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2016 Virginia advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

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2015 | 2016

Virginia Cavaliers (ACC Coastal)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 2-10 | Second-order wins (diff.): 4.0 (2.0) | S&P+ Rk: 88
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy		 Adj. Scoring
Margin		 Percentile
Performance		 Off.
Percentile		 Def.
Percentile
3-Sep Richmond N/A 20-37 L 2% -16.1 15% 15% 12%
10-Sep at Oregon 74 26-44 L 0% -24.7 9% 10% 7%
17-Sep at Connecticut 123 10-13 L 78% 6.0 45% 16% 59%
24-Sep Central Michigan 99 49-35 W 99% 18.0 84% 93% 25%
1-Oct at Duke 72 34-20 W 79% 6.5 64% 52% 58%
15-Oct Pittsburgh 20 31-45 L 46% -0.8 66% 42% 81%
22-Oct North Carolina 21 14-35 L 0% -26.6 17% 9% 32%
29-Oct Louisville 12 25-32 L 10% -9.9 57% 58% 66%
5-Nov at Wake Forest 60 20-27 L 73% 4.9 64% 46% 64%
12-Nov Miami-FL 14 14-34 L 1% -17.1 37% 35% 54%
19-Nov at Georgia Tech 45 17-31 L 8% -10.8 35% 24% 47%
26-Nov at Virginia Tech 17 10-52 L 0% -39.1 9% 16% 6%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 25.8 89 30.5 78
Points Per Game 22.5 114 33.8 99
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.12 125 1.32 101 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 40.2% 93 44.4% 92 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 31.1 37 28.6 46 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.17 94 4.60 77 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 1.01 63 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-4.17
ACTUAL -9 116
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 96.1 92 102.1 55 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 41.6% 85 42.1% 59 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.96 114 1.13 93 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 100.9 75 91.5 101 100.0
Opportunity Rate 43.4% 19 41.3% 89 39.7%
Power Success Rate 67.6% 69 67.7% 71 67.9%
Stuff Rate 20.1% 91 18.1% 76 18.9%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry		 Hlt Yds/
Opp.		 Opp.
Rate		 Fumbles
(Lost)
Taquan Mizzell TB 5'10, 195 SR 187 940 5 5.0 4.3 41.7% 3 (3)
Albert Reid TB 5'9, 215 SR 98 480 6 4.9 3.0 45.9% 0 (0)
Kurt Benkert QB 6'4, 230 JR 29 113 0 3.9 2.5 48.3% 4 (4)
Jordan Ellis TB 5'11, 220 SO 14 61 1 4.4 2.2 50.0% 0 (0)
Olamide Zaccheaus WR 5'8, 190 SO 3 24 0 8.0 2.3 100.0% 0 (0)
Matt Johns QB 6'5, 215 SR 3 8 0 2.7 0.5 33.3% 0 (0)
Daniel Hamm TB 5'10, 200 JR 3 4 1 1.3 0.0 0.0% 1 (0)
Joe Reed WR 6'3, 210 FR 2 3 0 1.5 0.0 0.0% 1 (0)
Connor Brewer QB 6'2, 195 SR 1 -2 0 -2.0 0.0 0.0% 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+ 85.7 107 93.1 89 100.0
Passing Success Rate 39.3% 80 47.0% 120 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 1.23 125 1.51 89 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 91.7 87 101.4 60 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate		 Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Kurt Benkert 6'4, 230 JR 228 406 2552 21 11 56.2% 31 7.1% 5.4
Matt Johns 6'5, 215 SR 36 63 314 2 5 57.1% 3 4.5% 4.5
Connor Brewer 6'2, 195 SR 2 12 6 0 0 16.7% 2 14.3% -0.6

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch		 Yds/
Target		 Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Keeon Johnson WR 6'3, 215 SR 89 49 476 3 9.7 5.4 55.1% 43.8% 19.6%
Doni Dowling WR 6'1, 215 JR 85 50 626 4 12.5 7.4 58.8% 47.1% 18.7%
Olamide Zaccheaus WR 5'8, 190 SO 75 51 584 7 11.5 7.8 68.0% 49.3% 16.5%
Taquan Mizzell TB 5'10, 195 SR 67 52 404 2 7.8 6.0 77.6% 41.8% 14.8%
Andre Levrone WR 6'3, 225 JR 26 8 126 0 15.8 4.9 30.8% 30.8% 5.7%
David Eldridge WR 6'1, 180 SO 24 8 177 2 22.1 7.4 33.3% 29.2% 5.3%
Ryan Santoro WR 6'2, 215 SR 23 9 78 1 8.7 3.4 39.1% 34.8% 5.1%
Hasise Dubois WR 6'3, 210 FR 17 8 99 0 12.4 5.8 47.1% 35.3% 3.7%
Warren Craft WR 6'2, 195 FR 13 8 97 1 12.1 7.5 61.5% 61.5% 2.9%
Albert Reid TB 5'9, 215 SR 10 6 48 1 8.0 4.8 60.0% 60.0% 2.2%
Evan Butts TE 6'4, 245 SO 10 7 46 1 6.6 4.6 70.0% 50.0% 2.2%
Joe Reed WR 6'3, 210 FR 6 4 77 0 19.3 12.8 66.7% 66.7% 1.3%
Brendan Marshall TE 6'5, 235 JR 5 4 29 0 7.3 5.8 80.0% 40.0% 1.1%
Richard Burney TE 6'4, 245 FR 1 1 3 1 3.0 3.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.2%
Dylan Sims PK 6'0, 190 SR 1 1 2 0 2.0 2.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Tanner Cowley WR 6'4, 220 FR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 92.4 100 101.5 54 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 48.0% 57 50.0% 92 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 0.92 126 1.11 64 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.74 102 3.25 103 2.98
SD Sack Rate 6.7% 103 5.1% 58 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 87.4 108 88.1 105 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 24.8% 123 31.9% 74 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.87 32 2.09 123 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.28 68 3.14 58 3.24
PD Sack Rate 6.8% 51 9.5% 24 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 100.5 71 101.4 63
Q2 S&P+ 92.2 102 95.5 85
Q3 S&P+ 81.8 120 89.8 107
Q4 S&P+ 97.4 87 108.7 36
1st Down S&P+ 91.8 105 101.6 57
2nd Down S&P+ 93.1 95 98.6 69
3rd Down S&P+ 91.7 103 89.9 100
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 43.4% 126 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 32.6% 76 34.6%
Adj. Pace -1.3 71 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 75.2% 51 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 58.2% 84 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 39.4% 19 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 15.9% 57 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 4.0% 86 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 6.5% 10 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 5.4% 95 6.4%
PD to INC 40.7% 5 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Micah Kiser ILB 6'2, 240 JR 99.5 15.2% 10.0 6.5 1 7 5
Quin Blanding FS 6'2, 215 JR 95.0 14.5% 2.0 0.0 2 6 0
Kelvin Rainey SS 6'1, 205 SR 59.0 9.0% 3.0 0.0 0 1 0
Zach Bradshaw ILB 6'3, 230 SR 42.5 6.5% 5.0 1.5 0 4 2
Chris Peace OLB 6'1, 230 SO 38.5 5.9% 6.5 2.0 0 2 0
Juan Thornhill FS 6'1, 190 SO 37.0 5.6% 3.0 1.0 3 7 1
Donte Wilkins DT 6'1, 300 SR 31.0 4.7% 2.0 0.0 0 0 1
Jordan Mack OLB 6'4, 205 FR 29.5 4.5% 4.0 1.5 0 0 2
Andrew Brown DE 6'4, 290 JR 28.5 4.3% 13.0 6.0 0 2 0
Eli Hanback DE 6'4, 270 FR 26.0 4.0% 4.5 1.0 0 0 0
Matt Terrell OLB 6'4, 225 FR 21.5 3.3% 2.5 0.5 0 0 0
Bryce Hall CB 6'3, 200 FR 21.0 3.2% 0.0 0.0 2 4 0
Landan Word ILB 6'5, 245 FR 17.5 2.7% 3.0 2.0 0 1 0
Kirk Garner CB 5'11, 180 JR 12.0 1.8% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
Kareem Gibson CB 5'11, 170 FR 12.0 1.8% 0.0 0.0 1 1 0
Chris Moore S 6'2, 200 FR 9.5 1.4% 1.0 0.0 0 2 0
Jack Powers DE 6'5, 280 JR 7.5 1.1% 0.5 0.5 0 3 0
Myles Robinson CB 5'11, 195 SO 7.5 1.1% 0.0 0.0 0 2 0
Mark Hall DE 6'2, 260 SR 7.0 1.1% 2.0 1.0 0 2 0
Steven Wright DE 6'4, 255 FR 7.0 1.1% 2.0 1.0 0 0 0
Albert Reid TB 5'9, 215 SR 5.0 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Joe Reed WR 6'3, 210 FR 4.5 0.7% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Wilfred Wahee SS 5'10, 200 SR 4.0 0.6% 0.0 0.0 0 1 1
Daniel Hamm TB 5'10, 200 JR 4.0 0.6% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
James Trucilla DT 6'1, 270 FR 3.0 0.5% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Special Teams

 Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ -0.7 89
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) -0.90 126
Punt Success Rate 63.5% 31
Kickoff Success Rate 62.7% 95
Punt Return Success Rate 77.3% 7
Kick Return Success Rate 67.6% 4
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Sam Hayward 6'0, 165 JR 19-19 4-8 50.0%
Alex Furbank 6'0, 220 SO 6-7 1-2 50.0%
Dylan Sims 6'0, 190 SR 4-5 0-0 #DIV/0!
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Nicholas Conte 6'3, 225 SR 74 44.3 9 21 31 70.3%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches		 Onside
Att		 Onside
Success
Dylan Sims 6'0, 190 SR 28 61.6 10 35.7% 0 1 1 0
Sam Hayward 6'0, 165 JR 23 62.5 9 39.1% 0 0 2 1
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Daniel Hamm 5'10, 200 JR 22 9.8 0 18 1 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Joe Reed 6'3, 210 FR 27 25.1 0 0 1 (0)
Chris Sharp 6'2, 195 FR 4 18.3 0 0 0 (0)
Taquan Mizzell 5'10, 195 SR 2 16.0 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics