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2016 Utah State advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

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2015 | 2016

Utah State Aggies (MWC Mountain)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 3-9 | Second-order wins (diff.): 4.8 (1.8) | S&P+ Rk: 70
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy		 Adj. Scoring
Margin		 Percentile
Performance		 Off.
Percentile		 Def.
Percentile
1-Sep Weber State N/A 45-6 W 100% 36.1 90% 88% 63%
10-Sep at USC 9 7-45 L 0% -25.2 28% 6% 51%
16-Sep Arkansas State 80 34-20 W 59% 1.8 60% 63% 65%
24-Sep Air Force 62 20-27 L 35% -3.1 54% 29% 87%
1-Oct at Boise State 19 10-21 L 4% -13.6 46% 20% 76%
8-Oct at Colorado State 38 24-31 L 10% -10.1 46% 43% 50%
22-Oct Fresno State 116 38-20 W 95% 12.6 66% 55% 43%
28-Oct San Diego State 33 13-40 L 10% -10.2 45% 63% 46%
5-Nov at Wyoming 61 28-52 L 1% -17.7 21% 30% 12%
12-Nov New Mexico 81 21-24 L 67% 3.4 62% 43% 78%
19-Nov at Nevada 124 37-38 L 92% 10.8 60% 59% 57%
26-Nov at BYU 37 10-28 L 9% -10.7 42% 17% 74%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 27.8 76 27.0 46
Points Per Game 23.9 107 29.3 73
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.33 40 1.15 13 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 39.1% 106 42.6% 64 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 28.6 92 29.5 70 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.26 87 4.77 93 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -12.66 128 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+3.19
ACTUAL -5 97
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 115.3 24 103.6 51 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 41.4% 90 45.9% 91 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.31 10 0.95 16 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 106.9 45 100.5 66 100.0
Opportunity Rate 37.8% 92 39.5% 69 39.7%
Power Success Rate 74.2% 27 71.7% 90 67.9%
Stuff Rate 19.6% 83 18.8% 67 18.9%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry		 Hlt Yds/
Opp.		 Opp.
Rate		 Fumbles
(Lost)
Tonny Lindsey RB 5'9, 195 JR 148 763 6 5.2 6.5 34.5% 2 (1)
Kent Myers QB 6'0, 200 JR 89 641 6 7.2 6.9 49.4% 8 (2)
LaJuan Hunt RB 5'8, 200 JR 42 140 1 3.3 3.2 21.4% 0 (0)
Devante Mays RB 5'11, 230 SR 37 259 3 7.0 7.3 48.6% 0 (0)
Damion Hobbs QB 6'1, 225 JR 23 115 6 5.0 5.9 26.1% 1 (1)
Justen Hervey RB 5'10, 210 SO 12 113 1 9.4 31.6 25.0% 0 (0)
Gerold Bright WR 5'9, 180 FR 11 87 1 7.9 9.7 45.5% 0 (0)
Rayshad Lewis WR 5'10, 165 FR 10 110 1 11.0 16.4 50.0% 2 (0)
Kennedy Williams WR 5'6, 160 SR 4 17 0 4.3 3.0 25.0% 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+ 83.0 116 115.7 20 100.0
Passing Success Rate 36.8% 104 37.5% 34 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 1.35 108 1.53 95 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 95.3 77 111.7 41 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate		 Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Kent Myers 6'0, 200 JR 212 362 2394 10 8 58.6% 27 6.9% 5.7
Damion Hobbs 6'1, 225 JR 8 19 68 0 1 42.1% 1 5.0% 3.2
DJ Nelson 5'9, 195 SO 1 1 12 0 0 100.0% 0 0.0% 12.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch		 Yds/
Target		 Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Rayshad Lewis WR 5'10, 165 FR 77 40 469 2 11.7 6.1 51.9% 32.5% 21.4%
Ron'Quavion Tarver WR 6'3, 210 SO 71 46 602 3 13.1 8.5 64.8% 53.5% 19.7%
Wyatt Houston TE 6'4, 255 SR 51 36 331 2 9.2 6.5 70.6% 47.1% 14.2%
Andrew Rodriguez WR 5'9, 185 SR 44 26 286 1 11.0 6.5 59.1% 38.6% 12.2%
Tonny Lindsey RB 5'9, 195 JR 25 17 123 0 7.2 4.9 68.0% 28.0% 6.9%
Braelon Roberts WR 6'3, 205 JR 22 15 175 1 11.7 8.0 68.2% 54.5% 6.1%
Jaren Colston-Green WR 6'1, 175 JR 16 6 176 1 29.3 11.0 37.5% 37.5% 4.4%
Zach Van Leeuwen WR 6'0, 185 SO 13 8 70 0 8.8 5.4 61.5% 46.2% 3.6%
LaJuan Hunt RB 5'8, 200 JR 10 6 64 0 10.7 6.4 60.0% 20.0% 2.8%
Gerold Bright WR 5'9, 180 FR 7 5 56 0 11.2 8.0 71.4% 28.6% 1.9%
Kennedy Williams WR 5'6, 160 SR 7 7 38 0 5.4 5.4 100.0% 57.1% 1.9%
Alex Byers WR 6'2, 185 JR 5 2 49 0 24.5 9.8 40.0% 40.0% 1.4%
Chad Artist WR 6'2, 190 FR 4 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 25.0% 0.0% 1.1%
Landon Horne TE 6'2, 245 SR 3 2 12 0 6.0 4.0 66.7% 33.3% 0.8%
Jake Thompson K 6'0, 220 SR 1 1 12 0 12.0 12.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Devante Mays RB 5'11, 230 SR 1 1 8 0 8.0 8.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.3%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 100.1 70 105.3 43 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 43.7% 111 48.8% 78 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.20 33 1.00 9 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.94 74 3.04 79 2.98
SD Sack Rate 4.0% 43 3.9% 91 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 95.5 89 114.7 25 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 30.8% 69 28.5% 36 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.66 96 1.76 81 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.61 30 3.25 66 3.24
PD Sack Rate 10.5% 109 8.8% 38 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 98.9 80 120.7 17
Q2 S&P+ 93.1 96 108.5 39
Q3 S&P+ 94.5 88 97.1 76
Q4 S&P+ 97.9 82 105.5 46
1st Down S&P+ 98.5 77 106.5 44
2nd Down S&P+ 94.8 93 106.0 47
3rd Down S&P+ 88.0 107 114.0 34
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 57.8% 78 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 35.0% 55 34.6%
Adj. Pace -6.3 114 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 66.7% 115 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 71.3% 4 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 37.4% 35 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 12.7% 111 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 3.6% 95 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 3.2% 100 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 5.9% 77 6.4%
PD to INC 30.1% 98 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Anthony Williams LB 6'1, 245 SR 72.0 10.3% 6.5 2.0 0 1 1
Devin Centers FS 5'9, 200 SR 49.0 7.0% 3.0 0.0 0 2 0
Brock Carmen LB 6'3, 235 SR 48.5 7.0% 5.5 3.0 0 0 0
Dallin Leavitt DB 5'10, 205 JR 44.5 6.4% 2.0 0.0 3 1 0
Daniel Gray CB 5'10, 190 SR 35.0 5.0% 1.0 0.0 1 4 0
Jontrell Rocquemore FS 6'1, 210 SO 31.5 4.5% 1.5 1.0 2 1 0
Gaje Ferguson DB 6'0, 205 SO 31.0 4.5% 2.0 0.0 0 1 0
Jalen Davis CB 5'10, 185 JR 30.5 4.4% 5.0 2.0 1 7 1
Derek Larsen LB 6'3, 240 SO 30.0 4.3% 4.0 1.5 0 0 0
Alex Huerta LB 6'3, 240 JR 29.0 4.2% 2.0 0.0 0 0 0
Leki Uasike LB 5'9, 230 SR 29.0 4.2% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
Chase Christiansen LB 6'1, 235 SO 28.0 4.0% 4.0 2.0 0 0 0
Travis Seefeldt NG 6'1, 305 SR 26.5 3.8% 6.0 1.5 0 1 1
Ian Togiai DE 6'2, 285 JR 24.5 3.5% 3.0 2.0 0 0 0
Wesley Bailey CB 6'1, 195 JR 24.0 3.4% 0.5 0.0 0 4 0
Ricky Ali'ifua DE 6'2, 280 SR 22.0 3.2% 8.0 3.5 0 3 1
Siua Taufa DE 6'0, 280 SR 19.5 2.8% 3.5 0.0 0 0 0
Edmund Faimalo DE 6'2, 280 SR 17.5 2.5% 2.0 0.0 0 0 0
Christopher 'Unga NG 6'0, 295 FR 15.0 2.2% 0.5 0.0 0 2 0
Cameron Haney CB 5'11, 180 FR 13.5 1.9% 0.0 0.0 0 3 0
Jentz Painter CB 5'8, 180 SR 11.0 1.6% 1.5 1.0 0 1 0
Marquan Ellison FS 5'10, 200 SR 10.5 1.5% 2.0 1.0 0 1 0
Justus Te'i LB 6'3, 230 FR 10.5 1.5% 2.0 1.5 0 1 0
Gasetoto Schuster NG 6'0, 290 SO 10.5 1.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Mohelika Uasike NG 6'1, 325 FR 6.0 0.9% 0.5 0.0 0 0 0
Special Teams

 Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ -1.1 108
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) -0.14 91
Punt Success Rate 47.6% 101
Kickoff Success Rate 80.0% 37
Punt Return Success Rate 52.6% 52
Kick Return Success Rate 30.6% 114
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Brock Warren 6'2, 175 SR 35-36 9-12 75.0%
Dominik Eberle 6'1, 170 FR 0-0 3-5 60.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Aaron Dalton 6'4, 220 SO 62 37.9 4 25 19 71.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches		 Onside
Att		 Onside
Success
Jake Thompson 6'0, 220 SR 58 61.3 25 43.1% 0 0 0 0
Brock Warren 6'2, 175 SR 1 40.0 0 0.0% 1 0 0 0
Dominik Eberle 6'1, 170 FR 1 43.0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Andrew Rodriguez 5'9, 185 SR 17 5.8 0 29 1 (1)
Rayshad Lewis 5'10, 165 FR 1 0.0 0 0 1 (0)
Jentz Painter 5'8, 180 SR 1 20.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Kennedy Williams 5'6, 160 SR 10 18.3 0 0 0 (0)
Gerold Bright 5'9, 180 FR 9 20.3 0 0 0 (0)
Marquan Ellison 5'10, 200 SR 8 25.6 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics