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SCOUT

Ohio State · offensive tendencies

13 games · 813 plays · 2025

Run / pass by down

1st down
57.5% R
2nd & long
53.6% P
3rd & short
72.7% R
3rd & long
80% P

Overall balance

Run53%
Pass47%
Red-zone run65.3%
3rd-down conv56.4%

Efficiency

Success rate54.2%
Explosive rate13.2%
PPA / play (CFBD)0.37
Plays / game62.5

Game script

Run when leading 7+56.1%
Run when trailing 7+0%
1st-down PPA (CFBD)0.23
Season13 games · 813 plays
ADVANCED

Their offense · what we must stop

CFBD advanced season stats · 2025

Efficiency · CFBD advanced

PPA / play0.33
Success53.2%
Explosiveness1.15
Pts / scoring opp4.83

Line of scrimmage

Line yards3.12
Power success73.7%
Stuffed at the line18.1%
Open-field yds1.08

Standard vs passing downs

Std-downs success57.3%
Std-downs PPA0.28
Pass-downs success39.0%
Pass-downs PPA0.49

Havoc taken

Havoc rate11.2%
Front seven7.1%
Secondary4.1%
Avg field position71
READ

The coach's read

SHELL AIgrounded in the numbers above
KEY 01
They are a run team first, and the numbers back it up in every meaningful situation. Overall 53% run, 57.5% on first down, 65.3% in the red zone, and 72.7% on third and short. Keep your run fits sound and disciplined on early downs and short yardage or they will take what they want between the tackles.
KEY 02
When they get a lead of seven or more, that run rate climbs to 56.1%, and when they are down seven or more it drops to 0% run. Keep this game close and force them to throw. The moment you let them get comfortable they will salt the clock on the ground and there is nothing tricky about stopping it at that point.
KEY 03
Their third-down conversion rate of 56.4% is the number that will kill a drive chart. They run it 72.7% of the time on third and short and pass it 80% of the time on third and long, so there is very little guessing required. Win second down to create third and long situations because they are much more stoppable when they have to throw it than when they can hand it off and pick up four yards.
Bottom lineOhio State is an efficient, run-heavy offense with a 54.2% success rate and a PPA of 0.37 per play, meaning they are consistently moving the chains. The only way to slow them down is to stay gap-sound against the run, avoid giving up explosive plays that spike their PPA, and keep the score close enough to take the ground game away from them.