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Top PFF defensive grades from Texas' 35-10 loss at Georgia on Saturday

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Trey Moore (Will Gallagher/Inside Texas)

The Texas defense had its highs and lows on Saturday in Athens, but when it counted in the fourth quarter, coverage busts, over pursuing, and penalties ultimately doomed Pete Kwiatkowski‘s side of the ball.

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DEFENSE

DL/EDGE – Hero Kanu, 70.0, Colin Simmons, 75.8, Cole Brevard, 68.0, Ethan Burke, 47.4, Alex January, 59.7, Trey Moore, 57.6, Justus Terry, 92.7

Simmons led the defensive front with three tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and one sack. The true freshman Terry added a career-high four tackles. Kanu, Brevard, and Moore combined for seven tackles.

LB – Anthony Hill Jr, 60.7, Liona Lefau, 57.0, Tyanthony Smith, 69.3

Smith was sideline-to-sideline with a team-high nine tackles, two tackles for loss, and one sack. Hill notched six stops and a big interception in the 3rd quarter.

CB – Malik Muhammad, 65.7, Jaylon Guilbeau, 61.5, Kade Phillips, 61.2, Warren Roberson, 72.7

Phillips, Guilbeau, and Roberson combined for eight tackles. Every CB not named Muhammad was picked on, who netted five stops.

S/N – Michael Taaffe, 44.1, Jelani McDonald, 59.0

With Taaffe and McDonald back, the secondary got stronger, but there’s still issues on the backend. Taaffe was second on the team in tackles (7) despite the low grade. McDonald added four stops.

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