While the Oregon defense has been very effective through its first four games this season, a closer look reveals one key issue that may come back to bite the Ducks later this year.
Despite allowing just 9.25 points per game, Oregon’s ability to stuff the run has been cause for concern so far this fall per Game on Paper, an online source for advanced college football analytics.
According to the site’s latest update, the Ducks “stuff percentage,” a measurement of how often a defense stops a rushing play at or behind the line of scrimmage, ranks well below the 50th percentile. That number is easily the lowest of any included in Game on Paper’s offensive and defensive profiles for Oregon, which are otherwise very impressive…