Scouting Report – UCF

This week's Scouting Report, breaking down OU's Week 8 opponent, the Central Florida Golden Knights, including stat leaders, strengths, weaknesses, rankings, and more.

October 18, 2023

This week's Scouting Report, breaking down OU's Week 8 opponent, the Central Florida Golden Knights, including stat leaders, strengths, weaknesses, rankings, and more.

Season Story

Game Results

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	W-L (CONF)	HI PASS	HI RUSH	HI REC
Thu, Aug 31	vs Kent State	W 56-6	1-0 (0-0)	Plumlee 281	Richardson 100	Townsend 81
Sat, Sep 9	@ Boise State	W 18-16	2-0 (0-0)	Plumlee 272	Plumlee 73	Hudson 134
Sat, Sep 16	vs Villanova	W 48-14	3-0 (0-0)	McClain 321	Harvey 85	Hudson 147
Sat, Sep 23	@ Kansas State	L 44-31	3-1 (0-1)	McClain 264	Richardson 76	Hudson 138
Sat, Sep 30	vs Baylor	L 36-35	3-2 (0-2)	McClain 234	Richardson 105	Baker 113
Sat, Oct 7	@ Kansas	L 51-22	3-3 (0-3)	McClain 136	Harvey 133	Baker 85

Rankings

AP: Unranked
Coaches: Unranked
Massey: 74th
KFord: 45th

Matchup By the Numbers

Guz Malzhan vs Brent Venables

MATCHUP	OFF POINTS	TOTAL YD	PASS	PASS YD	PASS TD	INT	RUSH	RUSH YD	YPC	RUSH TD
OU v Tulsa (2007)	21	398	23-37	354	2	2	36	44	1.2	1
Clemson v Auburn (2016)	13	262	15-30	175	0	2	41	87	2.1	1
Clemson v Auburn (2017)	6	117	13-24	79	0	0	42	38	0.9	0
Average	13.3	259	17-30	202.7	0.7	1.3	39.7	56.3	1.4	0.7

UCF Offense vs Oklahoma Defense

TEAM	UCF O	UCF O	OU D	OU D	ADV
METRIC	STAT	RANK	STAT	RANK	TEAM
SP+	34.2	21st	19.9	23rd	UCF
Points Per Game	32.4	31st	14.0	6th	OU
Points Per Game (Estimated)	31.0	29th	12.7	5th	OU
Yards Per Game	500.0	7th	353.7	39th	UCF
Plays Per Game	67.6	83rd	72.7	104th	UCF
Yards Per Point	15.4	87th	25.3	4th	OU
Points Per Play	0.479	27th	0.193	6th	OU
Yards Per Play	7.4	4th	4.9	30th	UCF
Expected Points Added – Pass	0.144	32nd	0.069	17th	OU
Expected Points Added – Rush	0.035	7th	-0.144	3rd	OU
Eckel Rate	57.4%	14th	33.3%	26th	UCF
Passing Yards Per Game	254.6	50th	239.2	67th	UCF
Completion Percentage	62.41%	40th	59.72%	57th	UCF
Sacks Allowed Per Game	2.2	T-74th	2.2	69th	OU
Yards Per Pass Attempt	9.6	9th	6.6	32nd	UCF
Team Passer Rating	158.6	21st	113.6	19th	OU
Rushing Yards Per Game	245.4	4th	114.5	28th	UCF
Yards Per Rush Attempt	6.3	1st	3.3	27th	UCF
Red Zone Scoring	73.68%	115th	63.64%	3rd	OU
Time of Possession	27:02	119th	30:00	73rd	OU
Early Downs EPA	0.169	23rd	-0.188	9th	OU
3rd Down Conversions	50.00%	T-12th	28.57%	T-6th	OU
4th Down Conversions	57.14%	T-45th	50.00%	64th	UCF
	AVG RK	31.17	AVG RK	31.17	OU 12-11

Oklahoma Offense vs UCF Defense

TEAM	OU O	OU O	UCF D	UCF D	ADV
METRIC	STAT	RANK	STAT	RANK	TEAM
SP+	40.8	5th	24.7	52nd	OU
Points Per Game	45.2	2nd	30.6	92nd	OU
Points Per Game (Estimated)	41.3	3rd	28.0	83rd	OU
Yards Per Game	506.0	4th	419.2	99th	OU
Plays Per Game	76.2	15th	73.4	107th	OU
Yards Per Point	11.2	7th	13.7	81st	OU
Points Per Play	0.593	5th	0.417	80th	OU
Yards Per Play	6.6	16th	5.7	79th	OU
Expected Points Added – Pass	0.235	6th	0.165	81st	OU
Expected Points Added – Rush	-0.027	35th	0.042	117th	OU
Eckel Rate	58.0%	9th	43.3%	88th	OU
Passing Yards Per Game	341.2	4th	199.0	28th	OU
Completion Percentage	73.33%	5th	55.78%	22nd	OU
Sacks Allowed Per Game	0.8	T-10th	2.2	62nd	OU
Yards Per Pass Attempt	9.7	6th	6.8	36th	OU
Team Passer Rating	181.6	5th	117.5	23rd	OU
Rushing Yards Per Game	164.8	46th	220.2	130th	OU
Yards Per Rush Attempt	4.1	65th	5.3	119th	OU
Red Zone Scoring	90.91%	T-23rd	77.27%	31st	OU
Time of Possession	29:59	70th	32:58	122nd	OU
Early Downs EPA	0.160	26th	0.098	107th	OU
3rd Down Conversions	51.22%	11th	52.05%	127th	OU
4th Down Conversions	77.78%	11th	40.00%	T-41st	OU
	AVG RK	16.73	AVG RK	78.56	OU 23-0

KFord Ratings

CFB Graphs Matchup

UCF Player Stats

Passing

PLAYER	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	SACK	SYL	RTG
Timmy McClain QB	62	97	1,008	63.9	10.4	69	9	2	10	-91	177.7
John Rhys Plumlee QB	41	61	586	67.2	9.6	53	3	4	1	-2	151.0
Dyaln Rizk QB	4	5	28	80.0	5.6	15	0	0	1	-6	127.0
Kobe Hudson WR	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
RJ Harvey RB	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	-10	0.0
Total	107	166	1,622	64.5	9.8	69	12	6	13	-109	163.2

Rushing

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
RJ Harvey RB	89	511	5.7	53	6
Johnny Richardson RB	53	441	8.3	79	1
John Rhys Plumlee QB	19	163	8.6	32	1
Xavier Townsend WR	9	112	12.4	39	0
Timmy McClain QB	39	102	2.6	22	1
Demarkcus Bowman RB	10	62	6.2	12	1
Jordan McDonald RB	18	56	3.1	10	3
Kam Ingram RB	4	23	5.8	12	0
Mark-Antony Richards RB	1	7	7.0	7	1
Amari Johnson WR	2	3	1.5	2	0
Dylan Rizk QB	2	2	1.0	8	0
Total	248	1,478	6.0	79	14

Receiving

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
Kobe Hudson WR	22	473	21.5	69	2
Javon Baker WR	21	417	19.9	65	2
RJ Harvey RB	8	172	21.5	50	2
Xavier Townsend WR	15	157	10.5	32	2
Randy Pittman TE	10	122	12.2	35	1
Alec Holler TE	9	94	10.4	21	2
Jaylon Griffin WR	4	58	14.5	36	1
Chauncey Magwood WR	4	40	10.0	18	0
Jordan McDonald RB	1	33	33.0	33	0
Johnny Richardson RB	7	27	3.9	8	0
Kam Ingram RB	1	15	15.0	15	0
Demarkcus Bowman RB	2	7	3.5	4	0
Max Holler TE	1	5	5.0	5	0
Mark-Antony Richards RB	1	3	3.0	3	0
Jarrad Baker WR	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Total	107	1,622	15.2	69	12

Defensive Leaders

PLAYER	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	PD	INT	FF	FR
Jason Johnson LB	34	18	52	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Celiscar DE	21	15	36	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Hunter DT	22	12	34	2	1	0	0	0
Walter Yates III LB	14	12	26	0	0	0	0	0
Nikai Martinez DB	17	5	22	0	1	1	0	0
Tre’Mon Morris-Brash DE	16	6	22	5	0	0	0	0
Quadric Bullard LB	18	3	21	0	1	0	0	0
Jireh Wilson DB	11	9	20	0	1	0	0	0
Demari Henderson DB	11	3	14	0	1	0	1	1
Corey Thornton DB	12	1	13	0	5	2	0	0
Rian Davis LB	7	6	13	0	0	0	0	0
John WAlker DT	8	4	12	0	1	0	0	0
Ja’Cari Henderson DB	9	2	11	0	1	0	0	0
Brandon Adams DB	7	2	9	0	2	0	0	0
DeJordan Mask DB	6	2	8	0	0	1	0	0
Malachi Lawrence DE	7	0	7	4	0	0	0	0
Braeden Marshall DB	5	1	6	0	1	0	0	0
William Wells DB	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	0
Kervis Choute DT	2	3	5	0.5	0	0	0	0
Matthew Alexander DT	3	2	5	1	1	0	0	0