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2016 Marshall advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

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2015 | 2016

Marshall Thundering Herd (Conference USA East)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 3-9 | Second-order wins (diff.): 3.3 (0.3) | S&P+ Rk: 118
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
10-Sep Morgan State N/A 62-0 W 100% 72.8 87% 81% 100%
17-Sep Akron 109 38-65 L 18% -7.1 19% 51% 16%
24-Sep Louisville 12 28-59 L 0% -41.8 8% 23% 27%
1-Oct at Pittsburgh 20 27-43 L 4% -14.0 28% 48% 25%
8-Oct at North Texas 107 21-38 L 7% -11.4 13% 13% 36%
15-Oct Florida Atlantic 115 27-21 W 43% -1.3 25% 21% 45%
22-Oct Charlotte 125 24-27 L 48% -0.3 23% 18% 44%
29-Oct at Southern Miss 78 14-24 L 3% -14.6 15% 22% 69%
5-Nov at Old Dominion 73 14-38 L 0% -22.0 11% 22% 35%
12-Nov Middle Tennessee 94 42-17 W 100% 24.4 87% 79% 94%
19-Nov at Florida International 120 14-31 L 3% -14.6 8% 10% 5%
26-Nov Western Kentucky 16 6-60 L 0% -53.5 4% 6% 20%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 21.6 116 33.9 97
Points Per Game 26.4 80 35.3 107
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.20 97 1.34 104 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 38.5% 111 45.3% 105 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 31.1 34 28.8 50 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.49 73 4.60 79 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 3.13 43 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+0.36
ACTUAL 4 36
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 81.5 122 98.0 75 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 39.1% 106 45.8% 90 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.91 122 1.15 101 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 86.5 118 93 94 100.0
Opportunity Rate 39.1% 75 41.0% 86 39.7%
Power Success Rate 64.3% 85 63.2% 32 67.9%
Stuff Rate 22.3% 113 18.7% 69 18.9%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Keion Davis RB 6'1, 216 SO 113 469 6 4.2 3.8 35.4% 2 (1)
Anthony Anderson RB 6'2, 252 SO 86 339 2 3.9 2.0 46.5% 0 (0)
Hyleck Foster RB 5'11, 191 JR 68 291 1 4.3 2.7 39.7% 1 (1)
Tony Pittman RB 5'10, 212 JR 63 331 2 5.3 5.5 36.5% 0 (0)
Garet Morrell QB 6'3, 205 FR 13 51 0 3.9 4.3 30.8% 2 (1)
Chase Litton QB 6'6, 211 SO 11 23 1 2.1 4.7 27.3% 3 (1)
Kaare Vedvik P 6'4, 205 JR 3 -3 0 -1.0 2.9 66.7% 1 (0)
Delvin Weems RB 5'8, 190 FR 2 8 0 4.0 0.5 50.0% 0 (0)
Ryan Yurachek TE 6'3, 232 JR 1 9 0 9.0 2.5 100.0% 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+ 83.3 113 92.6 92 100.0
Passing Success Rate 38.1% 92 44.8% 102 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 1.41 92 1.55 104 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 95.8 74 122.1 30 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Chase Litton 6'6, 211 SO 231 371 2612 24 9 62.3% 23 5.8% 6.2
Garet Morrell 6'3, 205 FR 33 67 290 4 3 49.3% 5 6.9% 3.5

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Josh Knight WR 6'1, 195 SR 90 62 631 5 10.2 7.0 68.9% 45.6% 21.5%
Michael Clark WR 6'7, 212 SO 85 37 632 5 17.1 7.4 43.5% 38.8% 20.3%
Deon-Tay McManus WR 6'1, 230 JR 60 40 453 3 11.3 7.6 66.7% 48.3% 14.3%
Justin Hunt WR 6'3, 200 SR 50 23 324 5 14.1 6.5 46.0% 38.0% 11.9%
Ryan Yurachek TE 6'3, 232 JR 35 28 298 5 10.6 8.5 80.0% 57.1% 8.4%
Emanuel Byrd TE 6'3, 236 SR 33 26 242 3 9.3 7.3 78.8% 42.4% 7.9%
Hyleck Foster RB 5'11, 191 JR 17 15 74 1 4.9 4.4 88.2% 35.3% 4.1%
Keion Davis RB 6'1, 216 SO 13 11 56 1 5.1 4.3 84.6% 38.5% 3.1%
Donquell Green WR 5'8, 160 SO 10 7 45 0 6.4 4.5 70.0% 30.0% 2.4%
Willie Johnson WR 6'0, 170 FR 7 4 52 0 13.0 7.4 57.1% 28.6% 1.7%
Tony Pittman RB 5'10, 212 JR 7 5 18 0 3.6 2.6 71.4% 0.0% 1.7%
Raylen Elzy WR 6'4, 204 SO 4 3 43 0 14.3 10.8 75.0% 25.0% 1.0%
Anthony Anderson RB 6'2, 252 SO 3 2 16 0 8.0 5.3 66.7% 0.0% 0.7%
Nick Mathews WR 5'10, 169 SO 2 1 18 0 18.0 9.0 50.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Brandon Rodgers WR 5'10, 175 FR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Kaleb Harris TE 6'3, 220 SO 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 86.6 116 94.0 93 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 45.7% 89 51.5% 110 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.00 113 1.23 115 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.73 105 3.26 106 2.98
SD Sack Rate 3.6% 36 4.9% 65 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 78.8 124 101.0 64 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 25.1% 121 31.4% 68 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.87 31 1.73 69 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.48 120 2.90 33 3.24
PD Sack Rate 8.9% 84 10.6% 13 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 86.8 105 89.9 104
Q2 S&P+ 78.7 125 102.5 59
Q3 S&P+ 81.0 122 100.7 60
Q4 S&P+ 103.3 58 96.9 75
1st Down S&P+ 81.8 123 91.6 101
2nd Down S&P+ 92.1 101 104.0 54
3rd Down S&P+ 78.5 120 103.2 61
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 50.8% 111 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 25.1% 112 34.6%
Adj. Pace -3.7 95 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 54.5% 128 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 61.3% 54 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 32.4% 84 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 15.6% 63 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 5.3% 49 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 3.0% 105 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 7.3% 32 6.4%
PD to INC 36.2% 36 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Rodney Allen DB 5'11, 184 JR 62.5 9.4% 1.0 0.0 2 12 4
Kendall Gant S 6'3, 197 JR 60.0 9.0% 3.0 0.0 0 3 0
Corey Neely S 6'1, 187 SR 59.5 9.0% 1.5 0.0 2 3 2
Chase Hancock LB 6'2, 215 SO 46.0 6.9% 3.5 1.5 0 1 1
C.J. Reavis S 6'1, 209 JR 46.0 6.9% 2.0 0.0 0 3 0
Devontre'a Tyler LB 6'1, 240 SR 36.0 5.4% 3.5 0.0 0 0 0
Ryan Bee DL 6'7, 260 SO 34.0 5.1% 6.5 4.5 0 2 0
Frankie Hernandez LB 6'2, 208 SO 32.0 4.8% 8.5 3.5 0 0 0
Gary Thompson DL 6'2, 260 SR 31.5 4.8% 8.0 5.0 0 1 1
Chris Jackson DB 6'0, 168 FR 31.5 4.8% 4.0 1.5 2 9 0
Omari Cobb LB 6'4, 212 FR 26.0 3.9% 4.5 3.0 0 1 0
Davon Durant LB 6'2, 232 JR 24.0 3.6% 1.5 0.0 0 1 0
Blake Keller DL 6'2, 231 JR 23.5 3.5% 4.0 0.5 0 0 0
Nyquan Harris DL 6'2, 303 SO 18.5 2.8% 1.5 1.5 0 0 0
Ty Tyler DL 6'3, 245 FR 16.5 2.5% 7.0 2.5 0 0 1
Terry Richardson DB 5'9, 180 SR 15.5 2.3% 1.0 0.0 2 3 0
Jason Smith DL 6'3, 300 SO 14.0 2.1% 1.5 0.5 0 4 0
Damien Dozier DL 6'4, 207 FR 12.5 1.9% 3.5 1.0 0 1 0
Cody Carter DB 5'10, 176 SR 8.5 1.3% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Joe Massaquoi DL 6'5, 268 SR 8.0 1.2% 2.0 1.0 0 0 0
Tomell One DL 6'4, 287 JR 6.5 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
George Davis S 6'3, 175 FR 6.5 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0
Eli Gates LB 6'4, 211 SO 5.0 0.8% 0.5 0.0 0 0 0
Channing Hames DL 6'5, 260 FR 4.5 0.7% 1.5 1.0 0 0 0
Malik Gant S 6'2, 185 FR 4.0 0.6% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Special Teams

Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ -1.2 111
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) -0.84 125
Punt Success Rate 52.1% 89
Kickoff Success Rate 78.6% 41
Punt Return Success Rate 82.4% 2
Kick Return Success Rate 46.7% 45
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Amoreto Curraj 6'3, 218 JR 39-42 4-10 40.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Kaare Vedvik 6'4, 205 JR 70 40.0 2 27 21 68.6%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Amoreto Curraj 6'3, 218 JR 56 63.8 29 51.8% 0 5 3 1
Kaare Vedvik 6'4, 205 JR 0 0.0 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Hyleck Foster 5'11, 191 JR 15 9.1 0 11 0 (0)
Brandon Rodgers 5'10, 175 FR 1 4.0 0 0 0 (0)
Omari Cobb 6'4, 212 FR 1 8.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Keion Davis 6'1, 216 SO 26 23.2 1 0 1 (0)
Brandon Rodgers 5'10, 175 FR 11 21.2 0 0 0 (0)
Donquell Green 5'8, 160 SO 7 20.9 0 0 0 (0)

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