Oregon Football 2021 Defensive Statistical Review

Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch via Imagn Content Services, LLCNota bene: This article will break down the defensive statistics from my tally sheet of every Oregon game in 2021; last week I examined the offense. These numbers exclude garbage time, but otherwise include every meaningful snap the Ducks played in 2021 that I charted. I tested excluding the data from the FCS, Pac-12 title, and Alamo Bowl games (and every combination thereof), but with one exception in a single defensive category that I’ll discuss below, doing so didn’t significantly affect any of the figures I track. So I’ve included them all for a more robust personnel-level dataset. It represents over 800 plays in 14 games on offense and a similar number on offense.

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