Arizona started the season on a good note with a 35-7 victory over in-state foe NAU. Pro Football Focus gave the Wildcats an overall mark of 80.6. The offense was graded at 77.9 and the defense was given a 74.8 grade.
The best aspect of Arizona’s performance was the pass blocking which received a 88.2 grading. The lowest overall grade given was 55.5 for Arizona’s tackling.
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Below are the snap counts and individual grades of all players who appeared on offense or defense against NAU:
Offense
x-LG Rhino Tapa’atoutai (55, 82.2)
x-C Zach Henning (55, 76.1)
C Grayson Stovall (21, 74.9)
x-HB Kedrick Reescano (28, 74.4)
WR Rodney Gallagher III (7, 73.8)
x-LT Tristan Bounds (55, 73.8)
x-WR Giovanni Richardson (35, 72.8)
x-WR Tre Spivey (37, 70.5)
RT Jake Griffin (21, 70.0)
x-LT Matthew Lado (55, 69.4)
x-RG Alexander Doost (55, 69.2)
x-QB Noah Fifita (53, 69.0)
RB Wesley Yarbrough (15, 67.7)
WR Brandon Phelps (14, 67.7)
WR Isaiah Mizell (27, 66.9)
WR R.J. Mosley (23, 64.7)
RB Quincy Craig (19, 64.6)
RB Antwan Roberts Jr. (14, 61.7)
x-WR Chris Hunter III (36, 58.7)
TE Tyler Mustain (4, 57.9)
WR Landon Kelsey (11, 57.8)
TE Tyler Powell (18, 56.3)
QB Sawyer Anderson (23, 55.2)
RT Nathan Hale (23, 54.1)
x-TE Cole Rusk (32, 51.3)
WR Caleb Smith (21, 48.0)
Defense
x-LB Cooper Blomstrom (38, 79.3)
LB Dominic Hanger (3, 76.6)
x-CB Dwight Bootle II (28, 73.6)
x-DT Leroy Palu (12, 72.9)
x-LB Taye Brown (41, 71.6)
DT Julian Savaiinaea (8, 70.7)
x-S Lee Molette III (35, 70.3)
DT Zac Siulepa (12, 68.2)
S Gavin Hunter (25, 68.2)
x-S Quinn Olson (32, 67.9)
LB Chase Kennedy (32, 67.4)
x-S Malcolm Hartzog Jr. (41, 67.4)
DL Kevin Moorer Jr. (19, 66.0)
CB Tyrese Boss (25, 66.0)
S Matai Tagoa’i (5, 63.9)
LB Leviticus Su’a (7, 63.8)
LB Dash Fifita (17, 61.7)
x-DE Dominic Lolesio (16, 61.4)
x-CB Jay’Vion Cole. (41, 61.2)
DE Prince Williams (12, 56.4)
DE Victory Johnson (5, 55.4)
x-DE Tre Smith (29, 55.1)
DT Kaisi Lafitaga (24, 54.3)
x-DE Mays Pese (21, 53.7)
LB Jabari Mann (13, 52.8)
DT Keytrin Harris (9, 46.9)
(x = starter)
Top Overall grades (min. 20 snaps): LG Rhino Tapa’atoutai (82.2), LB Cooper Blomstrom (79.3), LG Sione Tohi (79.0), LG Javion Goo (77.0), CB Dwight Bootle II (73.6), LB Taye Brown (71.6)
Top pass blocking: RG Alexander Doost (85.1), LB Zach Henning (83.0), RT Nathan Hale(82.2)
Top run blocking: LG Tapa’atoutai (85.1), WR Chris Hunter III (79.5), LG Tohi (78.7)
Top pass rushing: LB Blomstrom (66.4), LB Chase Kennedy (65.7), CB Jay’Vion Cole (64.8)
Top run defense: LB Brown (79.2), LB Blomstrom (77.1), LB Kennedy (76.2)
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Top tackling: LB Blomstrom (81.1), S Lee Molette III (74.8), LB Brown (74.4)
Top coverage: LB Brown (73.0), CB Bootle II (71.6), LB Blomstrom (71.2)
