Greetings. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and is settled in on this Monday Night to watch the GREAT Pittsburgh Steelers.
Here's my notes/thoughts from rewatching Tennessee's win over Kentucky:
Hooker on third down: 3-of-4 passing for 88 yards and a touchdown, but only converted one of the four throws on third down for a first, which was the Velus Jones touchdown on the deep ball down the sideline.
Hooker on deep balls: As you can see above, 3-for-4 for 150 yards and a touchdown.
Hooker against pressure: Hooker was only 1-for-2 against pressure for 18 yards, though the one completion was the touchdown to Jacob Warren. It wasn't because Kentucky couldn't get home, but rather when Hooker was pressured, he was brought down for a sack. Five times to be exact.
Kentucky most brought a three-man or four-man pressure, doing so about 60% of the time. Hooker was 4-of-5 for 52 yards against a three-man rush, and 8-of-9 for 219 yards and three touchdowns against a four-man rush (!!!!!!).
Cats brought two twice when Tennessee was trying to get into field goal range just before the half and Hooker took advantage, completing both passes to Tillman for 27 yards.
Tennessee's offense struggled against a 5-man rush, giving up three pressures, including a sack. Hooker was just 1-of-3 as well, although Warren's TD was against a 5-man rush and so was the the DPI Velus drew on a crucial fourth down.
UT also couldn't stop Kentucky's 7-man rush as both times UK brought more than UT could block. UK brought seven twice and it resulted in a sack both times. Kentucky brought six once and it resulted in an incompletion.
Tennessee's first positive rush didn't come until a 9-yard Tiyon Evans rush with 3:50 left in the second quarter (!!!!!). UT struggled on design runs, though there weren't very many of them. I considered just 53% of UT's runs to be successful.
Here's a look at how Will Levis performed through the air...
Levis on third down: Levis was pretty successful on third down, as you would expect from a team that went 12-for-17 on third down for the game. Levis was not only 7-of-10 for 107 yards, but picked up a first down on 6 of his 10 third down throws.
Levis on deep balls: Again, as you can see above, Levis was 3-of-6 for 86 yards on deep balls.
Levis against pressure: Tennessee didn't get much pressure, but when it did, it really impacted Levis. And the Vols really got to Levis in the fourth quarter with three sacks when Tim Banks started to dial up some blitzes. It's what won Tennessee the game after UK converted on the 4th-and-24. Anyways, Levis was 1-of-6 for 12 yards facing pressure. He was sacked three times.
Tennessee brought a 3-man rush or 4-man rush just under 60% of the time and struggled to get home in doing so. And as a result, Levis was 6-of-8 for 79 yards and a TD against a 3-man rush, and 13-of-18 for 161 yards and a TD against a 4-man rush.
When Tennessee brought an extra pass rusher on the other hand, Levis wasn't as successful, completing just 7 of his 14 attempts for 97 yards. Byron Young's first sack came on a 5-man rush when he and Butler executed a stunt perfectly. The Vols brought five 14 times by my count.
Against a 6-man rush, Levis was just 2-of-6 for 23 yards. Young's second sack was on a 6-man blitz.
By my count, 65% of Kentucky's runs were successful on Saturday night.
Some other noteworthy stats from @SEC_StatCat on Twitter:
- Of Chris Rodriguez's 109 rushing yards, 96 came after contact...... yuck. Rodriguez had 9 of UK's 13 broken tackles. Only 25% of UK's runs saw contact behind the line of scrimmage.
- Hendon Hooker rushed for 59 yards on three scrambles and broke 4 tackles in the process
- Tennessee averaged 3.4 yards per carry BEFORE contact
Here's my notes/thoughts from rewatching Tennessee's win over Kentucky:
| Hendon Hooker Passing Chart | ||
|---|---|---|
| Left 20+: 1/1, 72 yards, TD | Middle 20+: 0/0 | Right 20+: 2/3, 78 yards |
| Left 11-20: 1/1, 6 yards, TD | Middle 11-20: 1/1, 18 yards, TD | Right 11-20: 2/3, 27 yards |
| Left 0-10: 1/2, 3 yards | Middle 0-10: 0/0 | Right 0-10: 3/4, 16 yards |
| Left BLOS: 2/2, 89 yards, TD | Middle BLOS: 0/0 | Right BLOS: 2/2, 7 yards |
Hooker on third down: 3-of-4 passing for 88 yards and a touchdown, but only converted one of the four throws on third down for a first, which was the Velus Jones touchdown on the deep ball down the sideline.
Hooker on deep balls: As you can see above, 3-for-4 for 150 yards and a touchdown.
Hooker against pressure: Hooker was only 1-for-2 against pressure for 18 yards, though the one completion was the touchdown to Jacob Warren. It wasn't because Kentucky couldn't get home, but rather when Hooker was pressured, he was brought down for a sack. Five times to be exact.
Kentucky most brought a three-man or four-man pressure, doing so about 60% of the time. Hooker was 4-of-5 for 52 yards against a three-man rush, and 8-of-9 for 219 yards and three touchdowns against a four-man rush (!!!!!!).
Cats brought two twice when Tennessee was trying to get into field goal range just before the half and Hooker took advantage, completing both passes to Tillman for 27 yards.
Tennessee's offense struggled against a 5-man rush, giving up three pressures, including a sack. Hooker was just 1-of-3 as well, although Warren's TD was against a 5-man rush and so was the the DPI Velus drew on a crucial fourth down.
UT also couldn't stop Kentucky's 7-man rush as both times UK brought more than UT could block. UK brought seven twice and it resulted in a sack both times. Kentucky brought six once and it resulted in an incompletion.
Tennessee's first positive rush didn't come until a 9-yard Tiyon Evans rush with 3:50 left in the second quarter (!!!!!). UT struggled on design runs, though there weren't very many of them. I considered just 53% of UT's runs to be successful.
Here's a look at how Will Levis performed through the air...
| Will Levis Passing Chart | ||
|---|---|---|
| Left 20+: 1/4, 27 yards | Middle 20+: 0/0 | Right 20+: 2/2, 59 yards |
| Left 11-20: 1/5, 15yards, TD | Middle 11-20: 4/6, 58 yards | Right 11-20: 3/3, 60 yards, TD |
| Left 0-10: 2/4, 22 yards | Middle 0-10: 2/3, 15 yards | Right 0-10: 5/8, 53 yards, INT |
| Left BLOS: 5/5, 30 yards | Middle BLOS: 1/2, 13 yards | Right BLOS: 6/7, 35 yards, TD |
Levis on third down: Levis was pretty successful on third down, as you would expect from a team that went 12-for-17 on third down for the game. Levis was not only 7-of-10 for 107 yards, but picked up a first down on 6 of his 10 third down throws.
Levis on deep balls: Again, as you can see above, Levis was 3-of-6 for 86 yards on deep balls.
Levis against pressure: Tennessee didn't get much pressure, but when it did, it really impacted Levis. And the Vols really got to Levis in the fourth quarter with three sacks when Tim Banks started to dial up some blitzes. It's what won Tennessee the game after UK converted on the 4th-and-24. Anyways, Levis was 1-of-6 for 12 yards facing pressure. He was sacked three times.
Tennessee brought a 3-man rush or 4-man rush just under 60% of the time and struggled to get home in doing so. And as a result, Levis was 6-of-8 for 79 yards and a TD against a 3-man rush, and 13-of-18 for 161 yards and a TD against a 4-man rush.
When Tennessee brought an extra pass rusher on the other hand, Levis wasn't as successful, completing just 7 of his 14 attempts for 97 yards. Byron Young's first sack came on a 5-man rush when he and Butler executed a stunt perfectly. The Vols brought five 14 times by my count.
Against a 6-man rush, Levis was just 2-of-6 for 23 yards. Young's second sack was on a 6-man blitz.
By my count, 65% of Kentucky's runs were successful on Saturday night.
Some other noteworthy stats from @SEC_StatCat on Twitter:
- Of Chris Rodriguez's 109 rushing yards, 96 came after contact...... yuck. Rodriguez had 9 of UK's 13 broken tackles. Only 25% of UK's runs saw contact behind the line of scrimmage.
- Hendon Hooker rushed for 59 yards on three scrambles and broke 4 tackles in the process
- Tennessee averaged 3.4 yards per carry BEFORE contact
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