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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)0.2
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 / play0.17
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 PPA0.09
Pass-downs success26.5%
Pass-downs PPA0.34

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 early downs. At 60.6% run on first down and a first-down PPA of only 0.08, Virginia Tech is not hurting you through the air to open a series. Win the first-down run fit consistently and you force them into predictable second-and-long situations where they pass over half the time but still convert at a mediocre rate.
KEY 02
On third and short, do not soften the box expecting pass. They run 67.4% of the time in short-yardage third downs. Align stout, gap-sound, and attack downhill. Give them a soft look and they will take the free yards and keep drives alive.
KEY 03
In the red zone, treat every snap as a run until the ball leaves the backfield. They run 60.6% of the time inside the 20, and with a PPA/play of only 0.2 overall, this offense is not executing at a high enough level to beat a disciplined front with technique. Hold your run fits tight and let their own inefficiency work against them.
Bottom lineVirginia Tech is a committed run team that does not generate explosive plays at a high rate and sits right at average efficiency overall. Make them one-dimensional by stopping the run on first down and short yardage, and their 41% third-down conversion rate and modest PPA suggest they will struggle to sustain drives against a disciplined defense.