Each week, The Blade will recap the most interesting Bowling Green State University football grades released by Pro Football Focus, the scouting website that evaluates players’ performance on every play of every game. For context, grades are based on a 0-100 scale.
Harold Fannin, Jr. (79.2 offense): Although he posted his lowest offensive grade of the season, BGSU’s star junior tight end led the Falcons for the fifth consecutive game to start the year. Fannin’s 95.1 overall grade is the third highest among all offensive players in the country this season. He hauled in nine catches for 135 yards and added 37 rushing yards and a score on two carries in BGSU’s 27-20 Mid-American Conference win at Akron on Saturday. Fannin has registered at least eight catches and 135 yards in each of the last four games, and his 46 receptions and 676 receiving yards this season both rank in the top four amongst all players in the FBS. Fannin’s rushing touchdown was his first since his freshman season when he led the Falcons with four scores on the ground. Fannin is four yards away from breaking Mark Dowdell’s BGSU record for single-season receiving yards by a tight end, and he is 27 yards away from breaking the career receiving record by a tight end held by Alex Bayer, the Falcons’ tight ends’ coach…