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2017 California advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/3/18

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California Golden Bears (Pac-12 North)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 5-7 | Second-order wins (diff.): 5.5 (0.5) | S&P+ Rk: 87
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
2-Sep at North Carolina 94 35-30 W 60% 2.3 53% 72% 32%
9-Sep Weber State N/A 33-20 W 62% 2.8 57% 71% 39%
16-Sep Ole Miss 42 27-16 W 46% -0.9 49% 32% 67%
23-Sep USC 26 20-30 L 41% -2.2 46% 44% 51%
30-Sep at Oregon 47 24-45 L 0% -32.0 8% 23% 8%
7-Oct at Washington 5 7-38 L 0% -45.7 7% 1% 26%
13-Oct Washington State 39 37-3 W 99% 22.9 89% 53% 89%
21-Oct Arizona 48 44-45 L 51% 0.2 52% 88% 10%
28-Oct at Colorado 93 28-44 L 1% -22.9 11% 45% 11%
4-Nov Oregon State 127 37-23 W 100% 27.3 88% 82% 84%
18-Nov at Stanford 32 14-17 L 44% -1.3 47% 23% 76%
24-Nov at UCLA 77 27-30 L 47% -0.8 46% 58% 38%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 26.6 84 29.3 79
Points Per Game 27.8 78 28.4 68
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 41.4% 69 46.0% 108 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.10 95 1.11 36 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 30.2 48 30.4 92 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.22 87 4.20 44 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 0.1 65 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+1.64
ACTUAL 4 38
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 94.7 90 96.0 79 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 44.4% 46 48.1% 113 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.89 73 0.82 23 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 90.7 115 96.4 83 100.0
Opportunity Rate 36.4% 93 41.1% 102 38.5%
Power Success Rate 66.7% 72 79.5% 122 67.7%
Stuff Rate 20.1% 77 17.8% 81 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Patrick Laird RB 6'0, 200 JR 192 1127 8 5.9 6.2 40.1% 5 (3)
Vic Enwere RB 6'0, 245 SR 101 377 5 3.7 3.8 34.7% 0 (0)
Ross Bowers QB 6'2, 200 SO 26 89 3 3.4 2.5 34.6% 9 (4)
Tre Watson RB 5'11, 205 SR 17 83 0 4.9 2.1 52.9% 0 (0)
Derrick Clark RB 5'10, 210 FR 14 46 0 3.3 1.9 21.4% 0 (0)
Zion Echols RB 5'8, 180 FR 13 17 0 1.3 3.7 7.7% 0 (0)
Malik McMorris FB 5'11, 285 JR 6 13 0 2.2 0.0 0.0% 0 (0)
Demetris Robertson WR 6'0, 190 SO 2 40 1 20.0 13.8 100.0% 0 (0)
Jeremiah Hawkins WR 5'8, 175 FR 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 1 (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+ 94.1 89 100.1 66 100.0
Passing Success Rate 39.0% 83 43.9% 99 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.29 117 1.42 59 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 105.2 61 104.6 54 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Ross Bowers 6'2, 200 SO 272 461 3039 18 12 59.0% 34 6.9% 5.7
Chase Forrest 6'2, 205 JR 5 10 53 0 0 50.0% 1 9.1% 3.8

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Vic Wharton III WR 5'11, 200 JR 111 67 871 5 13.0 7.9 60.4% 46.8% 24.7%
Kanawai Noa WR 6'0, 185 SO 87 56 788 4 14.1 9.1 64.4% 52.9% 19.4%
Jordan Veasy WR 6'3, 225 SR 68 38 491 6 12.9 7.2 55.9% 48.5% 15.1%
Patrick Laird RB 6'0, 200 JR 56 45 322 1 7.2 5.8 80.4% 33.9% 12.5%
Brandon Singleton WR 6'0, 170 SO 23 14 141 0 10.1 6.1 60.9% 43.5% 5.1%
Jordan Duncan WR 6'1, 210 SO 21 10 120 1 12.0 5.7 47.6% 47.6% 4.7%
Gavin Reinwald TE 6'3, 220 FR 20 11 104 0 9.5 5.2 55.0% 45.0% 4.5%
Demetris Robertson WR 6'0, 190 SO 16 7 70 0 10.0 4.4 43.8% 31.2% 3.6%
Jeremiah Hawkins WR 5'8, 175 FR 13 8 70 0 8.8 5.4 61.5% 30.8% 2.9%
Malik McMorris FB 5'11, 285 JR 9 5 39 1 7.8 4.3 55.6% 44.4% 2.0%
Vic Enwere RB 6'0, 245 SR 8 5 37 0 7.4 4.6 62.5% 37.5% 1.8%
Tre Watson RB 5'11, 205 SR 6 5 31 0 6.2 5.2 83.3% 33.3% 1.3%
Zion Echols RB 5'8, 180 FR 6 5 17 0 3.4 2.8 83.3% 16.7% 1.3%
Melquise Stovall WR 5'9, 185 SO 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
Derrick Clark RB 5'10, 210 FR 1 1 4 0 4.0 4.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Kyle Wells TE 6'3, 245 JR 1 1 2 1 2.0 2.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.2%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 90.8 112 96.8 81 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 44.4% 97 52.1% 115 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 0.95 111 1.03 54 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.77 87 3.30 114 2.92
SD Sack Rate 6.8% 96 6.1% 42 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 105.0 56 102.7 60 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 35.5% 18 31.2% 81 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.46 88 1.41 31 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.56 30 2.56 15 3.22
PD Sack Rate 6.0% 44 7.1% 75 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 91.4 93 90.7 96
Q2 S&P+ 87.7 112 101.8 62
Q3 S&P+ 97.0 81 103.7 57
Q4 S&P+ 104.1 55 118.0 10
1st Down S&P+ 95.4 89 101.3 59
2nd Down S&P+ 87.4 112 109.7 38
3rd Down S&P+ 102.7 65 92.7 95
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 55.2% 85 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 21.4% 127 35.3%
Adj. Pace -0.7 47 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 75.0% 57 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 59.8% 64 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 28.7% 116 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 14.8% 83 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 2.1% 122 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 7.1% 11 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 5.4% 101 6.5%
PD to INC 35.6% 48 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
Jordan Kunaszyk ILB 6'3, 240 JR 57.0 6 (3.5) 6 2 (0) 1 44.6%
Raymond Davison III OLB 6'2, 235 SR 52.5 6 (4.5) 1 1 (4) 2 50.8%
Devante Downs ILB 6'3, 245 SR 50.5 5.5 (3) 6 2 (0) 2 54.5%
Camryn Bynum CB 6'0, 180 FR 47.5 0.5 (0.5) 0 2 (8) 0 78.9%
Gerran Brown ILB 6'2, 220 SO 42.5 2 (1) 8 0 (1) 0 32.2%
Evan Weaver LB 6'3, 250 SO 42.5 2 (0) 6 0 (2) 0 57.1%
Quentin Tartabull S 5'11, 200 JR 38.5 0 (0) 1 1 (3) 0 69.6%
Cameron Goode OLB 6'3, 220 FR 33.0 5.5 (1.5) 5 1 (3) 1 36.7%
Elijah Hicks CB 5'11, 185 FR 33.0 2 (0) 1 0 (3) 2 64.9%
Jaylinn Hawkins S 6'2, 205 SO 32.5 1.5 (0) 3 1 (1) 1 61.5%
Alex Funches OLB 6'2, 235 JR 31.0 10.5 (4) 10 0 (0) 0 41.7%
James Looney DE 6'3, 280 SR 30.0 9.5 (3.5) 10 0 (0) 1 26.8%
Ashtyn Davis S 6'1, 195 SO 26.5 0 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 71.4%
Darius Allensworth CB 6'0, 195 SR 20.0 3 (1) 3 1 (2) 1 51.9%
Luc Bequette DE 6'2, 290 SO 16.5 2 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 55.6%
Luke Rubenzer S 5'11, 200 SR 16.5 0.5 (0) 2 0 (3) 0 58.8%
Tony Mekari NG 6'1, 290 SR 15.5 2 (0) 5 0 (0) 0 15.0%
Derron Brown S 6'1, 205 JR 15.0 0 (0) 0 1 (2) 0 66.7%
Tevin Paul DE 6'4, 270 FR 14.0 3 (1) 5 0 (1) 0 50.0%
Traveon Beck CB 5'9, 160 SO 14.0 1.5 (0) 2 0 (1) 0 64.3%
Chris Palmer NG 6'2, 330 JR 13.0 0 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 50.0%
Marloshawn Franklin Jr. CB 5'11, 185 SR 13.0 0 (0) 0 0 (2) 0 69.2%
Hamilton Anoa'i OLB 6'2, 255 SR 8.5 1 (1) 2 0 (0) 0 30.8%
Josh Drayden CB 5'10, 185 SO 6.5 0 (0) 0 1 (2) 0 55.6%
Cameron Saffle OLB 6'3, 245 JR 5.0 0.5 (0.5) 0 0 (0) 0 16.7%

* 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+ 0.1 57
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.19 45
Punt Success Rate 46.3% 115
Kickoff Success Rate 81.0% 36
Punt Return Success Rate 66.7% 20
Kick Return Success Rate 45.7% 61
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Matt Anderson 6'0, 195 SR 35-36 20-27 74.1%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Dylan Klumph 6'2, 235 JR 46 43.0 3 13 9 47.8%
Steven Coutts 6'4, 210 JR 5 40.8 0 2 2 80.0%
Ross Bowers 6'2, 200 SO 3 29.0 1 0 1 33.3%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Gabe Siemieniec 6'1, 220 FR 52 64.1 27 51.9% 0 0 0 0
Matt Anderson 6'0, 195 SR 11 60.1 2 18.2% 0 1 3 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Vic Wharton III 5'11, 200 JR 9 9.9 0 24 2 (1)
Kanawai Noa 6'0, 185 SO 0 0.0 0 1 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Ashtyn Davis 6'1, 195 SO 39 21.2 0 0 1 (0)
Jaylinn Hawkins 6'2, 205 SO 3 14.7 0 0 0 (0)
Jeremiah Hawkins 5'8, 175 FR 2 28.0 0 0 0 (0)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
Jacob Anderson S 5'11, 200 SR 5.0 9.7 18.0
Ashtyn Davis S 6'1, 195 SO 4.5 2.8 26.0
Evan Weaver LB 6'3, 250 SO 4.5 18.0 22.3
Derron Brown S 6'1, 205 JR 4.0 18.8
Matt Rockett WR 5'9, 195 JR 4.0 21.0

Stats via SportSource Analytics