The Minnesota Golden Gophers came out of the bye week at full speed as they dismantled the Maryland Terrapins 48-23 at Huntington Bank Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The win helped Minnesota improve to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in conference play ahead of next week’s trip to No. 20 Illinois and was fueled by plenty of performances that were honored in this week’s Pro Football Focus grades.
Let’s take a look at the top 10-graded players for offense and defense, based on a minimum of 10 snaps played. For reference, a grade of 60.0 is considered average while those in the 30s are very poor and those in the 90s are elite.
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Offense
- QB Max Brosmer: 93.0
- TE Nick Kallerup: 85.9
- WR Daniel Jackson: 82.2
- RT Quinn Carroll: 80.5
- LT Aireontae Ersery: 74.5
- RG Ashton Beers: 72.6
- WR Elijah Spencer: 70.0
- RB Darius Taylor: 68.6
- TE Jameson Geers: 67.7
- C Greg Johnson: 60.5
Brosmer was the star of Saturday’s win, throwing for 320 yards and four touchdowns, but he received equally high praise from PFF. Brosmer was the nation’s second-highest graded quarterback of Week 9 behind Arkansas’ Taylen Green and didn’t have a single turnover-worthy play on 34 dropbacks.