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2017 Appalachian State advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/4/18

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Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 9-4 | Second-order wins (diff.): 9.2 (0.2) | S&P+ Rk: 18
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
2-Sep at Georgia 3 10-31 L 2% -18.8 18% 18% 41%
9-Sep Savannah State N/A 54-7 W 100% 56.0 93% 97% 99%
16-Sep at Texas State 117 20-13 W 90% 11.8 72% 44% 84%
23-Sep Wake Forest 37 19-20 L 80% 7.6 67% 46% 73%
7-Oct New Mexico State 72 45-31 W 68% 4.2 61% 80% 23%
14-Oct at Idaho 99 23-20 W 38% -2.8 43% 31% 64%
21-Oct Coastal Carolina 111 37-29 W 75% 6.2 62% 83% 36%
28-Oct at Massachusetts 84 27-30 L 56% 1.5 54% 47% 50%
4-Nov at UL-Monroe 105 45-52 L 15% -9.6 27% 90% 6%
9-Nov Georgia Southern 120 27-6 W 100% 31.0 90% 61% 96%
25-Nov at Georgia State 96 31-10 W 99% 23.7 89% 62% 90%
2-Dec UL-Lafayette 113 63-14 W 100% 34.5 92% 97% 58%
23-Dec vs. Toledo 30 34-0 W 100% 45.7 97% 76% 98%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 31.6 33 22.1 24
Points Per Game 36.3 28 21.9 21
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 41.4% 68 39.4% 49 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.33 17 1.19 81 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 33.9 4 28.6 43 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.74 39 3.85 21 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 5.0 28 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+2.70
ACTUAL 12 11
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 96.1 84 97.0 74 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 41.4% 78 39.2% 39 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.08 13 0.92 69 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 103.5 52 94.9 88 100.0
Opportunity Rate 41.0% 34 34.7% 31 38.5%
Power Success Rate 64.1% 93 63.2% 35 67.7%
Stuff Rate 19.6% 67 21.4% 48 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Jalin Moore RB 5'11, 207 JR 185 1049 12 5.7 6.6 37.3% 1 (0)
Marcus Williams Jr. RB 5'10, 200 FR 97 500 2 5.2 4.6 39.2% 0 (0)
Taylor Lamb QB 6'2, 200 SR 71 652 5 9.2 8.2 59.2% 3 (1)
Terrence Upshaw RB 5'10, 208 SR 68 314 4 4.6 4.8 35.3% 0 (0)
Daetrich Harrington RB 6'0, 185 FR 59 296 2 5.0 5.8 37.3% 3 (3)
DeMarcus Harper RB 5'11, 190 FR 8 46 0 5.8 4.2 62.5% 0 (0)
Zac Thomas QB 6'2, 207 FR 8 45 0 5.6 4.1 62.5% 1 (0)
De'Vonta Smith RB 5'11, 185 FR 6 15 0 2.5 2.9 33.3% 2 (2)
Malik Williams WR 5'11, 180 FR 6 6 1 1.0 2.0 16.7% 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+ 98.0 76 103.5 48 100.0
Passing Success Rate 41.4% 58 39.5% 58 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.64 21 1.46 69 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 224.9 4 115.2 41 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Taylor Lamb 6'2, 200 SR 206 337 2737 27 6 61.1% 8 2.3% 7.7
Zac Thomas 6'2, 207 FR 6 10 33 0 0 60.0% 0 0.0% 3.3
Jacob Huesman 6'3, 206 FR 2 3 14 0 0 66.7% 0 0.0% 4.7

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
A'Darius Purifoy WR 6'0, 195 FR 1 1 2 0 2.0 2.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Taylor Lamb QB 6'2, 200 SR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Brad Absher WR 5'10, 177 JR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Ike Lewis WR 5'10, 180 SR 78 51 733 8 14.4 9.4 65.4% 47.4% 23.6%
Thomas Hennigan WR 6'2, 210 FR 68 45 585 7 13.0 8.6 66.2% 52.9% 20.6%
Jalen Virgil WR 6'2, 211 FR 32 20 364 3 18.2 11.4 62.5% 46.9% 9.7%
T.J. Watkins WR 6'1, 190 SR 30 21 295 1 14.1 9.8 70.0% 53.3% 9.1%
Malik Williams WR 5'11, 180 FR 27 19 172 0 9.1 6.4 70.4% 40.7% 8.2%
Dante Jones WR 5'11, 186 SR 19 14 87 0 6.2 4.6 73.7% 52.6% 5.8%
Jalin Moore RB 5'11, 207 JR 18 12 163 1 13.6 9.1 66.7% 33.3% 5.5%
Zy Letman WR 6'3, 207 SR 16 8 106 1 13.3 6.6 50.0% 43.8% 4.8%
Collin Reed TE 6'3, 248 SO 11 9 157 5 17.4 14.3 81.8% 63.6% 3.3%
Levi Duffield TE 6'2, 220 SR 10 6 97 2 16.2 9.7 60.0% 40.0% 3.0%
Marcus Williams Jr. RB 5'10, 200 FR 9 4 27 0 6.8 3.0 44.4% 33.3% 2.7%
Daetrich Harrington RB 6'0, 185 FR 6 3 19 0 6.3 3.2 50.0% 0.0% 1.8%
Terrence Upshaw RB 5'10, 208 SR 3 2 4 0 2.0 1.3 66.7% 33.3% 0.9%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 93.4 99 102.0 53 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 45.0% 86 43.5% 38 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.25 12 1.11 86 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.04 46 2.66 41 2.92
SD Sack Rate 1.5% 3 7.0% 22 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 109.1 48 97.5 79 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 33.2% 35 31.2% 81 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.58 45 1.42 37 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.49 39 3.69 106 3.22
PD Sack Rate 4.0% 16 9.9% 22 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 90.5 95 108.6 37
Q2 S&P+ 110.6 42 102.3 61
Q3 S&P+ 109.3 44 123.7 16
Q4 S&P+ 92.6 99 96.7 84
1st Down S&P+ 101.7 60 108.8 34
2nd Down S&P+ 97.5 78 98.7 72
3rd Down S&P+ 107.0 50 114.4 28
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 61.8% 44 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 44.2% 15 35.3%
Adj. Pace +0.9 82 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 73.5% 75 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 57.0% 99 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 36.3% 51 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 19.5% 15 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 5.9% 41 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 5.8% 25 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 7.7% 23 6.5%
PD to INC 40.4% 13 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
Eric Boggs ILB 6'3, 236 SR 77.5 9 (4.5) 9 2 (6) 1 30.2%
Anthony Flory ILB 6'2, 233 JR 72.0 3.5 (1) 10 1 (3) 0 33.3%
A.J. Howard DB 5'11, 200 SR 54.5 3.5 (0) 3 1 (7) 0 63.3%
Tae Hayes DB 5'11, 185 JR 43.5 4 (1.5) 1 4 (12) 1 67.9%
Clifton Duck DB 5'10, 175 SO 43.0 3 (1) 1 6 (6) 0 66.0%
Rashaad Townes OLB 6'2, 239 SR 40.5 6 (4) 6 0 (2) 3 44.0%
Desmond Franklin DB 6'2, 204 SO 40.0 2 (0) 6 3 (3) 1 60.4%
Devan Stringer OLB 5'11, 208 SR 38.5 2 (2) 5 0 (0) 0 49.0%
Tee Sims DL 6'3, 265 SR 31.5 13.5 (9.5) 13 0 (0) 1 9.8%
Akeem Davis-Gaither OLB 6'2, 210 SO 28.5 1 (0) 3 0 (1) 0 55.2%
Myquon Stout DL 6'1, 286 JR 28.0 3.5 (2) 6 0 (0) 0 22.0%
Austin Exford DB 6'2, 201 JR 26.0 2 (1) 2 0 (2) 0 48.3%
Caleb Fuller DL 6'0, 241 SR 21.5 7.5 (4.5) 8 0 (2) 1 24.1%
Okon Godwin DL 6'2, 250 JR 15.5 6 (1) 11 0 (0) 0 5.3%
Edward Davis ILB 6'0, 230 SO 15.0 2.5 (0) 4 0 (0) 0 33.3%
Jordan Fehr ILB 6'2, 227 SO 14.5 2 (0) 4 1 (0) 0 45.5%
Chris Willis DL 6'2, 252 FR 11.5 2.5 (1) 3 0 (0) 0 20.0%
Demetrius Taylor DL 6'1, 246 FR 10.5 5.5 (3) 5 0 (0) 0 7.7%
Josh Thomas DB 6'0, 209 JR 10.0 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 66.7%
Markell Clark DL 6'2, 264 FR 9.0 3 (0) 8 0 (0) 0 0.0%
Noel Cook OLB 6'0, 213 SO 7.5 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 28.6%
Shemar Jean-Charles DB 5'11, 188 FR 7.5 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0 57.1%
Kaiden Smith DB 6'1, 198 FR 6.5 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 1 100.0%
Tommy Dawkins DL 6'1, 223 FR 5.0 1 (0) 4 0 (0) 0 0.0%
Tim Frizzell ILB 6'2, 223 FR 4.0 1 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 50.0%

* Stuffs are rushes stopped at or behind the line. They are not necessarily tackles for loss (since they include zero-yard gains), so adding sacks and stuffs won't necessarily equal TFLs. Also: the figure is based on how many stuffs a tackler has taken part in -- solo tackles and assist tackles count for the same amount.

** For defenders, Success Rate is defined as the offense's success rate on plays in which the defender made a tackle. The lower the number, the better for the defender. On average, due to proximity to the line of scrimmage, defensive linemen will produce lower success rates than linebackers, who producer lower rates than defensive backs.

Special Teams

Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ -0.4 99
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) -0.02 74
Punt Success Rate 43.9% 120
Kickoff Success Rate 74.4% 61
Punt Return Success Rate 46.2% 67
Kick Return Success Rate 44.8% 66
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Chandler Staton 5'11, 180 FR 31-31 8-9 88.9%
Michael Rubino 6'3, 210 SO 21-23 9-15 60.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Xavier Subotsch 6'2, 204 FR 55 39.9 5 22 17 70.9%
Rylee Critcher 6'0, 205 FR 2 24.5 0 0 0 0.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Michael Rubino 6'3, 210 SO 81 61.5 29 35.8% 0 2 1 1
Chandler Staton 5'11, 180 FR 1 64.0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Thomas Hennigan 6'2, 210 FR 15 6.8 0 19 1 (0)
Clifton Duck 5'10, 175 SO 9 9.4 0 7 1 (0)
Caleb Fuller 6'0, 241 SR 1 22.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Ike Lewis 5'10, 180 SR 22 26.1 0 0 0 (0)
Thomas Hennigan 6'2, 210 FR 4 20.5 0 0 0 (0)
Clifton Duck 5'10, 175 SO 1 -8.0 0 0 0 (0)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
Anthony Flory ILB 6'2, 233 JR 8.0 23.6
Edward Davis ILB 6'0, 230 SO 6.0 16.6
Kaiden Smith DB 6'1, 198 FR 6.0 12.0 16.5
A.J. Howard DB 5'11, 200 SR 5.5 6.0 23.6
Eric Boggs ILB 6'3, 236 SR 5.0 7.3

Stats via SportSource Analytics