#ProTops: Counting Snaps from Week 3 of the NFL Season
It was an overall down week for the three Hilltoppers who saw playing time, but we might have a fourth take the field in Week 4.
Three weeks of the NFL season have come and gone in a flash and it’s been a mixed bag for our former Hilltoppers playing in the league.
DeAngelo Malone, Atlanta Falcons
Malone saw increased playing time in the Falcons’ first win of the season, seeing 26 total snaps - 13 each on defense (18.3% of plays) and 13 on special teams (52.0%).
Tyler Higbee, Los Angeles Rams
Higbee was once again used heavily by the Rams in their win against Arizona, seeing the field for 93.8% of offensive plays (45 snaps) and was on the field for one special teams play.
Despite a four-catch, 61-yard day, Higbee totaled the fifth-lowest PFF grade for the Rams offense Sunday, coming in at 63.8 (but we’ll credit that to the Rams having a big early lead and not having much need to target him in the red zone).
Bailey Zappe, New England Patriots
Zappe has yet to see the field in 2022 but has been reported to start this coming week after Patriots starter, Mac Jones, suffered an ankle injury late in the Patriots’ loss to Baltimore.
George Fant, New York Jets
It has not been a kind week for Fant. After being considered questionable all week, he was deemed healthy enough to see the field for the Jets against Cincinnati but didn’t play incredibly well and, depending on whose report you believe, was either injured or benched and didn’t play late in the second half.
He saw just 43 snaps (55.1% of plays) this week, by far the lowest he’s seen this year, and he was the second-lowest graded offensive player for New York by PFF, coming in at 41.7 (with a 27.2 pass-blocking grade).
Like we said, this week has not been kind to Fant.
Mike White, New York Jets
White has yet to see the field in 2022, though he is Joe Flacco’s backup while Zach Wilson is out with an injury.