Senior defensive end TyJuan Garbutt is coming off a fantastic game against Liberty, and it was his forced fumble in the fourth quarter that eventually allowed Virginia Tech to run out the clock. Let’s take a look at some numbers for Garbutt for this year, as well as his five-year career.

Here are Garbutt’s top four PFF grades from his career and his stats for those games…

2022 BC: 92.6, 3 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 1 pass broken up
2021 MTSU: 90.1, 4 tackles, 1 TFL
2022 Liberty: 89.9, 6 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 forced fumble
2019 Duke: 83.9, 7 tackles, 1.5 TFL

You might be surprised to see the 2021 Middle Tennessee game on there. Sometimes a player doesn’t have to dominate a game statistically to have a good grade. In that particular instance, Garbutt dominated his gap and played his assignments nearly perfectly all game, which led to a high score.

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