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2015 Oklahoma advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/20/2016

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2015 | 2016

Oklahoma Sooners (Big 12)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 11-2 | Second-order wins (diff.): 10.4 (-0.6) | S&P+ Rk: 4
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy		 Adj. Scoring
Margin		 Percentile
Performance		 Off.
Percentile		 Def.
Percentile
5-Sep Akron 80 41-3 W 100% 25.3 94% 94% 82%
12-Sep at Tennessee 22 31-24 W 83% 7.7 93% 51% 97%
19-Sep Tulsa 94 52-38 W 96% 14.4 96% 93% 23%
3-Oct West Virginia 24 44-24 W 100% 21.5 97% 84% 94%
10-Oct vs. Texas 72 17-24 L 37% -2.6 28% 34% 39%
17-Oct at Kansas State 84 55-0 W 100% 46.4 92% 84% 99%
24-Oct Texas Tech 62 63-27 W 100% 21.2 87% 77% 90%
31-Oct at Kansas 127 62-7 W 100% 42.1 73% 90% 65%
7-Nov Iowa State 70 52-16 W 100% 30.2 86% 80% 86%
14-Nov at Baylor 14 44-34 W 67% 3.5 95% 78% 82%
21-Nov TCU 26 30-29 W 52% 0.3 72% 61% 79%
28-Nov at Oklahoma State 33 58-23 W 99% 20.6 93% 94% 79%
31-Dec vs. Clemson 2 17-37 L 4% -14.3 40% 63% 48%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 42.4 8 19.8 16
Points Per Game 43.5 4 22.0 28
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.40 11 1.19 31 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 46.3% 19 37.5% 24 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 31.7 32 28.0 32 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 5.10 35 4.21 27 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 2.58 47 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+2.47
ACTUAL 9 16
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 112.0 28 116.1 23 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 43.4% 52 38.3% 34 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.28 7 1.08 68 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 111 21 111.4 28 100.0
Opportunity Rate 42.7% 22 37.9% 64 38.9%
Power Success Rate 68.1% 49 78.3% 117 66.3%
Stuff Rate 18.8% 53 20.0% 64 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry		 Hlt Yds/
Opp.		 Opp.
Rate		 Fumbles
(Lost)
Samaje Perine RB 5'10, 230 SO 226 1349 16 6.0 6.3 40.3% 2 (2)
Joe Mixon RB 6'1, 217 FR 113 753 7 6.7 7.0 45.1% 1 (1)
Baker Mayfield QB 6'1, 209 JR 102 608 7 6.0 5.8 44.1% 4 (0)
Alex Ross RB 6'1, 221 JR 32 172 1 5.4 5.8 37.5% 2 (2)
Daniel Brooks RB 5'8, 182 JR 28 150 0 5.4 5.0 42.9% 0 (0)
Trevor Knight QB 6'1, 207 JR 14 81 1 5.8 2.7 57.1% 1 (0)
Dede Westbrook WR 6'0, 168 JR 5 17 0 3.4 8.2 40.0% 2 (1)
Rodney Anderson RB 6'0, 211 FR 1 5 0 5.0 0.5 100.0% 0 (0)
Sterling Shepard WR 5'10, 193 SR 1 5 0 5.0 0.5 100.0% 2 (2)
NOTE: Quarterback run totals above do not include sacks (which are counted toward pass averages below) or kneeldowns.
Passing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing S&P+ 126.3 11 131.4 4 100.0
Passing Success Rate 49.0% 7 36.5% 26 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.51 58 1.32 19 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 77.5 101 111.9 43 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate		 Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Baker Mayfield 6'1, 209 JR 269 395 3700 36 7 68.1% 39 9.0% 8.1
Trevor Knight 6'1, 207 JR 22 40 305 2 2 55.0% 2 4.8% 7.0
Cody Thomas 6'4, 211 SO 1 3 1 0 0 33.3% 0 0.0% 0.3

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch		 Yds/
Target		 Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Sterling Shepard WR 5'10, 193 SR 117 86 1288 11 15.0 11.0 73.5% 63.2% 28.1%
Dede Westbrook WR 6'0, 168 JR 71 46 743 4 16.2 10.5 64.8% 54.9% 17.1%
Durron Neal WR 5'11, 199 SR 64 44 559 3 12.7 8.7 68.8% 59.4% 15.4%
Joe Mixon RB 6'1, 217 FR 33 28 356 4 12.7 10.8 84.8% 57.6% 7.9%
Jarvis Baxter WR 5'11, 160 JR 31 20 218 1 10.9 7.0 64.5% 58.1% 7.5%
Mark Andrews TE 6'5, 245 FR 28 19 318 7 16.7 11.4 67.9% 64.3% 6.7%
Samaje Perine RB 5'10, 230 SO 18 15 107 1 7.1 5.9 83.3% 50.0% 4.3%
Michiah Quick WR 5'11, 184 SO 12 9 103 0 11.4 8.6 75.0% 41.7% 2.9%
Jeffery Mead WR 6'5, 188 SO 12 6 66 1 11.0 5.5 50.0% 41.7% 2.9%
Dimitri Flowers FB 6'2, 228 SO 8 8 130 4 16.3 16.3 100.0% 87.5% 1.9%
Daniel Brooks RB 5'8, 182 JR 5 2 40 0 20.0 8.0 40.0% 40.0% 1.2%
Grant Bothun WR 5'11, 187 JR 4 3 34 0 11.3 8.5 75.0% 75.0% 1.0%
A.D. Miller WR 6'3, 187 FR 3 2 16 0 8.0 5.3 66.7% 33.3% 0.7%
Dahu Green WR 6'4, 203 FR 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
Connor Knight TE 6'4, 241 JR 2 1 17 1 17.0 8.5 50.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Dallis Todd WR 6'3, 196 FR 2 1 9 0 9.0 4.5 50.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 127.4 4 122.0 7 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 51.3% 21 42.9% 37 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.38 1 1.04 35 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.32 10 2.72 39 2.90
SD Sack Rate 8.9% 121 6.4% 23 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 98.9 73 126.7 12 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 34.0% 35 27.0% 29 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.47 125 1.67 38 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.96 90 3.54 97 3.20
PD Sack Rate 10.5% 110 7.8% 57 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 112.4 43 139.9 4
Q2 S&P+ 135.5 5 120.1 18
Q3 S&P+ 127.0 12 118.8 21
Q4 S&P+ 109.5 37 115.3 24
1st Down S&P+ 128.2 4 128.5 4
2nd Down S&P+ 114.8 29 120.7 17
3rd Down S&P+ 115.0 26 119.4 15
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 55.1% 91 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 35.7% 47 34.0%
Adj. Pace +6.2 17 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 75.5% 59 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 59.7% 69 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 40.9% 10 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 16.1% 56 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 4.5% 74 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 6.1% 17 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 5.5% 88 6.3%
PD to INC 29.5% 91 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Dominique Alexander LB 6'0, 220 JR 78.5 10.4% 7.0 0.5 1 2 0 0
Jordan Evans LB 6'2, 239 JR 66.0 8.7% 5.0 1.0 0 4 1 1
Ahmad Thomas S 6'0, 213 JR 62.0 8.2% 1.5 1.5 3 3 0 0
Eric Striker LB 6'0, 222 SR 54.0 7.2% 19.0 7.5 1 3 1 0
Steven Parker S 6'1, 200 SO 50.5 6.7% 4.0 1.5 0 4 0 0
Charles Tapper DE 6'2, 282 SR 40.5 5.4% 10.0 7.0 0 3 4 1
Zack Sanchez CB 5'11, 179 JR 40.5 5.4% 3.5 0.5 7 7 0 0
Jordan Thomas CB 6'0, 191 SO 40.0 5.3% 0.0 0.0 5 4 0 0
Frank Shannon LB 6'0, 239 SR 38.5 5.1% 1.0 1.0 1 0 0 0
Devante Bond LB 6'1, 238 SR 35.5 4.7% 7.0 3.0 0 2 1 0
Charles Walker DT 6'2, 297 SO 30.5 4.0% 10.0 6.0 0 1 1 0
Matt Dimon DT 6'2, 260 JR 25.0 3.3% 7.0 2.5 0 0 1 0
Dakota Austin CB 5'10, 157 JR 24.0 3.2% 1.0 0.0 2 3 0 0
Hatari Byrd S 6'1, 206 JR 21.5 2.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Wade DT 6'3, 300 JR 18.5 2.5% 2.0 1.0 0 1 0 0
Matthew Romar DT 6'0, 291 SO 18.5 2.5% 1.5 1.0 0 0 0 0
William Johnson CB 6'0, 182 SO 12.5 1.7% 3.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
D.J. Ward DE 6'2, 259 SO 12.0 1.6% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 1
P.L. Lindley LB 6'1, 257 SR 11.0 1.5% 3.0 0.5 0 1 0 0
Marcus Green CB 6'1, 179 FR 8.0 1.1% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Tay Evans LB 6'2, 235 FR 6.5 0.9% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ruben Hunter LB 6'2, 215 SO 6.5 0.9% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ogbonnia Okoronkwo LB 6'2, 236 SO 6.0 0.8% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0
Kahlil Haughton S 6'1, 185 FR 6.0 0.8% 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 0
P.J. Mbanasor CB 6'0, 192 FR 6.0 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Note: It appears "Fumble Returns" are getting pulled instead of "Fumble Recoveries." My apologies. Will try to get that corrected.
Special Teams

 Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ 1.2 20
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.12 50
Punt Success Rate 71.9% 8
Kickoff Success Rate 79.4% 32
Punt Return Success Rate 40.9% 95
Kick Return Success Rate 42.4% 75
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Austin Seibert 5'10, 210 FR 70-72 18-23 78.3%
Nick Hodgson 6'2, 202 SR 1-1 1-1 100.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Austin Seibert 5'10, 210 FR 57 42.0 2 30 20 87.7%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches		 Onside
Att		 Onside
Success
Nick Hodgson 6'2, 202 SR 102 63.5 52 51.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Sterling Shepard 5'10, 193 SR 19 7.8 0 35 2 (2)
Michiah Quick 5'11, 184 SO 1 7.0 0 0 0 (0)
Joe Mixon 6'1, 217 FR 1 0.0 0 1 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Alex Ross 6'1, 221 JR 30 21.5 0 0 1 (1)
Durron Neal 5'11, 199 SR 2 26.5 0 0 0 (0)
Joe Mixon 6'1, 217 FR 1 10.0 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics