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2016 Nevada advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

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2015 | 2016

Nevada Wolfpack (MWC West)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 5-7 | Second-order wins (diff.): 4.5 (-0.5) | S&P+ Rk: 124
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
2-Sep Cal Poly N/A 30-27 W 51% 0.3 13% 12% 11%
10-Sep at Notre Dame 26 10-39 L 0% -26.4 8% 19% 26%
17-Sep Buffalo 127 38-14 W 99% 18.8 47% 90% 28%
24-Sep at Purdue 105 14-24 L 4% -13.4 6% 4% 25%
1-Oct at Hawaii 97 17-38 L 0% -31.1 1% 17% 8%
8-Oct Fresno State 116 27-22 W 72% 4.6 28% 55% 17%
15-Oct at San Jose State 112 10-14 L 72% 4.7 31% 5% 75%
22-Oct Wyoming 61 34-42 L 17% -7.4 22% 62% 11%
5-Nov at New Mexico 81 26-35 L 30% -4.2 25% 51% 53%
12-Nov San Diego State 33 16-46 L 0% -34.8 4% 50% 1%
19-Nov Utah State 70 38-37 W 8% -10.8 15% 40% 16%
26-Nov at UNLV 110 45-10 W 100% 26.2 74% 82% 81%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 23.6 103 39.7 124
Points Per Game 25.4 90 29.0 71
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.17 110 1.21 35 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 43.4% 51 48.7% 122 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 27.8 111 28.9 52 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.60 57 4.67 83 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 3.99 35 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+0.00
ACTUAL 4 36
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 97.4 86 84.8 119 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 46.3% 36 50.0% 117 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.01 91 1.11 75 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 100.2 79 84.7 124 100.0
Opportunity Rate 42.1% 36 43.4% 113 39.7%
Power Success Rate 85.0% 1 66.7% 58 67.9%
Stuff Rate 16.4% 26 15.3% 113 18.9%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
James Butler RB 5'9, 210 JR 262 1332 12 5.1 4.1 42.4% 2 (1)
Jaxson Kincaide RB 5'9, 180 FR 78 334 3 4.3 3.5 35.9% 0 (0)
Ty Gangi QB 6'2, 205 SO 45 263 3 5.8 6.0 40.0% 3 (1)
Tyler Stewart QB 6'4, 220 SR 37 216 2 5.8 3.4 54.1% 0 (0)
Akeel Lynch RB 5'11, 220 SR 8 29 0 3.6 1.7 37.5% 0 (0)
Blake Wright RB 5'10, 200 SO 7 26 0 3.7 1.7 42.9% 0 (0)
Ahki Muhammad WR 5'9, 185 SO 6 39 0 6.5 3.5 83.3% 0 (0)
Asauni Rufus DB 6'0, 200 SO 4 4 0 1.0 0.0 0.0% 0 (0)
Kelton Moore RB 5'11, 210 FR 2 10 0 5.0 3.7 50.0% 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+ 87.1 103 79.9 124 100.0
Passing Success Rate 40.0% 73 45.9% 113 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 1.38 99 1.45 60 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 95.1 78 78.4 102 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Tyler Stewart 6'4, 220 SR 110 174 1161 9 3 63.2% 16 8.4% 5.5
Ty Gangi 6'2, 205 SO 99 172 1301 8 6 57.6% 5 2.8% 7.2

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Wyatt Demps WR 6'4, 200 JR 83 53 686 9 12.9 8.3 63.9% 51.8% 24.9%
Jerico Richardson WR 5'11, 190 SR 66 26 271 1 10.4 4.1 39.4% 30.3% 19.8%
Hasaan Henderson WR 6'5, 220 SR 45 30 301 1 10.0 6.7 66.7% 53.3% 13.5%
James Butler RB 5'9, 210 JR 39 37 381 3 10.3 9.8 94.9% 59.0% 11.7%
Jarred Gipson TE 6'1, 240 SR 29 20 183 3 9.2 6.3 69.0% 41.4% 8.7%
Andrew Celis WR 5'11, 190 SO 28 23 318 0 13.8 11.4 82.1% 60.7% 8.4%
Ahki Muhammad WR 5'9, 185 SO 15 6 98 1 16.3 6.5 40.0% 26.7% 4.5%
Brandon Scott TE 6'3, 240 SO 8 6 97 1 16.2 12.1 75.0% 62.5% 2.4%
Jaxson Kincaide RB 5'9, 180 FR 8 7 88 0 12.6 11.0 87.5% 50.0% 2.4%
Victor Gonzalez WR 6'0, 185 FR 6 2 85 0 42.5 14.2 33.3% 33.3% 1.8%
Austin Carrow TE 6'3, 245 SR 2 1 11 0 11.0 5.5 50.0% 50.0% 0.6%
Cameron Turner DB 5'10, 180 FR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Dominic Christian WR 6'1, 200 FR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Tyler Stewart QB 6'4, 220 SR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Elijah Mitchell DB 5'8, 180 SR 1 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+ 90.7 107 87.4 119 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 49.2% 42 51.7% 112 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.00 111 1.06 39 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.22 30 3.32 112 2.98
SD Sack Rate 5.6% 83 6.2% 37 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 96.5 84 73.0 127 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 29.9% 79 40.8% 127 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.79 54 1.71 56 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.46 46 3.63 105 3.24
PD Sack Rate 7.3% 55 4.0% 118 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 101.4 68 91.4 #REF!
Q2 S&P+ 91.3 104 81.5 #REF!
Q3 S&P+ 77.9 124 72.2 #REF!
Q4 S&P+ 113.3 25 90.1 #REF!
1st Down S&P+ 95.0 90 86.6 #REF!
2nd Down S&P+ 85.5 114 81.0 #REF!
3rd Down S&P+ 119.4 23 82.6 #REF!
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 62.8% 49 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 32.8% 74 34.6%
Adj. Pace -2.0 78 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 76.1% 45 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 75.4% 1 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 50.2% 1 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 12.2% 116 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 4.3% 73 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 1.8% 127 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 6.0% 74 6.4%
PD to INC 31.6% 80 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Alex Bertrando LB 6'2, 230 SR 83.5 11.8% 5.5 0.0 0 0 0
Asauni Rufus DB 6'0, 200 SO 81.0 11.5% 2.5 1.0 1 2 3
Gabriel Sewell LB 6'0, 230 FR 63.0 8.9% 5.5 0.0 0 0 1
Dameon Baber DB 5'11, 180 SO 63.0 8.9% 3.0 0.0 0 3 2
Malik Reed DE 6'1, 245 SO 51.5 7.3% 9.5 5.0 0 0 3
Jaden Sawyer DB 6'0, 195 JR 41.5 5.9% 4.5 0.0 2 6 0
Elijah Mitchell DB 5'8, 180 SR 35.5 5.0% 0.0 0.0 1 7 0
Patrick Choudja DE 6'3, 250 JR 31.5 4.5% 4.0 1.0 0 0 1
Austin Paulhus LB 6'1, 230 JR 29.5 4.2% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
Kendall Johnson DB 6'0, 185 JR 29.0 4.1% 3.5 0.0 1 3 1
Jordan Silva DE 6'4, 250 SO 25.5 3.6% 4.0 2.0 0 1 0
Korey Rush DE 6'1, 280 SO 18.0 2.5% 3.0 1.0 0 0 0
Hausia Sekona DL 6'1, 275 FR 18.0 2.5% 2.5 0.0 0 1 0
Travis Wilson LB 6'1, 220 JR 16.0 2.3% 0.5 0.0 0 1 0
Jarid Joseph DE 6'2, 245 SO 13.0 1.8% 3.0 3.0 0 0 1
Kalei Meyer DL 6'1, 285 SO 12.0 1.7% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
EJ Muhammad DB 5'11, 175 FR 11.5 1.6% 0.0 0.0 0 1 1
Jarius McDade DT 6'2, 320 JR 11.0 1.6% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
Nakita Lealao DT 6'2, 310 JR 11.0 1.6% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
Elijah Moody DB 5'11, 175 SO 8.0 1.1% 0.0 0.0 0 0 1
Daniel Brown DB 5'10, 170 FR 6.0 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
John Durney LB 6'0, 240 SR 5.5 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Riley Brand DB 6'1, 210 FR 5.5 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Randy Uzoma DB 6'1, 205 SR 5.0 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Salesa Faraimo DL 6'2, 290 SR 5.0 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Special Teams

Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ -1.1 106
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) -0.30 107
Punt Success Rate 56.0% 62
Kickoff Success Rate 80.3% 35
Punt Return Success Rate 44.4% 87
Kick Return Success Rate 28.6% 117
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Spencer Pettit 5'9, 170 FR 18-19 7-9 77.8%
Brent Zuzo 5'10, 180 SR 16-17 4-8 50.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Alex Boy 6'3, 200 SR 51 43.7 7 17 14 60.8%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Brent Zuzo 5'10, 180 SR 61 60.7 26 42.6% 0 2 1 1
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Andrew Celis 5'11, 190 SO 9 11.2 0 18 1 (0)
Jarid Joseph 6'2, 245 SO 0 0.0 0 1 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Elijah Mitchell 5'8, 180 SR 22 23.1 0 0 0 (0)
Ahki Muhammad 5'9, 185 SO 2 8.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kelton Moore 5'11, 210 FR 1 12.0 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics