West Virginia fell at home to Baylor 49-35 and dropped to 5-5 on the season. WVSports.com takes a look at some of the advanced statistics to get a snapshot of the game as well as the season moving forward.
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PASSING:
--Redshirt senior quarterback Garrett Greene completed 3-5 passes over 20+ yards in the air for 86 yards.
--On passes thrown 10-20 yards in the air Greene was 5-10 for 62 yard with 2 touchdowns and an interception.
--Greene had a total of 3 passes dropped which would have increased his completion percentage to 62.9-percent.
--Greene had an average depth of target of 10.2 yards.
--In play-action situations, Greene was 5-8 for 79 yards and a touchdown on 10 dropbacks. Greene completed only one screen pass for 8 yards.
--When blitzed, Greene was 6-15 on 22 dropbacks for 63 yards.
--A total of 12 of the 19 completions traveled for first downs.
RUSHING:
--Out of the 283 rushing yards, a total of 201 came after contact for an average of 4.47 yards after contact per attempt.
--Greene scrambled on 7 of his 50 dropbacks.
--The Mountaineers forced a total of 14 missed tackles, 7 of which came from Greene. CJ Donaldson and Jahiem White combined for 7.
--West Virginia had 11 runs of over 10+ yards with 7 from Greene. Each of the running backs had 2 a piece.
--Out of the 150 yards not including sacks for Greene, a total of 87 came on designed runs and 63 were on scrambles.
--A total of 19 of the 45 attempts traveled for first downs.
RECEIVING:
--West Virginia targeted the tight end 10 times for 5 catches for 56 yards and a touchdown. Through ten games, the Mountaineers have now connected with the position 39 times for 450 yards and 3 touchdowns with Kole Taylor accounting for all but 57 of those yards and all 3 of the touchdowns.
--West Virginia targeted the running back 3 times, resulting in 2 catches for 13 yards.
--Hudson Clement hauled in 3 of his 7 targets for 71 yards.
--Only 60 of the 237 receiving yards came after the catch.
--The Mountaineers made only 2 of the 8 contested catch situations one from Justin Robinson and one from Preston Fox.
--Pass catchers forced only a total of 5 missed tackles with 3 coming from Kole Taylor and 2 from Jahiem White.
--A total of 10 of the 19 receptions resulted in first downs.
--Kole Taylor (2) and Justin Robinson (1) were charged with drops.
BLOCKING:
--West Virginia kept Garrett Greene clean on just 29 of 50 dropbacks or 58-percent.
--Greene had on average 3.42 seconds to throw.
--West Virginia had success with 5 carries for 46 yards and a touchdown behind the right guard, 7 for 54 yards in the gap between the center and right guard, 3 for 21 behind the left guard and 3 for 20 in the gap between the center and left guard.
--Two of the touchdowns came off the left end but overall the Mountaineers had 10 carries for 25 yards.
--Brandon Yates paced the team in pass blocking at 81.3 across 40 snaps, while Nick Malone topped in run blocking at 77.2 across 39 snaps.
--Ja'Quay Hubbard was charged with allowing a sack.
--The offensive line allowed 13 pressures.
DEFENSE:
--West Virginia blitzed 10 times on 37 dropbacks and Baylor completed 5-10 passes for 102 yards and two touchdowns. On the season, the Mountaineers have now blitzed 97 times on 339 dropbacks.
--West Virginia missed a total of 11 tackles.
--Sean Martin was credited with the only sack.
--Jacolby Spells allowed both passes thrown in his coverage to be completed for 53 yards and a touchdown. Garnett Hollis allowed 3-5 to be completed for 68 yards and a score.
--The Mountaineers recorded a total of 3 pass breakups one each from Hollis, Dontez Fagan and Tryin Bradley.
--The defense was penalized only once.
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