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2015 Utah advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/20/2016

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2015 | 2016

Utah Utes (Pac-12 South)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 10-3 | Second-order wins (diff.): 8.2 (-1.8) | S&P+ Rk: 27
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
3-Sep Michigan 6 24-17 W 42% -1.7 95% 66% 92%
11-Sep Utah State 46 24-14 W 70% 4.1 90% 72% 53%
19-Sep at Fresno State 100 45-24 W 64% 2.8 70% 39% 36%
26-Sep at Oregon 25 62-20 W 100% 31.5 97% 99% 97%
10-Oct California 34 30-24 W 58% 1.6 53% 41% 86%
17-Oct Arizona State 57 34-18 W 100% 23.7 88% 46% 98%
24-Oct at USC 17 24-42 L 31% -3.9 36% 35% 67%
31-Oct Oregon State 102 27-12 W 94% 12.3 36% 38% 50%
7-Nov at Washington 12 34-23 W 83% 7.7 76% 71% 82%
14-Nov at Arizona 77 30-37 L 10% -10.4 23% 20% 47%
21-Nov UCLA 23 9-17 L 14% -8.5 31% 24% 94%
28-Nov Colorado 98 20-14 W 79% 6.3 46% 32% 81%
19-Dec vs. BYU 38 35-28 W 80% 6.8 74% 57% 78%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 30.8 53 19.4 14
Points Per Game 30.6 55 22.3 31
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.09 126 1.13 12 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 43.1% 46 39.0% 45 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 31.9 30 28.1 36 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 5.31 20 3.97 18 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 10.78 6 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+0.85
ACTUAL 13 6
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 102.2 66 127.7 4 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 44.6% 43 38.9% 42 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.96 109 0.87 1 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 101.6 66 114.1 16 100.0
Opportunity Rate 36.6% 90 38.1% 66 38.9%
Power Success Rate 76.2% 12 54.5% 12 66.3%
Stuff Rate 19.1% 59 23.7% 19 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Devontae Booker RB 5'11, 212 SR 268 1261 11 4.7 4.3 34.0% 4 (3)
Travis Wilson QB 6'7, 233 SR 119 654 7 5.5 5.0 45.4% 8 (1)
Joe Williams RB 5'11, 200 JR 104 477 3 4.6 3.6 38.5% 2 (2)
Kendal Thompson QB 6'2, 195 SR 19 55 2 2.9 4.1 26.3% 1 (1)
Bubba Poole WR 6'1, 197 SR 11 28 1 2.5 5.0 18.2% 1 (0)
Britain Covey WR 5'8, 166 FR 6 4 0 0.7 5.0 16.7% 0 (0)
Chase Hansen QB 6'3, 216 FR 4 31 0 7.8 4.5 50.0% 0 (0)
Tom Hackett P 5'11, 195 SR 2 54 0 27.0 19.5 100.0% 0 (0)
Marcus Sanders-Williams RB 5'11, 222 JR 2 4 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+ 93.0 88 113.8 25 100.0
Passing Success Rate 40.8% 60 39.1% 50 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.29 115 1.33 25 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 119.3 40 118.2 36 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Travis Wilson 6'7, 233 SR 195 314 2095 13 10 62.1% 23 6.8% 5.8
Kendal Thompson 6'2, 195 SR 28 36 220 1 1 77.8% 0 0.0% 6.1
Chase Hansen 6'3, 216 FR 0 1 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Kenneth Scott WR 6'3, 208 SR 66 39 457 4 11.7 6.9 59.1% 48.5% 20.1%
Britain Covey WR 5'8, 166 FR 60 43 519 4 12.1 8.7 71.7% 46.7% 18.2%
Devontae Booker RB 5'11, 212 SR 47 37 318 0 8.6 6.8 78.7% 46.8% 14.3%
Harrison Handley TE 6'5, 245 SO 33 21 286 4 13.6 8.7 63.6% 48.5% 10.0%
Bubba Poole WR 6'1, 197 SR 29 24 145 0 6.0 5.0 82.8% 51.7% 8.8%
Tyrone Smith WR 6'4, 188 FR 28 18 193 0 10.7 6.9 64.3% 42.9% 8.5%
Siale Fakailoatonga TE 6'4, 254 JR 16 12 120 0 10.0 7.5 75.0% 56.2% 4.9%
Joe Williams RB 5'11, 200 JR 16 11 84 0 7.6 5.3 68.8% 18.8% 4.9%
Raelon Singleton WR 6'3, 205 FR 7 6 49 0 8.2 7.0 85.7% 57.1% 2.1%
Delshawn McClellon WR 5'9, 175 JR 7 1 12 0 12.0 1.7 14.3% 14.3% 2.1%
Caleb Repp TE 6'4, 202 FR 6 2 25 2 12.5 4.2 33.3% 33.3% 1.8%
Cory Butler-Byrd DB 5'10, 175 JR 4 1 54 1 54.0 13.5 25.0% 25.0% 1.2%
Marcus Sanders-Williams RB 5'11, 222 JR 3 3 19 0 6.3 6.3 100.0% 33.3% 0.9%
Kenric Young WR 6'0, 189 SO 3 3 17 0 5.7 5.7 100.0% 33.3% 0.9%
Ken Hampel TE 6'3, 250 JR 1 1 29 0 29.0 29.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Kendal Thompson QB 6'2, 195 SR 1 1 8 0 8.0 8.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 99.5 75 122.6 5 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 47.3% 58 42.1% 25 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.00 109 0.98 7 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.98 52 2.40 10 2.90
SD Sack Rate 4.6% 59 5.1% 62 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 91.2 93 114.4 25 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 32.4% 50 33.0% 95 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.40 127 1.51 10 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.42 47 3.32 73 3.20
PD Sack Rate 7.4% 64 9.2% 30 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 112.9 42 113.6 33
Q2 S&P+ 94.4 87 129.4 7
Q3 S&P+ 94.7 88 124.8 13
Q4 S&P+ 98.2 82 101.3 65
1st Down S&P+ 100.3 70 113.8 25
2nd Down S&P+ 88.5 100 123.1 12
3rd Down S&P+ 106.6 54 117.0 17
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 68.1% 22 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 39.3% 30 34.0%
Adj. Pace +1.0 50 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 69.5% 106 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 51.0% 124 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 27.4% 117 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 20.6% 6 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 9.1% 3 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 4.7% 54 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 6.4% 62 6.3%
PD to INC 38.9% 17 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Gionni Paul LB 5'10, 225 SR 86.0 13.3% 13.5 3.0 4 3 2 1
Jared Norris LB 6'2, 240 SR 68.5 10.6% 6.5 1.0 0 5 2 0
Marcus Williams DB 6'0, 190 SO 51.0 7.9% 2.0 0.0 5 5 0 0
Tevin Carter DB 6'1, 215 SR 43.5 6.7% 5.5 0.0 2 3 0 0
Jason Fanaika DE 6'3, 270 SR 40.0 6.2% 10.5 4.0 0 4 2 0
Justin Thomas DB 5'8, 178 JR 38.0 5.9% 1.0 0.0 3 6 0 0
Reginald Porter DB 5'11, 184 JR 32.5 5.0% 0.0 0.0 0 11 0 0
Kylie Fitts DE 6'4, 268 JR 31.0 4.8% 8.0 7.0 0 10 4 0
Viliseni Fauonuku DT 5'11, 285 SR 28.5 4.4% 8.5 5.0 0 0 1 0
Cory Butler-Byrd DB 5'10, 175 JR 26.0 4.0% 0.5 0.0 3 4 0 0
Stevie Tu'ikolovatu DT 6'1, 320 JR 21.5 3.3% 6.0 2.0 0 2 0 1
Brian Allen DB 6'3, 200 JR 21.0 3.2% 0.0 0.0 1 3 1 0
Lowell Lotulelei DT 6'2, 302 SO 19.0 2.9% 5.0 1.0 0 1 1 0
Jason Whittingham LB 6'2, 245 SR 17.5 2.7% 6.0 1.5 0 1 0 0
Filipo Mokofisi DT 6'3, 285 SO 15.5 2.4% 3.5 1.5 0 1 0 0
Chase Hansen QB 6'3, 216 FR 13.0 2.0% 1.5 1.0 0 1 1 0
Hunter Dimick DE 6'3, 270 JR 10.5 1.6% 7.0 3.0 0 2 0 0
Pita Taumoepenu DE 6'1, 240 JR 8.5 1.3% 6.0 6.0 0 0 1 0
Evan Eggiman DB 6'2, 206 SO 8.5 1.3% 0.0 0.0 0 1 1 0
Jason Thompson DB 6'1, 215 JR 8.0 1.2% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Boobie Hobbs DB 5'10, 175 SO 6.5 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Sharrieff Shah Jr. LB 6'0, 217 JR 5.5 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Cody Barton LB 6'1, 228 FR 5.0 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Christian Drews LB 6'1, 233 SO 5.0 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Andy Phillips K 5'10, 210 JR 5.0 0.8% 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 9
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.56 2
Punt Success Rate 78.3% 1
Kickoff Success Rate 65.1% 90
Punt Return Success Rate 56.7% 39
Kick Return Success Rate 35.0% 105
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Andy Phillips 5'10, 210 JR 47-47 23-27 85.2%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Tom Hackett 5'11, 195 SR 61 48.0 9 21 23 72.1%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Andy Phillips 5'10, 210 JR 81 60.6 20 24.7% 0 2 0 0
Jon Halliday 6'0, 193 SR 1 62.0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Tom Hackett 5'11, 195 SR 1 4.0 0 0.0% 0 1 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Britain Covey 5'8, 166 FR 21 11.7 1 10 0 (0)
Boobie Hobbs 5'10, 175 SO 9 8.8 1 1 2 (1)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Cory Butler-Byrd 5'10, 175 JR 8 27.9 1 0 1 (0)
Britain Covey 5'8, 166 FR 7 24.1 0 0 0 (0)
Boobie Hobbs 5'10, 175 SO 2 17.0 0 0 1 (1)

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