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Express Data Driven: Indiana-Purdue

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Hudson Card
(Chad Krockover)

Each week after Purdue football games, we’ll take a closer look back at the game through PFF data and analytics. Today, Purdue 35, Indiana 31.

(Editor’s note: PFF data is just one organization’s interpretation of the happenings from Saturday’s game. It is not to be taken as gospel)

OFFENSE

Offensive snap counts:

Jalen Grant all 83
Gus Hartwig all 83
Hudson Card all 83
Preston Nichols all 83
George Burhenn 78
Ben Farrell 75
Deion Burks 66
Drew Biber 57
Mahamane Moussa 52
Jaron Tibbs 51
Jayden Dixon-Veal 48
Devin Mockobee 45
Tyrone Tracy 32
Daniel Johnson 31
Garrett Miller 27
Josh Kaltenberger 8
Dylan Downing 8
Ben Furtney 1

Grades and notes:

  • Top honors on offense went to Hudson Card, who excelled on Saturday
  • Deion Burks earned his second-best grade of the season behind only the performance against Fresno State in the opener
  • George Burhenn, unsurprisingly, graded better as a pass catcher than a blocker, but he still earned a strong grade in his first extended action
  • As a whole, Purdue scored better than I expected in pass protection
  • Tyrone Tracy wraps up his stellar season with a strong grade

Hudson Card’s passing chart:

  • Clean: 19-29, 251 yards, 3 TD (great grade)
  • Under pressure: 2-5, 24 yards
  • Not blitzed: 10-16, 139 yards, TD
  • Blitzed: 11-18, 136 yards, 2 TD
  • Play action: 8-10, 151 yards, 2 TD (elite grade)
  • No play action: 13-24, 124 yards, TD
  • Screen: 2-2, 11 yards
  • No screen: 19-32, 264 yards, 3 TD
  • Card’s average depth of target: 12.4 yards downfield
  • Card attempted seven passes of 20+ yards and 12 more between 10 and 19 yards downfield. Add it up: more than half his pass attempts were downfield more than 10 yards.
  • He graded remarkably well on those intermediate passes of 10-19 yards
  • Just one turnover-worthy pass from Card

Running game:

  • 40 attempts for Purdue, marking three consecutive games with 40 or more rushing attempts
  • 165 of Purdue’s 183 yards (PFF’s data) came after contact
  • Purdue’s ball-carriers forced 11 missed tackles, including four by Hudson Card
  • Seven runs of ten-or-more yards for Purdue
  • 66 of Card’s 84 rushing yards were in scramble situations

DEFENSE

Defensive snap counts:

Dillon Thieneman all 66
Markevious Brown all 66
Kydran Jenkins 62
Zion Steptoe 53
Sanoussi Kane 50
Nic Scourton 48
Yanni Karlaftis 44
Malik Langham 43
Isaiah Nichols 43
Cole Brevard 41
Cam Allen 36
Clyde Washington 34
Antonio Stevens 32
Joe Anderson 22
Khordae Sydnor 21
Jeffrey M’ba 20
Sulaiman Kpaka 19
Derrick Rogers Jr. 18
Will Helft 4
Mo Omonode 4

Grades and notes:

  • Purdue’s top-graded defender? Cam Allen, who picked off a pass in his final game as a Boilermaker
  • A really rough day for Zion Steptoe, as Indiana targeted him early and often
  • Purdue missed seven tackles, four coming from Dillon Thieneman
  • Nic Scourton totaled six pressures of the opposing passer. Fantastic day to cap a huge season.
  • Outside of Scourton, pass rush grades were rather ineffective
  • Nice performance by Clyde Washington – his best of the season

Brendan Sorsby’s passing chart

  • Clean: 15-24, 201 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
  • Under pressure: 2-8, 25 yards
  • Not blitzed: 8-16, 119 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
  • Blitzed: 9-16, 107 yards, INT
  • Play action: 8-18, 117 yards, 2 TD, INT
  • No play action: 9-14, 109 yards, TD, 2 INT
  • Screen: 4-4, 43 yards, TD
  • No screen: 13-28, 2 TD, 3 INT

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