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2015 Washington State advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/21/2016

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2015 | 2016

Washington State Cougars (Pac-12 North)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 9-4 | Second-order wins (diff.): 7.6 (-1.4) | S&P+ Rk: 63
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
5-Sep Portland State N/A 17-24 L 23% -5.9 7% 17% 23%
12-Sep at Rutgers 105 37-34 W 80% 6.8 69% 53% 37%
19-Sep Wyoming 114 31-14 W 95% 12.9 78% 35% 55%
3-Oct at California 34 28-34 L 41% -1.9 79% 51% 66%
10-Oct at Oregon 25 45-38 W 48% -0.4 41% 57% 65%
17-Oct Oregon State 102 52-31 W 100% 30.7 68% 67% 75%
24-Oct at Arizona 77 45-42 W 65% 3.1 44% 81% 33%
31-Oct Stanford 10 28-30 L 22% -6.1 40% 35% 89%
7-Nov Arizona State 57 38-24 W 81% 7.0 50% 70% 56%
14-Nov at UCLA 23 31-27 W 69% 4.0 66% 75% 82%
21-Nov Colorado 98 27-3 W 100% 24.4 82% 73% 91%
27-Nov at Washington 12 10-45 L 3% -15.1 18% 42% 42%
26-Dec vs. Miami-FL 51 20-14 W 31% -3.9 27% 29% 68%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 32.2 47 29.2 72
Points Per Game 31.5 49 27.7 74
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.16 113 1.24 58 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 47.9% 15 43.4% 85 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 30.0 60 31.1 96 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.40 91 4.44 46 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -7.92 116 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+2.66
ACTUAL -1 74
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 102.0 67 92.3 92 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 51.3% 6 45.4% 93 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.89 127 1.19 106 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 96.4 88 99 68 100.0
Opportunity Rate 45.3% 5 43.2% 119 38.9%
Power Success Rate 65.6% 71 57.1% 20 66.3%
Stuff Rate 18.1% 44 22.5% 34 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Gerard Wicks RB 6'0, 224 SO 107 610 3 5.7 4.9 42.1% 2 (2)
Jamal Morrow RB 5'9, 190 SO 53 347 0 6.5 4.5 56.6% 1 (0)
Luke Falk QB 6'4, 205 SO 45 157 3 3.5 3.2 35.6% 9 (0)
Keith Harrington RB 5'8, 180 FR 37 238 2 6.4 5.8 48.6% 3 (3)
Tavares Martin Jr. WR 6'1, 165 FR 3 14 0 4.7 3.6 66.7% 0 (0)
Kyrin Priester WR 6'1, 190 SO 1 5 0 5.0 0.5 100.0% 1 (1)
Zach Charme K 6'1, 192 FR 1 -4 0 -4.0 0.0 0.0% 1 (1)
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+ 97.3 79 113.9 24 100.0
Passing Success Rate 46.8% 15 41.4% 71 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.26 119 1.30 15 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 107 50 116.9 37 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Luke Falk 6'4, 205 SO 447 644 4561 38 8 69.4% 37 5.4% 6.3
Peyton Bender 6'0, 187 FR 53 91 498 3 4 58.2% 3 3.2% 5.1

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Gabe Marks WR 6'0, 190 JR 149 104 1192 15 11.5 8.0 69.8% 55.0% 20.8%
Dom Williams WR 6'2, 200 SR 130 75 1040 11 13.9 8.0 57.7% 52.3% 18.1%
River Cracraft WR 6'0, 200 JR 78 53 609 4 11.5 7.8 67.9% 55.1% 10.9%
Robert Lewis WR 5'9, 170 SO 56 43 490 1 11.4 8.8 76.8% 62.5% 7.8%
Gerard Wicks RB 6'0, 224 SO 54 39 149 0 3.8 2.8 72.2% 31.5% 7.5%
Keith Harrington RB 5'8, 180 FR 51 43 312 3 7.3 6.1 84.3% 45.1% 7.1%
Kyrin Priester WR 6'1, 190 SO 43 33 241 1 7.3 5.6 76.7% 41.9% 6.0%
Jamal Morrow RB 5'9, 190 SO 41 34 309 4 9.1 7.5 82.9% 53.7% 5.7%
John Thompson WR 5'8, 194 JR 37 24 255 1 10.6 6.9 64.9% 48.6% 5.2%
Kyle Sweet WR 6'0, 186 FR 31 21 222 0 10.6 7.2 67.7% 45.2% 4.3%
Tavares Martin Jr. WR 6'1, 165 FR 23 16 124 1 7.8 5.4 69.6% 39.1% 3.2%
Tyler Baker WR 5'10, 190 SR 17 13 114 0 8.8 6.7 76.5% 47.1% 2.4%
Daniel Lilienthal WR 6'2, 203 SR 6 4 32 0 8.0 5.3 66.7% 66.7% 0.8%
Jeremiah Allison LB 6'2, 228 SR 2 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+ 100.7 63 105.8 44 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 52.9% 13 46.9% 70 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.01 105 1.11 75 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.14 26 2.83 57 2.90
SD Sack Rate 5.2% 74 5.5% 52 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 104.3 55 97.6 78 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 35.8% 25 36.0% 114 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.68 87 1.58 20 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.13 75 3.75 117 3.20
PD Sack Rate 5.1% 19 8.3% 45 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 105.1 59 101.8 54
Q2 S&P+ 110.4 38 110.5 40
Q3 S&P+ 92.0 96 103.3 59
Q4 S&P+ 104.7 59 98.4 74
1st Down S&P+ 99.5 76 109.5 34
2nd Down S&P+ 102.3 65 100.7 68
3rd Down S&P+ 105.3 62 95.3 93
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 30.2% 128 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 10.5% 128 34.0%
Adj. Pace +2.7 33 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 83.2% 12 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 58.2% 83 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 33.5% 70 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 17.9% 34 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 6.1% 43 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 6.2% 16 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 5.6% 86 6.3%
PD to INC 31.8% 73 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Jeremiah Allison LB 6'2, 228 SR 79.5 10.7% 5.0 0.0 1 1 0 0
Peyton Pelluer LB 6'0, 227 SO 79.0 10.7% 11.0 0.0 1 2 2 0
Shalom Luani S 6'0, 201 JR 78.5 10.6% 3.0 0.0 4 6 2 0
Parker Henry LB 5'11, 207 JR 53.5 7.2% 6.5 1.0 1 1 0 0
Taylor Taliulu S 6'0, 205 SR 42.5 5.7% 1.0 0.0 1 6 0 0
Darrien Molton CB 5'10, 170 FR 39.0 5.3% 1.0 0.0 1 4 1 0
Marcellus Pippins CB 5'10, 170 SO 35.5 4.8% 1.0 0.0 3 6 0 1
Ivan McLennan LB 6'4, 233 SR 33.5 4.5% 9.0 6.0 0 2 0 0
Isaac Dotson S 6'1, 215 SO 31.5 4.3% 1.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Darryl Paulo DL 6'2, 255 SR 30.0 4.1% 13.5 5.5 0 1 1 0
Destiny Vaeao DL 6'4, 298 SR 30.0 4.1% 12.0 4.5 0 1 1 0
Kache Palacio LB 6'2, 231 SR 28.5 3.8% 10.0 5.0 0 0 2 0
Charleston White CB 6'0, 185 SO 28.0 3.8% 0.0 0.0 1 2 0 0
Hercules Mata’afa DE 6'2, 242 FR 26.0 3.5% 11.0 7.0 0 0 1 0
Daniel Ekuale DL 6'3, 288 SO 20.0 2.7% 5.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Kirkland Parker CB 6'1, 175 SO 13.5 1.8% 1.0 0.0 0 2 1 0
Robert Barber NT 6'3, 307 JR 12.0 1.6% 4.5 1.0 0 0 2 0
Chandler Leniu LB 6'0, 261 FR 11.0 1.5% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Frankie Luvu LB 6'2, 237 SO 11.0 1.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Dylan Hanser LB 6'4, 230 SO 9.5 1.3% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Logan Tago LB 6'3, 228 FR 8.0 1.1% 0.5 0.0 0 1 0 0
Nate DeRider LB 6'1, 224 SO 6.5 0.9% 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Calvin Green DB 5'10, 175 SO 5.0 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Colton Teglovic S 6'0, 195 JR 4.0 0.5% 1.5 0.0 0 0 0 0
Darius Lemora S 6'0, 196 SO 3.5 0.5% 2.0 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+ -1.0 105
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.08 56
Punt Success Rate 44.9% 112
Kickoff Success Rate 64.2% 96
Punt Return Success Rate 41.2% 93
Kick Return Success Rate 39.5% 85
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Erik Powell 6'1, 193 SO 49-49 20-26 76.9%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Zach Charme 6'1, 192 FR 47 39.6 4 9 10 40.4%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Erik Powell 6'1, 193 SO 76 56.5 21 27.6% 1 0 0 0
Quentin Breshears 6'0, 184 SR 3 55.7 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Gabe Marks 6'0, 190 JR 11 9.6 0 7 0 (0)
Kyrin Priester 6'1, 190 SO 4 5.5 0 1 1 (1)
Kaleb Fossum 5'10, 187 FR 2 -4.0 0 1 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Tavares Martin Jr. 6'1, 165 FR 25 22.1 0 0 0 (0)
Kyrin Priester 6'1, 190 SO 6 18.8 0 0 0 (0)
Kache Palacio 6'2, 231 SR 3 14.3 0 0 0 (0)

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