West Virginia battled back but fell short in the Frisco Bowl 42-37 to Memphis to finish to the 2024 6-7 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 5/10 passes over 20+ yards in the air for 143 yards and a touchdown and an interception. Greene connected on all four of such throws to the deep right for 120 yards and a score.
--Greene was 6-8 on passes from between 10-19 yards in the air for 90 yards and a score. He was 13-15 on passes thrown from 0-9 yards for 74 more yards and 4-5 for 18 yards on those thrown behind the line of scrimmage.
--Greene had a total of 8 big-time throws or a pass with excellent ball location and timing, generally thrown further down the field and/or into a tighter window. He had just 11 in all other games this season combined.
--When blitzed, Greene completed 7-12 passes on 13 dropbacks for 112 yards and a touchdown. He was under pressure on just 8 of 44 dropbacks and completed 3-5 passes for 55 yards.
--The average depth of the target was 11.4 yards.
--Greene had 3 passes dropped which raises his adjusted completion percentage to 81.6 from 71.8.
--A total of 17 of his 28 completions traveled for first downs.
--Greene had 7 play-action dropbacks and completed 5-7 for 28 yards and a score.
RUSHING:
--Out of the 210 rushing yards, a total of 70 came after contact for an average of 1.94 yards after contact per attempt.
--West Virginia ball carriers forced just a total of four missed tackles.
--Only 5 of the 36 total rushes traveled 10+ yards.
--Of the 96 rushing yards by Garrett Greene, a total of 92 were off scrambles and just 4 on designed running plays.
--A total of 8 of CJ Donaldson's 21 carries resulted in first downs.
RECEIVING:
--West Virginia targeted the tight end 7 times for 4 catches for 44 yards. Through the 13-game season, the Mountaineers connected with the tight end position a total of 47 times for 510 yards and 3 touchdowns with Kole Taylor accounting for all but 57 of those yards and all 3 of the touchdowns.
--The Mountaineers completed just one pass to the running back position for 5 yards.
--Sophomore Hudson Clement was targeted a team-high 14 times, which resulted in 11 catches for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns. His average depth of target was 15.4 yards. On his routes, Clement spent 36 out wide and 4 in the slot.
--Just 62 of the 319 receiving yards came after the catch.
--The Mountaineers hauled in 4 of 8 contested catches with four different players grabbing one during the course of the game.
--A total of 8 of the 11 catches by Clement traveled for a first down.
--West Virginia pass catchers did not force a missed tackle.
--Three different pass catchers had a single drop.
BLOCKING:
--West Virginia kept Garrett Greene clean on 36 of 44 dropbacks or 81.8 percent. The Mountaineers did not permit a sack and allowed only two tackles for loss.
--Greene had on average 2.70 seconds to throw.
--West Virginia had success running in the gap between the center and right guard at 9 carries for 55 yards and a touchdown as well as behind the right guard with 3 carries for 15 yards. Off the ends, the Mountaineers were at 5 carries for 8 yards and a touchdown on the left side and 6 carries for 19 yards on the right.
--Tomas Rimac led the way in pass blocking at 87.9 across 45 snaps and Johnny Williams led the way in run blocking across 35 snaps at 62.9.
DEFENSE:
--West Virginia blitzed 7 times on 32 dropbacks and Memphis completed 4-6 passes for 95 yards with a touchdown. On the season, the Mountaineers have now blitzed 23 times on 434 dropbacks.
--The Mountaineers missed a total of 10 tackles.
--Memphis completed 75-percent of their passes and averaged 16.3 yards per completion.
--Dontez Fagan allowed 3-4 passes to be completed in his coverage for 68 yards, while Anthony Wilson allowed just one pass in his coverage to be completed for 89 yards.
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