Arizona dropped its first home game in over a year to No. 2 Utah in a 40-39 loss. Pro Football Focus gave the Wildcats (7-3, 4-3 Big 12) an overall mark of 74.1. The offense was given an overall mark of 76.1 and the defense was given a 64.2 overall mark.

The best aspect of Arizona’s performance was overall pass grade which received a 84.6. The lowest overall grade given was 49.8 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 Utah:

Offense

• x-QB Noah Fifita (78, 88.0)

• x-WR Chris Hunter III (57, 73.7)

• x-WR Isaiah Mizell (72, 70.9)

• x-WR Giovanni Richardson (61, 70.7)

• x-LT Matthew Lado (78, 68.5)

• x-C Zach Henning (78, 68.5)

• WR Brandon Phelps (15, 64.9)

• HB Quincy Craig (22, 64.7)

• x-HB Kedrick Reescano (51, 63.0)

• x-LG Rhino Tapa’atoutai (78, 62.8)

• x-LT Tristan Bounds (78, 61.0)

• TE Henry Gabalis (1, 60.8)

• RT Jake Griffin (2, 60.0)

• TE Tyler Mustain (2, 60.0)

• x-RG Alexander Doost (78, 58.7)

• HB Antwan Roberts Jr. (10, 56.5)

• x-TE Tyler Powell (60, 49.9)

Defense

• x-CB Jay’Vion Cole (36, 83.5)

• x-DE Mays Pese (50, 72.2)

• x-LB Cooper Blomstrom (45, 70.6)

• DT Julian Savaiinaea (9, 70.0)

• x-LB Taye Brown (64, 69.4)

• x-CB Tyrese Boss (64, 66.4)

• x-DT Leroy Palu (49, 65.2)

• S Dajon Hinton (11, 61.7)

• DE Prince Williams (13, 61.4)

• x-LB Chase Kennedy (63, 60.5)

• x-DE Tre Smith (32, 60.3)

• DE Dominic Lolesio (21, 58.1)

• x-S Lee Molette III (54, 56.2)

• LB Everett Roussaw Jr. (19, 55.1)

• CB Dwight Bootle II (28, 52.5)

• x-LB Myron Robinson (36, 51.0)

• x-S Quinn Olson (64, 50.0)

• DT Kaisi Lafitaga (7, 45.6)

• S Gavin Hunter (27, 45.0)

(x = starter)

Top Overall grades (min. 20 snaps): QB Noah Fifita (88.0), CB Jay’Vion Cole (83.5), WR Chris Hunter III (73.7), DT Mays Pese (72.2), WR Isaiah Mizell (70.9), WR Giovanni Richardson (70.7)

Top pass blocking: LG Rhino Tapa’atoutai (89.3), C Zach Henning (85.9), HB Quincy Craig (79.4)

Top run blocking: WR Richardson (78.6), WR Hunter III (74.8), LT Matthew Lado (66.4)

Top pass rushing: CB Cole (74.1), LB Chase Kennedy (70.7), DT Pese (66.7)

Top run defense: LB Taye Brown (76.6), LB Cooper Blomstrom (73.2), DT Pese (70.4)

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Top tackling: LB Brown (82.2), CB Tyrese Boss (81.1), S Gavin Hunter (79.4)

Top coverage: CB Cole (89.7), LB Blomstrom (72.4), S Dwight Bootle II (66.1)