NCAA stats, PFF grades, redshirt report and more

The Oklahoma Sooners had their worst performance yet in their biggest game of the season.

Texas defeated the Sooners 34-3 in the Cotton Bowl on Saturday, dropping OU to 4-2 while Texas remained undefeated at 6-0. The Longhorns kept OU out of the end zone and racked up 406 total yards of offense compared to OU’s 148 total yards.

“We couldn’t do anything lasting,” OU coach Brent Venables said after the game. “We had our chances in the first quarter and the first half.”

Here’s a look at some OU numbers – NCAA stats, Pro Football Focus grades and snap counts – following the Sooners’ ugly loss to Texas.

The Sooners recorded their best statistic – turnovers won. OU is tied for sixth with three other teams and has the most turnovers with 13, after adding one more on Saturday.

Offensively, OU’s problems continued, as the Sooners rank near the bottom in most categories. The Sooners struggle from the moment the offense takes the field with a first-down offense that ranks in the bottom 10 in the entire FBS.

OU’s offense also ranks in the bottom 15 in third-down conversion percentage, passing offense, passing yards per completion and total offense.

Pro Football Focus gave OU its worst overall grade of the season at 61.6. That’s just slightly less than the 62 the Sooners scored after their first loss to Tennessee. However, Saturday wasn’t the worst performance by any individual position group. The offense was rated at 55.3 against Texas, compared to a season-low 47.6 against Tennessee. Defensively, the Sooners posted a 68.7 rating, just slightly better than Tulane’s 68.

Offensive, Tight End Jake Roberts had the best game with a 70.5 according to PFF. Freshman receiver Zion Kearney was next at 69.2. The starting left player received the worst grade Michael Tarquinwhich received the worst grade of the season of 42.3.

Michael Hawkins Jr. played all 72 snaps alongside offensive linemen Jake Taylor, Jacob Sexton And Febechi Nwaiwu. The next highest were receivers Brenen Thompson and center Branson Hickman at 50 snapshots per piece, per PFF.

In his second career start, PFF graded Hawkins at 50.7, which was still better than the 49.9 he received after his second-quarter appearance against Tennessee. He shot 72 against Auburn in his first career start.

There were other linemen cycling through Heath Ozeta (47) and Tarquin (25). At tight end there was Farmer Sharp (46) and Roberts (40).

The Sooners are supported at receiver by Thompson (50), Kearney (42), Zion Ragins (29), JJ Hester (28), Ivan Carreon (18), Jaquaize Pettaway (16) and Jacobe Johnson (3). Johnson also logged seven snaps on defense at cornerback.

Jovantae Barnes led the running backs with 43 snaps, followed by Gavin Sawchuk (25) and Taylor Tatum (18).

Defensive, defensive back Billy Bowman Jr. He led all defensive backs with 64 snaps, according to PFF. More defensive backs included Eli Bowen (57), Peyton Bowen (50), Robert Spears Jennings (49), Kani Walker (37), Dasan McCullough (26), Dezjhon Malone (19), Johnson (7), Woody Washington (6), Makari Vickers (4), Devon Jordan (3) and Jaydan Hardy (2).

Eli Bowen He also received PFF’s best defensive grade at 85, followed by linebacker Kobie McKinzie (76.1), Bowman (74.3), defensive lineman Jayden Jackson (70.1) and Thomas (68.4).

Danny Stutsman led the linebackers by 61 snaps Kip Lewis (37), Samuel Omosigho (26), McKinzie (21), Jaren Kanak (8), Lewis Carter (6) and Track Ford (4). Although Omosigho, Carter and Ford are listed as linebackers, they played primarily as Cheetah.

It was like that on the defensive line Ethan Downs (43), Demonic Williams (36), Jackson (32), Da’Jon Terry (27), Gracen Halton (25), Caiden Woullard (15), Adepoju Adebawore (6) and David Stone (2).

Five OU freshmen either met or exceeded their redshirt limit of four games on Saturday.

Tatum and Ragins burned their redshirts as freshmen after appearing in their fifth games of the season. Hawkins, Kearney and Jordan have played in their fourth games and will therefore lose their red jerseys when they take the field again.

Carreon also got into the game, but it was only his third appearance, so he still has two games left.

Jackson, Stone, Hardy and Michael Boganowski had already burned their redshirts before Week 7.

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