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2015 Connecticut advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/21/2016

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2015 | 2016

UConn Huskies (American East)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 6-7 | Second-order wins (diff.): 5.7 (-0.3) | S&P+ Rk: 87
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy		 Adj. Scoring
Margin		 Percentile
Performance		 Off.
Percentile		 Def.
Percentile
3-Sep Villanova N/A 20-15 W 80% 6.6 41% 33% 40%
12-Sep Army 123 22-17 W 62% 2.5 66% 28% 40%
19-Sep at Missouri 85 6-9 L 15% -8.3 35% 7% 54%
26-Sep Navy 20 18-28 L 1% -19.2 69% 27% 55%
2-Oct at BYU 38 13-30 L 1% -17.4 47% 22% 51%
10-Oct at Central Florida 125 40-13 W 99% 20.1 37% 49% 49%
17-Oct South Florida 50 20-28 L 40% -2.0 51% 75% 50%
24-Oct at Cincinnati 74 13-37 L 0% -22.9 11% 7% 43%
30-Oct East Carolina 76 31-13 W 97% 15.3 79% 69% 89%
7-Nov at Tulane 120 7-3 W 76% 5.6 34% 4% 90%
21-Nov Houston 44 20-17 W 87% 9.1 90% 60% 95%
28-Nov at Temple 49 3-27 L 0% -31.7 12% 6% 46%
26-Dec vs. Marshall 64 10-16 L 11% -9.7 37% 52% 59%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 19.9 114 23.9 38
Points Per Game 17.2 122 19.5 15
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.15 117 1.17 24 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 38.6% 101 39.6% 53 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 29.4 81 29.9 68 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 3.78 118 3.72 7 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 2.99 42 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+2.31
ACTUAL 9 16
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 92.7 102 104.1 52 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 38.9% 103 39.7% 45 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.93 119 1.03 48 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 92.7 106 99 68 100.0
Opportunity Rate 37.8% 83 36.3% 44 38.9%
Power Success Rate 61.5% 93 54.5% 12 66.3%
Stuff Rate 24.8% 119 19.6% 70 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry		 Hlt Yds/
Opp.		 Opp.
Rate		 Fumbles
(Lost)
Arkeel Newsome RB 5'7, 182 SO 183 792 6 4.3 5.1 33.3% 1 (1)
Bryant Shirreffs QB 6'2, 220 SO 120 662 3 5.5 3.1 56.7% 7 (3)
Ron Johnson RB 5'11, 226 SO 88 224 5 2.5 3.2 26.1% 2 (1)
Josh Marriner RB 5'9, 201 SO 17 31 0 1.8 1.3 17.6% 0 (0)
Max DeLorenzo RB 5'11, 216 SR 13 36 0 2.8 3.8 15.4% 0 (0)
Noel Thomas WR 6'1, 195 JR 5 22 0 4.4 2.0 60.0% 0 (0)
Tim Boyle QB 6'3, 224 JR 4 6 0 1.5 0.0 0.0% 0 (0)
Garrett Anderson QB 6'1, 236 JR 2 12 0 6.0 1.0 100.0% 0 (0)
Tyraiq Beals WR 6'0, 178 FR 1 15 0 15.0 7.5 100.0% 1 (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+ 94.3 84 104.2 54 100.0
Passing Success Rate 38.3% 87 39.4% 56 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.44 81 1.33 24 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 62.7 121 86 89 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate		 Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Bryant Shirreffs 6'2, 220 SO 168 279 2078 9 8 60.2% 34 10.9% 6.1
Tim Boyle 6'3, 224 JR 31 60 281 0 2 51.7% 2 3.2% 4.3
Garrett Anderson 6'1, 236 JR 2 2 53 1 0 100.0% 1 33.3% 15.7

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch		 Yds/
Target		 Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Noel Thomas WR 6'1, 195 JR 92 54 719 3 13.3 7.8 58.7% 51.1% 28.7%
Arkeel Newsome RB 5'7, 182 SO 58 45 465 2 10.3 8.0 77.6% 41.4% 18.1%
Alec Bloom TE 6'6, 257 SO 36 22 314 1 14.3 8.7 61.1% 50.0% 11.2%
Tyraiq Beals WR 6'0, 178 FR 32 24 275 2 11.5 8.6 75.0% 43.8% 10.0%
Tommy Myers TE 6'5, 255 SO 20 16 232 2 14.5 11.6 80.0% 65.0% 6.2%
Hergy Mayala WR 6'2, 200 FR 20 7 80 0 11.4 4.0 35.0% 30.0% 6.2%
Thomas Lucas WR 6'2, 213 SO 15 7 83 0 11.9 5.5 46.7% 46.7% 4.7%
Josh Marriner RB 5'9, 201 SO 12 8 71 0 8.9 5.9 66.7% 41.7% 3.7%
Max DeLorenzo RB 5'11, 216 SR 10 5 35 0 7.0 3.5 50.0% 30.0% 3.1%
Aaron McLean WR 6'5, 203 FR 6 4 56 0 14.0 9.3 66.7% 33.3% 1.9%
Ron Johnson RB 5'11, 226 SO 6 4 29 0 7.3 4.8 66.7% 16.7% 1.9%
Graham Stewart LB 6'1, 237 SR 4 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%
Garrett Anderson QB 6'1, 236 JR 3 1 12 0 12.0 4.0 33.3% 33.3% 0.9%
Steve Hashemi OL 6'6, 286 SO 3 1 10 0 10.0 3.3 33.3% 33.3% 0.9%
Brian Lemelle WR 5'10, 172 JR 2 2 27 0 13.5 13.5 100.0% 100.0% 0.6%
Luke Carrezola LB 6'3, 255 SO 1 1 4 0 4.0 4.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 92.7 104 105.2 47 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 44.3% 98 42.8% 36 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 0.98 117 1.01 23 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.38 123 2.84 60 2.90
SD Sack Rate 11.6% 128 5.2% 59 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 91.3 92 99.8 71 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 28.2% 87 32.7% 89 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.64 94 1.62 30 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.39 51 2.58 10 3.20
PD Sack Rate 8.1% 81 5.3% 100 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 94.9 96 104.0 45
Q2 S&P+ 92.6 97 102.7 67
Q3 S&P+ 99.3 79 103.5 57
Q4 S&P+ 88.2 108 100.1 70
1st Down S&P+ 100.9 65 96.5 80
2nd Down S&P+ 95.3 88 107.4 48
3rd Down S&P+ 79.6 120 98.8 77
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 65.1% 32 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 37.3% 37 34.0%
Adj. Pace -8.5 127 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 71.0% 97 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 61.6% 49 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 33.9% 67 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 14.2% 95 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 3.1% 112 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 4.8% 50 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 6.1% 74 6.3%
PD to INC 29.5% 89 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Andrew Adams S 6'0, 198 SR 80.5 11.7% 3.5 0.0 3 3 0 0
Obi Melifonwu S 6'3, 216 JR 73.0 10.6% 2.0 0.0 2 5 0 0
Junior Joseph LB 6'1, 242 SO 67.0 9.7% 3.5 0.0 1 0 0 0
Graham Stewart LB 6'1, 237 SR 54.5 7.9% 9.5 2.0 0 1 0 0
Jhavon Williams CB 5'10, 190 JR 48.5 7.0% 2.0 0.0 3 7 0 0
Folorunso Fatukasi DL 6'4, 304 SO 42.5 6.2% 8.0 7.5 0 0 4 0
Luke Carrezola LB 6'3, 255 SO 36.5 5.3% 11.5 6.0 0 1 2 0
Marquise Vann LB 6'0, 231 SR 36.5 5.3% 2.0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Matthew Walsh LB 6'1, 241 JR 33.0 4.8% 4.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jamar Summers CB 6'0, 185 SO 32.0 4.6% 0.5 0.0 8 3 0 0
Julian Campenni DL 6'0, 306 SR 21.0 3.0% 4.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Kenton Adeyemi DL 6'4, 291 SR 21.0 3.0% 3.5 2.0 0 0 0 0
Mikal Myers DL 6'1, 323 JR 19.0 2.8% 4.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Junior Lee S 6'0, 209 SR 16.5 2.4% 0.0 0.0 0 3 0 0
Cameron Stapleton LB 6'4, 246 SO 12.0 1.7% 4.0 2.0 0 2 0 0
Ellis Marder S 6'1, 199 JR 11.0 1.6% 0.0 0.0 0 3 0 0
Vontae Diggs LB 6'2, 225 SO 10.5 1.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Cole Ormsby DL 6'4, 262 SO 9.0 1.3% 2.5 1.5 0 0 0 0
Jon Hicks LB 6'2, 246 JR 8.0 1.2% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Javon Hadley CB 5'10, 175 JR 7.5 1.1% 1.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
John Green CB 5'10, 187 JR 7.5 1.1% 0.0 0.0 0 2 0 0
Brice McAllister CB 5'11, 193 SO 6.5 0.9% 0.0 0.0 0 0 2 0
Sean Marinan DL 6'1, 296 JR 5.5 0.8% 0.5 0.0 0 0 0 0
Noel Thomas WR 6'1, 195 JR 4.0 0.6% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Floyd S 6'0, 210 JR 3.5 0.5% 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+ -0.2 76
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.35 23
Punt Success Rate 48.7% 103
Kickoff Success Rate 64.2% 97
Punt Return Success Rate 20.0% 127
Kick Return Success Rate 34.5% 107
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Bobby Puyol 5'10, 178 JR 21-24 16-18 88.9%
Michael Tarbutt 6'0, 177 FR 0-0 0-1 0.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Justin Wain 6'3, 214 JR 75 38.2 6 39 22 81.3%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches		 Onside
Att		 Onside
Success
Michael Tarbutt 6'0, 177 FR 26 57.7 5 19.2% 0 0 0 0
Bobby Puyol 5'10, 178 JR 25 61.8 12 48.0% 1 0 3 1
Justin Wain 6'3, 214 JR 2 54.0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Nick Vitale 5'8, 176 JR 3 -4.3 0 18 2 (0)
Brian Lemelle 5'10, 172 JR 2 7.5 0 8 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Arkeel Newsome 5'7, 182 SO 19 22.6 0 0 0 (0)
Josh Marriner 5'9, 201 SO 4 14.3 0 0 0 (0)
Tyraiq Beals 6'0, 178 FR 2 20.5 0 0 1 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics