Ohio State defensive player-by-player PFF grades from Cotton Bowl loss

What does Pro Football Focus say about the grades of each individual performance on the defensive end from Ohio State’s effort in the Cotton Bowl? #GoBucks

Ohio State football finishes the season with an 11-2 record after a poor performance in a 14-3 loss to Missouri in the Cotton Bowl.

The Buckeyes defense put out a tremendous effort as it managed to keep Missouri scoreless through three quarters and off the scoreboard on its first nine drives of the game.

The Tigers were eventually able to wear down the Buckeye defense as they put together touchdown scoring drives of 95 and 91 yards in the fourth quarter to put the game away.

In this article we dig deeper into each position group’s performance on the defense using Pro Football Focus grades.