Offensive Snaps – 60 total

QB – Brad Kaaya (60)

RB – Joseph Yearby (39), Mark Walton (21), Gage Batten (6)

WR – Herb Waters (55), Stacy Coley (38), Rashawn Scott (28), Tyre Brady (26), Braxton Berrios (6), Malcolm Lewis (3)

TE – Standish Dobard (32), Christopher Herndon (28), David Njoku (18)

OT – Sunny Odogwu (60), Trevor Darling (31)

OG – Danny Isidora (60), Kc McDermott (60), Alex Gall (29)

C – Nick Linder (60)

Defensive Snaps – 77 total

DL – Ufomba Kamalu (67), Anthony Moten (49), Calvin Heurtelou (28), Courtel Jenkins (25), Chad Thomas (23), Kendrick Norton (22), RJ McIntosh (9)

OLB – Alquadin Muhammad (60), Tyriq McCord (44), Demetrius Jackson (14)

ILB – Jermaine Grace (69), Trent Harris (49), Juwon Young (21), Mike Smith (8)

CB – Corn Elder (70), Tracy Howard (66), Sheldrick Redwine (18)

S – Rayshawn Jenkins (65), Deon Bush (50), Jamal Carter (43), Jaquan Johnson (28), Dallas Crawford (12)

Offensive Targets

Joseph Yearby – 1/1, 0 yards, 0 YBC, 0 YAC

Stacy Coley – 7/10, 132 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 2 OT, 13 YBC, 119 YAC

Stan Dobard – 2/2, 19 yards, 8 YAC, 9 YBC

Herb Waters – 5/6, 28 yards, 1 OT, 3 YBC, 25 YAC

Rashawn Scott – 2/2, 35 yards, 1 OT, 32 YBC, 5 YAC

Chris Herndon – 1/1, 4 yards, 2 OT, 1 OPI, 4 YBC, 0 YAC

Tyre Brady – 0/3, 2 OT, 1 PBU

David Njoku – 2/2, 63 yards, 24 YBC, 39 YAC

Defensive Targets

Deon Bush – 0/1, 0 yards, 1 PBU, 1 PI

Tracy Howard – 2/3, 24 yards, 1 PBU

Jermaine Grace – 2/4, 20 yards, 1 Drop

Jamal Carter – 3/5, 19 yards, 1 PBU, 1 OT

Alquadin Muhammad – 1/1, 1 yard, 1 Tip

Rayshawn Jenkins – 4/4, 61 yards, 1 OPI

Corn Elder – 0/1, 0 yards, 1 OT

Trent Harris – 1/1, 8 yards

Juwon Young – 2/2, 22 yards

QB Chart

RB Stats

Joseph Yearby had 45 yards after contact with 4 forced missed tackles. Mark Walton had 36 yards after contact with 6 forced missed tackles.

Offensive Breakdown

Miami continued to primarily use the shotgun formation, running 41 plays against 17 from under center and 2 from the pistol. While running against 2 deep safeties Miami averaged 6.7 ypc on 6 runs. With 1 deep safety Miami averaged 4.9 ypc on 21 carries. Miami featured zone running plays for the most part, averaging 6.5 on 19 runs. Miami’s blocking on toss and power plays was subpar, averaging only 1.8 ypc.

Miami’s passing game against Virginia was fairly conservative, with 7 of 30 pass attempts being WR screens. On straight drop back passes, Brad Kaaya was 12/19 for 187 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception. Against the blitz Kaaya completed 8 of 13 attempts for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns. Kaaya threw almost exclusively from the shotgun, with only 1 pass attempt coming from under center.

Defensive Breakdown

The Miami Hurricanes primary defensive formation against UVA was the 3-4, using it 35 times compared to 26 for the 4-2 and 15 for the 4-3. Virginia had a 51% success rate against the 3-4, 38% against the 4-2 and 40% against the 4-3.

The defense was fairly split in the run game, with 16 snaps being played with a 1 gap technique and 11 snaps using 2 gap. UVA averaged 3.1 against the 1 gap defense and 6.8 against the 2 gap. Miami’s defense stuffed 50% while playing 1 gap and 36% while playing 2 gap.

Against the pass Miami played 41 snaps in zone coverage, giving up 26 completions on 37 attempts for 241 yards and 1 interception. Miami only ran 8 plays in man coverage, allowing 2 of 5 passes to be completed, with 1 DPI and 1 OPI. Miami blitzed Virginia 18 times, with Virginia going 8/14 passing while giving up 2 sacks. Against 3 or 4 rushers, UVA went 18/24 with no sacks allowed and 1 inteception.

Success Rates

Stats File

The complete stat file can be found here.