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2016 UTEP advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

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2015 | 2016

UTEP Miners (Conference USA West)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 4-8 | Second-order wins (diff.): 4.1 (0.1) | S&P+ Rk: 122
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy		 Adj. Scoring
Margin		 Percentile
Performance		 Off.
Percentile		 Def.
Percentile
3-Sep New Mexico State 119 38-22 W 99% 18.4 55% 64% 61%
10-Sep at Texas 36 7-41 L 0% -23.9 8% 10% 28%
17-Sep Army 101 14-66 L 0% -41.6 1% 21% 10%
24-Sep Southern Miss 78 7-34 L 1% -17.3 9% 26% 52%
1-Oct at Louisiana Tech 59 7-28 L 1% -19.5 12% 26% 45%
8-Oct Florida International 120 21-35 L 8% -11.3 8% 10% 11%
22-Oct at UTSA 103 52-49 W 66% 3.2 37% 78% 34%
29-Oct Old Dominion 73 21-31 L 5% -13.1 17% 40% 44%
5-Nov Houston Baptist N/A 42-10 W 100% 40.3 62% 66% 24%
12-Nov at Florida Atlantic 115 31-35 L 34% -3.1 17% 34% 28%
19-Nov at Rice 121 24-44 L 0% -32.4 1% 5% 12%
26-Nov North Texas 107 52-24 W 100% 26.3 77% 94% 46%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 23.4 104 39.6 123
Points Per Game 26.3 81 34.9 105
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.45 4 1.21 39 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 40.4% 89 48.5% 121 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 28.3 98 31.9 107 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.95 24 4.95 107 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -3.21 91 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-0.75
ACTUAL -5 97
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 104.7 54 87.1 114 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 41.3% 91 51.0% 121 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.48 1 1.03 43 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 97.5 93 84.9 123 100.0
Opportunity Rate 41.3% 47 46.4% 124 39.7%
Power Success Rate 65.7% 80 73.2% 95 67.9%
Stuff Rate 19.3% 72 14.9% 117 18.9%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry		 Hlt Yds/
Opp.		 Opp.
Rate		 Fumbles
(Lost)
Aaron Jones RB 5'10, 215 JR 231 1773 17 7.7 9.0 46.3% 3 (0)
Quadraiz Wadley RB 6'0, 180 FR 47 168 0 3.6 4.0 27.7% 2 (2)
Kavika Johnson QB 6'1, 205 SO 25 98 0 3.9 4.9 32.0% 0 (0)
Ryan Metz QB 6'3, 210 SO 23 140 0 6.1 7.6 39.1% 1 (0)
Kevin Dove RB 6'0, 250 FR 19 101 1 5.3 3.1 42.1% 0 (0)
Walter Dawn WR 5'6, 170 FR 15 59 2 3.9 2.2 53.3% 2 (1)
Tyrone Nelson RB 5'11, 180 FR 7 30 0 4.3 17.1 14.3% 0 (0)
Cole Freytag WR 6'1, 200 SR 3 22 0 7.3 10.5 33.3% 0 (0)
Orion Prescott RB 5'8, 190 JR 3 14 0 4.7 3.0 33.3% 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+ 83.0 115 82.0 123 100.0
Passing Success Rate 39.1% 83 45.6% 106 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 1.41 89 1.47 66 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 77.7 106 51.5 123 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate		 Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Ryan Metz 6'3, 210 SO 130 201 1375 14 4 64.7% 13 6.1% 6.0
Zack Greenlee 6'1, 215 JR 52 103 695 5 3 50.5% 3 2.8% 6.3
Kavika Johnson 6'1, 205 SO 12 21 131 1 1 57.1% 6 22.2% 2.8

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch		 Yds/
Target		 Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Hayden Plinke TE 6'4, 265 SR 58 38 456 8 12.0 7.9 65.5% 50.0% 18.3%
Cole Freytag WR 6'1, 200 SR 50 36 520 5 14.4 10.4 72.0% 64.0% 15.8%
Eddie Sinegal WR 6'1, 170 FR 47 29 338 0 11.7 7.2 61.7% 46.8% 14.8%
Aaron Jones RB 5'10, 215 JR 35 28 233 3 8.3 6.7 80.0% 40.0% 11.0%
Warren Redix WR 5'10, 175 SO 21 12 84 3 7.0 4.0 57.1% 42.9% 6.6%
Kavika Johnson QB 6'1, 205 SO 19 11 95 0 8.6 5.0 57.9% 26.3% 6.0%
Terry Juniel WR 5'10, 180 SO 19 9 83 0 9.2 4.4 47.4% 26.3% 6.0%
Kent Taylor TE 6'6, 240 SR 19 8 50 0 6.3 2.6 42.1% 26.3% 6.0%
Jaquan White WR 5'10, 200 SR 13 5 59 0 11.8 4.5 38.5% 30.8% 4.1%
Tyler Batson WR 6'2, 205 JR 12 5 114 0 22.8 9.5 41.7% 41.7% 3.8%
Walter Dawn WR 5'6, 170 FR 7 6 121 1 20.2 17.3 85.7% 42.9% 2.2%
Darrin Laufasa FB 6'1, 250 SR 5 3 17 0 5.7 3.4 60.0% 20.0% 1.6%
Tyrone Nelson RB 5'11, 180 FR 4 3 26 0 8.7 6.5 75.0% 25.0% 1.3%
Brandon Moss DB 6'3, 190 JR 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
Sterling Napier TE 6'4, 260 JR 2 2 8 1 4.0 4.0 100.0% 50.0% 0.6%
Quadraiz Wadley RB 6'0, 180 FR 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 95.0 93 84.1 125 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 44.2% 102 54.7% 125 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.37 2 1.10 58 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.12 48 3.45 120 2.98
SD Sack Rate 6.5% 101 1.7% 124 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 93.2 95 87.9 107 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 31.7% 55 33.3% 95 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.74 68 1.70 47 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.34 59 4.05 126 3.24
PD Sack Rate 9.4% 93 7.0% 77 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 84.7 109 94.3 86
Q2 S&P+ 86.3 118 85.4 114
Q3 S&P+ 94.9 86 77.1 127
Q4 S&P+ 99.0 76 81.5 124
1st Down S&P+ 95.4 85 86.3 120
2nd Down S&P+ 83.8 116 82.4 121
3rd Down S&P+ 100.1 80 94.3 86
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 66.7% 25 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 33.5% 69 34.6%
Adj. Pace -9.9 126 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 68.2% 111 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 61.4% 53 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 38.2% 25 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 12.2% 117 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 2.0% 122 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 4.5% 51 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 5.5% 93 6.4%
PD to INC 36.8% 27 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Alvin Jones LB 5'11, 225 JR 68.5 10.9% 6.0 2.5 0 1 0
Dante Lovilette LB 5'11, 225 JR 63.5 10.1% 6.5 0.5 0 3 1
Nick Usher LB 6'4, 245 SR 56.0 8.9% 8.0 5.5 0 2 0
Devin Cockrell DB 6'0, 200 JR 44.5 7.1% 3.0 0.0 0 1 0
Nik Needham DB 6'0, 200 SO 41.0 6.5% 2.0 0.0 0 11 0
Dashone Smith DB 6'1, 190 SR 39.0 6.2% 0.0 0.0 2 3 0
Kalon Beverly DB 6'1, 190 SO 32.5 5.2% 0.0 0.0 1 6 0
Mike Sota DL 6'5, 285 SO 29.5 4.7% 2.5 0.0 0 1 0
Jayson VanHook LB 6'2, 210 FR 26.5 4.2% 5.5 1.0 0 0 0
Brendan Royal DB 6'0, 210 SR 23.5 3.7% 1.5 0.0 1 3 0
Silas Firstley LB 6'0, 245 SR 23.0 3.6% 2.5 1.0 0 0 0
Sky Logan DL 6'1, 285 JR 23.0 3.6% 2.5 0.5 0 3 0
Brian Madunezim DL 6'3, 275 SR 19.0 3.0% 1.0 1.0 0 0 1
Lawrence Montegut LB 6'2, 230 JR 18.0 2.9% 1.5 0.5 0 0 0
Gino Bresolin DL 6'1, 295 SR 16.5 2.6% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Justin Rogers DB 5'11, 190 FR 13.5 2.1% 0.0 0.0 1 7 1
Christian Richardson DL 6'3, 300 FR 12.5 2.0% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0
Gene Hopkins DL 6'3, 265 FR 11.5 1.8% 3.0 1.0 0 0 1
Kolbi McGary DB 6'1, 195 FR 8.5 1.3% 0.0 0.0 1 1 0
Johnny Jones LB 6'1, 210 JR 8.5 1.3% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Cooper Foster LB 6'1, 225 SR 7.5 1.2% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Denzel Chukwukelu DL 6'4, 295 FR 6.0 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Luke Elsner LB 6'3, 260 JR 4.0 0.6% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Christian Harper DL 6'4, 290 SR 3.5 0.6% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Adrian Hynson DB 5'10, 185 SO 3.0 0.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Special Teams

 Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ -0.4 79
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.03 62
Punt Success Rate 51.7% 91
Kickoff Success Rate 90.7% 10
Punt Return Success Rate 34.8% 115
Kick Return Success Rate 31.8% 112
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Jay Mattox 6'0, 185 SR 39-40 5-7 71.4%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Alan Luna 6'0, 190 JR 62 41.0 1 12 14 41.9%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches		 Onside
Att		 Onside
Success
Jay Mattox 6'0, 185 SR 54 64.3 34 63.0% 0 0 2 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Terry Juniel 5'10, 180 SO 22 9.2 0 10 2 (0)
Dashone Smith 6'1, 190 SR 1 14.0 0 0 0 (0)
Brandon Moss 6'3, 190 JR 0 0.0 1 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Jaquan White 5'10, 200 SR 16 22.1 0 0 0 (0)
Walter Dawn 5'6, 170 FR 13 16.9 0 0 2 (1)
Terry Juniel 5'10, 180 SO 9 18.2 0 0 0 (0)

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