Here's what you need to know about the UAB Blazers 🐉 game on the road against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 👹, Friday, Oct. 21, at Houchens-Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
So how do the teams match up? Here is AL.com’s position-by-position breakdown for UAB’s showdown with the Hilltoppers:Since taking a few inopportune sacks and giving up a couple of crucial turnovers at Rice, Dylan Hopkins has manifested success by taking command of his surroundings. In UAB’s win over Charlotte, the junior quarterback passed for 231 yards and a touchdown and added 103 yards and a score on the ground in earning C-USA Offensive Player of the Week honors.
Jermaine Brown Jr. continues to be an important cog in both the rushing and passing games, accounting for 411 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns and 80 yards on 9 receptions, and has 2 100-yard rushing performances this season. A.J. Gates has played in three straight games after missing the first three of the season, and Taven Curry has played in two games and may see action in only two more in order to preserve a redshirt. Lee Witherspoon has missed the last three games after sustaining an injury.
The Hilltoppers have a lethal receiver corps for Austin Reed to play pitch-and-catch, including six different players with at least 100 yards receiving and eight players with at least a touchdown.
Western Kentucky’s offensive line is an experienced and talented unit, providing plenty of time for Reed and his receivers to inflict damage on opposing defenses. The offensive line has not seen a change in the starting lineup this season, allowing only 8 sacks in seven games, and stabilizes the Hilltoppers’ 16th-ranked offense .
The strength of the unit’s run-stuffing ability lies in the interior, where the Hilltoppers rotate at least six players to keep the line fresh. Monmouth transfer Lorenzo Hernandez has come on strong lately, starting the last two games and leading the interior linemen with 17 tackles and 1/2 sack. Brodric Martin and Darius Shipp are a load in the middle, combining for 21 tackles and Martin adding 1/2 sack and a pass breakup, and sophomore Terrion Thompson has 12 tackles and a sack.
UAB faces the sixth-ranked passing offense of Western Kentucky but has experience in deflating high-powered passing attacks. The Blazers held Georgia Southern’s third-ranked passing offense to 204 yards, Middle Tennessee State’s 55th-ranked attack to 196 yards and Charlotte’s 38th-ranked passing offense to 214 yards. In all, UAB held the best passing offenses it’s faced to 614 yards and 3 touchdowns against 6 interceptions.
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