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2015 Idaho advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/21/2016

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2015 | 2016

Idaho Vandals (Sun Belt)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 4-8 | Second-order wins (diff.): 3.6 (-0.4) | S&P+ Rk: 109
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
3-Sep Ohio 66 28-45 L 1% -17.7 32% 48% 8%
12-Sep at USC 17 9-59 L 0% -43.4 8% 25% 1%
19-Sep Wofford N/A 41-38 W 58% 1.7 19% 63% 12%
26-Sep Georgia Southern 39 20-44 L 1% -17.7 50% 69% 26%
3-Oct at Arkansas State 79 35-49 L 3% -15.3 47% 53% 25%
17-Oct at Troy 90 19-16 W 57% 1.5 35% 27% 72%
24-Oct UL-Monroe 122 27-13 W 88% 9.2 34% 36% 52%
31-Oct at New Mexico State 116 48-55 L 35% -3.0 11% 37% 12%
7-Nov at South Alabama 103 45-52 L 46% -0.8 16% 45% 11%
14-Nov Appalachian State 43 20-47 L 3% -15.6 33% 84% 23%
21-Nov at Auburn 35 34-56 L 4% -14.1 10% 55% 4%
28-Nov Texas State 112 38-31 W 67% 3.6 27% 55% 28%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 28.7 69 42.2 127
Points Per Game 30.3 57 42.1 123
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.16 115 1.34 104 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 46.1% 21 47.8% 118 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 28.6 100 31.3 101 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.85 58 5.67 125 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -0.61 75 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-2.25
ACTUAL -6 102
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 101.9 68 78.9 126 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 48.3% 15 49.8% 118 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.89 126 1.30 123 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 107.7 36 90.2 106 100.0
Opportunity Rate 39.5% 59 43.6% 120 38.9%
Power Success Rate 66.0% 65 75.0% 109 66.3%
Stuff Rate 15.2% 6 17.9% 92 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Elijhaa Penny RB 6'2, 234 SR 247 1163 10 4.7 3.3 39.3% 2 (1)
Aaron Duckworth RB 5'8, 201 SO 71 249 3 3.5 4.0 28.2% 2 (0)
Matt Linehan QB 6'3, 214 SO 67 388 5 5.8 3.7 56.7% 5 (3)
Jake Luton QB 6'6, 220 FR 22 101 5 4.6 3.3 36.4% 0 (0)
Isaiah Saunders RB 5'10, 228 FR 13 40 0 3.1 0.8 15.4% 0 (0)
Callen Hightower WR 5'10, 177 JR 2 12 0 6.0 3.0 50.0% 0 (0)
Marc Millan LB 6'1, 221 SR 1 7 0 7.0 1.5 100.0% 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+ 100.4 68 88.6 103 100.0
Passing Success Rate 44.0% 35 45.0% 111 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.43 85 1.41 49 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 100.4 63 66.8 116 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Matt Linehan 6'3, 214 SO 248 391 2992 16 11 63.4% 24 5.8% 6.8
Jake Luton 6'6, 220 FR 49 78 383 1 4 62.8% 5 6.0% 4.3
Kareem Coles 6'1, 189 FR 0 1 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Dezmon Epps WR 5'10, 175 SR 85 61 757 2 12.4 8.9 71.8% 57.6% 19.4%
Callen Hightower WR 5'10, 177 JR 83 57 749 2 13.1 9.0 68.7% 48.2% 18.9%
Deon Watson TE 6'4, 222 JR 72 42 551 7 13.1 7.7 58.3% 51.4% 16.4%
Trent 'Buck' Cowan TE 6'3, 224 JR 67 48 624 4 13.0 9.3 71.6% 56.7% 15.3%
Elijhaa Penny RB 6'2, 234 SR 37 27 239 2 8.9 6.5 73.0% 43.2% 8.4%
Rueben Mwehla WR 5'10, 187 SO 23 19 150 0 7.9 6.5 82.6% 56.5% 5.2%
Jante Boston WR 5'10, 165 FR 23 15 132 0 8.8 5.7 65.2% 52.2% 5.2%
Jacob Sannon WR 5'11, 191 JR 15 11 86 0 7.8 5.7 73.3% 53.3% 3.4%
Jake Manley FB 6'0, 243 SR 8 5 34 0 6.8 4.3 62.5% 50.0% 1.8%
Kareem Coles QB 6'1, 189 FR 7 3 19 0 6.3 2.7 42.9% 14.3% 1.6%
Aaron Duckworth RB 5'8, 201 SO 5 3 19 0 6.3 3.8 60.0% 20.0% 1.1%
Isaiah Saunders RB 5'10, 228 FR 5 2 2 0 1.0 0.4 40.0% 0.0% 1.1%
Calvary Pugh RB 5'9, 172 FR 2 2 12 0 6.0 6.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.5%
Garren Jackson DL 6'3, 225 JR 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
Steven Matlock OL 6'2, 270 JR 1 1 2 0 2.0 2.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.2%
David Ungerer WR 5'8, 171 SO 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+ 99.9 71 81.6 125 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 51.6% 20 54.4% 122 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 0.99 114 1.24 112 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.06 38 3.23 112 2.90
SD Sack Rate 5.4% 75 2.9% 112 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 107.3 45 89.3 99 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 33.8% 38 31.6% 77 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.72 75 1.80 76 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.76 20 3.06 49 3.20
PD Sack Rate 5.9% 36 5.9% 91 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 100.9 70 90.8 95
Q2 S&P+ 104.9 57 80.8 121
Q3 S&P+ 98.7 82 74.3 127
Q4 S&P+ 102.3 71 74.5 128
1st Down S&P+ 98.1 82 80.2 126
2nd Down S&P+ 101.3 70 73.8 128
3rd Down S&P+ 103.8 67 101.4 63
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 52.4% 104 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 40.0% 26 34.0%
Adj. Pace +4.6 21 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 77.8% 43 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 66.3% 13 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 42.2% 5 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 12.8% 118 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 4.6% 70 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 4.4% 62 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 3.0% 128 6.3%
PD to INC 25.0% 124 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Kaden Elliss LB 6'3, 216 FR 70.0 10.0% 7.5 1.0 0 0 0 0
Broc Westlake LB 6'3, 235 SR 68.0 9.7% 3.0 0.0 0 2 0 0
Chris Edwards LB 6'2, 215 SR 55.5 7.9% 8.0 1.0 1 3 1 1
Marc Millan LB 6'1, 221 SR 54.5 7.8% 3.0 0.0 2 0 2 0
Quinton Bradley DE 6'3, 259 SR 46.0 6.6% 15.0 5.0 0 6 1 0
Jordan Grabski DB 6'0, 189 SO 43.0 6.1% 2.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Kendrick Trotter CB 5'11, 176 JR 39.0 5.6% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Russell Siavii S 6'2, 208 JR 39.0 5.6% 1.0 0.0 2 2 0 1
Dorian Clark DB 6'0, 182 SO 36.5 5.2% 3.0 1.0 1 5 0 0
Armond Hawkins CB 5'10, 209 SO 33.0 4.7% 4.0 1.0 0 0 1 0
Tueni Lupeamanu DL 6'1, 305 JR 30.5 4.4% 1.5 1.0 0 1 0 0
Ed Hall LB 6'0, 209 FR 25.0 3.6% 1.5 0.0 0 0 2 0
Ryan Edwards DL 6'3, 323 SR 24.5 3.5% 3.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Kevin Shelton DL 6'3, 265 SO 20.5 2.9% 1.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Kaylyn Ayers DE 6'2, 261 SR 18.0 2.6% 5.0 1.0 0 0 2 0
Khalin Smith TE 6'5, 245 JR 18.0 2.6% 2.0 1.0 0 2 0 0
D.J. Hampton S 5'11, 188 JR 17.5 2.5% 1.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Glen Antoine DL 6'4, 325 JR 13.0 1.9% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jayshawn Jordan CB 5'9, 185 SR 9.5 1.4% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Tony Lashley LB 6'1, 236 SO 7.5 1.1% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Kevin White DE 6'4, 263 JR 4.0 0.6% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Garren Jackson DL 6'3, 225 JR 4.0 0.6% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Desmond Banks S 6'3, 206 SO 3.0 0.4% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Isaiah Saunders RB 5'10, 228 FR 3.0 0.4% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Trent 'Buck' Cowan TE 6'3, 224 JR 2.0 0.3% 1.0 0.0 0 0 1 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+ 0.7 42
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.29 32
Punt Success Rate 58.8% 45
Kickoff Success Rate 72.3% 60
Punt Return Success Rate 45.5% 77
Kick Return Success Rate 27.5% 117
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Austin Rehkow 6'3, 208 JR 39-40 23-27 85.2%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Austin Rehkow 6'3, 208 JR 48 45.8 3 11 9 41.7%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Austin Rehkow 6'3, 208 JR 73 62.1 41 56.2% 0 5 2 1
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Rueben Mwehla 5'10, 187 SO 7 2.4 0 3 1 (1)
Dezmon Epps 5'10, 175 SR 3 1.3 0 5 0 (0)
Callen Hightower 5'10, 177 JR 1 1.0 0 1 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Aaron Duckworth 5'8, 201 SO 14 17.9 0 0 1 (0)
Jayshawn Jordan 5'9, 185 SR 9 19.0 0 0 1 (0)
Elijhaa Penny 6'2, 234 SR 7 19.3 0 0 0 (0)

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