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2015 Pittsburgh advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/21/2016

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2015 | 2016

Pittsburgh Panthers (ACC Coastal)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 8-5 | Second-order wins (diff.): 7.3 (-0.7) | S&P+ Rk: 40
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
5-Sep Youngstown State N/A 45-37 W 72% 4.6 47% 50% 30%
12-Sep at Akron 80 24-7 W 90% 10.1 91% 58% 86%
19-Sep at Iowa 47 24-27 L 16% -7.8 80% 53% 48%
3-Oct at Virginia Tech 59 17-13 W 98% 16.4 95% 26% 99%
10-Oct Virginia 73 26-19 W 99% 17.3 75% 77% 83%
17-Oct at Georgia Tech 68 31-28 W 73% 4.9 40% 85% 22%
24-Oct at Syracuse 71 23-20 W 44% -1.2 24% 52% 27%
29-Oct North Carolina 29 19-26 L 4% -13.8 29% 34% 60%
7-Nov Notre Dame 8 30-42 L 13% -9.1 31% 65% 33%
14-Nov at Duke 75 31-13 W 89% 9.8 78% 77% 64%
21-Nov Louisville 28 45-34 W 87% 8.9 77% 85% 59%
27-Nov Miami-FL 51 24-29 L 36% -2.8 41% 34% 65%
28-Dec vs. Navy 20 28-44 L 12% -9.5 56% 79% 36%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 33.9 38 25.6 50
Points Per Game 28.2 68 26.1 57
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.19 101 1.40 112 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 44.4% 33 37.6% 25 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 30.5 53 26.8 10 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.71 72 5.30 117 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 0.6 62 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-0.23
ACTUAL 0 66
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 113.7 23 103.8 53 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 46.5% 26 40.1% 47 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.05 71 1.23 111 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 110.2 24 115 14 100.0
Opportunity Rate 39.9% 53 35.0% 31 38.9%
Power Success Rate 75.5% 22 68.2% 81 66.3%
Stuff Rate 16.4% 20 19.8% 67 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Qadree Ollison RB 6'2, 230 FR 212 1121 11 5.3 7.0 32.5% 2 (2)
Darrin Hall RB 5'11, 215 FR 64 257 2 4.0 2.7 37.5% 0 (0)
Nate Peterman QB 6'2, 225 JR 60 387 1 6.5 5.1 51.7% 8 (1)
Chris James RB 5'11, 210 SO 56 253 0 4.5 4.4 35.7% 2 (1)
Tyler Boyd WR 6'2, 200 JR 41 349 0 8.5 6.6 61.0% 5 (0)
Chad Voytik QB 6'1, 215 JR 16 76 1 4.8 7.7 25.0% 2 (1)
Jordan Whitehead DB 5'11, 185 FR 12 122 2 10.2 5.2 83.3% 0 (0)
James Conner RB 6'2, 240 JR 8 77 2 9.6 10.6 50.0% 0 (0)
George Aston FB 6'0, 240 FR 2 27 0 13.5 19.5 50.0% 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+ 103.8 60 115.3 21 100.0
Passing Success Rate 41.7% 54 35.1% 20 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.37 95 1.59 105 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 75 105 130.6 22 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Nate Peterman 6'2, 225 JR 193 314 2287 20 8 61.5% 25 7.4% 6.3
Chad Voytik 6'1, 215 JR 16 24 112 1 1 66.7% 4 14.3% 2.6

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Tyler Boyd WR 6'2, 200 JR 126 91 926 6 10.2 7.4 72.2% 52.4% 38.9%
Dontez Ford WR 6'2, 215 JR 49 27 518 2 19.2 10.6 55.1% 51.0% 15.1%
J.P. Holtz TE 6'4, 250 SR 38 24 350 4 14.6 9.2 63.2% 57.9% 11.7%
Qadree Ollison RB 6'2, 230 FR 22 14 77 1 5.5 3.5 63.6% 22.7% 6.8%
Scott Orndoff TE 6'5, 265 JR 21 13 244 5 18.8 11.6 61.9% 57.1% 6.5%
Zach Challingsworth WR 6'2, 200 SO 18 12 171 1 14.3 9.5 66.7% 55.6% 5.6%
Chris James RB 5'11, 210 SO 10 7 48 0 6.9 4.8 70.0% 40.0% 3.1%
George Aston FB 6'0, 240 FR 9 8 40 2 5.0 4.4 88.9% 55.6% 2.8%
Darrin Hall RB 5'11, 215 FR 9 5 30 0 6.0 3.3 55.6% 22.2% 2.8%
Elijah Zeise WR 6'2, 215 FR 8 5 54 0 10.8 6.8 62.5% 62.5% 2.5%
Jester Weah WR 6'3, 205 SO 5 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 1.5%
Jordan Whitehead DB 5'11, 185 FR 3 2 10 0 5.0 3.3 66.7% 33.3% 0.9%
Jaymar Parrish TE 6'2, 270 JR 2 1 3 0 3.0 1.5 50.0% 0.0% 0.6%
Quadree Henderson WR 5'8, 170 FR 2 2 1 0 0.5 0.5 100.0% 0.0% 0.6%
Matt Galambos LB 6'2, 240 JR 1 1 12 0 12.0 12.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
James Conner RB 6'2, 240 JR 1 1 7 0 7.0 7.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 108.3 37 115.9 16 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 49.4% 32 40.4% 13 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.08 73 1.20 102 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.30 13 2.70 38 2.90
SD Sack Rate 6.9% 100 10.0% 2 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 102.5 62 95.6 82 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 32.2% 55 32.3% 86 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.56 110 1.87 97 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.75 104 3.07 51 3.20
PD Sack Rate 8.9% 90 6.7% 79 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 108.6 47 97.9 70
Q2 S&P+ 102.8 67 109.7 45
Q3 S&P+ 113.7 31 112.7 35
Q4 S&P+ 109.4 38 117.5 20
1st Down S&P+ 109.9 36 121.6 11
2nd Down S&P+ 102.6 62 97.5 79
3rd Down S&P+ 112.8 34 101.5 62
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 64.9% 34 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 34.3% 56 34.0%
Adj. Pace -5.2 113 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 79.8% 29 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 57.7% 90 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 35.1% 55 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 18.1% 29 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 5.8% 47 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 5.9% 21 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 6.3% 68 6.3%
PD to INC 29.4% 93 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Jordan Whitehead DB 5'11, 185 FR 91.0 14.7% 6.0 0.5 1 6 1 1
Matt Galambos LB 6'2, 240 JR 69.5 11.2% 10.0 5.0 2 1 2 0
Avonte Maddox DB 5'9, 170 SO 63.5 10.2% 1.0 0.5 3 12 0 0
Nicholas Grigsby LB 6'1, 220 SR 55.5 9.0% 9.5 3.5 0 2 2 0
Mike Caprara LB 6'0, 230 JR 40.0 6.5% 9.5 4.0 1 1 0 0
Ejuan Price DL 6'0, 250 SR 39.0 6.3% 19.5 11.5 0 1 1 1
Lafayette Pitts DB 5'11, 195 SR 31.5 5.1% 2.0 1.0 1 6 1 0
Bam Bradley LB 6'2, 230 JR 28.0 4.5% 5.0 1.0 0 0 1 0
Terrish Webb DB 5'11, 190 JR 21.5 3.5% 0.0 0.0 2 3 1 1
Shakir Soto DL 6'3, 265 JR 19.5 3.1% 3.0 2.0 0 0 0 0
Rori Blair DL 6'4, 240 SO 19.0 3.1% 3.5 1.5 0 2 1 0
Tyrique Jarrett DL 6'3, 335 JR 16.5 2.7% 7.0 2.0 0 0 0 0
Darryl Render DL 6'2, 300 SR 16.0 2.6% 1.5 1.0 0 0 0 0
Quintin Wirginis LB 6'2, 240 SO 15.0 2.4% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Reggie Mitchell DB 6'0, 190 JR 13.5 2.2% 0.5 0.0 0 1 0 0
Pat Amara DB 6'2, 195 SO 12.5 2.0% 0.5 0.0 0 1 0 0
Khaynin Mosley-Smith DL 6'0, 305 SR 11.0 1.8% 2.0 0.5 0 0 1 0
Dennis Briggs DB 5'10, 190 FR 6.5 1.0% 1.0 1.0 0 0 1 0
Ryan Lewis DB 6'0, 195 JR 6.0 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jevonte Pitts DB 5'11, 200 JR 6.0 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
George Aston FB 6'0, 240 FR 5.0 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Matt Steinbeck LB 6'0, 210 SR 4.5 0.7% 1.5 0.0 0 1 0 0
Mark Scarpinato DL 6'3, 285 SR 4.5 0.7% 0.5 0.0 0 1 0 0
Jeremiah Taleni DL 6'2, 295 SO 3.5 0.6% 1.5 0.0 0 0 0 0
Zach Poker DL 6'4, 235 SO 3.0 0.5% 1.5 1.0 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+ 0.0 73
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) -0.11 86
Punt Success Rate 55.6% 61
Kickoff Success Rate 89.9% 7
Punt Return Success Rate 36.8% 106
Kick Return Success Rate 48.8% 51
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Chris Blewitt 5'9, 190 JR 42-43 15-23 65.2%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Ryan Winslow 6'5, 210 SO 63 41.1 7 24 19 68.3%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Chris Blewitt 5'9, 190 JR 69 63.6 43 62.3% 0 0 3 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Avonte Maddox 5'9, 170 SO 8 6.0 0 6 0 (0)
Tyler Boyd 6'2, 200 JR 8 0.9 0 6 3 (0)
Quintin Wirginis 6'2, 240 SO 1 13.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Quadree Henderson 5'8, 170 FR 18 28.0 1 0 0 (0)
Tyler Boyd 6'2, 200 JR 11 23.4 0 0 1 (0)
Avonte Maddox 5'9, 170 SO 6 30.3 1 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics