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2017 Central Michigan advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/3/18

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CMU Chippewas (MAC West)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 8-5 | Second-order wins (diff.): 6.5 (-1.5) | S&P+ Rk: 79
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
31-Aug Rhode Island N/A 30-27 W 73% 5.7 63% 58% 60%
9-Sep at Kansas 125 45-27 W 97% 17.5 80% 87% 44%
16-Sep at Syracuse 88 17-41 L 0% -32.3 5% 21% 10%
23-Sep Miami-OH 56 14-31 L 0% -24.5 13% 11% 31%
30-Sep at Boston College 66 8-28 L 2% -18.6 15% 5% 65%
7-Oct at Ohio 22 26-23 W 55% 1.2 55% 42% 60%
14-Oct Toledo 30 10-30 L 0% -30.8 10% 5% 35%
21-Oct at Ball State 122 56-9 W 100% 37.7 92% 83% 96%
1-Nov at Western Michigan 74 35-28 W 33% -3.9 41% 68% 26%
8-Nov Eastern Michigan 70 42-30 W 93% 13.4 78% 68% 68%
14-Nov at Kent State 126 42-23 W 83% 8.8 67% 83% 35%
24-Nov Northern Illinois 54 31-24 W 90% 12.0 77% 51% 80%
22-Dec vs. Wyoming 53 14-37 L 25% -6.2 37% 19% 66%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 25.7 92 25.7 51
Points Per Game 30.8 59 29.8 76
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 35.5% 122 39.6% 52 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.35 13 1.11 39 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 28.8 88 33.0 126 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.51 62 4.25 48 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -5.6 113 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+2.17
ACTUAL 0 64
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 83.0 122 86.8 114 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 34.3% 127 42.8% 78 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.93 48 0.95 78 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 91.6 112 84.7 123 100.0
Opportunity Rate 33.3% 115 37.8% 65 38.5%
Power Success Rate 63.6% 94 73.5% 102 67.7%
Stuff Rate 21.4% 97 16.1% 103 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Jonathan Ward RB 6'0, 194 SO 179 1017 10 5.7 7.4 35.2% 2 (1)
Shane Morris QB 6'3, 210 SR 64 275 3 4.3 3.6 42.2% 7 (5)
Romello Ross RB 5'10, 201 SO 54 203 1 3.8 3.6 31.5% 2 (1)
Kumehnnu Gwilly RB 6'2, 239 FR 53 204 2 3.8 5.5 28.3% 0 (0)
Devon Spalding RB 5'11, 210 SR 35 101 2 2.9 5.5 14.3% 1 (1)
Tony Poljan QB 6'7, 237 FR 27 125 1 4.6 3.8 37.0% 2 (1)
Berkley Edwards RB 5'9, 198 SR 6 15 0 2.5 1.8 33.3% 0 (0)
Mark Chapman WR 6'0, 180 SR 2 17 0 8.5 5.5 50.0% 2 (2)
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+ 96.2 83 101.4 58 100.0
Passing Success Rate 36.6% 102 36.0% 27 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.69 16 1.33 28 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 115.4 46 117.3 37 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Shane Morris 6'3, 210 SR 249 446 3237 27 17 55.8% 24 5.1% 6.5
Tony Poljan 6'7, 237 FR 13 21 78 0 0 61.9% 0 0.0% 3.7

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Mark Chapman WR 6'0, 180 SR 98 59 875 5 14.8 8.9 60.2% 48.0% 22.5%
Corey Willis WR 5'10, 172 SR 78 45 669 9 14.9 8.6 57.7% 42.3% 17.9%
Jonathan Ward RB 6'0, 194 SO 74 48 470 3 9.8 6.4 64.9% 33.8% 17.0%
Tyler Conklin TE 6'4, 240 SR 65 35 504 5 14.4 7.8 53.8% 43.1% 14.9%
Eric Cooper WR 5'11, 205 SR 41 29 285 2 9.8 7.0 70.7% 48.8% 9.4%
Logan Hessbrook TE 6'3, 239 JR 20 10 132 1 13.2 6.6 50.0% 40.0% 4.6%
Cameron Cole WR 6'0, 185 SO 8 6 104 1 17.3 13.0 75.0% 75.0% 1.8%
Kumehnnu Gwilly RB 6'2, 239 FR 8 6 37 0 6.2 4.6 75.0% 25.0% 1.8%
Brandon Childress WR 6'2, 195 SO 7 5 42 1 8.4 6.0 71.4% 57.1% 1.6%
Devon Spalding RB 5'11, 210 SR 7 5 26 0 5.2 3.7 71.4% 14.3% 1.6%
Tony Poljan QB 6'7, 237 FR 6 5 97 0 19.4 16.2 83.3% 66.7% 1.4%
Damon Terry WR 6'0, 210 SO 5 3 35 0 11.7 7.0 60.0% 40.0% 1.1%
Zach Crouch TE 6'5, 238 SR 5 1 4 0 4.0 0.8 20.0% 20.0% 1.1%
Jay Roberson TE 6'2, 220 SR 3 1 5 0 5.0 1.7 33.3% 0.0% 0.7%
Berkley Edwards RB 5'9, 198 SR 3 2 5 0 2.5 1.7 66.7% 0.0% 0.7%
Oakley Lavallii FB 5'11, 212 FR 2 1 18 0 18.0 9.0 50.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 89.7 116 92.2 102 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 40.0% 125 46.7% 70 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.26 10 1.04 57 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.51 120 3.02 78 2.92
SD Sack Rate 3.9% 40 7.0% 22 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 94.4 82 111.1 34 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 27.1% 104 23.7% 5 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.60 38 1.44 43 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.14 78 3.59 99 3.22
PD Sack Rate 6.8% 58 8.3% 44 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 75.6 125 96.1 80
Q2 S&P+ 103.6 63 99.2 72
Q3 S&P+ 90.1 107 99.0 74
Q4 S&P+ 105.0 50 95.3 90
1st Down S&P+ 96.6 78 98.4 76
2nd Down S&P+ 94.5 91 99.7 68
3rd Down S&P+ 81.6 122 96.3 83
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 54.7% 89 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 29.0% 101 35.3%
Adj. Pace -0.8 45 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 78.4% 25 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 62.6% 33 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 33.6% 86 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 15.3% 72 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 6.7% 26 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 2.7% 109 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 5.9% 82 6.5%
PD to INC 30.2% 97 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
Malik Fountain LB 6'2, 240 JR 72.0 2.5 (0) 9 0 (2) 0 37.1%
Josh Cox DB 5'11, 197 SR 71.0 2.5 (0) 1 6 (4) 1 62.8%
Alex Briones LB 6'2, 240 JR 69.0 8.5 (3) 12 3 (1) 1 45.1%
Darwyn Kelly DB 6'1, 208 SR 65.0 2 (0) 1 1 (3) 2 74.1%
Joe Ostman DL 6'3, 259 SR 54.5 20.5 (14) 9 0 (0) 4 23.2%
Michael Oliver LB 5'11, 222 SO 54.5 2 (0) 9 0 (1) 0 46.7%
Mike Danna DL 6'2, 250 SO 42.5 8.5 (4) 11 0 (0) 0 24.1%
Sean Bunting DB 6'1, 180 SO 41.5 0.5 (0) 3 5 (5) 2 63.3%
Amari Coleman DB 5'11, 188 SR 38.0 4 (0) 3 3 (8) 0 63.6%
Mitch Stanitzek DL 6'4, 246 JR 32.0 6 (2.5) 7 0 (1) 0 15.8%
Nathan Brisson-Fast DL 6'5, 260 JR 31.0 9.5 (6.5) 8 0 (1) 1 30.6%
Da'Quaun Jamison DB 6'0, 192 SO 28.5 1 (0) 2 0 (5) 0 52.0%
Chris Kantzavelos DL 6'3, 285 SR 25.5 4 (2.5) 5 0 (1) 0 20.6%
D'Andre Dill DL 6'1, 310 SO 23.0 4 (1) 3 0 (0) 2 24.0%
Carlos Clark LB 6'0, 235 SO 22.5 1 (0) 3 0 (2) 0 46.2%
Trevor Apsey LB 6'0, 215 JR 16.0 0.5 (0.5) 0 0 (1) 0 20.0%
Jeff Perry LB 6'2, 230 SR 12.5 0.5 (0) 3 0 (0) 0 50.0%
Justin Corbett LB 6'1, 220 SR 10.0 0 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 50.0%
Tyjuan Swain DB 6'0, 189 JR 9.0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 75.0%
Ray Golden DB 6'1, 188 SR 7.5 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 57.1%
Donny Kyre DL 6'2, 260 SR 6.0 1.5 (1) 1 0 (0) 0 50.0%
Alonzo McCoy DB 5'11, 191 FR 6.0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 100.0%
Damon Terry WR 6'0, 210 SO 4.5 0 (0) 0 (0) 0
Michael Steinhauer DL 6'3, 289 SR 4.5 0 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 20.0%
Luke Idoni LS 6'1, 223 JR 4.0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 100.0%

* 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+ -0.7 118
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) -0.50 114
Punt Success Rate 55.6% 76
Kickoff Success Rate 50.7% 127
Punt Return Success Rate 60.0% 28
Kick Return Success Rate 50.0% 35
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Michael Armstrong 5'10, 180 SR 45-46 7-11 63.6%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Jack Sheldon 6'1, 172 JR 75 43.4 7 7 19 34.7%
Zach Oakley 6'1, 208 JR 7 44.4 0 1 2 42.9%
Cooper Mojsiejenko 6'4, 211 JR 6 31.7 0 3 1 66.7%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Kaden Keon 5'9, 177 SO 66 54.6 19 28.8% 1 0 1 0
Devon Spalding 5'11, 210 SR 1 65.0 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Mark Chapman 6'0, 180 SR 12 4.3 0 10 2 (2)
Amari Coleman 5'11, 188 SR 5 3.6 0 16 1 (1)
Jerrod Davis 5'11, 197 SO 1 32.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Berkley Edwards 5'9, 198 SR 20 16.8 0 0 0 (0)
Jerrod Davis 5'11, 197 SO 18 26.6 1 0 1 (0)
Damon Terry 6'0, 210 SO 4 22.8 0 0 0 (0)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
Trevor Apsey LB 6'0, 215 JR 12.5 12.0 12.6
Da'Quaun Jamison DB 6'0, 192 SO 7.0 2.0 29.8
Michael Oliver LB 5'11, 222 SO 6.5 16.5
Jeff Perry LB 6'2, 230 SR 5.0 20.4
Justin Corbett LB 6'1, 220 SR 5.0 8.0 22.5

Stats via SportSource Analytics