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Published Sep 10, 2023

Defensive Grades and Snap Count Breakdown: Wisconsin vs. Washington State

Donnie Slusher

Staff Writer

BadgerBlitz.com looks at the early defensive grades from Pro Football Focus after Wisconsin's loss against Washington State in the second game of the season.

Writer's note: Snap counts and number of plays are based off of PFF's current counts as of September 10.

DEFENSE

DEFENSIVE LINE

Player	Total Plays	Run	Pass Rush + Coverage	Grade

Gio Paez	37	15	22	70.1
James Thompson Jr.	34	15	19	70.9
Rodas Johnson	38	10	28	54.9
Ben Barten	15	5	10	59.8
Cade McDonald	2	1	1	70.1
Curt Neal	12	3	9	60.0
Darian Varner	8	1	7	56.0

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