PFF grades are out and the Wahoos got a lot of checks

By Jerry Ratcliffe

Virginia bounced back strong after its narrow loss at NC State, dominating visiting William & Mary last Saturday, 55-16. The offense rolled up the most single-game yardage in Cavaliers history with 700 total offense.

UVA (2-1) hosts Stanford (1-2) in the Cavaliers’ ACC opener this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Stanford upset Boston College this past weekend.

Pro Football Focus (PFF), which grades every major college football game and players in the country, has published Virginia’s grades in Game 3 and here’s what it looks like:

Offense

QB: Daniel Kaelin 82.3 (29), Chandler Morris 75.2 (44), Cole Greer 74.8 (13), Eli Wood 51.5 (14)

RB: Noah Vaughn 84.3 (9), Harrison Waylee 76.8 (13), J’Mari Taylor 74.3 (17), Davis Lane 69.3 (19), Xavier Brown 66.5 (19), Xay Davis 57.4 (7), Owen Gardner 55.7 (2)

WR: Kam Courtney 87.4 (12), Suderian Harrison 86.6 (6), Isaiah Robinson 77.4 (14), Trell Harris 72.5 (21), Dillon Newton-Short 63.9 (24), TyLyric Coleman 60.2 (24), Jahmal Edrine 60.1 (29), Cam Ross 59.3 (26), Triston Ward 58.3 (7), Jayden Thomas 56.0 (16), Andre Greene 53.8 (22)

TE: John Rogers 75.3 (33), Dakota Twitty 74.6 (13), Willem Thurber 60.0 (3), Walker Wallace 57.6 (15), TeKai Kirby 54.6 (13), Hayden Rollison 38.1 (11)

OL: LT McKale Boley 81.1 (49), RT Ethan Sipe 75.2 (6), C Noah Hartsoe 70.9 (24), LT Ben York 69.2 (37), RT Dane Wieklinski 67.3 (10), RG Drake Metcalf 66.0 (49), LG Noah Josey 62.5 (49), LG Kevin Wigenton 62.4 (23), C Brady Wilson 61.3 (49), RG Grant Ellinger 61.1 (31), C John Adair 60.7 (34), RG Jim Harris 60.0, (3), RT Will Rosen 60.0 (3), RT Tyshawn Wyatt 59.9 (3), RG Dane Steele 59.6 (7), LG Cole Surber 58.7 (3), LG Grayson Reid 58.2 (10), RT Jack Whitmer 47.2 (41)

Defense

DL: DE Daniel Rickert 77.7 (18), DE Jewett Hayes 77.5 (10), DT Jahmeer Carter 74.1 (5), DT Jason Hammond 73.1 (5), DT Terrell Jones 71.0 (24), DE Cazeem Moore 69.4 (19), DT Jacob Holmes 69.1 (16), DT Anthony Britton 68.9 (14), DE Gabe Sneed 65.4 (4), DT Sichan John 60.8 (22), DE Fisher Carmac 60.7 (7), DT Hunter Osborne 59.9 (5), DE Chase Morrison 57.8 (4)

LB: James Jackson 90.5 (11), Mitchell Melton 88.8 (16), Landon Danley 77.8 (14), Myles Brown 77.5 (22), Billy Koudelkda 71.5 (19), LB Maddox Marcellus 70.7 (17), Trey McDonald 64.1 (12), Caleb Hardy 62.1 (36)

DB: Devin Neal 75.8 (15) Kevin Chadwick 75.0 (7), Donavon Platt 68.5 (13), Robbie Engelberg 66.2 (22), Jordan Robinson 65.7 (20), Ethan Minter 65.6 (20), Ja’Son Prevard 64.8 (16), Emmanuel Karnley 62.9 (37), Montino Williams 60.7 (12), Christian Charles 59.2 (24), Corey Costner 55.5 (18), Josiah Persinger 52.3 (30)