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2016 Tennessee advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

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2015 | 2016

Tennessee Volunteers (SEC East)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 9-4 | Second-order wins (diff.): 8.0 (-1.0) | S&P+ Rk: 28
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
1-Sep Appalachian State 40 20-13 W 57% 1.4 74% 49% 89%
10-Sep vs. Virginia Tech 17 45-24 W 82% 7.1 83% 73% 88%
17-Sep Ohio 92 28-19 W 92% 10.9 76% 76% 78%
24-Sep Florida 15 38-28 W 81% 7.0 81% 91% 29%
1-Oct at Georgia 68 34-31 W 40% -2.1 52% 62% 29%
8-Oct at Texas A&M 24 38-45 L 22% -5.9 56% 66% 36%
15-Oct Alabama 1 10-49 L 0% -39.6 27% 23% 20%
29-Oct at South Carolina 79 21-24 L 19% -6.9 31% 21% 28%
5-Nov Tennessee Tech N/A 55-0 W 100% 66.0 89% 99% 89%
12-Nov Kentucky 67 49-36 W 94% 12.4 81% 96% 28%
19-Nov Missouri 69 63-37 W 93% 11.4 79% 89% 33%
26-Nov at Vanderbilt 71 34-45 L 17% -7.6 34% 89% 4%
30-Dec vs. Nebraska 46 38-24 W 100% 20.8 94% 88% 80%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 36.2 28 27.9 54
Points Per Game 36.4 24 28.8 68
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.31 48 1.23 48 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 45.8% 26 42.2% 60 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 33.5 9 26.7 10 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.69 46 4.55 71 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -3.42 95 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+0.55
ACTUAL -2 78
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 123.5 8 95.4 85 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 46.4% 34 46.7% 102 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.17 27 1.02 41 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 118.2 10 97.3 79 100.0
Opportunity Rate 42.4% 34 40.9% 85 39.7%
Power Success Rate 70.2% 50 61.3% 25 67.9%
Stuff Rate 16.6% 30 21.9% 30 18.9%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Joshua Dobbs QB 6'3, 210 SR 126 1051 12 8.3 9.0 50.0% 10 (4)
Jalen Hurd RB 6'4, 240 JR 124 453 3 3.7 2.8 33.9% 2 (1)
Alvin Kamara RB 5'10, 215 JR 103 596 9 5.8 6.4 37.9% 5 (2)
John Kelly RB 5'9, 212 SO 98 630 5 6.4 6.2 43.9% 2 (2)
Carlin Fils-Aime RB 5'11, 175 FR 14 58 2 4.1 1.1 50.0% 0 (0)
Tyler Byrd WR 6'0, 195 FR 8 63 0 7.9 3.8 75.0% 1 (1)
Jeremy Lewis RB 6'1, 195 FR 6 34 0 5.7 2.1 66.7% 0 (0)
Jauan Jennings WR 6'3, 205 SO 5 27 0 5.4 1.5 60.0% 0 (0)
Taeler Dowdy RB 6'1, 185 FR 2 1 0 0.5 0.0 0.0% 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+ 126.3 11 105.9 43 100.0
Passing Success Rate 45.1% 24 36.6% 22 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 1.48 65 1.54 101 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 102 58 122.8 27 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Joshua Dobbs 6'3, 210 SR 225 357 2946 27 12 63.0% 25 6.5% 7.1
Quinten Dormady 6'4, 216 SO 11 17 148 0 0 64.7% 0 0.0% 8.7
Sheriron Jones 6'2, 208 FR 1 1 2 0 0 100.0% 0 0.0% 2.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Josh Malone WR 6'3, 200 JR 75 50 972 11 19.4 13.0 66.7% 61.3% 20.7%
Jauan Jennings WR 6'3, 205 SO 63 40 580 7 14.5 9.2 63.5% 50.8% 17.4%
Alvin Kamara RB 5'10, 215 JR 52 40 392 4 9.8 7.5 76.9% 48.1% 14.3%
Jason Croom TE 6'5, 246 SR 32 21 242 0 11.5 7.6 65.6% 53.1% 8.8%
Ethan Wolf TE 6'6, 245 JR 32 21 239 2 11.4 7.5 65.6% 53.1% 8.8%
Josh Smith WR 6'1, 213 JR 30 13 97 1 7.5 3.2 43.3% 20.0% 8.3%
Tyler Byrd WR 6'0, 195 FR 25 15 209 0 13.9 8.4 60.0% 40.0% 6.9%
Jalen Hurd RB 6'4, 240 JR 15 10 81 2 8.1 5.4 66.7% 26.7% 4.1%
Preston Williams WR 6'4, 209 SO 12 9 89 0 9.9 7.4 75.0% 75.0% 3.3%
Brandon Johnson WR 6'2, 180 FR 9 7 93 0 13.3 10.3 77.8% 66.7% 2.5%
John Kelly RB 5'9, 212 SO 8 6 51 0 8.5 6.4 75.0% 50.0% 2.2%
Jeff George WR 6'6, 195 JR 3 1 20 0 20.0 6.7 33.3% 33.3% 0.8%
Marquez Callaway WR 6'2, 190 FR 3 1 13 0 13.0 4.3 33.3% 33.3% 0.8%
Jakob Johnson TE 6'3, 250 JR 2 2 10 0 5.0 5.0 100.0% 50.0% 0.6%
Eli Wolf TE 6'4, 216 FR 1 1 8 0 8.0 8.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Joshua Dobbs QB 6'3, 210 SR 1 1 4 1 4.0 4.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 125.7 5 93.1 100 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 51.2% 22 49.3% 84 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.23 25 1.13 79 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.30 19 3.14 91 2.98
SD Sack Rate 4.9% 66 4.8% 68 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 112.7 36 120.0 20 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 32.2% 46 27.9% 27 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.63 105 1.57 11 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.37 55 2.99 41 3.24
PD Sack Rate 9.3% 91 8.9% 35 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 123.6 21 94.9 84
Q2 S&P+ 112.0 41 98.3 71
Q3 S&P+ 115.5 27 109.5 33
Q4 S&P+ 143.5 1 89.9 106
1st Down S&P+ 127.7 4 92.4 96
2nd Down S&P+ 119.3 20 96.6 78
3rd Down S&P+ 114.2 33 109.2 44
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 62.1% 56 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 36.0% 41 34.6%
Adj. Pace -2.2 83 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 73.6% 68 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 63.8% 30 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 37.3% 38 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 16.6% 43 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 7.4% 17 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 2.8% 110 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 6.2% 63 6.4%
PD to INC 29.9% 99 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Micah Abernathy DB 6'0, 195 SO 60.5 7.9% 3.0 0.0 2 4 0
Rashaan Gaulden DB 6'1, 185 SO 60.0 7.8% 6.0 0.0 0 4 1
Todd Kelly Jr. DB 5'11, 208 JR 60.0 7.8% 2.0 1.0 2 2 1
Emmanuel Moseley DB 5'11, 180 JR 50.5 6.6% 3.5 0.0 0 6 0
Colton Jumper LB 6'2, 224 JR 49.0 6.4% 4.0 0.0 1 1 1
Derek Barnett DE 6'3, 265 JR 48.0 6.3% 19.0 13.0 1 5 2
Cortez McDowell LB 6'0, 235 JR 43.0 5.6% 4.0 0.0 1 2 0
Darrin Kirkland Jr. LB 6'1, 230 SO 37.5 4.9% 5.0 1.0 0 0 0
Corey Vereen DL 6'2, 249 SR 29.5 3.8% 11.5 7.0 0 3 0
Kendal Vickers DL 6'3, 295 JR 28.5 3.7% 6.0 2.5 0 0 1
LaTroy Lewis DL 6'4, 256 SR 28.0 3.7% 4.0 2.5 0 0 0
Elliott Berry LB 5'11, 222 JR 28.0 3.7% 3.5 0.0 0 1 0
Malik Foreman DB 5'10, 190 SR 24.0 3.1% 2.5 0.0 1 4 2
Cameron Sutton DB 5'11, 186 SR 21.0 2.7% 2.0 0.0 1 4 0
Nigel Warrior DB 6'0, 186 FR 20.5 2.7% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
Baylen Buchanan DB 5'11, 190 FR 18.5 2.4% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0
Justin Martin DB 6'1, 183 JR 16.5 2.2% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0
Jalen Reeves-Maybin LB 6'0, 230 SR 16.0 2.1% 2.0 0.0 0 0 0
Kyle Phillips DL 6'4, 259 SO 12.0 1.6% 2.0 0.0 0 2 0
Danny O'Brien DL 6'2, 301 SR 11.0 1.4% 3.0 0.0 0 1 0
Stephen Griffin DB 6'2, 205 SO 11.0 1.4% 0.0 0.0 0 2 1
Evan Berry DB 5'11, 207 JR 10.0 1.3% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
Jonathan Kongbo DL 6'6, 270 SO 9.0 1.2% 3.0 1.0 1 0 0
Kenny Bynum LB 6'1, 235 SR 8.5 1.1% 2.5 0.0 0 0 0
Daniel Bituli LB 6'3, 235 FR 8.0 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Special Teams

Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ 1.3 17
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.03 61
Punt Success Rate 73.9% 7
Kickoff Success Rate 85.5% 18
Punt Return Success Rate 43.8% 91
Kick Return Success Rate 54.8% 22
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Aaron Medley 6'2, 194 JR 61-61 11-16 68.8%
Holden Foster 6'0, 205 JR 1-1 0-0 #DIV/0!
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Trevor Daniel 6'1, 248 JR 70 44.6 9 29 29 82.9%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Aaron Medley 6'2, 194 JR 83 64.4 45 54.2% 0 4 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Alvin Kamara 5'10, 215 JR 18 10.2 0 1 3 (0)
Cameron Sutton 5'11, 186 SR 6 5.3 0 10 1 (1)
Josh Smith 6'1, 213 JR 6 5.8 0 4 1 (1)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Evan Berry 5'11, 207 JR 14 32.9 1 0 1 (1)
Tyler Byrd 6'0, 195 FR 10 26.3 0 0 1 (1)
Micah Abernathy 6'0, 195 SO 6 20.5 0 0 1 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics