A look at the grades from Pro Football Focus for the Longhorns in the 2024 season.

16 total games and north of 1,000 snaps on both sides of the football. Let's see how the Longhorns stack up. I will start by snap leaders, then add the offensive or defensive grade for the season in parenthesis afterwards.

I will add just the players north of 100 snaps on the season, anyone who wants to see specific players below that snap threshold, let me know and I will add them in the comments.

Offense

1,169 possible offensive snaps.

• 1,067 – LG Hayden Conner (70.9)
• 1,054 – TE Gunnar Helm (62.8)
• 1,042 – C Jake Majors (72.7)
• 975 – RT Cameron Williams (67.4)
• 935 – LT Kelvin Banks (86.0)
• 901 – QB Quinn Ewers (72.7)
• 854 – WR Matthew Golden (74.0)
• 809 – RG DJ Campbell (68.3)
• 624 – RB Tre Wisner (80.8)
• 618 – WR Ryan Wingo (64.6)
• 527 – WR Isaiah Bond (68.9)
• 522 – WR DeAndre Moore (65.0)
• 429 – RB Jaydon Blue (73.2)
• 409 – TE Juan Davis (42.2)
• 389 – OG Cole Hutson (61.7)
• 319 – OT Trevor Goosby (62.6)
• 253 – WR Silas Bolden (73.8)
• 233 – QB Arch Manning (88.0)
• 127 – RB Jerrick Gibson (71.1)
• 114 – WR Johntay Cook (69.9)

 

Defense

Out of 1,066 defensive snaps this season.

• 972 – CB Jahdae Barron (90.8)
• 897 – CB Malik Muhammad (71.7)
• 867 – LB Anthony Hill Jr. (72.9)
• 829 – DB Michael Taaffe (87.9)
• 712 – DB Andrew Mukuba (90.0)
• 690 – CB Jaylon Guilbeau (66.1)
• 674 – EDGE Trey Moore (75.0)
• 651 – EDGE Barryn Sorrell (71.4)
• 592 – DL Alfred Collins (87.2)
• 589 – DL Vernon Broughton (86.1)
• 506 – LB Liona Lefau (63.9)
• 477 – DB Jelani McDonald (71.8)
• 472 – EDGE Colin Simmons (82.5)
• 471 – DL Jermayne Lole (74.8)
• 324 – EDGE Ethan Burke (64.6)
• 314 – LB David Gbenda (81.7)
• 290 – CB Gavin Holmes (64.8)
• 259 – DL Bill Norton (61.7)
• 202 – LB Morice Blackwell Jr. (56.1)
• 110 – CB Kobe Black (67.5)
• 98 – DB Derek Williams Jr. (74.8)
• 94 – DL Alex January (63.2)

 

5 Highest rated offensive players:

1. QB Arch Manning (88.0)
2. LT Kelvin Banks (86.0)
3. RB Tre Wisner (80.8)
4. WR Matthew Golden (74.0)
5. WR Silas Bolden (73.8)

5 Highest rated defensive players:

1. CB Jahdae Barron (90.8)
2. DB Andrew Mukuba (90.0)
3. DB Michael Taaffe (87.9)
4. DL Alfred Collins (87.2)
5. DL Vernon Broughton (86.1)

Texas graded as the 19th best offense in 2024 per PFF.

The Longhorns were the 4th ranked defense.

Special teams ranked 26th.

3 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

5 Highest rated defensive players:

1. CB Jahdae Barron (90.8)
2. DB Andrew Mukuba (90.0)
3. DB Michael Taaffe (87.9)
4. DL Alfred Collins (87.2)
5. DL Vernon Broughton (86.1)

The 512 islands. What a special group 🤘

PFF is great for grading certain positions better than others. Seeing Johntay rated higher than Wingo this year is laughable.

18 minutes ago, goattalk100 said:

PFF is great for grading certain positions better than others. Seeing Johntay rated higher than Wingo this year is laughable.

I think they're generally pretty bad when it comes to OL, WR, and CB/N

 

Edited January 13, 20251 yr by Hashtag

Would you be able to share the totals for Baker, January, Vasek and Ty Smith?

22 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

I think they're generally pretty bad when it comes to OL, WR, and CB/N

 

Yea they’re pretty hit or miss at those positions for sure. I thought the Wingo grade was really odd because earlier this year midway through the year he was the highest rated freshman receiver in the country.

37 minutes ago, goattalk100 said:

Yea they’re pretty hit or miss at those positions for sure. I thought the Wingo grade was really odd because earlier this year midway through the year he was the highest rated freshman receiver in the country.

Wingo’s change in rating is easy to understand.  He lit it up versus CSU and UTSA and then disappeared when the level of competition increased.  The last 12 games of the year he averaged less than 2 catches and 30 yards per game.  Lots of talent but need to see production too.  

27 minutes ago, tsip92 said:

Wingo’s change in rating is easy to understand.  He lit it up versus CSU and UTSA and then disappeared when the level of competition increased.  The last 12 games of the year he averaged less than 2 catches and 30 yards per game.  Lots of talent but need to see production too.  

I get it but the thing with PFF grades is it’s not simply down to performance in terms of catches & yards. That factors in heavily to ratings but when Wingo was leading in rating at the time, he didn’t have more yards than Smith or Williams but was rated higher.

PFF is certainly somewhat useful.

I suggest that the very high grades of the DBs reflect not merely their individual talent but their communication and teamwork, which we noted nearly all season, gleefully, at times.  

8 hours ago, goattalk100 said:

PFF is great for grading certain positions better than others. Seeing Johntay rated higher than Wingo this year is laughable.

I listened to a podcast where a NFL executive said that PFF grades aren’t anywhere close to accurate as to how they grade players. 

"PFF sucks.  Have a great day everybody" - J.J. Watt

 

Thanks so much CJ!

Really interesting, in particular Juan Davis and Helm being so low. What are you thoughts overall?

@CJ Vogel Did Livingstone or Butler log any snaps this season?