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2015 Clemson advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/20/2016

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2015 | 2016

Clemson Tigers (ACC Atlantic)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 14-1 | Second-order wins (diff.): 13.1 (-0.9) | S&P+ Rk: 2
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
5-Sep Wofford N/A 49-10 W 100% 43.4 80% 79% 89%
12-Sep Appalachian State 43 41-10 W 100% 26.2 99% 89% 99%
17-Sep at Louisville 28 20-17 W 99% 17.9 94% 78% 92%
3-Oct Notre Dame 8 24-22 W 54% 0.7 97% 35% 96%
10-Oct Georgia Tech 68 43-24 W 100% 23.0 83% 84% 70%
17-Oct Boston College 67 34-17 W 96% 13.6 84% 88% 46%
24-Oct at Miami-FL 51 58-0 W 100% 51.5 97% 97% 100%
31-Oct at NC State 36 56-41 W 97% 15.2 87% 89% 65%
7-Nov Florida State 7 23-13 W 79% 6.4 95% 86% 84%
14-Nov at Syracuse 71 37-27 W 76% 5.5 52% 61% 42%
21-Nov Wake Forest 92 33-13 W 100% 31.6 85% 77% 88%
28-Nov at South Carolina 88 37-32 W 85% 8.4 59% 74% 25%
5-Dec vs. North Carolina 29 45-37 W 72% 4.6 86% 77% 90%
31-Dec vs. Oklahoma 4 37-17 W 96% 14.3 97% 92% 92%
11-Jan vs. Alabama 1 40-45 L 57% 1.3 92% 95% 33%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 42.7 6 15.3 4
Points Per Game 38.5 16 21.7 24
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.28 53 1.40 111 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 48.7% 9 32.9% 4 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 28.4 103 30.6 88 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 5.15 31 4.17 26 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -0.13 69 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-0.62
ACTUAL -2 83
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 118.8 13 121.5 9 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 46.2% 31 34.2% 9 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.04 79 1.29 122 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 120.6 7 128.2 4 100.0
Opportunity Rate 40.8% 38 32.6% 9 38.9%
Power Success Rate 78.2% 6 50.0% 6 66.3%
Stuff Rate 16.3% 19 28.6% 2 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Wayne Gallman RB 6'1, 215 SO 283 1527 13 5.4 4.8 40.3% 3 (2)
Deshaun Watson QB 6'2, 210 SO 192 1187 12 6.2 5.5 45.3% 4 (1)
C.J. Fuller RB 5'10, 210 FR 42 171 1 4.1 2.0 35.7% 1 (0)
Zac Brooks RB 6'1, 200 SR 41 234 3 5.7 7.2 34.1% 0 (0)
Kelly Bryant QB 6'3, 215 FR 23 156 2 6.8 10.6 39.1% 1 (1)
Tyshon Dye RB 6'0, 215 SO 23 91 2 4.0 3.7 34.8% 0 (0)
C.J. Davidson RB 5'10, 200 SR 22 60 0 2.7 2.2 31.8% 1 (0)
Ray-Ray McCloud WR 5'10, 180 FR 7 48 0 6.9 3.1 71.4% 3 (2)
Artavis Scott WR 5'11, 190 SO 5 27 1 5.4 2.0 60.0% 2 (1)
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+ 145.8 3 128.5 6 100.0
Passing Success Rate 51.4% 3 31.7% 5 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.52 51 1.50 77 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 255.5 5 147.5 9 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Deshaun Watson 6'2, 210 SO 333 491 4104 35 13 67.8% 15 3.0% 7.9
Nick Schuessler 6'3, 200 JR 13 23 177 0 1 56.5% 2 8.0% 6.1
Kelly Bryant 6'3, 215 FR 7 9 27 0 1 77.8% 0 0.0% 3.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Artavis Scott WR 5'11, 190 SO 120 93 927 6 10.0 7.7 77.5% 55.0% 24.0%
Charone Peake WR 6'3, 215 SR 81 51 726 5 14.2 9.0 63.0% 53.1% 16.2%
Jordan Leggett TE 6'5, 255 JR 59 40 525 8 13.1 8.9 67.8% 64.4% 11.8%
Hunter Renfrow WR 5'10, 175 FR 49 33 492 5 14.9 10.0 67.3% 53.1% 9.8%
Deon Cain WR 6'2, 200 FR 46 34 582 5 17.1 12.7 73.9% 63.0% 9.2%
Ray-Ray McCloud WR 5'10, 180 FR 36 29 251 1 8.7 7.0 80.6% 44.4% 7.2%
Germone Hopper WR 6'0, 180 JR 30 21 317 1 15.1 10.6 70.0% 56.7% 6.0%
Wayne Gallman RB 6'1, 215 SO 27 21 187 1 8.9 6.9 77.8% 44.4% 5.4%
Trevion Thompson WR 6'2, 200 FR 15 10 115 0 11.5 7.7 66.7% 53.3% 3.0%
Zac Brooks RB 6'1, 200 SR 15 9 113 2 12.6 7.5 60.0% 46.7% 3.0%
C.J. Fuller RB 5'10, 210 FR 5 4 44 0 11.0 8.8 80.0% 60.0% 1.0%
Stanton Seckinger TE 6'5, 235 SR 4 3 25 0 8.3 6.3 75.0% 25.0% 0.8%
Mike Williams WR 6'4, 220 JR 2 2 20 1 10.0 10.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.4%
Adrien Dunn WR 5'7, 175 SO 2 2 9 0 4.5 4.5 100.0% 50.0% 0.4%
Jordan Bianchi WR 6'6, 215 SR 2 1 6 0 6.0 3.0 50.0% 50.0% 0.4%
Christian Wilkins DT 6'4, 315 FR 1 1 31 0 31.0 31.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.2%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 129.5 3 138.8 2 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 52.8% 15 36.0% 3 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.22 19 1.11 67 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.27 18 2.21 5 2.90
SD Sack Rate 2.3% 16 11.6% 1 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 131.0 10 100.8 68 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 36.8% 19 28.0% 36 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.56 112 1.97 117 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.51 36 2.90 38 3.20
PD Sack Rate 3.7% 9 10.6% 17 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 130.6 6 148.3 3
Q2 S&P+ 135.9 4 145.2 2
Q3 S&P+ 130.3 8 139.1 8
Q4 S&P+ 117.0 19 97.3 79
1st Down S&P+ 124.0 9 151.9 1
2nd Down S&P+ 128.0 7 114.8 26
3rd Down S&P+ 138.5 3 116.8 21
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 57.9% 73 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 34.8% 52 34.0%
Adj. Pace +9.1 9 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 78.1% 41 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 57.5% 94 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 34.6% 60 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 20.7% 5 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 8.4% 7 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 5.7% 30 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 6.4% 63 6.3%
PD to INC 28.0% 106 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
B.J. Goodson LB 6'1, 250 SR 83.5 11.0% 14.0 5.5 2 3 1 1
T.J. Green S 6'3, 205 JR 81.0 10.7% 5.5 1.0 0 3 2 0
Ben Boulware LB 5'11, 240 JR 63.0 8.3% 8.0 3.5 2 7 3 0
Kevin Dodd DE 6'5, 275 JR 53.0 7.0% 23.5 12.0 0 0 1 0
Jayron Kearse S 6'5, 220 JR 51.5 6.8% 6.5 0.0 1 6 1 1
Shaq Lawson DE 6'3, 270 JR 48.0 6.3% 25.5 12.5 0 0 1 0
Cordrea Tankersley CB 6'1, 195 JR 43.5 5.7% 3.5 1.0 5 9 0 0
Travis Blanks LB 6'1, 210 JR 31.0 4.1% 4.0 1.0 0 2 0 0
Dorian O'Daniel LB 6'1, 215 SO 29.0 3.8% 5.5 0.0 0 1 0 0
Carlos Watkins DT 6'3, 300 JR 26.0 3.4% 7.5 3.5 1 3 0 0
Christian Wilkins DT 6'4, 315 FR 25.5 3.4% 4.5 2.0 0 0 1 0
Mackensie Alexander CB 5'11, 195 SO 20.5 2.7% 2.0 0.0 0 5 0 0
Austin Bryant DE 6'4, 265 FR 18.0 2.4% 2.0 1.5 0 1 0 0
Van Smith S 6'0, 190 FR 16.0 2.1% 1.0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Roderick Byers DT 6'4, 295 SR 15.0 2.0% 1.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Ryan Carter CB 5'9, 175 SO 13.5 1.8% 1.0 0.0 0 2 0 0
Jadar Johnson S 6'1, 205 JR 13.5 1.8% 0.5 0.0 2 1 0 0
Scott Pagano DT 6'3, 295 SO 13.0 1.7% 2.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jalen Williams LB 5'9, 225 FR 11.0 1.5% 2.5 2.0 0 0 0 0
Adrian Baker CB 6'0, 180 SO 11.0 1.5% 0.0 0.0 2 1 0 0
D.J. Reader DT 6'3, 325 SR 10.5 1.4% 1.5 0.5 0 0 0 0
Judah Davis LB 6'1, 230 FR 8.0 1.1% 0.5 0.0 0 0 0 0
Richard Yeargin DE 6'3, 255 FR 6.5 0.9% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0
Jabril Robinson DT 6'2, 280 FR 5.5 0.7% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0
Jefferie Gibson S 6'4, 200 FR 5.5 0.7% 1.0 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+ 0.5 50
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.42 13
Punt Success Rate 55.4% 64
Kickoff Success Rate 63.5% 98
Punt Return Success Rate 28.6% 122
Kick Return Success Rate 36.8% 98
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Greg Huegel 5'11, 185 FR 57-62 27-32 84.4%
Ammon Lakip 5'10, 200 SR 7-7 1-1 100.0%
Alex Spence 6'1, 190 SO 1-1 0-0 #DIV/0!
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Andy Teasdall 5'11, 190 JR 63 39.9 1 24 20 69.8%
Deshaun Watson 6'2, 210 SO 1 23.0 0 0 1 100.0%
Greg Huegel 5'11, 185 FR 1 29.0 0 0 1 100.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Ammon Lakip 5'10, 200 SR 73 59.2 28 38.4% 1 0 0 0
Greg Huegel 5'11, 185 FR 37 63.3 10 27.0% 0 2 1 0
Alex Spence 6'1, 190 SO 1 65.0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Artavis Scott 5'11, 190 SO 13 4.2 0 25 1 (0)
Germone Hopper 6'0, 180 JR 5 -1.4 0 7 1 (1)
Ray-Ray McCloud 5'10, 180 FR 4 1.5 0 3 2 (1)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Artavis Scott 5'11, 190 SO 15 24.7 0 0 0 (0)
C.J. Fuller 5'10, 210 FR 14 16.9 0 0 1 (0)
Ray-Ray McCloud 5'10, 180 FR 7 31.9 0 0 0 (0)

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