clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

2016 Utah advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

Confused? Check out the advanced-stats glossary here.

Back to the index page.

Got position corrections? Note them here.

Full Football Outsiders F/+ rankings can be found here.

2015 | 2016

Utah Utes (Pac-12 South)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 9-4 | Second-order wins (diff.): 7.5 (-1.5) | S&P+ Rk: 43
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
1-Sep Southern Utah N/A 24-0 W 100% 32.9 83% 19% 97%
10-Sep BYU 37 20-19 W 30% -4.0 50% 39% 72%
17-Sep at San Jose State 112 34-17 W 100% 24.6 81% 63% 77%
23-Sep USC 9 31-27 W 56% 1.2 74% 82% 50%
1-Oct at California 51 23-28 L 9% -10.3 28% 15% 30%
8-Oct Arizona 96 36-23 W 82% 7.2 54% 40% 50%
15-Oct at Oregon State 65 19-14 W 55% 0.9 50% 17% 72%
22-Oct at UCLA 58 52-45 W 71% 4.4 62% 93% 14%
29-Oct Washington 7 24-31 L 19% -6.9 62% 86% 62%
10-Nov at Arizona State 83 49-26 W 100% 21.4 80% 74% 58%
19-Nov Oregon 74 28-30 L 37% -2.6 39% 32% 44%
26-Nov at Colorado 18 22-27 L 22% -6.1 51% 37% 69%
28-Dec vs. Indiana 53 26-24 W 66% 3.2 63% 64% 67%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 30.5 57 25.9 38
Points Per Game 29.8 60 23.9 33
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.25 70 1.26 68 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 42.4% 63 39.3% 38 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 31.6 26 25.4 2 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.12 97 4.45 67 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -5.1 107 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+4.27
ACTUAL 6 28
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 107.2 46 105.0 45 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 46.4% 35 42.5% 64 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.07 59 1.03 44 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 104.8 51 105.2 46 100.0
Opportunity Rate 42.0% 37 42.6% 106 39.7%
Power Success Rate 59.7% 112 69.0% 78 67.9%
Stuff Rate 16.5% 28 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)
Joe Williams RB 5'11, 205 SR 210 1407 10 6.7 7.1 43.3% 5 (5)
Troy Williams QB 6'2, 200 JR 85 391 5 4.6 3.6 44.7% 10 (4)
Zack Moss RB 5'10, 213 FR 84 382 2 4.5 4.2 34.5% 2 (2)
Armand Shyne RB 5'11, 214 SO 79 373 4 4.7 3.0 45.6% 3 (0)
Troy McCormick RB 5'9, 178 JR 39 194 2 5.0 5.7 30.8% 2 (1)
Cory Butler-Byrd WR 5'10, 180 SR 20 163 1 8.2 8.2 55.0% 1 (1)
Tyler Huntley QB 6'1, 190 FR 8 23 1 2.9 1.5 25.0% 1 (0)
Jordan Howard RB 5'10, 209 JR 5 32 0 6.4 1.2 100.0% 0 (0)
Kyle Fulks WR 5'9, 178 JR 3 12 0 4.0 1.5 33.3% 2 (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+ 96.3 79 111.9 27 100.0
Passing Success Rate 37.4% 99 36.9% 25 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 1.54 42 1.47 69 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 95 79 122.2 29 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Troy Williams 6'2, 200 JR 207 390 2757 15 8 53.1% 26 6.3% 6.3
Tyler Huntley 6'1, 190 FR 5 7 60 0 0 71.4% 1 12.5% 6.5

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Tim Patrick WR 6'5, 210 SR 84 45 711 5 15.8 8.5 53.6% 50.0% 22.0%
Raelon Singleton WR 6'3, 215 SO 56 27 464 4 17.2 8.3 48.2% 42.9% 14.7%
Cory Butler-Byrd WR 5'10, 180 SR 50 29 372 0 12.8 7.4 58.0% 40.0% 13.1%
Evan Moeai TE 6'2, 235 SR 40 22 308 2 14.0 7.7 55.0% 37.5% 10.5%
Demari Simpkins WR 5'10, 184 FR 30 19 158 1 8.3 5.3 63.3% 50.0% 7.9%
Siaosi Wilson WR 6'2, 188 FR 25 15 183 2 12.2 7.3 60.0% 36.0% 6.5%
Tyrone Smith WR 6'4, 205 SO 25 10 148 1 14.8 5.9 40.0% 32.0% 6.5%
Harrison Handley TE 6'5, 250 JR 22 12 168 0 14.0 7.6 54.5% 36.4% 5.8%
Kyle Fulks WR 5'9, 178 JR 14 6 57 0 9.5 4.1 42.9% 21.4% 3.7%
Joe Williams RB 5'11, 205 SR 13 9 107 0 11.9 8.2 69.2% 38.5% 3.4%
Troy McCormick, Jr. RB 5'9, 178 JR 11 9 91 0 10.1 8.3 81.8% 63.6% 2.9%
Tyler Cooperwood WR 5'9, 163 SR 4 3 17 0 5.7 4.3 75.0% 50.0% 1.0%
Armand Shyne RB 5'11, 214 SO 3 2 6 0 3.0 2.0 66.7% 0.0% 0.8%
Wallace Gonzalez TE 6'5, 255 SO 1 1 11 0 11.0 11.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Terrell Burgess WR 6'0, 182 FR 1 1 7 0 7.0 7.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Kenric Young WR 6'1, 189 JR 1 1 5 0 5.0 5.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 102.4 60 109.0 33 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 47.4% 67 43.4% 29 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.12 65 1.11 67 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.17 38 3.03 74 2.98
SD Sack Rate 5.0% 67 6.3% 35 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 99.2 76 106.2 49 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 30.3% 73 32.3% 81 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.77 57 1.63 25 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.50 42 2.43 10 3.24
PD Sack Rate 8.8% 81 9.1% 31 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 90.0 98 105.9 44
Q2 S&P+ 108.8 50 107.0 46
Q3 S&P+ 96.8 81 108.3 36
Q4 S&P+ 113.9 23 107.9 41
1st Down S&P+ 104.0 54 113.4 24
2nd Down S&P+ 101.7 65 100.2 64
3rd Down S&P+ 99.0 82 106.7 54
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 63.5% 42 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 37.6% 36 34.6%
Adj. Pace +3.6 27 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 74.9% 54 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 53.5% 116 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 26.5% 122 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 21.2% 4 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 9.5% 3 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 3.1% 104 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 8.4% 11 6.4%
PD to INC 33.3% 58 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Chase Hansen DB 6'3, 216 SO 72.0 10.9% 7.5 1.0 3 9 3
Marcus Williams DB 6'1, 195 JR 55.0 8.4% 1.0 0.0 5 3 2
Cody Barton LB 6'2, 232 SO 51.5 7.8% 8.5 1.0 0 3 0
Hunter Dimick DE 6'3, 272 SR 47.0 7.1% 21.0 14.5 0 7 1
Kavika Luafatasaga LB 6'4, 237 JR 44.0 6.7% 5.0 0.0 0 3 1
Sunia Tauteoli LB 6'0, 226 JR 43.0 6.5% 3.0 1.0 1 1 1
Filipo Mokofisi DT 6'3, 278 JR 39.5 6.0% 8.0 5.0 0 1 1
Reggie Porter DB 5'11, 185 SR 39.0 5.9% 2.0 0.0 2 4 0
Pita Taumoepenu DE 6'1, 245 SR 34.0 5.2% 12.0 9.0 0 0 3
Justin Thomas DB 5'8, 180 SR 31.5 4.8% 3.5 1.0 0 4 1
Brian Allen DB 6'3, 205 SR 31.0 4.7% 4.5 1.0 4 6 0
Pasoni Tasini DT 6'3, 295 SR 27.5 4.2% 9.5 1.5 0 6 2
Dominique Hatfield DB 5'10, 175 SR 27.0 4.1% 0.0 0.0 1 4 0
Lowell Lotulelei DT 6'2, 310 JR 21.0 3.2% 8.5 3.5 0 0 0
Jordan Fogal DB 5'10, 186 JR 17.0 2.6% 1.0 0.0 2 1 1
Donavan Thompson LB 5'10, 230 FR 9.0 1.4% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
Jason Thompson DB 6'2, 208 SR 7.5 1.1% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Hayden Clegg DE 6'1, 235 SR 6.5 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Evan Eggiman LB 6'2, 215 JR 5.5 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Sharrieff Shah Jr. LB 6'1, 225 SR 5.5 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Casey Hughes DB 5'11, 195 SO 4.5 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 1
Bradlee Anae DE 6'3, 243 FR 4.0 0.6% 2.0 2.0 0 0 0
Andre Godfrey DB 5'10, 191 JR 3.5 0.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Kylie Fitts DE 6'4, 265 SR 3.0 0.5% 3.0 1.5 0 0 0
Boobie Hobbs DB 5'10, 180 JR 3.0 0.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Special Teams

Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ 1.4 8
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.31 29
Punt Success Rate 87.5% 1
Kickoff Success Rate 74.0% 64
Punt Return Success Rate 50.0% 58
Kick Return Success Rate 44.4% 60
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Andy Phillips 5'10, 210 SR 43-43 21-25 84.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Mitch Wishnowsky 6'2, 220 SO 64 47.7 2 20 30 78.1%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Hayes Hicken 5'11, 185 FR 64 62.2 30 46.9% 0 2 0 0
Andy Phillips 5'10, 210 SR 10 60.5 3 30.0% 0 1 1 0
Mitch Wishnowsky 6'2, 220 SO 3 61.7 1 33.3% 0 1 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Boobie Hobbs 5'10, 180 JR 35 7.8 1 10 2 (1)
Demari Simpkins 5'10, 184 FR 1 -1.0 0 1 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Cory Butler-Byrd 5'10, 180 SR 12 27.2 1 0 0 (0)
Kyle Fulks 5'9, 178 JR 7 27.7 0 0 1 (1)
Julian Blackmon 6'1, 180 FR 2 13.0 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics