Player Participation (and Statistical Interests) after 2 games
I was wondering how many players have played so far so I did some digging on mgoblue.com and found that:
- 103 different players have played at least one of the first two games.
- Freshmen Participation:
- 19 have played
- 13 both games: D Clemons, W Johnson, Sabb, Micah Pollard, A Walker, D Moore, K Jones, T Morris, C Loveland, CJ Stokes, J Rolder, M Graham, K Grant
- 6 just one: A Orji, D Spurlock, M Klein, Myles Pollard, N Andrighetto, C Jones,
- 17 have not played
- 19 have played
- Sophomores 26 have played, 9 have not
- Juniors 20 have, 5 have not
- Seniors 18 have, 4 have not
- Grad/5th Students 20 have, 2 have not
- No players have played wearing numbers
- #38, 43, 46, 57, 59, 64, 66, 70, 71, 73, 75, 92, 93 are on the roster.
- 63, 67, 68, 69, 97 are not worn by anyone according to the roster.
- Retired #11, 21, 47, 48, 87, 98 are not worn
- Freshmen Participation:
Statistically, some things I found interesting:
- 4 QBs have attempted passes and 3 of them have completions of over 50 yards)
- 13 different players have a rushing attempt
- 7 have rushing TDs
- 5 different players have rushes of 20+ yards.
- 16 different players have a reception - 4 have receiving TDs
- 10 have 2 or more (led by Bell with 7 receptions)
- Max Bredeson has the second highest yds/rec on the team (29.5 to Roman Wilson's 35.7)
- In all, 10 different players have scored TDs
- 3 different kickers have scored (Moody, Anderson, Doman)
- 38 different players have recorded tackles
- 33 have at least one unassisted tackle
- 12 different players have at least 0.5 TFL (led by Mike Morris with 3)
- 11 different players have at least 0.5 sacks (led by 5 players with 1)
Perhaps after UConn I'll check again if work gets boring. Go Blue
September 12th, 2022 at 1:18 PM ^
Interesting. Thank you for doing this.
So there are 36 Freshmen on the roster. How many redshirts?
10 different players with TDs. So at least one has a rushing and a receiving TD. Who leads the pack in TDs?
September 12th, 2022 at 1:21 PM ^
Roman Wilson has 3 TDs
Corum and Edwards have 2
Johnson, Turner, Bell, Gash, Orji, McCarthy, and Stokes have 1 each
September 12th, 2022 at 1:18 PM ^
I don't see any statistics on whether we are "out hitting" our opponents. Where do we stand in that regard.
Too soon?
September 12th, 2022 at 1:40 PM ^
He doesn't look amused. I wonder why?
September 12th, 2022 at 2:29 PM ^
Never in my worst dreams did I think that I would start feeling sorry for this guy, but I have started to. Wonder where he goes from here. (Probably not home to Nebraska.)
September 12th, 2022 at 1:35 PM ^
That coach is at his mom’s house and unavailable for comment.
September 12th, 2022 at 3:08 PM ^
I wanna see the vomit numbers
September 12th, 2022 at 1:18 PM ^
Not sure that this shows anything other than that we played two absolutely terrible teams, got up quickly on both, and emptied the benches for large chunks of the game.
That said, I would be curious to see how our player participation plays out over the course of the season. Many of these kids will play in 4 or less games so as to preserve their redshirt years.
September 12th, 2022 at 1:22 PM ^
What this shows to me is that
- 103 different players have played at least one of the first two games.
- Freshmen Participation:
- 19 have played
- 13 both games: D Clemons, W Johnson, Sabb, Micah Pollard, A Walker, D Moore, K Jones, T Morris, C Loveland, CJ Stokes, J Rolder, M Graham, K Grant
- 6 just one: A Orji, D Spurlock, M Klein, Myles Pollard, N Andrighetto, C Jones,
- 17 have not played
- 19 have played
- Sophomores 26 have played, 9 have not
- Juniors 20 have, 5 have not
- Seniors 18 have, 4 have not
- Grad/5th Students 20 have, 2 have not
- No players have played wearing numbers
- #38, 43, 46, 57, 59, 64, 66, 70, 71, 73, 75, 92, 93 are on the roster.
- 63, 67, 68, 69, 97 are not worn by anyone according to the roster.
- Retired #11, 21, 47, 48, 87, 98 are not worn
- Freshmen Participation:
Statistically, some things I found interesting:
- 4 QBs have attempted passes and 3 of them have completions of over 50 yards)
- 13 different players have a rushing attempt
- 7 have rushing TDs
- 5 different players have rushes of 20+ yards.
- 16 different players have a reception - 4 have receiving TDs
- 10 have 2 or more (led by Bell with 7 receptions)
- Max Bredeson has the second highest yds/rec on the team (29.5 to Roman Wilson's 35.7)
- In all, 10 different players have scored TDs
- 3 different kickers have scored (Moody, Anderson, Doman)
- 38 different players have recorded tackles
- 33 have at least one unassisted tackle
- 12 different players have at least 0.5 TFL (led by Mike Morris with 3)
- 11 different players have at least 0.5 sacks (led by 5 players with 1)
September 12th, 2022 at 1:37 PM ^
One QB had a screen pass that went for 50+ yards. Maybe that should only count on the receiver statistics.
Too soon?
September 12th, 2022 at 3:11 PM ^
I think the real key to this data would be what did these numbers look in past seasons...are we so good now that we're playing more players in games because we have that luxury and we can? Or is this all just par for the course?
September 12th, 2022 at 3:39 PM ^
I had a little time and it seemed like an interesting question so I checked mgoblue.com for participation for 2021
Results:
109 different players saw the field in 2021
- 25 Freshmen
- 13 Freshmen just appeared in one game
- 3 appeared in two games
- 2 appeared in three games
- 1 appeared in four
- 6 saw significant action
- 26 Sophomores
- 26 Juniors
- 18 Seniors
- 15 listed as Graduate or 5th Year
Of the 25 Freshmen, here's how Games Participated went:
So, for Freshmen participation, we might be a little ahead of that pace.
It's great if even the redshirt guys can get more time on the field.
September 12th, 2022 at 3:47 PM ^
Should have added this:
6 Freshmen didn't play in any games in 2021:
Davis Warren (QB)
Tommy Doman (K/P)
Trevor Andrews (DB)
Noah Howes (TE)
Alexander Lidback (LB)
Peter Simmons (OL)
Ike Iwunnah (DL)
Warren, Doman, and Howes have played in one game this year.
The others are all still on the roster but have not yet seen game action.
September 12th, 2022 at 1:25 PM ^
Time for the other 37 players to get in the game this Saturday.
September 12th, 2022 at 1:29 PM ^
Thanks for this and I look forward further editions. Don't know why I've always been a roster geek… It comes in handy when I'm stuck waiting in line somewhere and I try to count in my head how many freshmen have burned their redshirts or some such thing.
September 12th, 2022 at 1:32 PM ^
Interesting info - thanks for the summary! The tough thing is that they include walk-ons in this data so you're not really sure how this translates to a true depth chart.
It does appear that those freshmen who didn't appear in both games are on track to redshirt. That does seem to make sense based on their positions and development also.
September 12th, 2022 at 1:39 PM ^
A good number of freshmen getting valuable experience and not just in garbage time (well, I guess all game against Hawaii was garbage time).
Did anyone notice Will Johnson doesn't put his mouthpiece in during the play? It just dangles from his facemask. Not sure why he wouldn't have it in his mouth.
September 12th, 2022 at 2:41 PM ^
About half the players in college football do this, usually DB's and WR's it seems. It's probably become a fad at this point, so a lot of copycatting going on. If having your mouthpiece in does help safety-wise, you'd think it'd be a requirement. It does look silly with all these guys running around with their mouthpieces flopping in the wind. There was an Alabaman DB last year that kept his stuck in a hole in the back of his helmet at all times.
September 12th, 2022 at 1:42 PM ^
Surprised to not see Zeke Berry on the list. I cannot recall if he was getting much camp buzz, but a lot of folks thought he would be pushing hard for the 2-deep at safety or nickel. Maybe he is injured? - not that it is likely Harbaugh shares any info.
No Damani Dent either, but at least with him there was speculation of an injury based off of a cryptic tweet about perseverance (or similar) from him during camp.
Was hoping to see both get some reps this season. I don’t think we are likely to lose any of Paige, Moten, and Moore after this season but safety depth is non-existent behind them except for the freshmen.
September 12th, 2022 at 1:44 PM ^
Speaking of player participation, Jim mentioned today that Donovan Edwards was working through something. Was there an obvious injury on the field?
September 12th, 2022 at 2:25 PM ^
They mentioned on the broadcast that he was potentially dealing with an injury - sometime after his big catch and TD score.
That is why Stokes got so much run early in the second half with Cade when you might have expected to see Donavan. FWIW I did not see anything on rewatch that indicated he was hurt -- maybe a delayed thing from the hard landing on the catch.
Definitely something to monitor but shouldn't be a huge deal until maybe Iowa?
September 12th, 2022 at 1:49 PM ^
Lots of new TED stickers handed out!
September 12th, 2022 at 1:52 PM ^
Player participation > participation trophy
September 12th, 2022 at 3:58 PM ^
I think your jr numbers are wrong. Should be 21 played, 4 have not.
And there's only 2 interesting omissions imo, Ike Iwunnah and Zeke Berry.
September 12th, 2022 at 4:24 PM ^
Ike Iwunnah is listed on the roster as a Sophomore for 2022.
Here are the 20 Juniors who have played and the 5 who have not. Not sure which one you have as misplaced:
NHG will play but he hasn't yet. I just double checked the other 5
September 12th, 2022 at 5:20 PM ^
Hmm you're right. I must have miscounted. I made sure not to count NHG cause I knew he was hurt, but maybe counted Rolapp.
And yeah I knew Ike was a sophmore just meant it was interesting he hasn't played cause he's the oldest non-injured scholarship player on the roster to not play.