COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State’s defense continues to impress, having played in its sixth straight game keeping a team under 20 points in Saturday’s 41-7 win over Purdue. The Boilermakers generated just 257 total yards (3.7 yards per play), while the Buckeyes constantly forced drives to end in either punts or missed field goal attempts. In the process, they saw people make plays at all three levels of the defense. No player ended the game with a dominant Pro Football Focus grade, despite multiple players having performances that are considered “starter level” by PFF’s grading system. Davison Igbinosun led the way with a 73.9 grade followed by Tyleik Williams’ 72.3 and Michael Hall Jr.’s 72.9. Here’s how the rest of the defense graded: (PFF grades every player on every play and uses a scale of 0-100, with higher grades indicating better play. PFF has explained its grades this way: 100-90…
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