NCAA Identities 2021 – Defense

You have likely seen the series highlighting both NFL and NCAA team’s identities from the lens a coach would (base) scout an opponent. This week we finish up with the NCAA Defense, which I greatly simplified per popular feedback. Again, I have every data point listed as a rank (as wordpress is very goofy with charts, and needed a quick depiction of relative magnitude).

Similar to the NCAA Identities 2021 – Offense, the that is only concerning gameplay within 16 points between teams, and in the first 3 downs and quarters of games.

DB Count/PersonnelBox SizePass Rusher #Blitz RateCoverage
BaseNickelDimeDollarLight7 ManHeavy34567Blitz RateMan %
Air Force486410929961383110444336533951
Akron368753293882923996261118252124
Alabama9657132948669836451239882124110
Appalachian State1011910929123916455612243149965
Arizona1092831296238123129993183318
Arizona State20109742912153311732388148473
Arkansas11911422921281247124116716611580
Arkansas State5569512910271091195873772437
Army241007629843177959128858116108
Auburn7952242968684757409777829714
Ball State535810929799415299781462067113
Baylor1112045293290106592110812669123128
Boise State97701029241081004451110708211052
Boston College6648672392363664891952222720
Bowling Green358510929973235736521110824885
Buffalo476691295797319313103828210568
BYU58931111378197101254638824571
California72379829151071198781091138212073
Central Michigan644610529716056128192011582501
Charlotte1910810929525212158773383824459
Cincinnati5159101293129110131206451826619
Clemson289935297842684310041272934104
Coastal Carolina1015414291152113427183678282123
Colorado22105472912712670663588725156
Colorado State33887729952652103732817821931
Duke1212432291063422839375082126
East Carolina251017024259512821117325593288
Eastern Michigan942357295123116111241266137157
FIU112501665078756227107933610872
Florida46671092935801036526841318210962
Florida Atlantic41891929101254550725290796976
Florida State80651717141188010641051168211881
Fresno State81228129391016054549058398410
Georgia774049292696125904240112826849
Georgia Southern9121722910820372211825337228119
Georgia State41269929805443782397778297105
Georgia Tech89275429712694141216043826394
Hawaii1201044299115117111229113766184
Houston5274462155431131211071105568328
Illinois448439291292433767117602110013
Indiana924322294011423555942129827782
Iowa309484294684731313614974731125
Iowa State118610029113010841289610657106121
Kansas171111092977408512321208482121102
Kansas State1151073292011669313082866285107
Kent State63471092911911189686679501391
Kentucky9026562942739323751195682114106
Liberty6941792943621051081180123829548
Louisiana853255282210411594188595829295
Louisiana Tech131177129107164060301041004510787
Louisiana-Monroe60538529547270401073712702090
Louisville512744291141424191145030263558
LSU3298271412510114176618977745
Marshall881988263410261682910666409629
Maryland349233291173779194131564109
Memphis832210927734678151169940248079
Miami FL122867210968898911616161132
Miami OH8718104299465121221659616765101
Michigan37819613914726116393172753842
Michigan State123410916457095112357220514398
Middle Tennessee23102662912611299984514181653
Minnesota43718629291135553313110982130120
Mississippi State105893291312274261054937824645
Missouri10714632913018213085891232
Navy629682974507281279347359127
NC State1233521202710310491231216469361
Nebraska111181032999551992474559715692
Nevada713887296124107125779756081114
New Mexico123110929708728120691235541447
New Mexico State1128109296457847211524882289
North Carolina61606229981582825322130825764
North Texas1128109294474893510965101028122
Northern Illinois31914129932954691122752611
Northwestern18112682911848410012861198210196
Notre Dame26103592965932976832919822336
Ohio6544109297553626648100248278117
Ohio State7042929113449104416329825566
Oklahoma123110929617550466368124829041
Oklahoma State11025372972793032879545117322
Old Dominion8631481536918181229472829477
Ole Miss10812013191206361268711782102116
Oregon769552986335351706168777063
Oregon State5072572981851763575494827223
Penn State21106502912030888601899823786
Pittsburgh112810929812591124559238118100
Purdue6125109291042834101387734366267
Rice457760193067130481101139821515
Rutgers57569429479849126821511477
San Diego State99111082928991138092992231746
San Jose State1611638295661791610678957286118
SMU151139029116367267989107179174
South Alabama1149652959588674513012252128111
South Carolina8230612931761271021766128558940
South Florida9133422969773825957676387626
Southern Mississippi9316802216106120115256753356455
Stanford40731092911069524681181182512239
Syracuse12311092910322416711342263543
TCU12321342963646552201141278212575
Temple7455302917119765129751018288115
Tennessee1237732983454286613941824069
Texas38789529764971178810110382112126
Texas A&M1138362949895730621121028211927
Texas State9515822912112118181085563315883
Texas Tech102176429181111012874113624410454
Toledo3990231887344888505842495329
Troy734543292310511185141243282111103
Tulane75347829518658127453623282616
Tulsa81291061041886621311271218212734
UAB1046212821117643110323104334138
UCF56617529881990107485326433621
UCLA123129743310096751115625460
UCONN14115832911221229761111252611712
UMASS598025296662594710217571921109
UNLV49631022967714434641021086111393
USC787628190512756904814583325
Utah427569291111732114285765155470
Utah State1212429291244257980478452534
UTEP985115298983106131115546410333
UTSA27110202910027392010170698275129
Vanderbilt54793612601101438987421414950
Virginia11751092941271123311954982997
Virginia Tech10636262552924677812425682244
Wake Forest844940582415184336887827918
Washington67821875756991210412411482126112
Washington State10010109291053920118523428423024
West Virginia1036892910121102491512912082129130
Western Kentucky683910729122821109433091804299
Western Michigan7123109291110912611378103130817
Wisconsin2997892912859171348880328778
Wyoming11613522985238710537447459604

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