In a big-picture sense, it's easy to conclude that Indiana's offense floundered while its defense showed real signs of promise against No. 3 Ohio State on Saturday.
But take a closer look at individual player grades by Pro Football Focus (PFF), and a number of individual performances stand out, both positive and negative.
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To wrap up Week 1, check out how PFF graded the Hoosiers' individual performances against No. 3 Ohio State. Included below are player-by-player grades on everything from quarterback play to run defense and pass blocking.
Team-Wide Grades
- Overall: 60.4
- Offense: 55.9
- Passing: 65.1
- Pass blocking: 58.1
- Receiving: 60.0
- Running: 57.5
- Run blocking: 48.4
- Defense: 62.0
- Run defense: 58.2
- Tackling: 57.1
- Pass rush: 54.0
- Coverage: 69.0
- Special teams: 56.6
Run Grade
- RB Christian Turner: 67.3
- RB Trent Howland: 59.6
- RB Jaylin Lucas: 59.4
- QB Brendan Sorsby: 57.6
- WR DeQuece Carter: 57.5
- QB Tayven Jackson: 55.6
- RB Josh Henderson: 54.8
Pass Grade
- QB Brendan Sorsby: 70.2
- WR E.J. Williams: 67.0
- WR Donaven McCulley: 65.5
- WR Cam Camper: 61.1
- WR DeQuece Carter: 61.0
- WR Kamryn Perry: 60.0
- RB Christian Turner: 60.0
- WR Andison Coby: 58.5
- RB Josh Henderson 58.2
- WR Omar Cooper Jr.: 57.9
- TE Aaron Steinfeldt: 57.8
- RB Jaylin Lucas: 56.5
- QB Tayven Jackson: 55.3
- TE James Bomba: 54.2
- TE Bradley Archer: 49.4
Pass Block Grade
- LG Mike Katic: 78.0
- LT Carter Smith: 73.3
- RB Josh Henderson: 71.0
- C Zach Carpenter: 70.4
- TE Bradley Archer: 69.0
- RB Jaylin Lucas: 67.7
- TE James Bomba: 65.4
- RT Kahlil Benson: 65.2
- LT Joshua Sales Jr.: 61.6
- RG Bray Lynch: 23.4
- RG Matt Bedford: 17.7
- TE Aaron Steinfeldt: 8.2
Run Block Grade
- LT Joshua Sales Jr.: 59.8
- RG Bray Lynch: 59.7
- RT Kahlil Benson: 57.3
- TE Aaron Steinfeldt: 56.5
- TE James Bomba: 54.7
- TE Bradley Archer: 54.7
- LG Mike Katic: 54.0
- C Zach Carpenter: 54.0
- LT Carter Smith: 50.3
- RG Matt Bedford: 50.1
Defense Grade
- LB Joshua Rudolph: 90.6
- S Phillip Dunnam: 76.7
- HUSKY Amare Ferrell: 74.3
- LB Aaron Casey: 72.9
- DT Philip Blidi: 71.6
- CB Jamier Johnson: 67.2
- CB Nic Toomer: 66.4
- DE Andre Carter: 66.2
- DT Nick James: 62.7
- BULL Myles Jackson: 62.4
- S Tyrik McDaniel: 61.6
- HUSKY Noah Pierre: 61.3
- S Jordan Grier: 60.8
- DT LeDarrius Cox: 60.8
- CB Kobee Minor: 60.1
- S Louis Moore: 59.4
- LB Jacob Mangum-Farrar: 59.4
- CB Jamari Sharpe: 58.6
- DE Venson Sneed: 56.6
- DT Marcus Burris Jr.: 55.5
- BULL Lanell Carr Jr. 53.1
- DT Patrick Lucas Jr: 51.6
- S Josh Sanguinetti: 49.8
- CB James Monds III: 47.1
- BULL Anthony Jones: 38.4
- LB Matt Hohlt: 34.8
- LB Jared Casey: 29.4
Run Defense Grade
- LB Aaron Casey: 75.9
- DE Andre Carter: 74.7
- S Jordan Grier: 71.2
- DT Philip Blidi: 71.2
- S Phillip Dunnam: 69.2
- DT Nick James: 65.3
- BULL Lanell Carr Jr.: 63.4
- DT LeDarrius Cox: 63.0
- BULL Myles Jackson: 60.5
- CB Jamier Johnson: 60.0
- DT Marcus Burris Jr.: 57.9
- CB Kobee Minor: 56.3
- S Louis Moore: 55.8
- HUSKY Noah Pierre: 54.4
- LB Jacob Mangum-Farrar: 52.9
- CB Nic Toomer: 51.7
- LB Jared Casey: 49.5
- CB Jamari Sharpe: 48.8
- DT Patrick Lucas Jr.: 47.7
- S Josh Sanguinetti: 46.5
- LB Matt Hohlt: 44.3
- BULL Anthony Jones: 36.8
Tackling Grade
- LB Aaron Casey: 84.6
- S Phillip Dunnam: 83.6
- S Jordan Grier: 80.2
- DE Andre Carter: 77.7
- CB Jamier Johnson: 76.2
- HUSKY Noah Pierre: 75.1
- HUSKY Amare Ferrell: 74.8
- BULL Lanell Carr Jr.: 74.6
- BULL Myles Jackson: 73.6
- DT Marcus Burris Jr.: 70.2
- DT Philip Blidi: 70.2
- CB Kobee Minor: 61.1
- CB Nic Toomer: 47.7
- S Louis Moore: 43.6
- S Josh Sanguinetti: 38.8
- LB Jacob Mangum-Farrar: 29.5
- BULL Anthony Jones: 26.2
- DT Patrick Lucas Jr. 22.2
- LB Jared Casey: 20.1
Pass Rush Grade
- HUSKY Noah Pierre: 67.3
- BULL Lanell Carr Jr.: 63.9
- DT Philip Blidi: 63.1
- LB Jacob Mangum-Farrar: 62.5
- DT Patrick Lucas Jr.: 60.2
- LB Matt Hohlt: 59.6
- BULL Myles Jackson: 58.8
- S Louis Moore: 58.3
- CB Jamari Sharpe: 58.1
- DE Venson Sneed Jr.: 56.7
- DT Nick James: 56.6
- DT LeDarrius Cox: 55.8
- CB Nic Toomer: 55.4
- DT Marcus Burris Jr.: 55.1
- LB Aaron Casey: 54.8
- BULL Anthony Jones: 54.6
- DE Andre Carter: 52.6
Coverage
- S Phillip Dunnam: 76.6
- LB Joshua Rudolph: 75.2
- HUSKY Amare Ferrell: 72.2
- CB Nic Toomer: 70.9
- CB Jamari Sharpe: 67.8
- LB Aaron Casey: 67.7
- CB Jamier Johnson: 66.4
- BULL Myles Jackson: 64.1
- LB Jacob Mangum-Farrar: 63.6
- S Louis Moore: 62.2
- S Tyrik McDaniel: 61.7
- HUSKY Noah Pierre: 61.6
- CB Kobee Minor: 61.2
- DE Andre Carter: 60.0
- S Josh Sanguinetti: 55.3
- S Jordan Grier: 54.2
- CB James Monds III: 51.4
- BULL Anthony Jones: 51.0
- LB Matt Hohlt: 49.7
- LB Jared Casey: 48.5
- BULL Lanell Carr Jr.: 33.4
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