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Evan Bachman

Ohio State football regular season offensive player-by-player PFF grades

After a heartbreaking loss to Michigan on Saturday the Buckeyes ended the regular season 11-1. All hope for the season isn’t lost just yet as with some luck on conference championship Saturday the Buckeyes could still get a spot in the College Football Playoff, but the loss is certainly demoralizing for Buckeye nation.

With the regular season in the rearview mirror, now is a good time to take a step back and evaluate the team.

This Ohio State team was built differently than recent Ohio State teams as they were led by an elite defense and good, but not great offense, as opposed to the other way around.

Averaging 32.6 points per game this season the Buckeyes sit at No. 25 in the FBS which isn’t bad by any means, but is a big step back from the last two seasons when the Buckeyes averaged 45.7 points in 2021 — No. 1 in college football — and 44.2 points in 2022, which was second in the FBS behind only Tennessee.

After losing C.J. Stroud to the NFL it was expected the Buckeyes wouldn’t have quite the same firepower on offense, but the unit was inconsistent throughout this season and those inconsistencies showed up in the biggest game.

In this article we dive deeper to break down each offensive position group’s performance this season using Pro Football Focus grades for each player. Though not the ultimate measuring stick, PFF is a good tool because it grades every player on every play.

Quarterbacks

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Starter: Kyle McCord

PFF Grade | 76.6 (703 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 
229-of-354 (64.7%), 3,169 Yards, 24 TD, 6 INT, 13 Attempts for 37 Yards

Other: Devin Brown

PFF Grade | 67.0 (72 snaps, 5 games)
Stats | 
12-of-22 (54.5%), 197 Yards, 2 TD, 1 INT, 14 Attempts for 45 Yards, 1 TD

Other: Lincoln Kienholz

PFF Grade | 65.0 (20 snaps, 2 games)
Stats | 
4-of-5 (80.0%), 25 Yards, 0 TD, 0 INT

Running Backs

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Starter: TreVeyon Henderson

PFF Grade | 89.4 (351 snaps, 9 games)
Stats | 137 attempts for 854 Yards (6.2 avg.), 11 TD, 22 targets, 19 receptions, 229 Yards

Other: Chip Trayanum

PFF Grade | 73.4 (252 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 85 attempts for 373 Yards (4.4 avg.), 3 TD, 14 targers, 9 receptions, 53 Yards

Other: Miyan Williams

PFF Grade | 66.3 (107 snaps, 6 games)
Stats | 49 attempts for 158 Yards (3.2 avg.), 3 TD, 4 targets, 4 receptions, 42 Yards

Other: Dallan Hayden

PFF Grade | 71.7 (59 snaps, 3 games)
Stats | 20 attempts for 107 Yards (5.4 avg.), 1 TD, 1 target, 1 reception, -2 Yards

Other: Evan Pryor

PFF Grade | 70.0 (31 snaps, 4 games)
Stats | 19 attempts for 49 Yards (2.6 avg.), 0 TD, 1 target, 1 reception, 2 Yards

Wide Receivers

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Starter: Marvin Harrison Jr.

PFF Grade | 89.9 (649 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 114 targets, 67 receptions, 1,211 Yards, 14 TD, 2 Attempts for 26 Yards, 1 TD

Starter: Julian Fleming

PFF Grade | 61.4 (552 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 41 targets, 26 receptions, 270 Yards, 0 TD

Starter: Emeka Egbuka

PFF Grade | 72.0 (397 snaps, 9 games)
Stats | 52 targets, 35 receptions, 451 Yards, 4 TD, 5 Attempts for 25 Yards

Other: Carnell Tate

PFF Grade | 68.0 (239 snaps, 10 games)
Stats | 24 targets, 17 receptions, 260 Yards, 1 TD

Other: Xavier Johnson

PFF Grade | 69.3 (210 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 14 targets, 11 receptions, 147 Yards, 23 Attempts for 155 Yards

Other: Jayden Ballard

PFF Grade | 44.7 (53 snaps, 7 games)
Stats | 2 targets, 0 receptions

Other: Brandon Inniss

PFF Grade | 78.7 (23 snaps, 5 games)
Stats | 2 targets, 1 reception, 58 Yards, 1 TD

Other: Noah Rogers

PFF Grade | 56.4 (14 snaps, 4 games)
Stats | 0 targets

Other: David Adolph

PFF Grade | 56.6 (9 snaps, 3 games)
Stats | 1 target, 0 receptions

Other: Bryson Rodgers

PFF Grade | 59.3 (6 snaps, 2 games)
Stats | 0 targets

Other: Kojo Antwi

PFF Grade | 58.3 (5 snaps, 1 game)
Stats | 0 targets

Tight Ends

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Starter: Cade Stover

PFF Grade | 77.8 (581 snaps, 11 games)
Stats | 51 targets, 41 receptions, 576 Yards, 5 TD

Other: Gee Scott Jr.

PFF Grade | 49.5 (316 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 12 targets, 9 receptions, 62 Yards, 1 TD

Other: Joe Royer

PFF Grade | 56.2 (44 snaps, 4 games)
Stats | 2 targets, 1 reception, 5 Yards

Other: Patrick Gurd

PFF Grade | 60.4 (39 snaps, 5 games)
Stats | 1 target, 1 reception, 9 Yards

Other: Jelani Thurman

PFF Grade | 80.7 (22 snaps, 2 games)
Stats | 2 targets, 2 receptions, 18 Yards

Offensive Line

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Left Tackle: Josh Simmons

PFF Grade | 68.0 (768 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 64.7 run block grade, 74.0 pass block grade, 0 sacks and 12 pressures allowed on 415 pass block snaps

Left Guard: Donovan Jackson

PFF Grade | 69.2 (768 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 66.6 run block grade, 72.0 pass block grade, 1 sack and 10 pressures allowed on 415 pass block snaps

Center: Carson Hinzman

PFF Grade | 52.5 (758 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 55.8 run block grade, 41.6 pass block grade, 0 sacks and 17 pressures allowed on 411 pass block snaps

Right Guard: Matthew Jones

PFF Grade | 70.8 (762 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 71.8 run block grade, 66.9 pass block grade, 0 sacks and 5 pressures allowed on 412 pass block snaps

Right Tackle: Josh Fryar

PFF Grade | 75.9 (768 snaps, 12 games)
Stats | 77.2 run block grade, 71.2 pass block grade, 5 sacks allowed and 12 pressures allowed on 415 pass block snaps

Other: Luke Montgomery

PFF Grade | 55.0 (27 snaps at RT, 17 snaps at ITE, 9 games)
Stats | 61.5 run block grade, 66.5 pass block grade, 1 sack and 1 pressure allowed on 7 pass block snaps

Other: Enokk Vimahi

PFF Grade | 56.9 (43 snaps at RG, 4 games)
Stats | 59.3 run block grade, 21.1 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 12 pass block snaps

Other: Victor Cutler Jr.

PFF Grade | 61.2 (21 snaps at C, 4 games)
Stats | 59.5 run block grade, 76.9 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 5 pass block snaps

Other: Zen Michalski

PFF Grade | 77.7 (21 snaps at LT, 4 games)
Stats | 74.5 run block grade, 80.8 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 5 pass block snaps

Other: Jakob James

PFF Grade | 57.8 (6 snaps at C, 3 games)
Stats | 57.6 run block grade

Other: George Fitzpatrick

PFF Grade | 59.3 (6 snaps at LT, 3 games)
Stats | 58.9 run block grade

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