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2015 | 2016
WKU Hilltoppers (Conference USA East)
2015 Schedule & Results
| Record: 12-2 | Second-order wins (diff.): 11.3 (-0.7) | S&P+ Rk: 11 | |||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Opp. S&P+ Rk | Score | W-L | Win Expectancy |
Adj. Scoring Margin |
Percentile Performance |
Off. Percentile |
Def. Percentile |
| 3-Sep | at Vanderbilt | 83 | 14-12 | W | 39% | -2.2 | 59% | 41% | 38% |
| 10-Sep | Louisiana Tech | 54 | 41-38 | W | 63% | 2.7 | 90% | 90% | 52% |
| 19-Sep | at Indiana | 60 | 35-38 | L | 56% | 1.1 | 85% | 84% | 25% |
| 26-Sep | Miami-OH | 117 | 56-14 | W | 100% | 46.4 | 88% | 96% | 84% |
| 3-Oct | at Rice | 119 | 49-10 | W | 100% | 34.8 | 89% | 86% | 67% |
| 10-Oct | Middle Tennessee | 82 | 58-28 | W | 100% | 29.1 | 87% | 96% | 60% |
| 15-Oct | at North Texas | 128 | 55-28 | W | 100% | 25.7 | 54% | 85% | 12% |
| 24-Oct | at LSU | 9 | 20-48 | L | 5% | -13.2 | 15% | 49% | 32% |
| 31-Oct | at Old Dominion | 110 | 55-30 | W | 100% | 23.9 | 78% | 95% | 46% |
| 7-Nov | Florida Atlantic | 93 | 35-19 | W | 100% | 21.8 | 87% | 92% | 43% |
| 21-Nov | at Florida International | 108 | 63-7 | W | 100% | 53.6 | 87% | 94% | 96% |
| 27-Nov | Marshall | 64 | 49-28 | W | 100% | 22.9 | 92% | 96% | 91% |
| 5-Dec | Southern Miss | 58 | 45-28 | W | 82% | 7.3 | 74% | 75% | 85% |
| 21-Dec | vs. South Florida | 50 | 45-35 | W | 82% | 7.3 | 72% | 92% | 44% |
| Category | Offense | Rk | Defense | Rk |
| S&P+ | 43.5 | 4 | 26.0 | 53 |
| Points Per Game | 44.3 | 3 | 25.9 | 53 |
Five Factors
| Offense | Defense | |||||
| Category | Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| EXPLOSIVENESS | IsoPPP | 1.41 | 9 | 1.31 | 92 | 1.27 |
| EFFICIENCY | Success Rate | 52.3% | 1 | 40.5% | 61 | 40.3% |
| FIELD POSITION | Avg. FP | 31.8 | 31 | 28.9 | 46 | 29.9 |
| FINISHING DRIVES | Pts. Per Trip in 40 | 5.39 | 13 | 4.32 | 35 | 4.67 |
| TURNOVER MARGIN | EXPECTED | 9.73 | 8 | Turnover Luck (PPG): +1.53 |
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| ACTUAL | 14 | 4 | ||||
Rushing
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Rushing S&P+ | 110.8 | 30 | 103.1 | 55 | 100.0 |
| Rushing Success Rate | 51.2% | 7 | 41.5% | 60 | 42.3% |
| Rushing IsoPPP | 0.92 | 120 | 1.07 | 64 | 1.08 |
| Adj. Line Yards | 109.2 | 30 | 99.5 | 65 | 100.0 |
| Opportunity Rate | 43.9% | 14 | 39.4% | 79 | 38.9% |
| Power Success Rate | 69.8% | 38 | 61.8% | 37 | 66.3% |
| Stuff Rate | 17.1% | 27 | 21.2% | 49 | 19.6% |
Individual Rushing Stats
| Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Rushes | Yards | TD | Yards/ Carry |
Hlt Yds/ Opp. |
Opp. Rate |
Fumbles (Lost) |
| D'Andre Ferby | RB | 6'1, 240 | FR | 164 | 650 | 11 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 33.5% | 0 (0) |
| Anthony Wales | RB | 5'10, 195 | JR | 155 | 1091 | 9 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 55.5% | 1 (0) |
| Darmontre Warr | RB | 5'9, 195 | JR | 35 | 124 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 40.0% | 0 (0) |
| Leon Allen | RB | 6'0, 235 | SR | 27 | 137 | 2 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 48.1% | 0 (0) |
| Anthony Davis | RB | 5'9, 205 | SR | 25 | 102 | 1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 36.0% | 3 (1) |
| Brandon Doughty | QB | 6'3, 220 | SR | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 16.7% | 5 (1) |
| Taywan Taylor | WR | 6'1, 195 | JR | 7 | -9 | 0 | -1.3 | 5.1 | 28.6% | 1 (0) |
| Nicholas Norris | WR | 5'9, 175 | JR | 6 | 63 | 1 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 83.3% | 0 (0) |
| Antwane Grant | WR | 6'1, 205 | SR | 3 | 65 | 1 | 21.7 | 26.3 | 66.7% | 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+ | 141.8 | 4 | 97.6 | 73 | 100.0 |
| Passing Success Rate | 52.9% | 1 | 39.5% | 57 | 40.3% |
| Passing IsoPPP | 1.71 | 9 | 1.57 | 98 | 1.49 |
| Adj. Sack Rate | 254.6 | 6 | 65.7 | 117 | 100 |
Individual Passing Stats
| Player | Ht, Wt | Year | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT | Comp Rate |
Sacks | Sack Rate | Yards/ Att. |
| Brandon Doughty | 6'3, 220 | SR | 388 | 540 | 5055 | 48 | 9 | 71.9% | 15 | 2.7% | 8.9 |
| Nelson Fishback | 6'2, 215 | JR | 7 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 87.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 8.8 |
| Drew Eckels | 6'4, 210 | FR | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | 50.0% | 2.5 |
Individual Receiving Stats
| Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Targets | Catches | Yards | TD | Yds/ Catch |
Yds/ Target |
Catch Rate | Success Rate | Target Rate |
| Taywan Taylor | WR | 6'1, 195 | JR | 115 | 86 | 1467 | 17 | 17.1 | 12.8 | 74.8% | 59.1% | 21.3% |
| Jared Dangerfield | WR | 6'3, 215 | SR | 111 | 82 | 844 | 8 | 10.3 | 7.6 | 73.9% | 55.9% | 20.5% |
| Nicholas Norris | WR | 5'9, 175 | JR | 89 | 63 | 971 | 6 | 15.4 | 10.9 | 70.8% | 50.6% | 16.5% |
| Antwane Grant | WR | 6'1, 205 | SR | 85 | 55 | 701 | 7 | 12.8 | 8.3 | 64.7% | 51.8% | 15.7% |
| Tyler Higbee | TE | 6'6, 250 | SR | 49 | 38 | 563 | 8 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 77.6% | 69.4% | 9.1% |
| Anthony Wales | RB | 5'10, 195 | JR | 30 | 27 | 225 | 2 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 90.0% | 53.3% | 5.5% |
| Nacarius Fant | WR | 5'9, 185 | SO | 17 | 13 | 159 | 0 | 12.2 | 9.4 | 76.5% | 52.9% | 3.1% |
| Tim Gorski | TE | 6'6, 255 | SR | 13 | 10 | 119 | 1 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 76.9% | 69.2% | 2.4% |
| D'Andre Ferby | RB | 6'1, 240 | FR | 12 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 75.0% | 25.0% | 2.2% |
| Leon Allen | RB | 6'0, 235 | SR | 7 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 71.4% | 28.6% | 1.3% |
| Devin Scott | TE | 6'4, 250 | SR | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 60.0% | 20.0% | 0.9% |
| Darmontre Warr | RB | 5'9, 195 | JR | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.4% |
| Will Bush | WR | 5'11, 195 | FR | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 0.4% |
| Anthony Davis | RB | 5'9, 205 | SR | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| Brandon Doughty | QB | 6'3, 220 | SR | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.2% |
| George Fant | TE | 6'6, 270 | SR | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
Standard Downs
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Standard Downs S&P+ | 130.7 | 1 | 103.6 | 52 | 100.0 |
| Standard Downs Success Rate | 56.8% | 2 | 45.5% | 57 | 46.5% |
| Standard Downs IsoPPP | 1.27 | 9 | 1.11 | 73 | 1.11 |
| SD Line Yards per Carry | 3.19 | 23 | 2.78 | 45 | 2.90 |
| SD Sack Rate | 1.0% | 4 | 2.5% | 119 | 5.0% |
Passing Downs
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Passing Downs S&P+ | 136.6 | 9 | 94.7 | 88 | 100.0 |
| Passing Downs Success Rate | 40.1% | 5 | 31.2% | 68 | 30.7% |
| Passing Downs IsoPPP | 1.94 | 26 | 1.87 | 95 | 1.77 |
| PD Line Yards per Carry | 3.06 | 82 | 3.35 | 79 | 3.20 |
| PD Sack Rate | 5.2% | 21 | 5.2% | 102 | 7.5% |
Situational
| Offense | Defense | |||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | |
| Q1 S&P+ | 120.6 | 22 | 122.1 | 20 |
| Q2 S&P+ | 143.4 | 2 | 102.5 | 69 |
| Q3 S&P+ | 127.6 | 10 | 103.3 | 58 |
| Q4 S&P+ | 120.9 | 11 | 84.4 | 118 |
| 1st Down S&P+ | 130.3 | 3 | 113.1 | 27 |
| 2nd Down S&P+ | 121.6 | 20 | 96.4 | 82 |
| 3rd Down S&P+ | 133.2 | 5 | 91.1 | 104 |
Offensive Footprint
| Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
| Std. Downs Run Rate | 46.4% | 123 | 60.4% |
| Pass Downs Run Rate | 18.4% | 127 | 34.0% |
| Adj. Pace | -0.5 | 67 | +0.0 |
| % of Solo Tackles | 77.7% | 44 | 74.9% |
Defensive Footprint
| Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
| Std. Downs Run Rate | 57.5% | 95 | 60.3% |
| Pass. Downs Run Rate | 38.7% | 23 | 33.9% |
| Overall Havoc Rate | 16.7% | 48 | 16.0% |
| DL Havoc Rate | 4.5% | 73 | 5.1% |
| LB Havoc Rate | 5.2% | 41 | 4.5% |
| DB Havoc Rate | 6.9% | 40 | 6.3% |
| PD to INC | 33.5% | 56 | 32.8% |
Individual Defensive Stats
| Name | Pos | Ht, Wt | Year | Tackles | % of Team | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | FR |
| TJ McCollum | LB | 6'3, 230 | SO | 87.5 | 11.0% | 11.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Branden Leston | DB | 6'3, 205 | JR | 83.0 | 10.4% | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Holt | LB | 6'1, 230 | SR | 72.5 | 9.1% | 7.5 | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Dejon Brown | LB | 6'3, 250 | SR | 52.5 | 6.6% | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Marcus Ward | DB | 6'3, 210 | JR | 47.0 | 5.9% | 7.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Derik Overstreet | DL | 6'2, 250 | SO | 39.5 | 5.0% | 9.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Prince Charles Iworah | DB | 5'11, 190 | SR | 38.5 | 4.8% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Wonderful Terry | DB | 5'10, 190 | SR | 32.0 | 4.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Brown | DB | 5'10, 190 | SO | 30.5 | 3.8% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Rocker | DL | 6'2, 255 | SR | 29.5 | 3.7% | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jontavius Morris | DL | 6'2, 305 | SR | 25.0 | 3.1% | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Omarius Bryant | DL | 6'3, 310 | JR | 23.5 | 2.9% | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Newton | LB | 6'4, 245 | SR | 18.5 | 2.3% | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Masai Whyte | LB | 6'0, 218 | FR | 17.0 | 2.1% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Iyiegbuniwe | LB | 6'2, 220 | FR | 16.5 | 2.1% | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ge'Monee Brown | DL | 6'2, 305 | SR | 15.0 | 1.9% | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Davis | LB | 6'1, 225 | JR | 15.0 | 1.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De'Andre Simmons | DB | 5'11, 185 | SO | 14.5 | 1.8% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leverick Johnson | DB | 6'1, 185 | SO | 14.0 | 1.8% | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Reeves | DL | 6'4, 240 | SO | 13.5 | 1.7% | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shaquille Johnson | TE | 6'4, 235 | JR | 12.5 | 1.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Shorter | DL | 6'2, 280 | SR | 12.0 | 1.5% | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daeshawn Bertram | LB | 5'11, 220 | SO | 11.5 | 1.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Farris | DB | 5'10, 190 | FR | 11.0 | 1.4% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drell Greene | DB | 6'1, 190 | FR | 10.5 | 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+ | 1.4 | 11 |
| Category | Rate | Rank |
| FG Value (per kick) | 0.61 | 1 |
| Punt Success Rate | 64.0% | 27 |
| Kickoff Success Rate | 50.9% | 121 |
| Punt Return Success Rate | 55.6% | 42 |
| Kick Return Success Rate | 51.3% | 38 |
| Place-Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | PAT | FG | Pct |
| Garrett Schwettman | 5'11, 175 | SR | 79-80 | 15-16 | 93.8% |
| Punter | Ht, Wt | Year | Punts | Avg | TB | FC | I20 | FC/I20 Ratio |
| Jake Collins | 6'0, 190 | FR | 37 | 41.7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 45.9% |
| Joseph Occhipinti | 6'3, 190 | JR | 15 | 37.9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | Kickoffs | Avg | TB | TB% | OOB | Fair Catches |
Onside Att |
Onside Success |
| Ryan Nuss | 5'10, 190 | FR | 64 | 57.2 | 8 | 12.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Collins | 6'0, 190 | FR | 44 | 56.8 | 2 | 4.5% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
| Kylen Towner | 5'8, 175 | SO | 14 | 7.1 | 0 | 21 | 3 (3) |
| Nacarius Fant | 5'9, 185 | SO | 4 | 9.3 | 0 | 7 | 0 (0) |
| Kick Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
| Kylen Towner | 5'8, 175 | SO | 32 | 23.7 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) |
| Anthony Davis | 5'9, 205 | SR | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) |
| Devin Scott | 6'4, 250 | SR | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
Stats via SportSource Analytics