Texas Longhorns at Kansas Jayhawks Statistical Recap: No Silver Lining Here

The Kansas Jayhawks have been outclassed from begin to end by the Texas Longhorns final Saturday, and no matter your ideas on the officiating, there was no method that Kansas was going to have the ability to keep in that recreation.

Nowhere is that extra clear than when wanting on the field rating. Usually I search for some good performances when diving by means of the field rating, however as a substitute this one was dangerous from begin to end. So let’s rip off the band-aid and see simply how dangerous it received.

Offense

You do not usually consider a 346 complete yard efficiency as a extremely dangerous one. However when you think about that greater than 200 of these got here in a second half that was by no means shut, and that the Jayhawks did not get their first factors till Texas had scored 41, it turns into a bit extra clear simply how dangerous this efficiency was. The Jayhawks solely had one turnover, but it surely got here on the finish of the primary half and each stopped a scoring alternative and set Texas up for one more fast rating earlier than halftime.

Passing

I assume you might say that the passing recreation was the spotlight of the offense, however given how dangerous the crew was as an entire, that is not saying a lot. The timing was off, throws have been only a contact too far, and the shortage of a quarterback operating recreation made it a lot more durable to maintain defenders trustworthy when Kansas dropped again to go.

Jalon Daniels accomplished 17 of his 26 go makes an attempt for 230 yards and a couple of landing, however he additionally threw an interception late within the first half. It was his first motion again because the harm he sustained in opposition to TCU, and you might inform that he was rusty on this recreation. He was additionally damage by the his hesitancy to drag the ball and run, which made it a lot clearer when he was passing.

Jason Bean entered within the fourth quarter and solely accomplished 1 of his 3 go makes an attempt. He totaled simply 12 yards.

Quentin Skinner led the Jayhawks in receiving yards, because of an enormous 55 yard reception that got here on the second landing drive of the evening. He completed with 4 receptions for 98 yards.

Mason Fairchild led the crew in receptions with 5. He gained a complete of 48 yards, with most of them coming in a protracted drive within the first half that ended with a missed Jacob Borcila area objective.

Jared Casey was solely credited with one reception for 9 yards, however he had a landing catch known as again on a bogus ineligible man downfield name late within the first half.

Lawrence Arnold‘s solely reception on the evening was a 42 yard catch on the proper sideline that kickstarted the primary landing drive for Kansas.

Luke Grimm caught 3 passes for 22 yards and a landing. Torry Locklin additionally caught a single reception for a landing, this time for 12 yards.

Speeding

The operating recreation was held in test many of the evening, with the Texas line of defense pushing Kansas round for many of the day. The Jayhawks could not decide up essential yards in key conditions, and the longest run of the day was 15 yards.

Devin Neal led all rushers, however solely had 13 carries for 51 yards.

Ky Thomas  had 6 carries for simply 15 yards.

Sevion Morrison had 5 carries for 11 yards, Daniels ran twice for simply 12 yards, and Locklin had three carries for simply 10 yards.

Protection

The run protection was atrocious on this recreation, giving up 427 complete yards, together with 243 to Bijan Robinson and 108 to Jonathon Brooks. The duo scored 6 touchdowns on the bottom. The one motive the passing protection solely gave up 112 yards on the day was as a result of Texas ran 57 speeding performs to only 22 passing performs.

Kenny Logan Jr. led the way in which with 10 tackles on this recreation. Lorenzo McCaskill was the subsequent highest at 7 tackles. OJ Burroughs and Marvin Grant have been the one different gamers to get greater than 5 tackles.

Kansas solely had two tackles for loss on the day, one by Grant and one other by DJ Withers. Wealthy Miller was credited with the one QB hurry on the day.

Particular Groups

The particular groups have been terrible on this recreation, because the kicking scenario devolved a lot that Lance Leipold was pressured to make a change.

Reis Vernon had three punts on the day, however he received none contained in the 20. All have been returned, with Xavier Worthy getting one notably lengthy 22 yard return to provide Texas nice area place.

Tabor Allen had 4 touchbacks on his 5 kickoffs.

Jacob Borcila missed his solely area objective try, a 34-yard strive late within the first half.

Owen Piepergerdes entered the sport to deal with further level duties, and made each of them.

The Jayhawks have one final probability to place an excellent efficiency collectively within the common season. They finish the common season this Saturday on the street in Manhattan in opposition to the Kansas State Wildcats. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00pm Central.

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