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2015 Nevada advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/21/2016

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2015 | 2016

Nevada Wolfpack (MWC West)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 7-6 | Second-order wins (diff.): 6.1 (-0.9) | S&P+ Rk: 99
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
3-Sep UC Davis N/A 31-17 W 98% 16.0 42% 23% 32%
12-Sep Arizona 77 20-44 L 1% -20.3 22% 9% 33%
19-Sep at Texas A&M 42 27-44 L 2% -16.1 25% 42% 23%
26-Sep at Buffalo 96 24-21 W 76% 5.5 74% 72% 39%
3-Oct UNLV 106 17-23 L 40% -2.1 40% 23% 51%
10-Oct New Mexico 101 35-17 W 100% 25.0 82% 75% 85%
17-Oct at Wyoming 114 21-28 L 12% -9.4 2% 19% 7%
24-Oct Hawaii 118 30-20 W 49% -0.2 12% 16% 34%
5-Nov at Fresno State 100 30-16 W 82% 7.2 28% 54% 34%
14-Nov San Jose State 89 37-34 W 38% -2.4 23% 50% 39%
21-Nov at Utah State 46 27-31 L 63% 2.7 41% 53% 66%
28-Nov at San Diego State 45 14-31 L 1% -19.8 24% 53% 27%
29-Dec vs. Colorado State 81 28-23 W 45% -1.0 33% 65% 48%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 25.2 91 34.0 100
Points Per Game 26.2 86 26.8 62
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.19 99 1.21 42 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 42.2% 63 43.8% 89 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 26.5 124 31.6 104 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 5.01 44 4.47 49 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 3.95 32 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+1.94
ACTUAL 9 16
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 100.1 75 92.1 93 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 43.0% 61 44.3% 84 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.16 27 1.13 90 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 98.2 82 89.7 108 100.0
Opportunity Rate 38.3% 75 40.9% 94 38.9%
Power Success Rate 59.6% 106 66.7% 69 66.3%
Stuff Rate 20.3% 85 18.7% 84 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Don Jackson RB 5'10, 210 SR 230 1082 8 4.7 6.0 30.9% 3 (0)
James Butler RB 5'9, 200 SO 209 1346 10 6.4 7.6 40.2% 1 (0)
Tyler Stewart QB 6'4, 220 JR 78 489 4 6.3 4.1 59.0% 5 (2)
Blake Wright RB 5'10, 200 FR 4 8 0 2.0 0.5 25.0% 0 (0)
Jerico Richardson WR 5'11, 190 JR 3 4 1 1.3 0.0 0.0% 1 (1)
Jarred Gipson TE 6'1, 240 JR 2 -2 0 -1.0 0.0 0.0% 0 (0)
Hunter Fralick QB 6'2, 205 FR 1 4 1 4.0 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+ 87.0 103 89.5 101 100.0
Passing Success Rate 40.9% 59 43.2% 96 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.24 121 1.31 17 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 87.5 81 101.7 60 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Tyler Stewart 6'4, 220 JR 186 326 2139 15 7 57.1% 22 6.3% 5.7
Hunter Fralick 6'2, 205 FR 0 3 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
Jerico Richardson WR 5'11, 190 JR 111 68 745 5 11.0 6.7 61.3% 48.6% 35.0%
Hasaan Henderson WR 6'5, 220 JR 91 53 734 4 13.9 8.1 58.2% 49.5% 28.7%
Wyatt Demps WR 6'4, 195 SO 45 27 232 0 8.6 5.2 60.0% 40.0% 14.2%
Jarred Gipson TE 6'1, 240 JR 28 19 247 5 13.0 8.8 67.9% 60.7% 8.8%
Don Jackson RB 5'10, 210 SR 12 7 77 1 11.0 6.4 58.3% 33.3% 3.8%
James Butler RB 5'9, 200 SO 12 7 44 0 6.3 3.7 58.3% 25.0% 3.8%
Victor Gonzalez WR 6'0, 170 FR 4 1 1 0 1.0 0.3 25.0% 0.0% 1.3%
Kameron Richardson WR 6'7, 220 JR 3 1 7 0 7.0 2.3 33.3% 33.3% 0.9%
Brayden Sanchez WR 5'11, 200 JR 2 2 27 0 13.5 13.5 100.0% 100.0% 0.6%
Evan Faunce TE 6'4, 240 SO 2 1 18 0 18.0 9.0 50.0% 50.0% 0.6%
Rodney Lawson WR 6'0, 190 JR 2 1 5 0 5.0 2.5 50.0% 50.0% 0.6%
Cristian Solano QB 6'1, 170 FR 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
Tucker Melcher WR 6'1, 190 SO 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Tyler Stewart QB 6'4, 220 JR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Austin Carrow TE 6'3, 255 JR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 92.7 105 92.9 92 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 46.0% 75 49.2% 94 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.08 74 1.02 27 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.97 53 3.19 109 2.90
SD Sack Rate 3.0% 24 6.2% 26 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 94.8 89 85.8 107 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 33.1% 46 31.4% 76 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.55 114 1.90 104 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.47 42 3.52 95 3.20
PD Sack Rate 9.5% 96 6.2% 87 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 89.7 106 100.7 58
Q2 S&P+ 95.6 84 81.8 117
Q3 S&P+ 91.2 99 96.5 84
Q4 S&P+ 104.4 61 91.6 103
1st Down S&P+ 88.9 109 94.5 93
2nd Down S&P+ 101.4 69 88.4 105
3rd Down S&P+ 102.6 71 94.9 95
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 71.9% 12 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 36.3% 44 34.0%
Adj. Pace -1.3 72 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 74.7% 68 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 59.5% 73 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 39.4% 19 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 14.4% 93 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 7.3% 14 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 3.6% 83 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 3.5% 127 6.3%
PD to INC 35.6% 39 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Asauni Rufus DB 6'0, 190 FR 81.5 11.1% 0.0 0.0 1 2 1 0
Jordan Dobrich LB 6'2, 240 SR 79.0 10.7% 6.5 1.0 2 2 1 0
Matthew Lyons LB 6'2, 220 SR 62.5 8.5% 6.0 1.0 0 0 0 1
Dameon Baber DB 5'11, 180 FR 55.0 7.5% 0.5 0.0 6 2 0 0
Bryan Lane Jr. LB 6'4, 220 SR 44.5 6.1% 2.5 1.0 1 3 0 0
Lenny Jones DE 6'3, 270 SR 42.5 5.8% 12.5 7.0 0 4 0 0
Faigofie Faaituala LB 6'1, 230 SR 38.5 5.2% 2.0 0.0 0 4 0 0
Kendall Johnson DB 6'0, 185 SO 37.0 5.0% 0.0 0.0 0 2 0 0
Ian Seau DE 6'3, 250 SR 35.0 4.8% 18.5 10.0 0 4 5 0
Elijah Mitchell DB 5'8, 180 JR 32.0 4.4% 2.0 0.0 1 4 0 0
Ahki Muhammad DB 5'9, 185 FR 28.5 3.9% 0.5 0.0 0 3 0 0
Rykeem Yates DL 6'2, 280 SR 24.0 3.3% 5.0 2.0 0 1 0 1
Alex Bertrando LB 6'2, 225 JR 24.0 3.3% 1.0 0.0 0 1 0 1
Kevin McReynolds DL 6'2, 300 SR 20.0 2.7% 3.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
L.J. Jackson LB 6'0, 200 JR 18.0 2.4% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Salesa Faraimo DL 6'2, 290 JR 16.0 2.2% 4.0 1.0 0 1 0 0
Malik Reed DE 6'1, 245 FR 15.0 2.0% 3.5 1.0 0 1 0 0
Elijah Moody DB 5'11, 175 FR 13.5 1.8% 0.0 0.0 1 3 0 1
Randy Uzoma DB 6'1, 205 JR 11.5 1.6% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Jaden Sawyer DB 6'0, 195 SO 10.5 1.4% 0.0 0.0 1 0 1 0
Korey Rush DE 6'1, 260 FR 10.0 1.4% 2.0 1.0 0 1 0 0
Trevor Taft LB 6'2, 220 SR 10.0 1.4% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Patrick Choudja DE 6'3, 235 SO 7.0 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Travis Wilson LB 6'1, 215 SO 4.0 0.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jarid Joseph DE 6'2, 230 FR 2.5 0.3% 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+ 1.4 8
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.44 11
Punt Success Rate 62.1% 31
Kickoff Success Rate 70.1% 65
Punt Return Success Rate 58.3% 33
Kick Return Success Rate 50.0% 42
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Brent Zuzo 5'10, 180 JR 38-40 17-19 89.5%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Alex Boy 6'3, 200 JR 65 42.0 4 28 18 70.8%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Brent Zuzo 5'10, 180 JR 67 62.3 28 41.8% 1 2 3 2
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Andrew Celis 5'11, 190 FR 11 13.8 0 21 0 (0)
Elijah Mitchell 5'8, 180 JR 1 0.0 0 0 1 (1)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Elijah Mitchell 5'8, 180 JR 25 26.4 1 0 0 (0)
Andrew Celis 5'11, 190 FR 2 18.0 0 0 0 (0)
Rodney Lawson 6'0, 190 JR 2 26.0 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics