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2016 SMU advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

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2015 | 2016

SMU Mustangs (American West)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 5-7 | Second-order wins (diff.): 4.6 (-0.4) | S&P+ Rk: 90
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy		 Adj. Scoring
Margin		 Percentile
Performance		 Off.
Percentile		 Def.
Percentile
3-Sep at North Texas 107 34-21 W 93% 11.8 68% 82% 30%
10-Sep at Baylor 50 13-40 L 3% -14.7 26% 31% 63%
17-Sep Liberty N/A 29-14 W 95% 12.9 59% 24% 50%
23-Sep TCU 47 3-33 L 0% -27.2 13% 5% 26%
1-Oct at Temple 32 20-45 L 0% -27.9 18% 30% 31%
7-Oct at Tulsa 54 40-43 L 32% -3.7 55% 53% 66%
22-Oct Houston 39 38-16 W 100% 24.1 96% 83% 94%
29-Oct at Tulane 106 35-31 W 62% 2.4 50% 77% 31%
5-Nov Memphis 44 7-51 L 0% -24.8 16% 20% 33%
12-Nov at East Carolina 100 55-31 W 69% 3.9 52% 51% 39%
19-Nov South Florida 55 27-35 L 6% -12.5 35% 52% 24%
26-Nov Navy 52 31-75 L 0% -31.2 9% 28% 4%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 28.5 72 32.7 91
Points Per Game 27.7 71 36.3 110
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.39 18 1.29 88 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 38.9% 109 41.9% 58 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 28.0 106 32.8 119 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 3.93 110 4.99 112 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -0.31 72 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+0.96
ACTUAL 2 47
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 98.3 83 100.6 62 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 39.5% 103 42.1% 61 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.17 30 1.22 112 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 101.6 71 100.3 67 100.0
Opportunity Rate 37.2% 100 41.5% 93 39.7%
Power Success Rate 62.5% 99 76.7% 117 67.9%
Stuff Rate 20.0% 90 18.3% 73 18.9%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry		 Hlt Yds/
Opp.		 Opp.
Rate		 Fumbles
(Lost)
Braeden West RB 5'10, 170 SO 202 1036 6 5.1 5.9 37.1% 5 (1)
Ke'Mon Freeman RB 5'11, 212 FR 153 662 4 4.3 3.3 40.5% 2 (2)
Ben Hicks QB 6'1, 216 FR 19 69 2 3.6 2.9 31.6% 4 (3)
Xavier Jones RB 5'10, 198 SO 15 140 1 9.3 14.9 40.0% 0 (0)
Jordan Carmouche RB 6'0, 240 FR 15 46 0 3.1 1.3 26.7% 0 (0)
Matt Davis QB 6'0, 214 SR 12 100 0 8.3 10.5 50.0% 0 (0)
Myron Gailliard WR 5'9, 173 FR 12 24 0 2.0 1.9 8.3% 0 (0)
Darrel Colbert Jr. QB 5'11, 210 SO 8 30 0 3.8 2.8 25.0% 0 (0)
James Proche WR 5'11, 183 FR 4 15 0 3.8 2.0 25.0% 2 (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+ 95.4 82 103.2 52 100.0
Passing Success Rate 38.3% 88 41.6% 70 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 1.62 26 1.37 19 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 126.4 32 98.8 67 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate		 Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Ben Hicks 6'1, 216 FR 234 422 2930 19 15 55.5% 23 5.2% 6.2
Matt Davis 6'0, 214 SR 8 17 155 2 1 47.1% 2 10.5% 7.7
Darrel Colbert Jr. 5'11, 210 SO 4 11 38 0 1 36.4% 0 0.0% 3.5

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch		 Yds/
Target		 Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Courtland Sutton WR 6'4, 215 SO 130 76 1246 10 16.4 9.6 58.5% 50.0% 30.4%
James Proche WR 5'11, 183 FR 89 57 709 6 12.4 8.0 64.0% 38.2% 20.8%
Xavier Castille WR 5'11, 195 SO 69 40 423 1 10.6 6.1 58.0% 47.8% 16.2%
Kevin Thomas WR 6'2, 178 SO 26 12 131 0 10.9 5.0 46.2% 30.8% 6.1%
Braeden West RB 5'10, 170 SO 23 15 92 0 6.1 4.0 65.2% 26.1% 5.4%
Ke'Mon Freeman RB 5'11, 212 FR 21 13 159 1 12.2 7.6 61.9% 42.9% 4.9%
Shelby Walker WR 6'0, 162 JR 17 7 85 0 12.1 5.0 41.2% 29.4% 4.0%
Mitchell Kaufman TE 6'3, 235 SO 15 7 54 0 7.7 3.6 46.7% 33.3% 3.5%
Jeremiah Gaines TE 6'2, 260 SR 14 10 117 3 11.7 8.4 71.4% 50.0% 3.3%
Myron Gailliard WR 5'9, 173 FR 8 5 54 0 10.8 6.8 62.5% 50.0% 1.9%
Austin Rolfe WR 6'0, 189 FR 5 2 23 0 11.5 4.6 40.0% 40.0% 1.2%
Alex Honey WR 6'4, 198 FR 2 2 56 1 28.0 28.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.5%
Ryan Becker TE 6'5, 225 FR 2 1 17 0 17.0 8.5 50.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Horace Richardson DB 6'0, 201 SR 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
Ben Hicks QB 6'1, 216 FR 1 1 2 0 2.0 2.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Jordan Wyatt DB 6'0, 195 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+ 98.2 79 96.1 78 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 43.7% 109 47.4% 64 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.26 14 1.22 111 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.91 80 3.12 88 2.98
SD Sack Rate 2.8% 18 6.8% 26 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 97.6 81 115.6 22 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 29.4% 82 30.1% 51 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.77 56 1.52 6 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.07 85 3.29 69 3.24
PD Sack Rate 7.7% 61 5.7% 102 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 109.6 46 98.8 72
Q2 S&P+ 95.9 86 105.3 51
Q3 S&P+ 81.8 121 100.1 63
Q4 S&P+ 91.2 102 91.0 99
1st Down S&P+ 94.0 96 87.3 114
2nd Down S&P+ 91.8 103 108.0 43
3rd Down S&P+ 106.0 63 116.0 27
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 56.9% 82 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 33.7% 67 34.6%
Adj. Pace +5.6 18 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 79.7% 23 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 58.9% 74 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 33.1% 77 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 15.0% 77 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 5.9% 37 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 2.7% 113 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 6.5% 55 6.4%
PD to INC 32.0% 76 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Kyran Mitchell LB 6'0, 210 SO 57.5 8.3% 6.0 3.5 0 2 0
Darrion Millines DB 6'0, 208 SR 55.5 8.0% 0.0 0.0 5 4 1
Justin Lawler DE 6'4, 262 JR 55.0 7.9% 15.0 6.0 0 0 0
Rodney Clemons DB 6'0, 185 FR 50.5 7.3% 2.0 1.0 1 4 1
Jordan Wyatt DB 6'0, 195 SO 44.5 6.4% 3.0 0.0 4 7 4
Jackson Mitchell LB 6'0, 234 SR 40.0 5.8% 1.0 1.0 0 2 2
Anthony Rhone LB 6'0, 230 JR 39.5 5.7% 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
Kevin Johnson DB 5'10, 165 FR 36.5 5.3% 3.0 0.0 0 0 1
Horace Richardson DB 6'0, 201 SR 30.0 4.3% 2.0 0.0 6 8 0
RC Cox LB 6'1, 221 JR 29.0 4.2% 3.5 2.0 0 1 0
Deon Green DL 6'4, 290 SR 28.5 4.1% 5.0 1.0 0 0 0
Zelt Minor DE 6'2, 285 SR 24.5 3.5% 6.0 1.0 1 1 1
Mikial Onu S 5'11, 191 FR 24.5 3.5% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0
Demerick Gary DL 6'3, 264 FR 19.5 2.8% 7.5 4.0 0 2 0
Carlos Carroll LB 6'3, 238 JR 18.5 2.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Jarvis Pruitt DL 6'3, 247 SR 16.5 2.4% 5.5 4.5 0 0 0
Mason Gentry DE 6'6, 294 JR 16.0 2.3% 2.0 0.5 0 1 0
Jordon Williams LB 6'1, 208 FR 15.0 2.2% 2.0 0.0 0 2 0
Michael Badejo DL 6'2, 224 FR 10.5 1.5% 1.5 1.0 0 0 0
Christian Davis DB 6'0, 185 FR 10.5 1.5% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
J.T. Williams DT 6'1, 284 JR 8.0 1.2% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0
Blake Carlisle LB 6'3, 195 FR 7.5 1.1% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Eric Sutton CB 5'10, 161 FR 7.0 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Delontae Scott DL 6'5, 238 FR 6.0 0.9% 1.5 1.0 0 0 0
Michael Scott DL 6'4, 240 FR 6.0 0.9% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0
Special Teams

 Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ -1.6 126
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) -0.25 102
Punt Success Rate 46.5% 106
Kickoff Success Rate 48.5% 122
Punt Return Success Rate 38.5% 108
Kick Return Success Rate 28.3% 119
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Josh Williams 5'11, 170 SO 38-38 17-22 77.3%
Michael Armstrong 5'9, 180 SO 0-0 1-2 50.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Jamie Sackville 5'11, 193 FR 71 39.6 5 15 20 49.3%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches		 Onside
Att		 Onside
Success
Josh Williams 5'11, 170 SO 49 57.8 13 26.5% 0 4 1 0
Michael Armstrong 5'9, 180 SO 16 61.2 2 12.5% 0 0 2 0
Jamie Sackville 5'11, 193 FR 1 68.0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
James Proche 5'11, 183 FR 12 3.9 0 21 2 (0)
Christian Burks 6'0, 187 JR 1 1.0 0 0 1 (1)
Courtland Sutton 6'4, 215 SO 0 0.0 0 2 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Kevin Thomas 6'2, 178 SO 20 16.3 0 0 0 (0)
Kevin Johnson 5'10, 165 FR 17 18.7 0 0 0 (0)
James Proche 5'11, 183 FR 15 18.2 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics