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2016 UL-Lafayette advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

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2015 | 2016

La.-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 6-7 | Second-order wins (diff.): 6.0 (0.0) | S&P+ Rk: 102
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
3-Sep Boise State 19 10-45 L 0% -51.7 4% 3% 3%
10-Sep McNeese State N/A 30-22 W 93% 11.7 63% 46% 57%
17-Sep South Alabama 93 28-23 W 96% 13.8 70% 85% 59%
24-Sep at Tulane 106 39-41 L 37% -2.6 28% 20% 54%
1-Oct at New Mexico State 119 31-37 L 37% -2.6 18% 22% 38%
12-Oct Appalachian State 40 0-24 L 0% -33.6 7% 16% 36%
22-Oct at Texas State 128 27-3 W 100% 27.2 54% 15% 77%
5-Nov Idaho 89 13-23 L 1% -17.1 9% 4% 44%
10-Nov at Georgia Southern 91 33-26 W 95% 12.9 66% 73% 60%
19-Nov at Georgia 68 21-35 L 27% -4.9 32% 64% 15%
26-Nov Arkansas State 80 24-19 W 12% -9.2 23% 59% 30%
3-Dec at UL-Monroe 126 30-3 W 99% 19.3 60% 7% 95%
17-Dec vs. Southern Miss 78 21-28 L 2% -16.0 12% 36% 38%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 20.4 118 29.6 68
Points Per Game 23.6 108 25.3 46
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.13 121 1.24 55 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 40.5% 86 41.5% 53 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 30.2 53 30.7 95 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 3.89 113 4.14 35 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 5.18 26 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-1.61
ACTUAL 1 54
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 96.8 88 108.6 34 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 44.3% 58 37.1% 20 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.94 118 1.01 33 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 104.4 55 102.1 60 100.0
Opportunity Rate 40.9% 54 33.0% 13 39.7%
Power Success Rate 54.7% 123 57.8% 11 67.9%
Stuff Rate 18.8% 67 19.9% 52 18.9%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Elijah McGuire RB 5'11, 209 SR 232 1127 7 4.9 4.1 39.2% 1 (1)
Anthony Jennings QB 6'2, 231 SR 108 585 9 5.4 4.4 46.3% 4 (1)
Jordan Wright RB 5'11, 206 FR 62 192 1 3.1 2.2 30.6% 1 (0)
Darius Hoggins RB 5'7, 177 JR 51 281 1 5.5 3.0 54.9% 2 (0)
Dion Ray QB 6'0, 213 FR 27 119 2 4.4 3.3 48.1% 1 (1)
Raymond Calais RB 5'9, 175 FR 23 117 1 5.1 5.9 34.8% 0 (0)
Jalen Nixon RB 6'2, 238 SR 17 77 0 4.5 3.7 35.3% 0 (0)
Al Riles WR 5'10, 212 SR 10 46 0 4.6 8.4 30.0% 0 (0)
Jordan Davis QB 6'3, 205 SO 7 37 0 5.3 4.6 42.9% 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+ 83.1 114 90.1 105 100.0
Passing Success Rate 35.2% 116 45.6% 107 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 1.47 67 1.42 40 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 65.1 118 83.7 97 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Anthony Jennings 6'2, 231 SR 193 323 2178 11 13 59.8% 36 10.0% 5.4
Jalen Nixon 6'2, 238 SR 8 13 84 0 0 61.5% 0 0.0% 6.5
Jordan Davis 6'3, 205 SO 2 3 7 0 0 66.7% 0 0.0% 2.3
Dion Ray 6'0, 213 FR 0 1 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Al Riles WR 5'10, 212 SR 76 60 736 2 12.3 9.7 78.9% 50.0% 24.1%
Keenan Barnes WR 6'3, 208 SO 58 31 418 6 13.5 7.2 53.4% 43.1% 18.4%
Elijah McGuire RB 5'11, 209 SR 42 29 238 2 8.2 5.7 69.0% 40.5% 13.3%
Ja'Marcus Bradley WR 6'1, 195 FR 36 21 370 1 17.6 10.3 58.3% 52.8% 11.4%
Michael Jacquet WR 6'2, 185 FR 31 15 206 1 13.7 6.7 48.4% 35.5% 9.8%
Nick Byrne TE 6'3, 225 SR 20 14 135 0 9.6 6.8 70.0% 30.0% 6.3%
Gary Haynes WR 5'9, 170 SO 15 11 54 0 4.9 3.6 73.3% 40.0% 4.8%
Gabe Fuselier WR 5'11, 195 JR 12 8 77 0 9.6 6.4 66.7% 41.7% 3.8%
Darius Hoggins RB 5'7, 177 JR 8 7 31 0 4.4 3.9 87.5% 37.5% 2.5%
Matt Barnes TE 6'3, 233 SO 6 5 40 0 8.0 6.7 83.3% 50.0% 1.9%
Jared Johnson WR 6'5, 231 JR 4 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
Jordan Wright RB 5'11, 206 FR 2 2 9 0 4.5 4.5 100.0% 0.0% 0.6%
Tracy Walker DB 6'2, 200 JR 2 1 3 0 3.0 1.5 50.0% 0.0% 0.6%
Dominick Jones DB 5'11, 190 SR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Otha Peters LB 6'2, 228 SR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Troy McCollum DB 6'0, 178 JR 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+ 87.3 112 98.9 65 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 45.6% 91 45.1% 42 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 0.99 116 1.09 57 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.81 96 2.52 18 2.98
SD Sack Rate 8.1% 118 4.1% 86 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 95.6 88 88.6 103 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 29.1% 87 34.2% 106 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.63 104 1.62 24 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.94 11 3.47 94 3.24
PD Sack Rate 10.6% 110 6.8% 80 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 82.3 115 85.3 118
Q2 S&P+ 90.4 108 107.8 42
Q3 S&P+ 93.2 93 110.5 30
Q4 S&P+ 97.4 86 104.0 51
1st Down S&P+ 90.7 108 98.4 68
2nd Down S&P+ 92.8 96 97.5 74
3rd Down S&P+ 94.1 97 101.8 63
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 66.0% 29 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 41.1% 22 34.6%
Adj. Pace +0.7 57 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 73.3% 74 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 58.9% 76 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 28.6% 112 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 15.2% 73 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 6.3% 32 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 3.4% 94 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 5.3% 104 6.4%
PD to INC 29.2% 104 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Tre'maine Lightfoot LB 6'0, 235 SR 74.0 10.2% 7.0 2.0 0 1 3
Otha Peters LB 6'2, 228 SR 70.5 9.7% 11.0 2.0 0 3 1
Travis Crawford DB 5'11, 185 JR 57.0 7.8% 1.0 0.0 1 2 0
Tracy Walker DB 6'2, 200 JR 45.5 6.2% 2.5 0.0 3 3 0
Christian Goodlett DB 6'0, 180 SR 40.0 5.5% 1.0 0.0 0 3 0
Joe Dillon DL 6'3, 215 FR 39.5 5.4% 12.5 7.0 0 0 1
Damar'ren Mitchell DB 5'11, 185 FR 37.0 5.1% 3.0 0.0 0 2 0
Simeon Thomas DB 6'3, 194 JR 32.0 4.4% 0.0 0.0 2 5 1
Taboris Lee DL 6'2, 295 JR 30.0 4.1% 5.5 2.0 1 1 0
Karmichael Dunbar DL 6'2, 295 SR 29.0 4.0% 4.0 2.0 0 2 2
Denarius Howard DB 6'0, 195 JR 27.5 3.8% 1.0 0.0 1 1 1
Reginald Miles DB 5'8, 183 SR 25.0 3.4% 2.0 0.0 0 0 1
Trev Miller DL 6'1, 273 JR 21.5 3.0% 6.0 4.0 0 1 0
Kevon Perry DL 6'1, 301 JR 21.5 3.0% 6.0 2.5 0 3 1
Jarvis Jeffries DL 6'3, 245 JR 18.0 2.5% 1.5 0.0 0 1 0
Trey Granier LB 6'1, 232 SR 17.0 2.3% 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
Levarious Varnado DB 5'10, 178 JR 14.5 2.0% 0.5 0.0 0 1 0
Mario Osborne DL 6'4, 234 SO 13.5 1.9% 3.0 1.0 0 2 0
Rodrick Stephens DL 6'0, 297 JR 12.5 1.7% 0.5 0.0 0 0 0
T.J. Posey LB 6'0, 245 JR 11.0 1.5% 1.5 0.5 0 0 0
Savion Brown DB 6'2, 210 SR 10.0 1.4% 1.5 1.0 1 4 1
Dominick Jones DB 5'11, 190 SR 9.0 1.2% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0
Troy McCollum DB 6'0, 178 JR 8.0 1.1% 0.5 0.0 0 2 0
Corey Turner DB 6'1, 204 SO 7.5 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
LaDarrius Kidd DL 6'3, 307 SO 6.5 0.9% 3.0 0.0 0 1 0
Special Teams

Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ 0.8 35
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.19 41
Punt Success Rate 70.1% 13
Kickoff Success Rate 69.0% 81
Punt Return Success Rate 62.5% 30
Kick Return Success Rate 20.0% 128
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Stevie Artigue 5'10, 185 SO 29-31 19-24 79.2%
Dylan Scheurich 5'8, 210 SO 1-1 0-0 #DIV/0!
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Steven Coutts 6'4, 206 SO 64 44.1 4 32 25 89.1%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Stevie Artigue 5'10, 185 SO 58 59.7 18 31.0% 0 2 1 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Gary Haynes 5'9, 170 SO 6 0.2 0 12 0 (0)
Levarious Varnado 5'10, 178 JR 5 9.4 0 10 0 (0)
Elijah McGuire 5'11, 209 SR 4 7.8 0 3 1 (1)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Levarious Varnado 5'10, 178 JR 20 15.8 0 0 1 (0)
Raymond Calais 5'9, 175 FR 15 21.9 0 0 0 (0)
Darius Hoggins 5'7, 177 JR 3 16.3 0 0 0 (0)

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