At the one third point, how our players rank nationally compared to positional peers according to PFF, listed by percentile:
David Bailey - 99th
Collin Wright - 94th
Gaethan Bernadel - 74th
Clay Patterson - 73rd
Ismail Cisse - 69th
Braden Marceau-Olayinka - 59th
Connor McLaughlin - 57th
Levi Rogers - 49th
Jay Green - 48th
Scotty Edwards - 47th
Tristan Sinclair - 47th
Wilfredo Aybar - 47th
Tobin Phillips - 46th
Zach Rowell - 45th
Ashton Daniels - 45th
Anthony Franklin - 44th
Elic Ayomanor - 43rd
Mitch Leigber - 41st
Micah Ford - 36th
Simione Pale - 25th
Zahran Manley - 24th
Luke Baklenko - 19th
Sam Roush - 18th
Ernest Cooper - 17th
Kahlil House - 16th
Tevarua Tafiti - 15th
Jake Maikkula - 10th
Jack Leyrer - 9th
Aaron Morris - 7th
As discussed elsewhere, PFF is flattering to Daniels compared to other metrics but Daniels’ defenders could reasonably view this as external validation he isn’t close to the weakest link. Other metrics would have him at the bottom.
Among kickers, Emmett Kenney is 97th percentile in field goals and Flintoft is 89th percentile in punting, which I think is worth sharing but not apples to apples with offense and defense.
Obviously Bailey and Wright have had our best seasons.
Obviously we all are tracking that one of our best players is benched while the guy at his position is bottom quintile of all tackles nationally.
The front seven has emerged as the strength of the team, especially when you consider Wright’s style kind of makes him an honorary box player.
Tafiti, Cooper, and Roush are such disappointments.
No point bagging on Morris. He’s doing a lot more than his recruiting profile would have predicted. We just have awful cornerback depth behind Wright and Manley.
