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2015 Tulane advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/21/2016

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2015 | 2016

Tulane Green Wave (American West)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 3-9 | Second-order wins (diff.): 3.8 (0.8) | S&P+ Rk: 120
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
3-Sep Duke 75 7-37 L 0% -29.5 11% 20% 26%
12-Sep at Georgia Tech 68 10-65 L 0% -40.3 4% 10% 6%
19-Sep Maine N/A 38-7 W 100% 21.7 42% 31% 24%
3-Oct Central Florida 125 45-31 W 99% 19.3 82% 37% 61%
10-Oct at Temple 49 10-49 L 0% -35.1 11% 9% 18%
16-Oct Houston 44 7-42 L 0% -26.5 12% 12% 45%
24-Oct at Navy 20 14-31 L 23% -5.9 44% 44% 91%
31-Oct at Memphis 55 13-41 L 0% -26.0 11% 34% 24%
7-Nov Connecticut 87 3-7 L 24% -5.6 16% 2% 85%
14-Nov at Army 123 34-31 W 63% 2.7 12% 30% 39%
21-Nov at SMU 104 21-49 L 1% -18.2 3% 10% 12%
27-Nov Tulsa 94 34-45 L 72% 4.7 28% 56% 43%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 16.2 122 34.4 102
Points Per Game 19.7 113 36.3 110
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.28 58 1.24 58 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 33.7% 125 42.8% 80 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 26.2 126 34.1 124 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.63 80 5.80 127 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 0.28 66 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+0.30
ACTUAL 1 58
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 81.2 121 98.4 73 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 33.6% 123 40.6% 53 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.09 51 1.04 55 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 72.9 128 107.5 41 100.0
Opportunity Rate 34.1% 111 39.8% 83 38.9%
Power Success Rate 41.2% 128 76.2% 111 66.3%
Stuff Rate 26.1% 125 22.0% 40 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Dontrell Hilliard RB 5'11, 195 SO 115 646 6 5.6 7.6 32.2% 0 (0)
Sherman Badie RB 5'11, 199 SO 72 310 2 4.3 4.9 36.1% 0 (0)
Rob Kelley RB 6'0, 220 SR 65 232 1 3.6 4.6 26.2% 0 (0)
Lazedrick Thompson RB 6'0, 219 JR 45 162 1 3.6 1.9 35.6% 0 (0)
Josh Rounds RB 5'11, 201 JR 35 207 1 5.9 6.5 42.9% 2 (1)
Jordy Joseph QB 5'10, 199 SR 14 107 0 7.6 3.4 78.6% 0 (0)
Peter Picerelli P 6'0, 194 SR 5 -78 0 -15.6 0.0 0.0% 1 (1)
Devin Glenn RB 5'8, 164 FR 4 18 0 4.5 6.7 25.0% 0 (0)
Tanner Lee QB 6'4, 220 SO 4 -12 0 -3.0 0.0 0.0% 7 (2)
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+ 72.8 123 88.0 104 100.0
Passing Success Rate 33.8% 113 45.8% 114 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.44 82 1.47 66 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 78.2 100 125.6 28 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Tanner Lee 6'4, 220 SO 143 276 1639 11 7 51.8% 20 6.8% 5.0
Jordy Joseph 5'10, 199 SR 46 91 619 6 3 50.5% 5 5.2% 6.3
Devin Powell 6'3, 241 JR 16 36 157 1 0 44.4% 1 2.7% 3.8

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Teddy Veal WR 6'0, 192 SO 85 48 644 5 13.4 7.6 56.5% 44.7% 22.2%
Devon Breaux WR 6'0, 181 JR 60 25 431 3 17.2 7.2 41.7% 33.3% 15.7%
Sherman Badie RB 5'11, 199 SO 44 27 284 0 10.5 6.5 61.4% 34.1% 11.5%
Dontrell Hilliard RB 5'11, 195 SO 41 23 267 1 11.6 6.5 56.1% 39.0% 10.7%
Trey Scott TE 6'2, 222 SO 37 18 205 0 11.4 5.5 48.6% 40.5% 9.7%
Larry Dace WR 5'10, 173 SR 24 11 125 1 11.4 5.2 45.8% 33.3% 6.3%
Charles Jones TE 6'4, 234 SO 20 17 131 3 7.7 6.6 85.0% 45.0% 5.2%
Rickey Preston WR 6'1, 174 FR 18 8 82 1 10.3 4.6 44.4% 27.8% 4.7%
Josh Rounds RB 5'11, 201 JR 12 8 61 0 7.6 5.1 66.7% 41.7% 3.1%
Kendall Ardoin TE 6'5, 228 FR 12 6 52 2 8.7 4.3 50.0% 41.7% 3.1%
Rob Kelley RB 6'0, 220 SR 11 6 33 1 5.5 3.0 54.5% 18.2% 2.9%
Andrew Hicks WR 6'3, 198 FR 7 2 52 1 26.0 7.4 28.6% 28.6% 1.8%
Terren Encalade WR 6'1, 186 SO 7 4 43 0 10.8 6.1 57.1% 42.9% 1.8%
Devin Glenn RB 5'8, 164 FR 5 2 5 0 2.5 1.0 40.0% 0.0% 1.3%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 74.5 126 91.7 95 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 38.2% 125 46.9% 69 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.02 100 1.10 65 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.13 128 2.53 19 2.90
SD Sack Rate 5.6% 78 4.5% 85 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 83.1 110 91.0 94 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 26.3% 102 34.1% 104 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.89 33 1.63 31 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.25 123 2.98 46 3.20
PD Sack Rate 6.5% 49 11.6% 11 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 72.8 123 94.7 89
Q2 S&P+ 89.9 104 90.1 98
Q3 S&P+ 65.5 128 92.5 95
Q4 S&P+ 84.1 117 83.4 120
1st Down S&P+ 74.5 127 88.6 110
2nd Down S&P+ 81.5 115 100.4 69
3rd Down S&P+ 81.6 117 83.5 120
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 57.9% 71 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 27.2% 100 34.0%
Adj. Pace -5.3 115 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 84.5% 9 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 65.7% 16 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 39.7% 18 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 17.0% 44 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 7.7% 10 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 3.2% 98 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 6.1% 73 6.3%
PD to INC 36.2% 31 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Nico Marley LB 5'10, 208 JR 72.0 10.5% 13.0 1.0 1 0 1 0
Jarrod Franklin DB 6'1, 208 SO 64.5 9.4% 5.0 1.5 0 3 0 0
Darion Monroe S 5'11, 206 SR 63.5 9.3% 5.5 0.0 3 4 0 1
Eric Thomas LB 5'11, 243 JR 58.0 8.5% 7.5 1.0 0 1 1 0
Tanzel Smart DT 6'1, 304 JR 52.0 7.6% 15.0 2.0 0 0 1 0
Parry Nickerson CB 6'0, 182 SO 43.5 6.4% 3.5 0.0 0 8 1 1
Royce LaFrance DE 6'3, 259 SR 37.0 5.4% 13.5 6.5 0 4 1 0
Rae Juan Marbley LB 5'11, 231 SO 31.5 4.6% 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Ade Aruna DE 6'5, 241 SO 28.0 4.1% 5.0 3.0 0 2 1 0
Donnie Lewis CB 6'0, 178 FR 28.0 4.1% 0.0 0.0 0 3 0 0
Corey Redwine DT 6'2, 328 SR 25.5 3.7% 7.0 3.0 0 0 1 0
Sean Wilson DT 6'3, 271 SO 25.0 3.7% 6.0 2.0 0 1 0 0
Roderic Teamer S 5'11, 191 FR 17.0 2.5% 1.0 0.0 1 3 1 0
Richard Allen CB 5'10, 178 JR 17.0 2.5% 0.0 0.0 0 4 0 1
Eric Bowie LB 6'1, 227 FR 15.0 2.2% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Taris Shenall CB 5'10, 171 FR 13.5 2.0% 0.0 0.0 1 1 0 0
Daren Williams DE 6'3, 243 SO 12.0 1.8% 2.0 1.0 0 0 0 0
Tristan Cooper S 6'0, 181 SO 10.0 1.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Wadleigh RB 5'11, 204 JR 10.0 1.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Zachery Harris LB 6'0, 218 SO 10.0 1.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Calvin Thomas DT 6'3, 275 JR 8.0 1.2% 3.0 2.0 0 0 0 0
Malik Eugene S 5'10, 170 FR 8.0 1.2% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dedrick Shy CB 6'2, 172 FR 8.0 1.2% 0.0 0.0 1 2 0 0
Eldrick Washington DT 6'2, 263 SO 7.0 1.0% 1.0 1.0 0 1 0 0
Robert Kennedy LB 6'1, 243 FR 5.0 0.7% 1.0 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+ -1.1 107
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.03 63
Punt Success Rate 37.8% 124
Kickoff Success Rate 74.5% 56
Punt Return Success Rate 42.9% 88
Kick Return Success Rate 36.2% 101
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Andrew DiRocco 6'1, 173 SO 29-30 9-10 90.0%
Trevor Simms 6'4, 199 SR 0-0 0-2 0.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Zachary Block 6'4, 182 FR 47 37.9 1 18 3 44.7%
Peter Picerelli 6'0, 194 SR 31 36.7 0 15 12 87.1%
Logan Hilton 5'10, 174 SR 1 52.0 0 0 1 100.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Trevor Simms 6'4, 199 SR 51 63.3 22 43.1% 0 2 0 0
Peter Picerelli 6'0, 194 SR 0 0.0 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Darion Monroe 5'11, 206 SR 11 6.6 0 15 0 (0)
Teddy Veal 6'0, 192 SO 3 5.0 0 9 0 (0)
Donnie Lewis 6'0, 178 FR 0 0.0 0 1 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Sherman Badie 5'11, 199 SO 15 20.7 0 0 0 (0)
Rickey Preston 6'1, 174 FR 14 17.6 0 0 1 (0)
Devin Glenn 5'8, 164 FR 10 19.7 0 0 0 (0)

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