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2015 Central Michigan advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/21/2016

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2015 | 2016

CMU Chippewas (MAC West)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 7-6 | Second-order wins (diff.): 7.2 (0.2) | S&P+ Rk: 78
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
3-Sep Oklahoma State 33 13-24 L 8% -11.1 54% 33% 59%
12-Sep Monmouth N/A 31-10 W 100% 30.4 57% 14% 79%
19-Sep at Syracuse 71 27-30 L 5% -12.9 22% 49% 3%
26-Sep at Michigan State 13 10-30 L 1% -19.6 31% 19% 29%
3-Oct Northern Illinois 69 29-19 W 73% 4.8 81% 14% 78%
10-Oct at Western Michigan 53 39-41 L 30% -4.3 34% 66% 36%
17-Oct Buffalo 96 51-14 W 100% 30.0 85% 95% 91%
24-Oct at Ball State 111 23-21 W 87% 9.0 24% 27% 59%
31-Oct at Akron 80 14-6 W 91% 10.5 67% 72% 76%
10-Nov Toledo 21 23-28 L 5% -13.4 23% 64% 25%
18-Nov at Kent State 115 27-14 W 95% 12.9 38% 66% 33%
27-Nov Eastern Michigan 121 35-28 W 98% 16.3 33% 47% 67%
28-Dec vs. Minnesota 37 14-21 L 28% -4.6 17% 48% 38%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 26.8 82 27.7 60
Points Per Game 25.8 88 22.0 28
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.29 52 1.22 49 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 41.8% 67 40.3% 58 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 30.4 54 30.4 80 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.15 104 4.54 54 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 1.44 57 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+0.22
ACTUAL 2 51
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 84.0 115 94.2 85 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 37.1% 114 39.8% 46 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.97 108 1.09 69 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 87.1 117 92.9 93 100.0
Opportunity Rate 33.6% 117 36.3% 44 38.9%
Power Success Rate 57.9% 112 64.7% 57 66.3%
Stuff Rate 24.6% 118 21.9% 44 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Martez Walker RB 5'8, 185 JR 106 373 2 3.5 4.2 30.2% 1 (0)
Jahray Hayes RB 5'11, 210 JR 95 324 4 3.4 2.5 28.4% 2 (2)
Romello Ross RB 5'10, 189 FR 54 247 4 4.6 2.9 44.4% 0 (0)
Devon Spalding RB 5'11, 203 SO 52 182 1 3.5 4.9 26.9% 0 (0)
Cooper Rush QB 6'3, 227 JR 36 259 3 7.2 6.0 55.6% 4 (1)
Jay Roberson RB 6'2, 225 SO 19 60 0 3.2 4.8 15.8% 2 (1)
Mark Chapman WR 6'0, 181 SO 10 74 1 7.4 5.7 50.0% 1 (0)
Corey Willis WR 5'10, 175 SO 9 19 0 2.1 3.1 44.4% 0 (0)
Derek Edwards OL 6'5, 300 SO 2 3 1 1.5 0.0 0.0% 0 (0)
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+ 111.3 36 98.3 70 100.0
Passing Success Rate 45.2% 23 40.8% 67 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.48 67 1.36 31 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 109.5 47 74.8 107 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Cooper Rush 6'3, 227 JR 324 489 3848 25 11 66.3% 27 5.2% 7.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Jesse Kroll WR 6'3, 214 SR 97 61 866 4 14.2 8.9 62.9% 55.7% 20.8%
Anthony Rice WR 6'0, 179 JR 77 57 595 4 10.4 7.7 74.0% 53.2% 16.5%
Ben McCord TE 6'4, 240 SR 60 39 612 5 15.7 10.2 65.0% 51.7% 12.8%
Corey Willis WR 5'10, 175 SO 58 37 564 5 15.2 9.7 63.8% 43.1% 12.4%
Mark Chapman WR 6'0, 181 SO 58 43 559 1 13.0 9.6 74.1% 53.4% 12.4%
Martez Walker RB 5'8, 185 JR 25 19 97 0 5.1 3.9 76.0% 28.0% 5.4%
Devon Spalding RB 5'11, 203 SO 18 14 125 0 8.9 6.9 77.8% 44.4% 3.9%
Jahray Hayes RB 5'11, 210 JR 14 9 52 0 5.8 3.7 64.3% 42.9% 3.0%
Joe Bacci RB 6'1, 245 JR 14 11 49 3 4.5 3.5 78.6% 42.9% 3.0%
Romello Ross RB 5'10, 189 FR 12 11 106 1 9.6 8.8 91.7% 41.7% 2.6%
Eric Cooper WR 5'11, 189 SO 10 9 84 1 9.3 8.4 90.0% 60.0% 2.1%
Tyler Conklin TE 6'4, 235 SO 8 6 95 0 15.8 11.9 75.0% 62.5% 1.7%
Zach Crouch TE 6'5, 241 SO 7 3 42 0 14.0 6.0 42.9% 42.9% 1.5%
Jay Roberson RB 6'2, 225 SO 5 5 42 0 8.4 8.4 100.0% 80.0% 1.1%
Trevor Thomas RB 5'11, 219 SO 2 2 17 1 8.5 8.5 100.0% 100.0% 0.4%
Cooper Rush QB 6'3, 227 JR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 100.1 68 93.6 91 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 45.9% 76 46.8% 67 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.11 61 1.07 52 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.58 110 2.79 48 2.90
SD Sack Rate 2.9% 23 3.0% 110 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 105.7 50 107.6 47 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 33.9% 37 26.5% 25 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.75 72 1.76 68 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.52 113 2.77 27 3.20
PD Sack Rate 8.1% 81 3.5% 123 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 98.6 81 81.6 120
Q2 S&P+ 93.8 91 88.7 101
Q3 S&P+ 111.5 34 122.9 15
Q4 S&P+ 92.0 101 119.8 16
1st Down S&P+ 96.6 88 96.0 83
2nd Down S&P+ 92.3 95 103.5 60
3rd Down S&P+ 107.6 52 101.2 65
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 51.1% 109 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 24.0% 116 34.0%
Adj. Pace -2.6 83 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 81.6% 16 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 62.2% 42 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 31.3% 84 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 14.0% 98 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 5.0% 60 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 2.6% 113 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 6.3% 64 6.3%
PD to INC 29.0% 99 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Kavon Frazier DB 6'0, 218 SR 91.0 14.0% 4.5 0.0 1 4 2 0
Tony Annese DB 6'1, 209 JR 71.0 10.9% 2.5 0.0 2 5 0 0
Malik Fountain LB 6'2, 233 FR 51.0 7.8% 4.5 0.0 0 1 1 0
Nathan Ricketts LB 6'3, 237 JR 46.0 7.1% 4.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Josh Cox DB 5'11, 190 SO 42.5 6.5% 2.5 0.0 1 8 3 0
Amari Coleman DB 5'10, 185 SO 36.0 5.5% 2.0 1.0 1 7 1 0
Tim Hamilton LB 6'1, 243 SR 35.0 5.4% 3.5 0.0 1 0 0 0
Tyree Waller LB 6'1, 225 SO 31.5 4.8% 4.0 2.0 0 2 0 0
Blake Serpa DL 6'3, 256 SR 31.0 4.8% 9.5 3.0 0 2 2 0
Kelby Latta DL 6'4, 305 JR 26.5 4.1% 3.5 1.0 0 2 0 0
Jeff Perry LB 6'2, 228 SO 25.5 3.9% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Louis Palmer DL 6'2, 290 SR 22.0 3.4% 4.0 1.0 0 1 0 0
Chris Kantzavelos DL 6'3, 265 SO 19.5 3.0% 6.5 1.5 0 0 0 0
Stefon Armstead DB 5'10, 183 SR 15.5 2.4% 0.0 0.0 1 4 0 1
Trevor Apsey LB 6'0, 205 FR 13.0 2.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Mitch Stanitzek DL 6'4, 245 SO 12.0 1.8% 3.0 1.5 0 0 0 0
Jabari Dean DL 6'2, 290 JR 10.0 1.5% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0
Gary Jones DB 6'2, 217 SO 9.0 1.4% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ostman DL 6'3, 250 JR 8.0 1.2% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0
Shafer Johnson DL 6'1, 325 SR 6.0 0.9% 1.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Nate Brisson-Fast DL 6'5, 246 FR 5.5 0.8% 3.0 1.0 0 1 0 0
Tyler Conklin TE 6'4, 235 SO 4.5 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Winslow Chapman DB 6'0, 195 JR 4.5 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Zach Oakley DB 6'1, 204 FR 4.5 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Alex Briones LB 6'2, 235 FR 4.5 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 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+ -0.4 83
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) -0.03 76
Punt Success Rate 50.8% 93
Kickoff Success Rate 67.2% 82
Punt Return Success Rate 41.7% 90
Kick Return Success Rate 56.8% 17
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Brian Eavey 6'2, 192 JR 38-38 16-24 66.7%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Ron Coluzzi 5'11, 182 JR 59 39.2 3 22 15 62.7%
Zach Oakley 6'1, 204 FR 4 48.0 0 0 1 25.0%
Brian Eavey 6'2, 192 JR 1 38.0 1 0 0 0.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Ron Coluzzi 5'11, 182 JR 64 61.0 21 32.8% 0 4 2 0
Brian Eavey 6'2, 192 JR 3 62.0 2 66.7% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Emmitt Thomas 5'10, 160 FR 10 3.9 0 15 1 (0)
Kavon Frazier 6'0, 218 SR 1 3.0 0 0 0 (0)
Zach Oakley 6'1, 204 FR 1 10.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Emmitt Thomas 5'10, 160 FR 28 20.3 0 1 1 (0)
Mark Chapman 6'0, 181 SO 3 20.0 0 0 0 (0)
Gary Jones 6'2, 217 SO 2 10.5 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics