Scout the
Bruins

UCLA is a run-first team that leans heavily on the ground game but struggles to move the ball consistently, posting a below-average 0.15 PPA per play and converting only 36.4 percent of third downs. Their defense has been a significant liability, allowing opposing offenses to succeed on over half of all plays and convert 57 percent of third downs.

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 UCLA 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 UCLA 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 establish the run early and stay ahead, UCLA's offense loses its identity -- they run 63.3 percent when leading by 7-plus but become less effective when forced to throw.
• ★Maryland should attack UCLA's defense on third down aggressively -- a 57 percent conversion rate allowed means sustained drives are very achievable if we execute on early downs.
• ★With UCLA allowing a 13.3 percent explosive play rate, Maryland's shot plays and vertical routes should be prioritized early and often -- this defense gives up big plays at a high rate.
• ★UCLA's own 36.4 percent third-down conversion rate means Maryland's defense needs to set the edge on first and second down to keep them in obvious third-down situations where they already consistently fail.

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.