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SCOUT

Illinois · offensive tendencies

12 games · 744 plays · 2025

Run / pass by down

1st down
56.9% R
2nd & long
54.3% P
3rd & short
57.4% R
3rd & long
83.6% P

Overall balance

Run51.2%
Pass48.8%
Red-zone run59.9%
3rd-down conv44.9%

Efficiency

Success rate48.1%
Explosive rate13%
PPA / play (CFBD)0.26
Plays / game62

Game script

Run when leading 7+61.9%
Run when trailing 7+37.2%
1st-down PPA (CFBD)0.08
Season12 games · 744 plays
ADVANCED

Their offense · what we must stop

CFBD advanced season stats · 2025

Efficiency · CFBD advanced

PPA / play0.21
Success47.5%
Explosiveness1.16
Pts / scoring opp4.21

Line of scrimmage

Line yards3.00
Power success73.5%
Stuffed at the line20.4%
Open-field yds0.89

Standard vs passing downs

Std-downs success52.6%
Std-downs PPA0.15
Pass-downs success35.2%
Pass-downs PPA0.35

Havoc taken

Havoc rate15.5%
Front seven9.9%
Secondary5.6%
Avg field position69.7
READ

The coach's read

SHELL AIgrounded in the numbers above
KEY 01
Expect run on first down and be gap-sound before the snap. Illinois runs it 56.9% on first down, and with a 1st-down PPA of only 0.08 they are not moving the chains efficiently there, so if we win those early-down run fits we put them in manageable passing situations and take away their preferred script.
KEY 02
Load up the pass rush on 3rd and long. Illinois goes to the air 83.6% of the time on 3rd and long, and their overall 3rd-down conversion rate is 44.9%, meaning they are already a below-average conversion team. Lock the coverage down, get after the quarterback, and force them to punt.
KEY 03
Pack the box in the red zone. Illinois runs the ball 59.9% of the time inside the 20, and with an overall PPA of 0.26 they are a functional but not explosive offense. Stopping the run near the goal line forces them into pass situations where their efficiency drops and we hold them to field goals instead of touchdowns.
Bottom lineIllinois is a balanced, grind-it-out offense that leans heavily on the run when ahead and in scoring position. Win early-down run defense, force negative game scripts, and make them convert third and longs through the air where their conversion rate already works in our favor.