PFF Grades vs OM

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Quarterback grade: Jalen Hurts, 68.1

While Alabama came out with the win on the road against a top-20 opponent, it was in spite of a below-average passing performance from freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts. Twelve of his 19 completions came on throws aimed behind the line of scrimmage, due to an abundance of screen passes early – something we saw from both teams. But once the game opened up more, Hurts didn’t look quite as comfortable as we’ve seen in previous weeks. He made a notable misread of coverage early in the second quarter, resulting in a pass thrown right to Rebels cornerback Montrell Custis that should have been picked off. Instead, Alabama took advantage of the break with a 60-yard punt on the next play. Hurts also killed the team’s next drive by sacking himself and losing the ball without contact during his throwing motion.

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Top offensive grades:
C Bradley Bozeman, 79.8
TE O.J. Howard, 74.1
WR Calvin Ridley, 74.1
RB Damien Harris, 72.0
TE Brandon Greene, 69.3

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Top defensive grades:
LB Reuben Foster, 85.9
DE Jonathan Allen, 85.3
DT Dalvin Tomlinson, 85.2
DE Tim Williams, 80.0
DE Ryan Anderson, 78.2

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Edge rusher Tim Williams had his usual strong performance, converting five of his 30 rushes into pressures, including a bull rush at 5:44 of the fourth that forced an interception, but was mostly overshadowed by a pair of teammates on the defensive line. End Jonathan Allen caught the pick on that play and took it to the end zone to extend Alabama’s lead to 17. Outside of that, he picked up seven pressures to go with a defensive stop and several other positive plays against the run.

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