O'Connell all 71
Wide Receiver
Charlie Jones 61
TJ Sheffield 58
Tyrone Tracy 40
Deion Burks 29
Mershawn Rice 22
Running Back
Devin Mockobee 29
Dylan Downing 27
Kobe Lewis 7
Ben Furtney (FB) 6
Tight End
Payne Durham 60
Paul Piferi 11
Offensive Line
Gus Hartwig (C) all 71
Spencer Holstege (LG) 65
Daniel Johnson (RT) 59
Marcus Mbow (RG) 50
Eric Miller (LT) 42
Sione Finau (RG) 39
Mahamane Moussa 34
GRADES AND SUCH
• Best game of the season, we think, for Purdue's running backs, as Devin Mockobee was Purdue's top-graded player and Dylan Downing fourth.
• On the offensive line, Gus Hartwig graded second-best on the team and his second-best grade of the season after just Indiana State, which is hardly relevent. Daniel Johnson, over 59 snaps at right tackle, graded very well.
• No real bad grades but Aidan O'Connell didn't have his usual game grades-wise. Two INTs will do that. And Payne Durham was the offense's lowest-graded player, uncharacteristically, in part because of a sketchy run-blocking grade on a day when Purdue ran the ball very well.
• Purdue's running backs haven't done a great job this season in pass protection, but both Mockobee and Downing graded very well in that regard against Minnesota, suggesting in-season improvement.
PURDUE PASSING GAME
• Purdue hit just the one pass that traveled 20 or more yards in the air on only three attempts, as Minnesota obviously schemed to keep everything in front of them.
• Aidan O'Connell's passing profile ...
Clean: 22-32, 184, 2 INT
Pressure: 5-8, 15 yards (worst grade)
No Blitz: 20-31, 141, INT
Blitz: 7-9, 58 (best grade)
• Concept ...
Playaction 7-10, 52 (best grade)
No Playaction 20-30, 147, 2 INT (very mediocre grade, because of two picks)
Screen: 4-4, 13
No screen 23-36, 186, 2 INT
• Purdue was 15-17 passing between zero and 10 yards. Beyond 10 yards, just 6-16. This was a very atypical blueprint for Purdue.
• Only one drop for Purdue, attributed to TJ Sheffield.
• Purdue recorded 70 yards after the catch, a modest number by their standards.
• Seven targets and six completions throwing to the running backs, which might have just been specific to this game, but they have been much more involved the past two games.
Running Game
• Purdue averaged a robust 4.87 yards after contact, roughly double what they've been averaging. Mockobee averaged more than seven yards after contact, thanks to the big hitter.
PURDUE DEFENSE
Snap Counts
Defensive Line
Jack Sullivan 43
Branson Deen 43
Kydran Jenkins 41
Lawrence Johnson 29
Cole Brevard 19
Khordae Sydnor 17
Scotty Humpich 16
Sulaiman Kpaka 15
Nic Caraway 10
Mo Omonode 7
Prince Boyd 2
Linebacker
Jacob Wahlberg 45
Semisi Fakasiieiki 31
OC Brothers 27
Kieren Douglas 10
Clyde Washington 2
Secondary
Cory Trice 57
Cam Allen 55
Chris Jefferson 54
Sanoussi Kane 54
Reese Taylor 41
Jamari Brown 22
Bryce Hampton 20
GRADES AND STUFF
Purdue's top five grades among high-volume-snaps players
1. Kydran Jenkins
2. Cory Trice
3. Sanoussi Kane
4. Bryce Hampton (we'll call 20 snaps high volume)
5. Jacob Wahlberg
• Minnesota averaged only 1.71 yards after contact in the running game, half of what they averaged a week before against Michigan State.
• According to PFF, Purdue only blitzed Morgan once, but still managed to pressure him on 12 dropbacks, in which he was 7-13 passes for just 36 yards.
• Jenkins generated four pressures against Tanner Morgan and Branson Deen three.
• Only six missed tackles for Purdue, three by Cam Allen.
