Handing out grades for Ohio State’s win over Michigan State

Ohio State thoroughly dominated Michigan State on Saturday. We hand out grades and look at snap counts.

We’re starting a new piece here on Buckeyes Wire because, well, we’re all about experimenting and letting you decide what you like and don’t. So, we’re handing out grades for the way Ohio State performed against Michigan State.

Some of our sister sites with the college wires do the same thing, so we’re borrowing it from them. Credit to Longhorns Wire for the assist, and for their amazing coverage of the Urban Meyer rumors and more over the last few weeks.

I know we’re all looking ahead to Michigan, and rightly so, but after going through the film again, we’ve got a better sense of who performed well, who needs a little work, and some other fun stats to wrap up the analysis of what we saw in East Lansing on Saturday.

We’ll start with snap counts, then look at how individuals and various position groups graded out.

Ohio State Buckeyes snap counts

Offense

Dawand Jones 73 Garrett Wilson 57 Master Teague III 30
Harry Miller 69 Chris Olave 56 Jaxon Smith-Njigba 27
Matthew Jones 69 Luke Farrell 42 Julian Fleming 21
Max Wray 68 Jeremy Ruckert 39 Jake Hausmann 19
Justin Fields 67 Trey Sermon 32 Enokk Vimahi 13
Wyatt Davis 66 Jameson Williams 31 Mitch Rossi 12

Top Offensive PFF Grades

  1. Miyan Williams: 88.5
  2. Trey Sermon: 88.5
  3. Justin Fields: 87.7
  4. C.J. Stroud: 83.3
  5. Max Wray: 78.0

Defense

Sevyn Banks 60 Justin Hilliard 41 Taron Vincent 28
Pete Werner 57 Tyreke Smith 33 Tommy Togiai 26
Baron Browning 57 Jonathon Cooper 33 Ronnie Hickman 22
Marcus Hooker 55 Javontae Jean-Baptiste 31 Antwuan Jackson 21
Marcus Williamson 52 Haskell Garrett 30 Tyreke Johnson 15
Shaun Wade 52 Zach Harrison 29 Jerron Cage 14

Top Defensive PFF Grades

  1. Zach Harrison: 92.1
  2. Haskell Garrett: 90.4
  3. Tommy Togiai: 83.2
  4. Tyreke Smith: 76.8
  5. Marcus Hooker: 76.0