2019 Redbird Defense

[Virginia Redbird]

A little late but I just saw this article on Ty DeForest and Luther Kirk from last week. Nice article on the young men.

https://herosports.com/fcs/football-2019-ty-deforest-luther-kirk-illinois-state-defense-bzbz

 

[fourthandshort]

So the final stats are up on NCAA:

Here is total defense, sorted by yards per play .. note the ranking in column one is yard per game .. so we rank 11th in yards per game and 8th in yards per play.

Note a couple things about below top 25 total defense .. note how many teams come from weak conferences .. a lot:

Rk FCS Team G Plays Yards YPP OffTDs TotTDs YPG
19 Sam Houston St. 12 907 3960 4.37 23 26 330.0
9 UNI 15 1011 4466 4.42 29 30 297.7
12 Austin Peay 15 1025 4613 4.50 37 37 307.5
6 N.C. A&T 12 760 3434 4.52 33 33 286.2
2 North Dakota St. 16 970 4395 4.53 20 21 274.7
7 South Dakota St. 13 845 3832 4.53 25 26 294.8
1 James Madison 16 948 4323 4.56 29 31 270.2
11 Illinois St. 15 996 4552 4.57 27 29 303.5
15 South Carolina St. 11 775 3546 4.58 28 28 322.4
5 Central Conn. St. 13 799 3683 4.61 31 35 283.3
8 Georgetown 11 700 3246 4.64 21 23 295.1
13 Saint Francis (PA) 12 811 3821 4.71 28 31 318.4
14 Dartmouth 10 680 3209 4.72 13 13 320.9
3 Kennesaw St. 14 821 3902 4.75 30 32 278.7
35 Prairie View 11 806 3923 4.87 36 38 356.6
29 Harvard 10 693 3463 5.00 29 29 346.3
16 Eastern Ky. 12 779 3903 5.01 31 33 325.3
21 Cornell 10 670 3356 5.01 25 28 335.6
17 N.C. Central 12 778 3907 5.02 39 43 325.6
28 Lehigh 11 754 3809 5.05 28 30 346.3
37 Robert Morris 12 842 4295 5.10 36 38 357.9
4 Davidson 12 654 3347 5.12 31 32 278.9
36 Sacramento St. 13 901 4640 5.15 37 38 356.9
26 Weber St. 15 1003 5179 5.16 34 37 345.3
33 Alcorn 13 893 4606 5.16 36 39 354.3

 

[fourthandshort]

Also finished #1 in Red Zone Defense, #1 in Total Sacks, #3 in Sacks per game, 3rd in total turnovers gained, #11 in Rush YPC, #14 Rush YPG, #11 in pass defense QBR,.

Might go down as one of our best defenses of Spack regime .. and we return 9 of 11 starters !!!!