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Hampton is a run-heavy team that leans heavily on the ground game across all situations, running the ball nearly 57 percent of the time and pushing that rate even higher in the red zone and with a lead. Their offense is below average by PPA standards at 0.14 per play, converting only 36.4 percent of third downs, which limits their ability to sustain drives consistently. Defensively they are exploitable, allowing nearly half of all third-down attempts to be converted and giving up explosive plays at a 14.5 percent rate.

Every scrimmage snap split by down and distance. Run rate and pass rate are heat-shaded on a Maryland-red scale so the strong tendencies jump off the page. The top row is all downs combined.

The same run/pass tendency, re-cut by where the ball sits, the score on the board, and which half it is. Counts are real charted snaps; thin splits are flagged honestly. Run % and pass % are heat-shaded on the same Maryland-red scale.

Drive for drive: what Hampton does with the ball, next to what their defense gives up. Points per drive are estimated from the drive result (touchdown counts as seven, field goal as three). Everything here is computed from real CFBD drive data.

How the man calling it for Hampton thinks on fourth down, drawn from every fourth-down snap his offense has taken this season. "Went" means they ran a play (rush or pass); "kicked" means a field goal or a punt. The split is then cut by field zone so you know where he gets aggressive.

• ★If Maryland can hold Hampton to negative or neutral first and second down gains, Hampton's 36.4 percent third-down conversion rate gives the defense a strong chance to get off the field repeatedly and keep Hampton's 61.8 plays per game pace from ever becoming a factor.
• ★Hampton's offense has a 39.6 percent success rate and 0.14 PPA per play, which is below average. Maryland's defense does not need to do anything exotic. Stop the run, force third and long, and let Hampton's own inefficiency work against them.
• ★Maryland's passing game should target the intermediate and deep areas early given that Hampton allows explosive plays at a 14.5 percent rate. Taking calculated shots down the field is not gambling, it is playing to a demonstrated weakness.
• ★On third down Maryland should be aggressive with its play-calling on offense because Hampton's defense converts third downs at a 46.3 percent rate, meaning nearly one out of two of Maryland's third-down attempts should result in a first down if the offense executes at its normal level.

This is the charting layer. CFBD play-by-play does not carry coverage shells, blitz, or pressure, so the rates below stay blank until a game is broken down on film or pulled from Telemetry. The sample row shows the shape only, not real numbers.

This is the charting layer. Personnel groupings and formation families are not in CFBD play-by-play; they are tagged off the film or pulled from Telemetry, then drop straight into these tables. The sample row is illustrative shape only.

The numbers above come from charted play-by-play. The detail a coordinator wants next, special-teams maps, opponent media quotes, and player grades, comes off the film and the Telemetry feed. Each item below drops straight into this report once charted.

• Coverage and blitz tendencies by down and distance (Telemetry / PFF charting).
• Special-teams punt and kickoff location maps.
• Opponent media quotes from the weekly press conferences.
• Player grades, pressures, and coverage data from Telemetry.