Last night, the Miami Hurricanes defeated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 33-20. The contest was not pretty by any means, as the team took their foot off the gas in the second half. However, thanks to Pro Football Focus we have the grades for each player showing how well they played in the win.

Yet again, the Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney connection was on display, connecting 12 times for 114 yards and one touchdown. Toney was the highest-graded player on the offensive side of the ball with an 87.5 grade. Mensah finished the night by completing 30 of his 34 passes for 220 yards--good enough to be the No. 2 graded player on offense with an overall grade of 72.1.

On the defensive side of the ball, defensive back Ethan O'Connor came up clutch at one of the biggest moments of the game, sealing an interception to help the Hurricanes to victory. He was the highest-graded defensive player on the team with a grade of 82.3.

Check out the full grades down below:

OFFENSE:

Malachi Toney, 87.5
Darian Mensah, 72.1
Matthew McCoy, 71.7
Gavin Mueller, 71.5
Girard Pringle Jr., 67.8
Rhys Woodrow, 65.7
CharMar Brown, 65.1
Mark Fletcher Jr., 64.8
Max Buchanan, 64.6
Elija Lofton, 62.5
Samson Okunlola, 62.1
Ryan Rodriguez, 60.3
Jacob Hawks, 60.0
Jackson Cantwell, 60.0
Javian Mallory, 59.5
Seuseu Alofaituli, 58.6
Daylyn Upshaw, 58.4
Joshua Moore, 58.3
Vance Spafford, 58.0
Vandrevius Jacobs, 56.2
Cooper Barkate, 54.9
Owen Ruskavich, 54.4

DEFENSE:

Ethan O'Connor, 82.3
Bryce Fitzgerald, 78.8
Keona Davis, 69.4
Omar Thornton, 67.7
Justin Scott, 66.6
Armondo Blount, 66.1
Zechariah Poyser, 63.6
Cam Pruitt, 60.2
Dylan Day, 60.2
Kamel Bonner, 60.1
Marquise Lightfoot, 58.1
Damari Brown, 58.1
Herbert Scroggins III, 57.9
Booker Pickett Jr., 57.5
Ezekiel Marcelin Jr., 55.6
Damon Wilson II, 55.2
Mohamed Toure, 54.0
Ahmad Moten Sr., 48.7
Chase Smith, 48.7
Jarquez Carter, 44.8
JJ Dunnigan, 42.4

 

Trinton Breeze

wrong.

Pro Football Focus.

 

I lost it when I saw the Dunnigan one. Did they take off points for him being a freshman or something? I don't get it.

Our section at the game was talking about how bad Dunnigan looked out there.

He racked up tackles. That’s about it

Wake fans screaming to go at 25 because he was lost and missing tackles everywhere. I got on here after and was shocked to see all of the hype.

Not his fault. He shouldn’t be asked to play 100% of the snaps yet

Agreed. Was painfully obvious all game how poor he was. If we could simplify his role he could play some higher snap counts at times but he was a liability more often than not.

Same with 0 when he wasn’t blitzing

 

Once again e-d-oats in charge of anything about rating anything.

 

Pringle at a 67 is laughable.

Dunnigan at 42 is absurd.

Chase Smith, SJ, and Rodriguez are all scored way too **** high

They grade harshly for missed tackles, penalties or missing assignments. That's why Fletcher was so low (blowing the blitz pickup on our first sack), Dunnigan missed a sack and I think another tackle. Wilson had a good game but he also had a roughing the passer on a play that would have been a takeaway for the defense.

The grades are subjective. One play can greatly skew the grade, even if it doesn't impact the play or game.

 

They must be grading on one **** of a curve for Thornton to get a grade that high…

 

This is utterly useless.

 

Dunnigan is good near the line of scrimmage. The farther away he got, he was exposed. I want to see a young corner step up so Fitz can go back to FS. We need his play making ability back there.