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2015 Iowa State advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/21/2016

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2015 | 2016

Iowa State Cyclones (Big 12)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 3-9 | Second-order wins (diff.): 4.8 (1.8) | S&P+ Rk: 70
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
5-Sep Northern Iowa N/A 31-7 W 99% 17.7 79% 19% 79%
12-Sep Iowa 47 17-31 L 7% -11.9 70% 57% 30%
19-Sep at Toledo 21 23-30 L 43% -1.4 95% 51% 91%
3-Oct Kansas 127 38-13 W 100% 31.2 83% 41% 69%
10-Oct at Texas Tech 62 31-66 L 1% -19.4 10% 35% 9%
17-Oct TCU 26 21-45 L 1% -19.9 18% 66% 20%
24-Oct at Baylor 14 27-45 L 0% -26.5 17% 6% 65%
31-Oct Texas 72 24-0 W 100% 26.2 82% 45% 91%
7-Nov at Oklahoma 4 16-52 L 0% -30.2 15% 24% 30%
14-Nov Oklahoma State 33 31-35 L 62% 2.4 65% 74% 56%
21-Nov at Kansas State 84 35-38 L 73% 4.8 42% 48% 49%
28-Nov at West Virginia 24 6-30 L 0% -28.4 16% 23% 45%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 28.8 66 28.3 66
Points Per Game 25.0 93 32.7 97
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.20 97 1.21 38 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 41.6% 69 46.4% 111 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 29.9 64 30.9 91 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.05 112 4.78 75 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -8.1 117 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-1.21
ACTUAL -11 113
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 106.7 46 101.5 60 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 46.5% 27 46.0% 99 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.01 91 1.01 42 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 107.4 39 101.7 52 100.0
Opportunity Rate 39.1% 63 43.0% 117 38.9%
Power Success Rate 62.5% 86 61.9% 39 66.3%
Stuff Rate 16.6% 25 17.8% 93 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Mike Warren RB 6'0, 200 FR 227 1339 5 5.9 6.5 37.9% 5 (5)
Joshua Thomas RB 5'11, 224 FR 75 295 7 3.9 3.3 36.0% 2 (1)
Joel Lanning QB 6'2, 232 SO 70 457 4 6.5 5.3 50.0% 7 (2)
Sam Richardson QB 6'2, 217 SR 29 115 1 4.0 3.0 41.4% 4 (1)
Tyler Brown RB 5'11, 188 SO 24 94 0 3.9 7.1 20.8% 1 (0)
Trever Ryen RB 5'11, 190 SO 17 71 1 4.2 3.7 35.3% 1 (0)
Mitchell Harger RB 5'10, 200 JR 6 34 0 5.7 1.8 66.7% 0 (0)
Jauan Wesley WR 5'11, 181 SO 3 7 0 2.3 4.3 33.3% 0 (0)
Allen Lazard WR 6'5, 223 SO 2 17 0 8.5 9.5 50.0% 1 (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+ 92.9 89 98.4 69 100.0
Passing Success Rate 36.6% 100 46.8% 118 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.45 75 1.41 50 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 62.2 122 119.5 35 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Sam Richardson 6'2, 217 SR 128 213 1443 8 8 60.1% 18 7.8% 5.8
Joel Lanning 6'2, 232 SO 107 193 1246 10 4 55.4% 24 11.1% 5.2

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Allen Lazard WR 6'5, 223 SO 92 58 879 6 15.2 9.6 63.0% 52.2% 23.5%
Quenton Bundrage WR 6'2, 198 SR 70 41 548 4 13.4 7.8 58.6% 45.7% 17.9%
Jauan Wesley WR 5'11, 181 SO 51 30 298 2 9.9 5.8 58.8% 37.3% 13.0%
D'Vario Montgomery WR 6'6, 213 JR 50 27 335 3 12.4 6.7 54.0% 42.0% 12.8%
Dondre Daley WR 6'2, 191 JR 36 24 244 2 10.2 6.8 66.7% 38.9% 9.2%
Trever Ryen RB 5'11, 190 SO 25 18 191 1 10.6 7.6 72.0% 48.0% 6.4%
Mike Warren RB 6'0, 200 FR 22 14 70 0 5.0 3.2 63.6% 27.3% 5.6%
Carson Epps WR 6'1, 195 FR 15 8 42 0 5.3 2.8 53.3% 33.3% 3.8%
Joshua Thomas RB 5'11, 224 FR 9 4 18 0 4.5 2.0 44.4% 22.2% 2.3%
Ben Boesen TE 6'5, 249 SR 8 4 22 0 5.5 2.8 50.0% 12.5% 2.0%
Tyler Brown RB 5'11, 188 SO 4 4 24 0 6.0 6.0 100.0% 50.0% 1.0%
Justin Chandler TE 6'4, 266 JR 2 2 49 0 24.5 24.5 100.0% 100.0% 0.5%
Mitchell Harger RB 5'10, 200 JR 2 2 27 0 13.5 13.5 100.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Joel Lanning QB 6'2, 232 SO 1 1 9 0 9.0 9.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Darius Lee-Campbell WR 6'2, 214 FR 1 1 8 0 8.0 8.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Kane Seeley LB 6'2, 239 JR 1 1 5 0 5.0 5.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 100.0 69 99.9 62 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 47.8% 50 52.8% 116 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.00 111 1.02 26 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.09 33 3.17 105 2.90
SD Sack Rate 7.7% 112 6.3% 24 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 96.9 80 99.4 73 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 26.6% 99 32.0% 83 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 2.07 8 1.91 105 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.61 29 2.65 17 3.20
PD Sack Rate 14.3% 126 9.4% 25 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 104.8 61 97.1 77
Q2 S&P+ 106.3 51 101.1 76
Q3 S&P+ 100.8 76 96.9 81
Q4 S&P+ 93.8 96 98.3 76
1st Down S&P+ 104.6 56 95.1 90
2nd Down S&P+ 93.9 92 104.9 55
3rd Down S&P+ 104.3 65 96.4 87
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 60.7% 64 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 27.6% 96 34.0%
Adj. Pace +3.9 28 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 79.6% 33 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 58.3% 80 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 37.8% 29 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 14.8% 85 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 4.7% 68 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 4.8% 51 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 5.4% 94 6.3%
PD to INC 28.7% 100 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Brian Peavy DB 5'9, 184 FR 68.0 9.5% 3.5 1.0 2 10 1 0
Qujuan Floyd DB 6'0, 202 SR 65.0 9.1% 0.5 0.5 1 2 0 0
Jordan Harris LB 6'0, 233 JR 53.0 7.4% 5.0 1.0 1 0 0 0
Willie Harvey LB 6'0, 222 FR 45.0 6.3% 3.0 2.0 0 1 0 0
Jarnor Jones LB 6'3, 209 JR 38.0 5.3% 7.0 2.0 0 6 0 0
Levi Peters LB 5'11, 218 JR 37.0 5.2% 6.0 4.0 0 0 3 0
Brian Mills LB 5'10, 226 SO 34.5 4.8% 3.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Jomal Wiltz DB 5'10, 174 JR 34.5 4.8% 0.0 0.0 0 8 0 0
Kamari Cotton-Moya DB 6'1, 197 SO 33.0 4.6% 2.5 0.0 0 1 0 0
Nigel Tribune DB 5'11, 184 JR 33.0 4.6% 1.0 0.0 0 7 2 0
Dale Pierson DE 6'2, 249 SR 31.5 4.4% 12.5 8.5 1 2 1 0
Darian Cotton DB 5'11, 200 SR 30.0 4.2% 2.5 0.0 0 2 2 0
Reggan Northrup LB 6'1, 191 FR 24.0 3.4% 2.5 1.0 0 0 0 0
Demond Tucker DL 6'0, 296 JR 23.0 3.2% 13.0 6.0 0 0 1 0
Kane Seeley LB 6'2, 239 JR 17.5 2.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
J.D. Waggoner DE 6'3, 250 SO 17.0 2.4% 3.0 1.0 0 1 0 0
Luke Knott LB 6'1, 215 JR 16.5 2.3% 3.0 1.0 0 0 0 0
Pierre Aka DL 6'4, 293 JR 15.0 2.1% 0.5 0.0 0 0 0 0
Sam Richardson DB 5'8, 182 SR 13.0 1.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jhaustin Thomas DE 6'6, 265 JR 12.0 1.7% 2.5 1.0 0 0 0 0
Josh Jahlas LB 6'2, 204 JR 10.5 1.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Trent Taylor DE 6'2, 267 SR 8.5 1.2% 3.0 1.0 0 0 0 0
Darius White DE 6'1, 251 JR 7.0 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Vernell Trent DL 6'3, 280 SO 5.0 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Kenneth Lynn WR 5'10, 172 SR 5.0 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+ -0.5 85
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.07 58
Punt Success Rate 53.2% 79
Kickoff Success Rate 67.8% 79
Punt Return Success Rate 72.7% 3
Kick Return Success Rate 32.4% 111
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Cole Netten 6'1, 224 JR 35-36 14-19 73.7%
Chris Francis 6'0, 177 FR 1-1 0-0 #DIV/0!
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Colin Downing 5'11, 187 SO 53 40.9 1 21 15 67.9%
Holden Kramer 6'3, 181 SO 7 31.7 1 4 6 142.9%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Cole Netten 6'1, 224 JR 35 61.6 8 22.9% 0 1 2 0
Chris Francis 6'0, 177 FR 24 59.2 2 8.3% 0 1 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Trever Ryen 5'11, 190 SO 11 15.4 1 10 0 (0)
Allen Lazard 6'5, 223 SO 11 19.5 0 13 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Trever Ryen 5'11, 190 SO 16 17.9 0 0 0 (0)
Jomal Wiltz 5'10, 174 JR 12 22.6 0 0 2 (0)
Quenton Bundrage 6'2, 198 SR 3 17.3 0 1 0 (0)

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