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2015 | 2016
La.-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt)
2015 Schedule & Results
| Record: 4-8 | Second-order wins (diff.): 4.1 (0.1) | S&P+ Rk: 107 | |||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Opp. S&P+ Rk | Score | W-L | Win Expectancy |
Adj. Scoring Margin |
Percentile Performance |
Off. Percentile |
Def. Percentile |
| 5-Sep | at Kentucky | 95 | 33-40 | L | 10% | -10.2 | 23% | 52% | 9% |
| 12-Sep | Northwestern State | N/A | 44-17 | W | 100% | 37.1 | 66% | 88% | 14% |
| 26-Sep | Akron | 80 | 14-35 | L | 1% | -18.9 | 33% | 41% | 19% |
| 3-Oct | at Louisiana Tech | 54 | 14-43 | L | 1% | -20.0 | 42% | 39% | 40% |
| 10-Oct | Texas State | 112 | 49-27 | W | 100% | 20.9 | 66% | 58% | 76% |
| 20-Oct | at Arkansas State | 79 | 27-37 | L | 6% | -12.6 | 25% | 41% | 39% |
| 31-Oct | UL-Monroe | 122 | 30-24 | W | 55% | 1.1 | 16% | 22% | 46% |
| 7-Nov | at Georgia State | 91 | 23-21 | W | 48% | -0.5 | 35% | 30% | 70% |
| 12-Nov | at South Alabama | 103 | 25-32 | L | 44% | -1.2 | 14% | 32% | 25% |
| 21-Nov | New Mexico State | 116 | 34-37 | L | 45% | -1.1 | 12% | 19% | 32% |
| 28-Nov | at Appalachian State | 43 | 7-28 | L | 0% | -24.1 | 23% | 17% | 57% |
| 5-Dec | Troy | 90 | 17-41 | L | 0% | -28.7 | 11% | 16% | 13% |
| Category | Offense | Rk | Defense | Rk |
| S&P+ | 23.1 | 106 | 36.1 | 111 |
| Points Per Game | 26.4 | 83 | 31.8 | 94 |
Five Factors
| Offense | Defense | |||||
| Category | Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| EXPLOSIVENESS | IsoPPP | 1.19 | 103 | 1.44 | 120 | 1.27 |
| EFFICIENCY | Success Rate | 41.1% | 74 | 39.2% | 48 | 40.3% |
| FIELD POSITION | Avg. FP | 29.6 | 73 | 29.1 | 52 | 29.9 |
| FINISHING DRIVES | Pts. Per Trip in 40 | 4.28 | 98 | 5.16 | 109 | 4.67 |
| TURNOVER MARGIN | EXPECTED | 1.9 | 52 | Turnover Luck (PPG): -4.54 |
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| ACTUAL | -9 | 110 | ||||
Rushing
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Rushing S&P+ | 101.1 | 72 | 92.3 | 91 | 100.0 |
| Rushing Success Rate | 43.4% | 53 | 40.6% | 54 | 42.3% |
| Rushing IsoPPP | 1.04 | 77 | 1.15 | 97 | 1.08 |
| Adj. Line Yards | 99.1 | 77 | 89.2 | 110 | 100.0 |
| Opportunity Rate | 39.7% | 56 | 38.8% | 72 | 38.9% |
| Power Success Rate | 74.5% | 25 | 57.9% | 24 | 66.3% |
| Stuff Rate | 15.3% | 8 | 23.1% | 25 | 19.6% |
Individual Rushing Stats
| Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Rushes | Yards | TD | Yards/ Carry |
Hlt Yds/ Opp. |
Opp. Rate |
Fumbles (Lost) |
| Elijah McGuire | RB | 5'11, 208 | JR | 210 | 1049 | 13 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 35.2% | 2 (1) |
| Torrey Pierce | RB | 5'9, 171 | SR | 88 | 407 | 4 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 43.2% | 2 (1) |
| Jalen Nixon | QB | 6'2, 226 | JR | 60 | 424 | 5 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 41.7% | 3 (1) |
| Brooks Haack | QB | 6'1, 212 | JR | 32 | 176 | 2 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 53.1% | 1 (0) |
| Jordan Davis | QB | 6'3, 205 | FR | 17 | 57 | 1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 47.1% | 2 (2) |
| Montrel Carter | RB | 5'10, 195 | SR | 10 | 38 | 0 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 30.0% | 0 (0) |
| Darius Hoggins | RB | 5'7, 176 | SO | 7 | 76 | 0 | 10.9 | 13.8 | 57.1% | 0 (0) |
| Al Riles | WR | 5'10, 215 | JR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0 (0) |
| Effrem Reed | RB | 5'8, 214 | SR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 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+ | 85.4 | 106 | 92.0 | 93 | 100.0 |
| Passing Success Rate | 38.4% | 84 | 37.7% | 36 | 40.3% |
| Passing IsoPPP | 1.37 | 96 | 1.78 | 125 | 1.49 |
| Adj. Sack Rate | 102.4 | 58 | 97 | 69 | 100 |
Individual Passing Stats
| Player | Ht, Wt | Year | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT | Comp Rate |
Sacks | Sack Rate | Yards/ Att. |
| Brooks Haack | 6'1, 212 | JR | 123 | 201 | 1407 | 5 | 7 | 61.2% | 14 | 6.5% | 6.1 |
| Jalen Nixon | 6'2, 226 | JR | 76 | 142 | 828 | 7 | 5 | 53.5% | 3 | 2.1% | 5.6 |
| Jordan Davis | 6'3, 205 | FR | 27 | 42 | 267 | 1 | 0 | 64.3% | 4 | 8.7% | 5.2 |
Individual Receiving Stats
| Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Targets | Catches | Yards | TD | Yds/ Catch |
Yds/ Target |
Catch Rate | Success Rate | Target Rate |
| Jamal Robinson | WR | 6'4, 205 | SR | 90 | 54 | 824 | 5 | 15.3 | 9.2 | 60.0% | 48.9% | 25.0% |
| Gabe Fuselier | WR | 5'11, 195 | SO | 72 | 37 | 357 | 1 | 9.7 | 5.0 | 51.4% | 37.5% | 20.0% |
| Al Riles | WR | 5'10, 215 | JR | 70 | 46 | 477 | 4 | 10.4 | 6.8 | 65.7% | 50.0% | 19.4% |
| Elijah McGuire | RB | 5'11, 208 | JR | 38 | 34 | 304 | 3 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 89.5% | 44.7% | 10.6% |
| Gary Haynes | WR | 5'9, 175 | FR | 32 | 25 | 174 | 0 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 78.1% | 37.5% | 8.9% |
| Nick Byrne | TE | 6'3, 228 | JR | 21 | 10 | 83 | 0 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 47.6% | 28.6% | 5.8% |
| Devin Scott | WR | 5'11, 182 | JR | 18 | 12 | 202 | 0 | 16.8 | 11.2 | 66.7% | 50.0% | 5.0% |
| Torrey Pierce | RB | 5'9, 171 | SR | 8 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 9.2 | 5.8 | 62.5% | 50.0% | 2.2% |
| Keenan Barnes | WR | 6'3, 200 | FR | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27.0 | 6.8 | 25.0% | 25.0% | 1.1% |
| Montrel Carter | RB | 5'10, 195 | SR | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 0.6% |
| Chris Collins | WR | 5'8, 182 | FR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.6% |
| Effrem Reed | RB | 5'8, 214 | SR | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| Lorenzo Cryer | WR | 6'2, 185 | FR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| Jalen Nixon | QB | 6'2, 226 | 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+ | 96.8 | 85 | 98.2 | 71 | 100.0 |
| Standard Downs Success Rate | 48.0% | 45 | 42.8% | 35 | 46.5% |
| Standard Downs IsoPPP | 1.07 | 82 | 1.29 | 119 | 1.11 |
| SD Line Yards per Carry | 2.97 | 53 | 2.95 | 78 | 2.90 |
| SD Sack Rate | 5.0% | 70 | 4.4% | 89 | 5.0% |
Passing Downs
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Passing Downs S&P+ | 83.5 | 108 | 83.6 | 113 | 100.0 |
| Passing Downs Success Rate | 26.6% | 97 | 32.7% | 89 | 30.7% |
| Passing Downs IsoPPP | 1.60 | 101 | 1.79 | 73 | 1.77 |
| PD Line Yards per Carry | 2.95 | 93 | 2.74 | 24 | 3.20 |
| PD Sack Rate | 5.2% | 21 | 8.1% | 51 | 7.5% |
Situational
| Offense | Defense | |||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | |
| Q1 S&P+ | 90.5 | 105 | 89.7 | 97 |
| Q2 S&P+ | 90.5 | 101 | 88.3 | 103 |
| Q3 S&P+ | 98.8 | 81 | 94.5 | 88 |
| Q4 S&P+ | 103.6 | 67 | 113.3 | 26 |
| 1st Down S&P+ | 100.7 | 67 | 103.8 | 49 |
| 2nd Down S&P+ | 97.0 | 84 | 94.3 | 91 |
| 3rd Down S&P+ | 77.8 | 121 | 84.3 | 119 |
Offensive Footprint
| Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
| Std. Downs Run Rate | 62.3% | 49 | 60.4% |
| Pass Downs Run Rate | 32.8% | 61 | 34.0% |
| Adj. Pace | -1.9 | 78 | +0.0 |
| % of Solo Tackles | 81.4% | 17 | 74.9% |
Defensive Footprint
| Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
| Std. Downs Run Rate | 60.9% | 59 | 60.3% |
| Pass. Downs Run Rate | 36.6% | 39 | 33.9% |
| Overall Havoc Rate | 16.5% | 51 | 16.0% |
| DL Havoc Rate | 3.2% | 109 | 5.1% |
| LB Havoc Rate | 5.9% | 22 | 4.5% |
| DB Havoc Rate | 7.3% | 28 | 6.3% |
| PD to INC | 30.8% | 77 | 32.8% |
Individual Defensive Stats
| Name | Pos | Ht, Wt | Year | Tackles | % of Team | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | FR |
| Dominique Tovell | LB | 6'2, 235 | SR | 65.5 | 10.2% | 14.5 | 7.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tracy Walker | DB | 6'2, 198 | SO | 64.0 | 9.9% | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Otha Peters | LB | 6'2, 228 | JR | 54.5 | 8.5% | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zachary DeGrange | DB | 5'10, 193 | SR | 41.5 | 6.4% | 5.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Savion Brown | DB | 6'2, 218 | JR | 36.0 | 5.6% | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Crawford | DB | 5'11, 193 | SO | 36.0 | 5.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Taboris Lee | DL | 6'2, 284 | SO | 29.5 | 4.6% | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'maine Lightfoot | LB | 6'0, 230 | JR | 25.0 | 3.9% | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Granier | LB | 6'1, 231 | JR | 23.5 | 3.6% | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Prater | DL | 6'5, 258 | SR | 20.5 | 3.2% | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T.J. Posey | LB | 6'0, 242 | SO | 19.0 | 2.9% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominick Jones | DB | 5'11, 189 | JR | 17.5 | 2.7% | 4.5 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Karmichael Dunbar | DL | 6'2, 317 | JR | 17.5 | 2.7% | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jevante Watson | DB | 5'10, 182 | SR | 16.0 | 2.5% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blain Winston | DL | 6'4, 300 | SO | 15.5 | 2.4% | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy McCollum | DB | 6'0, 177 | SO | 15.0 | 2.3% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Fouquier | LB | 6'4, 235 | JR | 14.5 | 2.2% | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Goodlett | DB | 6'0, 185 | JR | 14.5 | 2.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darzil Washington | LB | 6'3, 243 | SR | 14.0 | 2.2% | 7.5 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyren Alexander | LB | 6'0, 210 | SR | 11.0 | 1.7% | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Remaine Douglas | DL | 6'3, 303 | JR | 10.5 | 1.6% | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LaDarrius Kidd | DL | 6'3, 300 | FR | 10.0 | 1.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montrel Carter | RB | 5'10, 195 | SR | 10.0 | 1.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Duhon | LB | 6'2, 210 | SO | 9.0 | 1.4% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reginald Miles | DB | 5'8, 178 | SO | 8.5 | 1.3% | 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+ | -0.5 | 88 |
| Category | Rate | Rank |
| FG Value (per kick) | -0.21 | 100 |
| Punt Success Rate | 67.8% | 17 |
| Kickoff Success Rate | 58.7% | 109 |
| Punt Return Success Rate | 72.0% | 6 |
| Kick Return Success Rate | 38.9% | 87 |
| Place-Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | PAT | FG | Pct |
| Stevie Artigue | 5'10, 175 | FR | 26-28 | 8-15 | 53.3% |
| Aaron Bird | 6'0, 200 | FR | 4-4 | 2-2 | 100.0% |
| Carlos Alvarez | 5'9, 195 | SR | 2-2 | 1-1 | 100.0% |
| Punter | Ht, Wt | Year | Punts | Avg | TB | FC | I20 | FC/I20 Ratio |
| Steven Coutts | 6'4, 200 | FR | 59 | 42.4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 79.7% |
| Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | Kickoffs | Avg | TB | TB% | OOB | Fair Catches |
Onside Att |
Onside Success |
| Stevie Artigue | 5'10, 175 | FR | 51 | 57.0 | 7 | 13.7% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Alvarez | 5'9, 195 | SR | 12 | 57.5 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Punt Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
| Gary Haynes | 5'9, 175 | FR | 12 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) |
| Elijah McGuire | 5'11, 208 | JR | 9 | 8.9 | 0 | 13 | 1 (1) |
| Chaiziere Malbrue | 6'2, 209 | FR | 1 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Kick Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
| Gabe Fuselier | 5'11, 195 | SO | 16 | 17.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Jeryl Brazil | 5'11, 175 | JR | 10 | 25.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) |
| Torrey Pierce | 5'9, 171 | SR | 7 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
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