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2015 TCU advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/20/2016

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2015 | 2016

TCU Horned Frogs (Big 12)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 11-2 | Second-order wins (diff.): 10.0 (-1.0) | S&P+ Rk: 26
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy		 Adj. Scoring
Margin		 Percentile
Performance		 Off.
Percentile		 Def.
Percentile
3-Sep at Minnesota 37 23-17 W 89% 9.6 89% 64% 68%
12-Sep Stephen F. Austin N/A 70-7 W 100% 57.1 76% 87% 85%
19-Sep SMU 104 56-37 W 100% 24.3 84% 89% 28%
26-Sep at Texas Tech 62 55-52 W 68% 3.8 81% 76% 39%
3-Oct Texas 72 50-7 W 100% 56.7 90% 97% 96%
10-Oct at Kansas State 84 52-45 W 94% 12.5 49% 83% 28%
17-Oct at Iowa State 70 45-21 W 99% 19.9 68% 89% 32%
29-Oct West Virginia 24 40-10 W 100% 22.3 92% 88% 91%
7-Nov at Oklahoma State 33 29-49 L 0% -22.6 9% 47% 7%
14-Nov Kansas 127 23-17 W 72% 4.7 2% 3% 25%
21-Nov at Oklahoma 4 29-30 L 48% -0.3 62% 72% 81%
27-Nov Baylor 14 28-21 W 70% 4.1 87% 16% 98%
2-Jan vs. Oregon 25 47-41 W 55% 1.0 41% 39% 80%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 38.6 18 27.1 58
Points Per Game 42.1 7 27.2 64
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.32 33 1.35 105 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 47.9% 15 38.0% 31 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 31.7 33 28.0 33 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 5.02 43 4.78 76 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 5.9 19 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-2.27
ACTUAL 0 66
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 101.3 70 109.3 39 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 48.5% 13 42.2% 67 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.03 84 1.06 62 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 99.5 74 113.1 19 100.0
Opportunity Rate 43.8% 17 37.6% 57 38.9%
Power Success Rate 66.7% 58 62.3% 43 66.3%
Stuff Rate 15.9% 12 15.6% 110 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry		 Hlt Yds/
Opp.		 Opp.
Rate		 Fumbles
(Lost)
Aaron Green TB 5'11, 205 SR 245 1272 11 5.2 4.5 42.0% 2 (1)
Trevone Boykin QB 6'2, 205 SR 111 671 9 6.0 5.2 47.7% 4 (1)
Kyle Hicks TB 5'10, 200 SO 56 262 3 4.7 4.2 37.5% 0 (0)
Trevorris Johnson TB 5'11, 221 SO 42 262 0 6.2 4.0 50.0% 1 (1)
KaVontae Turpin WR 5'9, 152 FR 20 116 0 5.8 3.8 50.0% 3 (1)
Colten Christensen TB 5'9, 185 SR 16 66 1 4.1 1.1 37.5% 0 (0)
Shaun Nixon TB 5'10, 196 FR 16 66 0 4.1 3.5 37.5% 0 (0)
Bram Kohlhausen QB 6'2, 203 SR 15 78 2 5.2 2.6 46.7% 1 (0)
Foster Sawyer QB 6'5, 228 FR 11 62 0 5.6 2.1 54.5% 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+ 120.7 19 112.0 31 100.0
Passing Success Rate 47.3% 13 33.2% 11 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.61 26 1.76 123 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 185.4 15 96 70 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate		 Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Trevone Boykin 6'2, 205 SR 257 396 3575 31 10 64.9% 12 2.9% 8.6
Bram Kohlhausen 6'2, 203 SR 55 88 720 5 2 62.5% 3 3.3% 7.8
Foster Sawyer 6'5, 228 FR 11 27 155 2 3 40.7% 3 10.0% 4.9

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch		 Yds/
Target		 Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Josh Doctson WR 6'3, 195 SR 107 79 1327 14 16.8 12.4 73.8% 65.4% 21.7%
Shaun Nixon TB 5'10, 196 FR 69 47 501 1 10.7 7.3 68.1% 42.0% 14.0%
KaVontae Turpin WR 5'9, 152 FR 61 45 649 8 14.4 10.6 73.8% 49.2% 12.4%
Kolby Listenbee WR 6'1, 183 SR 53 30 597 5 19.9 11.3 56.6% 50.9% 10.8%
Desmon White WR 5'7, 150 SO 31 19 258 0 13.6 8.3 61.3% 51.6% 6.3%
Emanuel Porter WR 6'4, 210 SO 30 14 213 3 15.2 7.1 46.7% 43.3% 6.1%
Jarrison Stewart WR 6'0, 190 FR 29 21 265 1 12.6 9.1 72.4% 62.1% 5.9%
Aaron Green TB 5'11, 205 SR 24 16 117 1 7.3 4.9 66.7% 41.7% 4.9%
Kyle Hicks TB 5'10, 200 SO 22 13 104 1 8.0 4.7 59.1% 31.8% 4.5%
Ja'Juan Story WR 6'4, 208 SR 16 9 84 1 9.3 5.3 56.2% 50.0% 3.3%
Jaelan Austin WR 6'0, 192 FR 14 10 137 2 13.7 9.8 71.4% 64.3% 2.8%
Ty Slanina WR 6'0, 193 JR 11 11 134 0 12.2 12.2 100.0% 63.6% 2.2%
Tony James WR 5'10, 156 FR 8 3 39 0 13.0 4.9 37.5% 37.5% 1.6%
Dominic Merka TE 6'4, 250 SR 5 4 54 1 13.5 10.8 80.0% 60.0% 1.0%
Buck Jones TE 6'4, 255 JR 4 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
Charlie Reid WR 6'4, 225 SO 3 3 24 1 8.0 8.0 100.0% 66.7% 0.6%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 111.6 29 111.8 26 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 52.6% 16 44.3% 49 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.21 22 1.13 78 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.27 18 3.02 87 2.90
SD Sack Rate 1.9% 11 4.4% 89 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 112.0 39 108.6 44 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 35.7% 26 24.6% 13 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.76 70 2.18 127 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.52 35 2.40 7 3.20
PD Sack Rate 6.0% 38 10.2% 20 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 121.6 18 107.8 39
Q2 S&P+ 95.4 85 112.7 34
Q3 S&P+ 114.5 29 128.2 12
Q4 S&P+ 126.3 5 124.9 9
1st Down S&P+ 111.8 29 107.2 38
2nd Down S&P+ 122.8 16 122.6 15
3rd Down S&P+ 106.4 56 136.7 4
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 56.9% 79 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 27.4% 97 34.0%
Adj. Pace +11.1 3 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 80.9% 20 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 61.8% 46 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 34.8% 58 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 15.8% 64 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 5.4% 53 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 1.2% 127 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 9.1% 6 6.3%
PD to INC 28.4% 103 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Travin Howard S 6'1, 190 SO 84.0 11.3% 8.0 1.0 1 2 3 0
Derrick Kindred S 5'10, 210 SR 72.0 9.7% 3.5 0.0 2 3 2 0
Denzel Johnson S 6'2, 205 JR 66.5 8.9% 13.5 2.0 1 8 0 0
Ty Summers LB 6'2, 230 FR 64.5 8.6% 4.0 1.0 1 1 0 0
Montrel Wilson LB 6'3, 208 FR 45.5 6.1% 4.0 2.5 0 1 1 0
Nick Orr S 5'10, 166 SO 43.5 5.8% 3.0 1.0 1 9 1 0
Corry O'Meally CB 6'0, 170 SR 36.5 4.9% 0.5 0.5 0 10 0 0
Josh Carraway DE 6'4, 250 JR 36.0 4.8% 11.5 9.0 0 2 1 2
Ridwan Issahaku S 6'1, 180 FR 32.0 4.3% 2.0 0.0 0 4 0 0
Aaron Curry DT 6'2, 280 JR 31.0 4.2% 4.0 3.0 0 0 0 0
Terrell Lathan DE 6'5, 280 SR 28.0 3.8% 6.5 4.0 0 5 1 0
Davion Pierson DT 6'2, 305 SR 25.5 3.4% 6.5 2.0 0 0 0 0
Chris Bradley DT 6'2, 255 SO 20.5 2.7% 4.5 2.0 0 1 0 0
Torrance Mosley CB 5'10, 160 SO 18.0 2.4% 0.0 0.0 0 3 0 0
Mike Tuaua DE 6'3, 253 SR 17.5 2.3% 2.5 0.5 0 0 0 0
Julius Lewis CB 5'10, 170 FR 14.5 1.9% 2.0 0.0 0 4 0 0
Michael Downing S 5'11, 175 SO 13.5 1.8% 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Alec Dunham LB 6'1, 213 FR 10.5 1.4% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Bryson Henderson DE 6'6, 275 SO 9.5 1.3% 2.5 1.5 0 0 1 0
Tevin Lawson DT 6'4, 280 JR 8.5 1.1% 1.0 1.0 0 0 1 0
Tipa Galeai DE 6'5, 220 FR 6.0 0.8% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0
Mike Freeze LB 6'3, 220 FR 6.0 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ranthony Texada CB 5'10, 170 SO 5.5 0.7% 1.0 0.0 0 2 0 0
Arico Evans S 6'2, 196 FR 5.5 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Kenny Iloka S 6'2, 209 SR 5.5 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+ 1.4 6
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.40 17
Punt Success Rate 60.6% 35
Kickoff Success Rate 84.0% 20
Punt Return Success Rate 47.4% 68
Kick Return Success Rate 48.6% 53
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Jaden Oberkrom 6'3, 187 SR 59-60 21-25 84.0%
Jonathan Song 5'10, 170 FR 1-1 0-0 #DIV/0!
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Ethan Perry 6'4, 230 SR 66 39.0 4 22 27 74.2%
Trevone Boykin 6'2, 205 SR 1 18.0 0 0 1 100.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches		 Onside
Att		 Onside
Success
Jaden Oberkrom 6'3, 187 SR 92 63.0 56 60.9% 2 1 3 0
Jonathan Song 5'10, 170 FR 2 63.5 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
KaVontae Turpin 5'9, 152 FR 17 10.6 1 32 2 (0)
Desmon White 5'7, 150 SO 1 9.0 0 2 0 (0)
Garrett Kaufman 6'1, 225 SO 1 2.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
KaVontae Turpin 5'9, 152 FR 27 27.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kolby Listenbee 6'1, 183 SR 4 19.0 0 0 0 (0)
Buck Jones 6'4, 255 JR 2 11.0 0 0 0 (0)

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