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Evan Bachman

Ohio State offensive player-by-player PFF grades for Minnesota game

With a dominant 37-3 victory over Minnesota on Saturday afternoon Ohio State has moved to 11-0 headed into the season defining matchup against Michigan next week.

The Buckeye offense was able to move the ball consistently through the air and on the ground as they totaled 434 yards of offense.

Ohio State ran the ball for over six yards per carry as most notably Treveyon Henderson ran for 146 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries.

Through the air, Kyle McCord was able to spread the ball out connecting on touchdown passes to Marvin Harrison Jr. and Cade Stover who caught five passes for 83 yards.

In this article we break down McCord, Henderson. and the rest of the offense’s performance 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 | 69.4 (60 snaps)
Stats |
20-of-31 (66.7%), 212 Yards, 2 TD, 0 INT, 1 Attempt for 2 Yards

Other: Lincoln Kienholz

PFF Grade | 63.6 (8 snaps)
Stats |
2-of-2 (100%), 7 Yards, 0 TD, 0 INT

What It Means

With a 79.2 PFF grade on the season, Kyle McCord is the third highest graded quarterback in the Big Ten.

Running Backs

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Starter: TreVeyon Henderson

PFF Grade | 69.7 (32 snaps)
Stats | 15 attempts for 146 Yards (9.7 avg.), 2 TD, 2 Receptions for 26 Yards

Other: Chip Trayanum

PFF Grade | 61.9 (14 snaps)
Stats | 4 attempts for 25 Yards (6.3 avg.), 0 TD

Other: Dallan Hayden

PFF Grade | 58.4 (12 snaps)
Stats | 8 attempts for 34 Yards (4.3 avg.), 0 TD

Other: Evan Pryor

PFF Grade | 64.3 (8 snaps)
Stats | 6 attempts for 15 Yards (2.5 avg.), 0 TD, 1 Reception for 2 Yards

What It Means

For the third time in the last four games, Treveyon Henderson had over 150 total yards with a 172-yard, two touchdown performance.

Wide Receivers

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Starter: Marvin Harrison Jr.

PFF Grade | 67.6 (43 snaps)
Stats | 6 targets, 3 receptions, 30 Yards, 1 TD

Starter: Emeka Egbuka

PFF Grade | 73.0 (36 snaps)
Stats | 8 targets, 5 receptions, 83 Yards, 0 TD

Other: Julian Fleming

PFF Grade | 60.7 (45 snaps)
Stats | 3 targets, 2 receptions, 10 Yards, 0 TD

Other: Carnell Tate

PFF Grade | 54.5 (23 snaps)
Stats | 1 target, 1 reception, 6 Yards, 0 TD

Other: Xavier Johnson

PFF Grade | 75.8 (17 snaps)
Stats | 2 targets, 2 receptions, 22 Yards, 0 TD

Other: Jayden Ballard

PFF Grade | 48.0 (8 snaps)
Stats | 0 targets

Other: Brandon Inniss

PFF Grade | 56.1 (6 snaps)
Stats | 0 targets

Other: Kojo Antwi

PFF Grade | 58.3 (5 snaps)
Stats | 0 targets

What It Means

Emeka Egbuka led the Buckeyes in receiving yards with 83 as he works his way back into the lineup after missing three games with injury earlier this season.

Tight Ends

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Starter: Cade Stover

PFF Grade | 69.5 (44 snaps)
Stats | 5 targets, 4 receptions, 26 Yards, 1 TD

Other: Gee Scott Jr.

PFF Grade | 49.8 (28 snaps)
Stats | 0 targets

Other: Patrick Gurd

PFF Grade | 80.1 (6 snaps)
Stats | 1 target, 1 reception, 9 Yards, 0 TD

Other: Joe Royer

PFF Grade | 85.4 (6 snaps)
Stats | 1 target, 1 reception, 5 Yards, 0 TD

Other: Jelani Thurman

PFF Grade | 56.8 (5 snaps)
Stats | 0 targets

Other: Caden Curry

PFF Grade | 60.0 (2 snaps)
Stats | 0 targets

What It Means

With 534 receiving yards this season, Cade Stover is fourth among tight ends in college football.

Offensive Line

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Left Tackle: Josh Simmons

PFF Grade | 80.3 (60 snaps)
Stats | 74.4 run block grade, 86.4 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 31 pass block snaps

Left Guard: Donovan Jackson

PFF Grade | 64.8 (60 snaps)
Stats | 60.7 run block grade, 85.0 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 31 pass block snaps

Center: Carson Hinzman

PFF Grade | 61.5 (60 snaps)
Stats | 62.2 run block grade, 51.2 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 31 pass block snaps

Right Guard: Matthew Jones

PFF Grade | 59.7 (54 snaps)
Stats | 54.7 run block grade, 84.2 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 28 pass block snaps

Right Tackle: Josh Fryar

PFF Grade | 68.7 (60 snaps)
Stats | 65.5 run block grade, 71.0 pass block grade, 1 sack and 1 pressure allowed on 31 pass block snaps

Other: Enokk Vimahi

PFF Grade | 50.0 (14 snaps)
Stats | 57.2 run block grade, 0.0 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 5 pass block snaps

Other: Luke Montgomery

PFF Grade | 50.7 (10 snaps)
Stats | 50.7 run block grade, 72.7 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 2 pass block snaps

Other: Zen Michalski

PFF Grade | 61.0 (8 snaps)
Stats | 59.3 run block grade, 74.3 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 2 pass block snaps

Other: Victor Cutler Jr.

PFF Grade | 61.1 (8 snaps)
Stats | 60.2 run block grade, 72.3 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 2 pass block snaps

Other: Tegra Tshabola

PFF Grade | 56.9 (8 snaps)
Stats | 58.2 run block grade, 25.6 pass block grade, 0 pressures allowed on 2 pass block snaps

What It Means

The offensive line put together a good performance in particular in pass protection as Josh Simmons (86.4), Donovan Jackson (85.0), and Matthew Jones (84.0) all received very good pass block grades.

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