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Published Oct 30, 2019
Arkansas-Mississippi State star power, PFF grades, stat comparison
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Andrew Hutchinson  •  HawgBeat
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In anticipation of this weekend's matchup, HawgBeat compared the starting lineups for Arkansas and Mississippi State using the players' star ratings as recruits and their Pro Football Focus grades from this season.

We also did a side-by-side statistical comparison of the two teams.

Stat Comparison - Mississippi State | Arkansas (FBS rank, out of 130)

Offense

Scoring: 25.5 (t-90th) | 22.5 (t-106th)

Total yards: 378.8 (88th) | 363.8 (98th)

Passing: 192.1 (106th) | 232.5 (65th)

Rushing: 186.6 (46th) | 131.3 (104th)

Third downs: 35.96% (100th) | 36.04% (99th)

Sacks allowed: 22 (109th) | 14 (t-48th)

Turnovers: 18 (t-122nd) | 17 (t-119th)

Defense

Scoring: 31.0 (t-98th) | 32.9 (107th)

Total yards: 402.3 (73rd) | 418.6 (89th)

Passing: 243.1 (89th) | 227.5 (71st)

Rushing: 159.1 (63rd) | 191.1 (97th)

Third downs: 38.6% (73rd) | 43.3% (100th)

Sacks: 13 (t-92nd) | 18 (t-52nd)

Turnovers: 16 (t-13th) | 12 (t-55th)

Star Comparison (using Rivals ratings)

Star Comparison - Mississippi State vs. Arkansas
Mississippi StateStarsArkansasStars

QB Garrett Shrader

4

QB Ben Hicks

3

RB Kylin Hill (5.5)

3

RB Rakeem Boyd (5.5)

3

TE Farrod Green

2

TE Cheyenne O'Grady

4

WR Deddrick Thomas

3

WR Trey Knox

4

WR Stephen Guidry

3

WR Treylon Burks

4

WR Osirus Mitchell (5.5)

3

WR Mike Woods (5.6)

3

LT Tyre Phillips (5.6)

3

LT Myron Cunningham (5.5)

3

LG Dareuan Parker (5.5)

3

LG Austin Capps (5.7)

3

C Darryl Williams

3

C Ty Clary

2

RG Stewart Reese

4

RG Ricky Stromberg

3

RT Greg Eiland (5.5)

3

RT Dalton Wagner (5.6)

3

DE Marquiss Spencer (5.9)

4

DE Mataio Soli (5.8)

4

DE Chauncey Rivers

4

DE Gabe Richardson

2

DT Lee Autry

3

DT McTelvin Agim

4

NG Fabien Lovett (5.7)

3

DT T.J. Smith (5.5)

3

MLB Erroll Thompson (5.6)

3

MLB De'Jon Harris (5.6)

3

WLB Willie Gay Jr. (5.9)

4

WLB Bumper Pool (5.8)

4

NB Brian Cole II

3

NB Greg Brooks Jr.

4

CB Cameron Dantzler

3

CB Montaric Brown

4

CB Martin Emerson (5.6)

3

CB Jarques McClellion (5.6)

3

SS Jaquarius Landrews (5.5)

3

SS Kamren Curl (5.7)

3

FS C.J. Morgan (5.7)

3

FS Joe Foucha (5.7)

3

Breakdown

Tied: 4

Arkansas: 10

Mississippi State: 8

Pro Football Focus Comparison (using season grades)

Team Grades (Mississippi State | Arkansas)

Overall: 73.2 | 72.5

Offense: 72.2 | 66.9

Passing: 66.9 | 58.9

Rushing: 75.5 | 74.2

Receiving: 68.3 | 64.2

Pass blocking: 64.9 | 62.4

Run blocking: 64.7 | 63.2

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