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SCOUT

Virginia Tech · offensive tendencies

12 games · 747 plays · 2025

Run / pass by down

1st down
60.6% R
2nd & long
54.2% P
3rd & short
67.4% R
3rd & long
77.5% P

Overall balance

Run55%
Pass45%
Red-zone run60.6%
3rd-down conv41%

Efficiency

Success rate42.4%
Explosive rate12.2%
PPA / play (CFBD)0.13
Plays / game62.3

Game script

Run when leading 7+50.6%
Run when trailing 7+53.1%
1st-down PPA (CFBD)0.08
Season12 games · 747 plays
ADVANCED

Their offense · what we must stop

CFBD advanced season stats · 2025

Efficiency · CFBD advanced

PPA / play0.10
Success41.8%
Explosiveness1.24
Pts / scoring opp3.68

Line of scrimmage

Line yards3.34
Power success69.0%
Stuffed at the line15.0%
Open-field yds1.42

Standard vs passing downs

Std-downs success49.1%
Std-downs PPA0.03
Pass-downs success26.5%
Pass-downs PPA0.25

Havoc taken

Havoc rate16.7%
Front seven10.1%
Secondary6.6%
Avg field position73.2
READ

The coach's read

SHELL AIgrounded in the numbers above
KEY 01
Load the box on first down. They hand it off 60.6% of the time on first down and their PPA on first down is only 0.08, meaning they are barely moving the needle when they run it early. Stop the run on first down and force them into second-and-long, where they flip to pass over half the time and lose their comfort zone.
KEY 02
On third and short, do not soften the front. They run 67.4% of the time on third and short, so stack the box, set the edge, and make them earn every conversion at the line of scrimmage. Giving ground here hands them a free first down.
KEY 03
Their overall offense is near average at best. A PPA per play of 0.13 and a success rate of 42.4% tells you this offense fails on more than half its plays. Play sound, disciplined defense, eliminate the explosive play at 12.2%, and trust that they will stall on their own. Do not give up cheap yards through penalties or blown assignments.
Bottom lineVirginia Tech is a run-first team that commits hard to the ground game in short-yardage and red-zone situations, so winning the line of scrimmage on early downs is the game. Force them into second-and-long passing situations and their modest efficiency numbers suggest they will struggle to sustain drives.