Arizona never led in a 39-14 loss at Iowa State on Saturday, its first setback of the 2025 season. And not surprisingly the result produced some of the worst grades of the year, according to Pro Football Focus. The Wildcats earned an overall 69.7 grade, lowest since last year’s Territorial Cup. The 63.3 for the […]
Arizona never led in a 39-14 loss at Iowa State on Saturday, its first setback of the 2025 season. And not surprisingly the result produced some of the worst grades of the year, according to Pro Football Focus.
The Wildcats earned an overall 69.7 grade, lowest since last year’s Territorial Cup. The 63.3 for the offense and 71.8 for the defense were also season lows, though the UA did post its best season grades for pass blocking (84.6) as Noah Fifita was not sacked and run defense (84.0) despite allowing five short rushing touchdowns.
Below are the snap counts and PFF grades from all players who participated on offense and defense, as well as some individual superlatives.
Offense
- x-RT Tristan Bounds (72, 77.8)
- x-LT Ty Buchanan (72, 73.9)
- x-LG Chubba Maae (72, 71.3)
- x-QB Noah Fifita (72, 70.0)
- x-RG Alexander Doost (72, 61.9)
- x-C Ka’ena Decambra (72, 59.9)
- x-WR Kris Hutson (61, 56.0)
- x-WR Nunu Whatley (47, 56.7)
- x-WR Chris Hunter (45, 56.2)
- x-RB Ismail Mahdi (42, 65.0)
- x-TE Sam Olson (36, 48.3)
- RB Quincy Craig (30, 51.7)
- TE Keyan Burnett (29, 47.7)
- WR Tre Spivey (27, 66.2)
- WR Luke Wysong (24, 63.5)
- WR Isaiah Mizell (7, 57.8)
- TE Cameron Barmore (7, 55.4)
- WR Brandon Phelps (4, 60.3)
- WR Gio Richardson (1, 60.5)
Defense
- x-S Genesis Smith (71, 67.6)
- x-S Dalton Johnson (69, 81.0)
- x-S Treydan Stukes (68, 78.1)
- x-LB Max Harris (62, 80.0)
- x-CB Ayden Garnes (61, 49.6)
- x-DE Tre Smith (60, 67.5)
- x-CB Michael Dansby (56, 63.9)
- x-LB Taye Brown (49, 57.2)
- x-DT Tia Savea (49, 53.3)
- DT Leroy Palu (44, 57.9)
- x-DT Deshawn McKnight (32, 76.5)
- x-LB Dominic Lolesio (30, 65.6)
- LB Riley Wilson (27, 60.7)
- LB Chase Kennedy (25, 77.1)
- CB Marquis Groves-Killebrew (25, 40.8)
- DE Malachi Bailey (20, 59.3)
- DT Julian Savaiinaea (17, 42.8)
- DE Mays Pese (14, 55.4)
- y-LB Myron Robinson (1, 60.4)
(x-starter; y-2025 debut)
Top overall grades (min. 20 snaps): S Dalton Johnson (81.0), LB Max Harris (80.0), S Treydan Stukes (78.1) RT Tristan Bounds (77.8), LB Chase Kennedy (77.1)
Top pass blocking: Bounds (88.1), C Ka’ena Decambra (82.5), LT Ty Buchanan (82.2)
Top run blocking: LG Chubba Maae (73.9), Bounds (68.5), Buchanan (66.4)
Top pass rushing: LB Riley Wilson (74.2), S Treydan Stukes (73.7), DT Mays Pese (67.4)
Top run defense: LB Max Harris (89.8), S Dalton Johnson (87.6), CB Michael Dansby (80.6)
Top tackling: Stukes (84.0), Wilson (80.7), Johnson (77.8)
Top coverage: Stukes (72.1), Johnson (71.4), S Genesis Smith (66.4)
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