Pro Football Focus dishes out Michigan-Michigan State Grades
Pro Football Focus grades every player in every game for both the NFL and college football and late last night, the grades were given out for the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry Saturday afternoon.
The Wolverines defeated the Spartans, 32-23, but Michigan State played with its rivals for most of the game outside of the second quarter, where Michigan won the quarter, 20-3.
Below are the top offensive and defensive grades for both teams, via PFF’s Steve Palazzolo:
Michigan State
Top offensive grades:
RB L.J. Scott, 78.4
WR R.J. Shelton, 75.5
RT Miguel Machado, 74.8
TE Josiah Price, 74.0
LG Brian Allen, 74.8
Top defensive grades
DI Malik McDowell, 79.2
S Grayson Miller, 74.8
CB Darian Hicks, 71.3
LB Ed Davis, 70.9
DI Brandon Clemons, 68.7
Michigan
Top offensive grades
WR Amara Darboh, 86.1
RT Erik Magnuson, 80.4
TE Jake Butt, 78.7
RG Kyle Kalis, 75.4
RB De’Veon Smith, 74.4
Top defensive grades
ED Taco Charlton, 84.9
DI Maurice Hurst, 83.3
LB Jabrill Peppers, 78.8
CB Channing Stribling, 78.2
CB Jourdan Lewis, 74.2
More in-depth descriptions of how each of the top players played can be found here.