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2016 Georgia Tech advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

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2015 | 2016

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (ACC Coastal)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 9-4 | Second-order wins (diff.): 7.4 (-1.6) | S&P+ Rk: 45
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
3-Sep vs. Boston College 86 17-14 W 20% -6.5 31% 35% 41%
10-Sep Mercer N/A 35-10 W 100% 20.9 67% 60% 24%
17-Sep Vanderbilt 71 38-7 W 100% 31.8 94% 97% 84%
22-Sep Clemson 2 7-26 L 0% -27.4 30% 27% 71%
1-Oct Miami-FL 14 21-35 L 5% -12.9 43% 62% 40%
8-Oct at Pittsburgh 20 34-37 L 24% -5.6 53% 51% 52%
15-Oct Georgia Southern 91 35-24 W 99% 19.2 83% 84% 62%
29-Oct Duke 72 38-35 W 78% 6.0 61% 84% 12%
5-Nov at North Carolina 21 20-48 L 5% -13.3 35% 79% 17%
12-Nov at Virginia Tech 17 30-20 W 45% -0.9 65% 65% 72%
19-Nov Virginia 88 31-17 W 92% 10.8 66% 50% 56%
26-Nov at Georgia 68 28-27 W 81% 6.9 68% 92% 21%
31-Dec vs. Kentucky 67 33-18 W 89% 9.4 73% 47% 71%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 33.0 44 28.3 57
Points Per Game 28.2 70 24.5 39
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.47 3 1.13 8 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 42.6% 58 46.1% 109 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 29.4 72 28.3 42 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.74 43 4.31 51 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -3.1 90 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+2.73
ACTUAL 4 36
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 116.3 18 90.9 101 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 43.9% 61 46.2% 96 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.27 14 1.01 34 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 110.8 29 87 114 100.0
Opportunity Rate 41.0% 50 41.5% 93 39.7%
Power Success Rate 77.6% 12 68.3% 74 67.9%
Stuff Rate 16.9% 35 13.8% 123 18.9%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Dedrick Mills BB 5'10, 217 FR 152 771 12 5.1 3.2 43.4% 3 (3)
Justin Thomas QB 5'11, 185 SR 125 699 6 5.6 9.7 35.2% 10 (2)
Marcus Marshall BB 5'10, 212 SO 96 624 4 6.5 8.3 37.5% 2 (2)
Matthew Jordan QB 6'2, 208 SO 64 249 6 3.9 4.4 29.7% 4 (0)
Qua Searcy AB 5'11, 174 SO 46 273 2 5.9 8.9 41.3% 2 (0)
Clinton Lynch AB 6'0, 187 SO 37 415 2 11.2 10.5 62.2% 0 (0)
J.J. Green AB 5'9, 188 JR 25 154 1 6.2 4.9 48.0% 1 (1)
Lynn Griffin AB 6'0, 199 SR 13 56 0 4.3 2.6 46.2% 0 (0)
Isiah Willis AB 5'9, 195 SR 11 80 0 7.3 2.6 72.7% 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+ 126.7 9 97.1 75 100.0
Passing Success Rate 38.4% 87 45.9% 114 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 2.22 2 1.26 5 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 87.9 91 67.4 111 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Justin Thomas 5'11, 185 SR 79 148 1559 8 2 53.4% 13 8.1% 9.1
Matthew Jordan 6'2, 208 SO 3 9 111 1 1 33.3% 1 10.0% 10.5
TaQuon Marshall 5'10, 185 SO 1 1 9 0 0 100.0% 1 50.0% 1.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Ricky Jeune WR 6'3, 212 JR 53 25 427 1 17.1 8.1 47.2% 43.4% 36.6%
Brad Stewart WR 6'1, 197 SO 28 19 382 0 20.1 13.6 67.9% 50.0% 19.3%
Clinton Lynch AB 6'0, 187 SO 21 16 490 6 30.6 23.3 76.2% 71.4% 14.5%
Qua Searcy AB 5'11, 174 SO 18 10 183 0 18.3 10.2 55.6% 38.9% 12.4%
J.J. Green AB 5'9, 188 JR 6 3 40 0 13.3 6.7 50.0% 50.0% 4.1%
Dedrick Mills BB 5'10, 217 FR 6 2 13 1 6.5 2.2 33.3% 16.7% 4.1%
Mikell Lands-Davis WR 5'11, 208 SO 5 2 14 0 7.0 2.8 40.0% 20.0% 3.4%
Marcus Marshall BB 5'10, 212 SO 4 3 92 1 30.7 23.0 75.0% 25.0% 2.8%
Isiah Willis AB 5'9, 195 SR 1 1 19 0 19.0 19.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.7%
Lynn Griffin AB 6'0, 199 SR 1 1 10 0 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.7%
Christian Philpott WR 6'3, 220 FR 1 1 9 0 9.0 9.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.7%
Antonio Messick WR 6'3, 200 JR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 114.9 21 93.1 99 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 49.5% 39 51.9% 113 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.28 11 0.99 8 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.15 40 3.37 117 2.98
SD Sack Rate 7.2% 110 4.1% 86 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 115.5 27 97.9 78 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 28.3% 101 32.1% 77 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 2.17 3 1.71 54 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.09 84 3.21 63 3.24
PD Sack Rate 8.4% 75 3.4% 122 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 130.3 9 87.8 108
Q2 S&P+ 113.7 34 102.1 61
Q3 S&P+ 97.4 76 97.8 73
Q4 S&P+ 122.9 8 88.1 111
1st Down S&P+ 103.2 55 90.0 107
2nd Down S&P+ 119.1 21 102.0 60
3rd Down S&P+ 137.7 4 88.6 103
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 85.3% 5 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 57.4% 4 34.6%
Adj. Pace -8.2 125 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 80.3% 20 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 57.0% 92 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 38.0% 29 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 11.9% 123 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 4.4% 71 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 2.1% 123 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 5.3% 101 6.4%
PD to INC 26.2% 121 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Corey Griffin DB 6'2, 195 JR 72.0 10.7% 5.0 1.0 2 3 0
A.J. Gray DB 6'1, 215 SO 63.5 9.4% 3.5 0.0 0 2 1
P.J. Davis LB 5'11, 231 SR 57.5 8.5% 0.5 0.0 0 1 0
Brant Mitchell LB 6'2, 236 SO 55.0 8.1% 3.0 0.0 2 1 0
Patrick Gamble DL 6'5, 277 SR 46.0 6.8% 10.5 7.5 0 0 3
Lance Austin DB 5'10, 183 JR 44.5 6.6% 0.0 0.0 3 12 0
Lawrence Austin DB 5'9, 185 JR 39.0 5.8% 2.0 0.0 3 0 1
KeShun Freeman DE 6'2, 250 JR 32.5 4.8% 4.0 0.5 0 1 0
Step Durham DB 5'11, 194 JR 31.5 4.7% 0.0 0.0 0 6 0
Chase Alford LB 6'1, 222 SR 28.5 4.2% 2.5 0.0 0 0 0
Antonio Simmons DL 6'3, 235 JR 27.0 4.0% 5.0 1.0 0 0 1
Rod Rook-Chungong DE 6'3, 245 SR 26.0 3.8% 4.5 0.0 0 0 0
Kyle Cerge-Henderson DL 6'1, 295 SO 20.0 3.0% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0
Terrell Lewis LB 6'2, 217 JR 19.0 2.8% 3.5 0.0 0 1 1
Anree Saint-Amour DL 6'3, 247 SO 15.5 2.3% 4.0 4.0 0 0 0
Lamont Simmons DB 6'2, 202 SO 15.5 2.3% 0.0 0.0 0 3 1
Victor Alexander LB 5'10, 235 SO 13.5 2.0% 1.5 0.0 0 0 0
Francis Kallon DL 6'5, 294 SR 12.0 1.8% 3.0 2.0 0 0 0
Jalen Johnson DB 6'3, 210 SO 9.5 1.4% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
David Curry LB 6'2, 217 FR 9.0 1.3% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Brentavious Glanton DL 6'3, 276 FR 5.0 0.7% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0
Brandon Adams DT 6'2, 349 FR 5.0 0.7% 0.5 0.0 0 0 0
Shaun Kagawa DB 5'11, 193 JR 5.0 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Desmond Branch DL 6'3, 270 SO 4.0 0.6% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0
Tre' Jackson LB 5'10, 222 SO 3.0 0.4% 1.0 0.0 0 1 0
Special Teams

Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ 1.1 22
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.51 10
Punt Success Rate 54.2% 80
Kickoff Success Rate 91.9% 6
Punt Return Success Rate 75.0% 8
Kick Return Success Rate 34.6% 101
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Harrison Butker 6'3, 210 SR 46-46 15-17 88.2%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Ryan Rodwell 6'2, 207 SR 46 43.1 5 15 12 58.7%
Grant Aasen 6'2, 207 JR 1 42.0 0 0 0 0.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Harrison Butker 6'3, 210 SR 73 63.2 54 74.0% 0 0 0 0
Shawn Davis 6'2, 205 FR 1 65.0 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Brad Stewart 6'1, 197 SO 11 11.5 0 24 0 (0)
Terrell Lewis 6'2, 217 JR 1 5.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
J.J. Green 5'9, 188 JR 14 24.6 1 0 1 (1)
Nathan Cottrell 5'11, 193 FR 9 20.8 0 0 0 (0)
Lance Austin 5'10, 183 JR 3 12.7 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics