Each week, we take a look back at the most recent Purdue football game through Pro Football Focus data and analytics.
Today, we look at Purdue’s 32-14 win vs. Northwestern in Wrigley Field.
SNAP COUNTS
OFFENSE
Quarterback
Aidan O’Connell 69
Wide Receiver
David Bell 61
Milton Wright 53
Jackson Anthrop 41 (took some RB snaps, too)
TJ Sheffield 20
Broc Thompson 18
Collin Sullivan 3
Andrew Sowinski 2
Running back
Zander Horvath 33
King Doerue 25
Dylan Downing 7
Tight End
Garrett Miller 42
Payne Durham 40
Line
RG Tyler Witt 69
LG Spencer Holstege 69
C Gus Hartwig 66
LT Greg Long 62
RT/LT Eric Miller 62
RT Cam Craig 14
C Sam Garvin 3
GRADES AND SUCH
• No shock: Milton Wright and Aidan O’Connell were Purdue’s highest graded offensive players—by a mile. Their grades were exceptional. Zander Horvath and David Bell were Nos. 3 and 4, respectively.
• RG Tyler Witt and RT Eric Miller was the highest graded lineman for a unit that yielded just one sack. This, a week after Purdue allowed no sacks at Ohio State. Some of that may have been schematic and some of that might have been the amount of game time NU spent in a three-man rush, but be that as it may, this was a good game for the offensive line.
PRESSURE PASSING STATS
Kept clean: 78.1 % 372 yards 2 TD
Under pressure: 57.1 % 51 yards 1 TD
Not blitzed 72.4 % 336 yards 2 TD
When blitzed 80 % 87 yards 1 TD
PASSING GAME
• Aidan O’Connell graded exceptionally when kept clean and not blitzed. Again, NU didn’t bring much pressure, opting to play coverage. Bad idea. AOC was most effective with play-action, hitting 15 of 19 passes for 241 yards with a TD. He hit 5 of 7 passes of 20-plus yards. His fav area of the field? Short center, hitting 10 of 11 passes for 74 yards. But he did most of his yard damage deep left, hitting all 5 attempts for 207 yards and 3 TDs.
• Milton Wright torched NU’s A.J. Hampton , catching 6 of 9 on the NU DB for 160 yards and two TDs.
• Just one drop, credited to David Bell.
• Purdue was credited with 148 YACs, 5.3 average.
RUNNING GAME
• Purdue ran most often behind right tackle Eric Miller, caring 7 times for 15 yards. The offense got almost nothing done up the middle, with 4 carries for 6 yards between the left and right guard. The most production came around left end with 3 carries for 19 yards.
DEFENSE
SNAP COUNTS
Line
E George Karlaftis 66
T Branson Deen 63
T Lawrence Johnson 52
E Jack Sullivan 29
E Kydran Jenkins 26
E DaMarcus Mitchell 15
T Jeff Marks 9
T Bryce Austin 9
T Prince Boyd 7
E Joe Anderson 4
Linebackers
Jalen Graham 70
Kieren Douglas 70
Jaylan Alexander 66
OC Brothers 4
Secondary
CB Dedrick Mackey 70
CB Jamari Brown 63
S Cam Allen 56
S Marvin Grant 45
NB Chris Jefferson 39
CB Sanoussi Kane 7
GRADES AND SUCH
• The four highest graded players who played the majority of the snaps: CB Dedrick Mackey; LB Jalen Graham; LB Jaylan Alexander; S Cam Allen.
• According to PFF, this wasn’t a good game for DT Lawrence Johnson and Kieren Douglas.
• Lots of rotating up front, as 10 linemen played.
• Purdue had 12 missed tackles; Kieren Douglas had a team-high 3.
• The defense was credited with 20 pressures of NU QBs with George Karlaftis leading the way with 5. He has 48 on the season.
• The LBs struggled in coverage: Jaylan Alexander allowed 6 of 7 targets to be completed; Jalen Graham 4 of 4.
Today, we look at Purdue’s 32-14 win vs. Northwestern in Wrigley Field.
SNAP COUNTS
OFFENSE
Quarterback
Aidan O’Connell 69
Wide Receiver
David Bell 61
Milton Wright 53
Jackson Anthrop 41 (took some RB snaps, too)
TJ Sheffield 20
Broc Thompson 18
Collin Sullivan 3
Andrew Sowinski 2
Running back
Zander Horvath 33
King Doerue 25
Dylan Downing 7
Tight End
Garrett Miller 42
Payne Durham 40
Line
RG Tyler Witt 69
LG Spencer Holstege 69
C Gus Hartwig 66
LT Greg Long 62
RT/LT Eric Miller 62
RT Cam Craig 14
C Sam Garvin 3
GRADES AND SUCH
• No shock: Milton Wright and Aidan O’Connell were Purdue’s highest graded offensive players—by a mile. Their grades were exceptional. Zander Horvath and David Bell were Nos. 3 and 4, respectively.
• RG Tyler Witt and RT Eric Miller was the highest graded lineman for a unit that yielded just one sack. This, a week after Purdue allowed no sacks at Ohio State. Some of that may have been schematic and some of that might have been the amount of game time NU spent in a three-man rush, but be that as it may, this was a good game for the offensive line.
PRESSURE PASSING STATS
Kept clean: 78.1 % 372 yards 2 TD
Under pressure: 57.1 % 51 yards 1 TD
Not blitzed 72.4 % 336 yards 2 TD
When blitzed 80 % 87 yards 1 TD
PASSING GAME
• Aidan O’Connell graded exceptionally when kept clean and not blitzed. Again, NU didn’t bring much pressure, opting to play coverage. Bad idea. AOC was most effective with play-action, hitting 15 of 19 passes for 241 yards with a TD. He hit 5 of 7 passes of 20-plus yards. His fav area of the field? Short center, hitting 10 of 11 passes for 74 yards. But he did most of his yard damage deep left, hitting all 5 attempts for 207 yards and 3 TDs.
• Milton Wright torched NU’s A.J. Hampton , catching 6 of 9 on the NU DB for 160 yards and two TDs.
• Just one drop, credited to David Bell.
• Purdue was credited with 148 YACs, 5.3 average.
RUNNING GAME
• Purdue ran most often behind right tackle Eric Miller, caring 7 times for 15 yards. The offense got almost nothing done up the middle, with 4 carries for 6 yards between the left and right guard. The most production came around left end with 3 carries for 19 yards.
DEFENSE
SNAP COUNTS
Line
E George Karlaftis 66
T Branson Deen 63
T Lawrence Johnson 52
E Jack Sullivan 29
E Kydran Jenkins 26
E DaMarcus Mitchell 15
T Jeff Marks 9
T Bryce Austin 9
T Prince Boyd 7
E Joe Anderson 4
Linebackers
Jalen Graham 70
Kieren Douglas 70
Jaylan Alexander 66
OC Brothers 4
Secondary
CB Dedrick Mackey 70
CB Jamari Brown 63
S Cam Allen 56
S Marvin Grant 45
NB Chris Jefferson 39
CB Sanoussi Kane 7
GRADES AND SUCH
• The four highest graded players who played the majority of the snaps: CB Dedrick Mackey; LB Jalen Graham; LB Jaylan Alexander; S Cam Allen.
• According to PFF, this wasn’t a good game for DT Lawrence Johnson and Kieren Douglas.
• Lots of rotating up front, as 10 linemen played.
• Purdue had 12 missed tackles; Kieren Douglas had a team-high 3.
• The defense was credited with 20 pressures of NU QBs with George Karlaftis leading the way with 5. He has 48 on the season.
• The LBs struggled in coverage: Jaylan Alexander allowed 6 of 7 targets to be completed; Jalen Graham 4 of 4.
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