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2015 UCLA advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/20/2016

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2015 | 2016

UCLA Bruins (Pac-12 South)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 8-5 | Second-order wins (diff.): 9.3 (1.3) | S&P+ Rk: 23
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
5-Sep Virginia 73 34-16 W 100% 21.1 92% 92% 82%
12-Sep at UNLV 106 37-3 W 100% 30.8 91% 44% 94%
19-Sep BYU 38 24-23 W 91% 10.6 93% 79% 71%
26-Sep at Arizona 77 56-30 W 98% 15.7 90% 88% 59%
3-Oct Arizona State 57 23-38 L 52% 0.5 79% 47% 51%
15-Oct at Stanford 10 35-56 L 8% -11.4 28% 79% 24%
22-Oct California 34 40-24 W 99% 18.2 85% 84% 88%
31-Oct Colorado 98 35-31 W 79% 6.4 37% 78% 29%
7-Nov at Oregon State 102 41-0 W 100% 38.1 78% 71% 90%
14-Nov Washington State 63 27-31 L 31% -4.0 28% 61% 40%
21-Nov at Utah 27 17-9 W 86% 8.5 74% 70% 91%
28-Nov at USC 17 21-40 L 55% 1.0 45% 60% 60%
26-Dec vs. Nebraska 48 29-37 L 37% -2.7 27% 74% 25%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 38.1 21 25.7 51
Points Per Game 32.2 45 26.0 54
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.31 40 1.09 4 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 44.9% 27 42.6% 76 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 27.9 109 27.9 28 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 5.24 27 4.51 51 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 1.09 58 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-0.42
ACTUAL 0 66
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 104.6 60 100.7 62 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 46.0% 32 46.4% 104 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.02 88 0.93 10 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 101.3 68 97.6 77 100.0
Opportunity Rate 42.4% 25 42.4% 108 38.9%
Power Success Rate 68.8% 44 82.2% 127 66.3%
Stuff Rate 21.7% 95 13.8% 123 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Paul Perkins RB 5'11, 210 JR 239 1337 14 5.6 6.0 39.7% 1 (0)
Soso Jamabo RB 6'3, 210 FR 66 403 4 6.1 6.0 43.9% 2 (1)
Nate Starks RB 5'11, 210 SO 50 320 5 6.4 6.1 46.0% 0 (0)
Bolu Olorunfunmi RB 5'10, 220 FR 34 200 0 5.9 5.8 44.1% 0 (0)
Josh Rosen QB 6'4, 210 FR 24 136 2 5.7 5.4 54.2% 6 (2)
Roosevelt Davis RB 5'7, 165 SR 13 58 0 4.5 1.8 53.8% 0 (0)
Myles Jack LB 6'1, 245 JR 2 7 1 3.5 1.0 50.0% 0 (0)
Stephen Johnson WR 5'11, 195 FR 2 4 0 2.0 0.0 0.0% 1 (1)
Kenneth Walker III WR 5'10, 180 JR 1 6 0 6.0 1.0 100.0% 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+ 106.7 46 116.7 18 100.0
Passing Success Rate 44.0% 36 38.6% 44 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.56 41 1.29 14 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 324.6 3 95.3 72 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Josh Rosen 6'4, 210 FR 292 487 3669 23 11 60.0% 14 2.8% 7.1
Jerry Neuheisel 6'1, 200 JR 5 18 53 0 2 27.8% 0 0.0% 2.9
Mike Fafaul 6'2, 210 JR 2 2 21 0 0 100.0% 0 0.0% 10.5
Jake Hall 6'4, 200 JR 1 1 5 0 0 100.0% 0 0.0% 5.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Jordan Payton WR 6'1, 212 SR 124 78 1106 5 14.2 8.9 62.9% 54.0% 25.8%
Thomas Duarte WR 6'3, 225 JR 89 53 872 10 16.5 9.8 59.6% 55.1% 18.5%
Darren Andrews WR 5'10, 185 SO 63 42 429 1 10.2 6.8 66.7% 49.2% 13.1%
Paul Perkins RB 5'11, 210 JR 41 30 242 1 8.1 5.9 73.2% 26.8% 8.5%
Devin Fuller WR 6'0, 200 SR 32 24 259 3 10.8 8.1 75.0% 53.1% 6.7%
Eldridge Massington WR 6'3, 210 SO 25 11 119 0 10.8 4.8 44.0% 36.0% 5.2%
Kenneth Walker III WR 5'10, 180 JR 22 9 231 1 25.7 10.5 40.9% 36.4% 4.6%
Nate Iese FB 6'3, 250 JR 15 11 96 0 8.7 6.4 73.3% 33.3% 3.1%
Mossi Johnson WR 6'0, 185 SO 12 8 41 0 5.1 3.4 66.7% 41.7% 2.5%
Stephen Johnson WR 5'11, 195 FR 10 8 115 0 14.4 11.5 80.0% 70.0% 2.1%
Nate Starks RB 5'11, 210 SO 10 7 49 1 7.0 4.9 70.0% 20.0% 2.1%
Soso Jamabo RB 6'3, 210 FR 8 5 58 0 11.6 7.3 62.5% 25.0% 1.7%
Bolu Olorunfunmi RB 5'10, 220 FR 5 2 30 0 15.0 6.0 40.0% 40.0% 1.0%
Logan Sweet WR 6'1, 195 SR 5 3 27 0 9.0 5.4 60.0% 40.0% 1.0%
Jordan Lasley WR 6'1, 200 FR 4 3 17 0 5.7 4.3 75.0% 75.0% 0.8%
Alex Van Dyke WR 6'4, 210 SO 4 2 14 0 7.0 3.5 50.0% 50.0% 0.8%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 102.9 55 104.7 50 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 47.7% 52 49.1% 92 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.18 37 0.97 6 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.94 58 3.09 94 2.90
SD Sack Rate 0.8% 2 5.6% 46 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 116.6 30 129.3 11 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 38.6% 9 27.6% 33 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.67 88 1.57 19 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.95 93 3.33 74 3.20
PD Sack Rate 3.2% 7 5.8% 92 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 108.1 49 118.9 26
Q2 S&P+ 116.6 27 111.2 36
Q3 S&P+ 110.2 37 104.2 53
Q4 S&P+ 94.4 94 119.0 19
1st Down S&P+ 100.3 71 110.5 30
2nd Down S&P+ 112.9 37 113.3 30
3rd Down S&P+ 113.6 30 116.0 24
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 53.0% 100 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 23.2% 118 34.0%
Adj. Pace +1.9 39 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 80.1% 24 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 60.3% 64 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 31.2% 86 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 15.0% 81 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 5.1% 59 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 4.9% 46 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 4.8% 110 6.3%
PD to INC 40.3% 10 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Jayon Brown LB 6'0, 220 JR 75.0 9.5% 2.0 0.5 0 6 0 0
Kenny Clark DL 6'3, 310 JR 61.0 7.7% 11.0 6.0 0 5 0 0
Jaleel Wadood DB 5'10, 175 SO 60.5 7.6% 4.0 0.0 2 4 0 0
Randall Goforth DB 5'10, 190 JR 55.0 6.9% 0.0 0.0 2 6 0 0
Kenny Young LB 6'1, 235 SO 54.5 6.9% 5.0 0.5 1 0 2 0
Isaako Savaiinaea LB 6'2, 250 JR 52.0 6.6% 2.0 1.5 1 2 0 0
Aaron Wallace LB 6'3, 240 SR 48.5 6.1% 12.5 7.0 0 1 0 0
Marcus Rios DB 6'0, 185 JR 39.5 5.0% 0.5 0.0 0 7 0 0
Eli Ankou DL 6'3, 305 JR 35.5 4.5% 5.0 1.5 0 3 0 0
Takkarist McKinley DL 6'2, 250 JR 31.5 4.0% 7.5 4.5 0 4 2 0
Matt Dickerson DL 6'4, 275 SO 30.0 3.8% 4.0 1.0 0 4 0 0
Tahaan Goodman DB 6'2, 195 JR 29.0 3.7% 1.0 0.5 0 2 0 0
Ishmael Adams DB 5'8, 180 JR 27.5 3.5% 2.0 0.0 2 4 0 0
Jacob Tuioti-Mariner DL 6'2, 275 SO 26.0 3.3% 3.5 2.0 0 2 0 0
Nate Meadors DB 6'0, 190 FR 20.0 2.5% 0.0 0.0 1 2 0 0
Adarius Pickett DB 5'11, 190 FR 19.5 2.5% 0.0 0.0 1 1 1 0
John Johnson DB 5'9, 180 SO 19.0 2.4% 0.0 0.0 1 4 0 0
Kene Orjioke LB 6'4, 240 JR 16.0 2.0% 2.5 0.5 0 3 1 0
Deon Hollins LB 6'0, 230 JR 13.5 1.7% 4.5 2.5 0 3 0 0
Myles Jack LB 6'1, 245 JR 12.0 1.5% 0.0 0.0 1 1 0 0
Denzel Fisher DB 6'1, 185 FR 12.0 1.5% 0.0 0.0 0 2 0 0
Octavius Spencer DB 5'11, 170 FR 9.0 1.1% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Cameron Judge LB 6'1, 230 JR 7.5 0.9% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Vanderdoes DL 6'3, 305 JR 7.0 0.9% 2.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Fabian Moreau DB 6'0, 200 SR 6.5 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 1 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+ 1.0 31
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.37 21
Punt Success Rate 52.4% 83
Kickoff Success Rate 92.9% 1
Punt Return Success Rate 50.0% 58
Kick Return Success Rate 38.8% 91
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Ka'imi Fairbairn 6'0, 190 SR 47-47 20-24 83.3%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Matt Mengel 6'2, 210 SR 54 40.1 2 21 15 66.7%
Adam Searl 6'0, 185 SO 5 39.0 0 3 1 80.0%
Kenneth Walker III 5'10, 180 JR 3 24.3 0 2 1 100.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Ka'imi Fairbairn 6'0, 190 SR 84 64.5 59 70.2% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Devin Fuller 6'0, 200 SR 12 11.8 0 13 0 (0)
Ishmael Adams 5'8, 180 JR 4 5.3 0 6 2 (1)
Randall Goforth 5'10, 190 JR 2 14.0 0 1 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Devin Fuller 6'0, 200 SR 17 24.2 0 0 0 (0)
Roosevelt Davis 5'7, 165 SR 14 23.2 0 0 0 (0)
Ishmael Adams 5'8, 180 JR 7 20.0 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics