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2017 Connecticut advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/3/18

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UConn Huskies (American East)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 3-9 | Second-order wins (diff.): 2.0 (-1.0) | S&P+ Rk: 119
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy		 Adj. Scoring
Margin		 Percentile
Performance		 Off.
Percentile		 Def.
Percentile
31-Aug Holy Cross N/A 27-20 W 92% 12.7 75% 74% 59%
16-Sep at Virginia 85 18-38 L 0% -25.8 9% 37% 13%
24-Sep East Carolina 123 38-41 L
30-Sep at SMU 67 28-49 L 2% -18.4 16% 49% 9%
6-Oct Memphis 20 31-70 L 0% -25.5 12% 72% 4%
14-Oct at Temple 78 28-24 W 2% -19.9 15% 14% 37%
21-Oct Tulsa 116 20-14 W 95% 14.9 77% 54% 76%
28-Oct Missouri 35 12-52 L 0% -43.6 6% 5% 7%
4-Nov South Florida 15 20-37 L 1% -23.4 15% 20% 22%
11-Nov at Central Florida 7 24-49 L 1% -22.5 15% 57% 8%
18-Nov vs. Boston College 66 16-39 L 3% -17.1 17% 22% 30%
25-Nov at Cincinnati 102 21-22 L 7% -13.4 21% 25% 45%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 27.4 74 38.4 126
Points Per Game 23.6 106 37.9 120
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 38.9% 105 46.7% 114 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.18 55 1.23 96 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 25.9 128 29.4 62 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 3.80 119 5.11 121 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -4.9 104 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-1.30
ACTUAL -8 111
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 81.6 124 88.1 108 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 36.7% 115 43.9% 87 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.80 113 1.04 114 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 85 124 87.1 114 100.0
Opportunity Rate 31.8% 125 40.6% 98 38.5%
Power Success Rate 59.7% 111 61.5% 28 67.7%
Stuff Rate 21.8% 105 17.3% 90 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry		 Hlt Yds/
Opp.		 Opp.
Rate		 Fumbles
(Lost)
Kevin Mensah RB 5'9, 200 FR 126 561 4 4.5 6.4 28.6% 3 (2)
Nate Hopkins RB 6'1, 212 FR 92 343 7 3.7 5.0 23.9% 1 (0)
Arkeel Newsome RB 5'7, 190 SR 68 261 3 3.8 6.5 25.0% 2 (0)
David Pindell QB 6'0, 192 JR 64 332 3 5.2 3.0 48.4% 3 (1)
Bryant Shirreffs QB 6'2, 210 SR 63 353 0 5.6 5.9 38.1% 3 (1)
Jason Thompson RB 5'7, 182 JR 10 27 0 2.7 1.9 20.0% 0 (0)
Keyion Dixon WR 6'3, 185 FR 9 41 0 4.6 3.2 44.4% 1 (0)
Donovan Williams WR 6'4, 212 SO 7 53 0 7.6 6.3 57.1% 0 (0)
Aaron McLean WR 6'5, 210 JR 2 16 0 8.0 8.5 50.0% 0 (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+ 98.9 72 83.5 121 100.0
Passing Success Rate 41.0% 63 48.9% 126 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.51 46 1.36 35 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 66.3 119 102.8 62 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate		 Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Bryant Shirreffs 6'2, 210 SR 171 260 2287 14 5 65.8% 27 9.4% 7.4
David Pindell 6'0, 192 JR 84 159 937 4 6 52.8% 8 4.8% 5.4

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch		 Yds/
Target		 Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Hergy Mayala WR 6'2, 203 JR 83 43 615 7 14.3 7.4 51.8% 38.6% 20.5%
Quayvon Skanes WR 5'11, 175 FR 57 35 335 1 9.6 5.9 61.4% 42.1% 14.1%
Keyion Dixon WR 6'3, 185 FR 48 33 360 1 10.9 7.5 68.8% 45.8% 11.9%
Aaron McLean WR 6'5, 210 JR 47 31 472 2 15.2 10.0 66.0% 57.4% 11.6%
Tyraiq Beals WR 6'0, 185 JR 41 30 266 0 8.9 6.5 73.2% 56.1% 10.1%
Arkeel Newsome RB 5'7, 190 SR 34 25 541 2 21.6 15.9 73.5% 52.9% 8.4%
Mason Donaldson WR 6'2, 205 FR 26 16 225 3 14.1 8.7 61.5% 50.0% 6.4%
Tyler Davis WR 6'4, 235 SO 19 14 156 0 11.1 8.2 73.7% 63.2% 4.7%
Kevin Mensah RB 5'9, 200 FR 19 14 103 0 7.4 5.4 73.7% 47.4% 4.7%
Alec Bloom TE 6'6, 253 SR 11 5 101 1 20.2 9.2 45.5% 45.5% 2.7%
Tommy Myers TE 6'5, 245 SR 6 3 28 1 9.3 4.7 50.0% 50.0% 1.5%
Nate Hopkins RB 6'1, 212 FR 4 3 13 0 4.3 3.3 75.0% 25.0% 1.0%
Jason Thompson RB 5'7, 182 JR 3 2 5 0 2.5 1.7 66.7% 0.0% 0.7%
Kyle Buss WR 6'1, 181 JR 2 1 4 0 4.0 2.0 50.0% 0.0% 0.5%
Donovan Williams WR 6'4, 212 SO 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
Bryant Shirreffs QB 6'2, 210 SR 1 1 6 0 6.0 6.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 90.0 115 85.2 123 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 41.9% 117 51.6% 111 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.04 76 1.18 112 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.59 113 2.84 55 2.92
SD Sack Rate 8.4% 118 4.1% 85 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 96.4 77 90.4 104 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 32.5% 43 35.7% 114 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.59 43 1.37 21 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.73 112 4.58 130 3.22
PD Sack Rate 7.9% 73 4.8% 115 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 93.5 89 94.5 83
Q2 S&P+ 73.0 130 93.3 92
Q3 S&P+ 99.9 71 86.0 111
Q4 S&P+ 103.4 62 78.8 128
1st Down S&P+ 90.6 108 84.1 122
2nd Down S&P+ 99.6 74 91.5 100
3rd Down S&P+ 88.1 104 89.8 101
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 61.6% 46 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 23.4% 123 35.3%
Adj. Pace -2.0 25 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 77.2% 35 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 49.0% 127 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 29.4% 111 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 12.7% 114 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 3.0% 112 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 3.9% 83 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 5.7% 94 6.5%
PD to INC 25.8% 126 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
Junior Joseph LB 6'1, 232 SR 73.0 6.5 (4) 9 0 (3) 1 39.6%
Vontae Diggs LB 6'2, 221 SR 61.0 3.5 (0) 5 0 (2) 2 56.3%
Jamar Summers DB 6'0, 190 SR 56.0 1 (1) 0 1 (7) 1 72.4%
Tyler Coyle DB 6'1, 202 FR 55.5 3 (0) 3 2 (5) 0 67.8%
Marshé Terry DB 6'4, 212 SO 49.5 3 (0) 2 1 (3) 1 70.2%
Tre Bell DB 5'11, 175 SR 40.5 0.5 (0) 4 1 (2) 3 71.2%
Chris Britton LB 6'1, 225 JR 39.0 6.5 (1) 8 0 (2) 0 29.2%
Folorunso Fatukasi DL 6'4, 303 SR 37.5 7.5 (4) 11 0 (0) 0 17.8%
Omar Fortt DB 6'1, 190 FR 30.0 2 (0) 2 0 (2) 0 55.3%
Anthony Watkins DB 5'10, 197 JR 27.0 0.5 (0) 3 0 (1) 0 63.6%
Brayden Brown DB 6'1, 192 FR 23.0 2 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 82.6%
Brice McAllister DB 5'11, 189 SR 20.0 2 (0) 2 0 (1) 0 63.6%
Cole Ormsby DL 6'3, 264 SR 19.0 7 (7) 3 0 (0) 2 4.5%
Luke Carrezola DL 6'3, 255 SR 19.0 6 (2) 7 0 (2) 0 4.8%
Tahj Herring-Wilson DB 6'1, 190 FR 15.0 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 75.0%
Jordan Swann DB 5'10, 180 FR 14.0 1 (0) 0 1 (2) 1 71.4%
Santana Sterling LB 6'0, 223 JR 12.5 1 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 26.7%
Darrian Beavers LB 6'3, 216 FR 12.0 3 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 46.2%
Ian Swenson DB 6'1, 197 FR 12.0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 93.3%
Sheriden Lawley DL 6'4, 290 JR 10.5 3 (0) 4 0 (0) 0 30.8%
Cameron Stapleton LB 6'4, 230 SR 10.0 2 (1) 3 0 (2) 0 7.1%
Kevin Murphy DL 6'1, 280 SO 10.0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 23.1%
Eddie Hahn DB 6'3, 205 FR 9.0 1.5 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 28.6%
Ryan Gilmartin LB 5'11, 235 FR 6.0 1.5 (0) 3 0 (0) 0 0.0%
Connor Freeborn DL 6'5, 255 SO 6.0 0 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 14.3%

* 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+ -0.4 102
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) -0.16 97
Punt Success Rate 54.0% 91
Kickoff Success Rate 82.8% 28
Punt Return Success Rate 30.0% 113
Kick Return Success Rate 38.0% 93
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Michael Tarbutt 6'0, 187 SO 27-29 12-18 66.7%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Brett Graham 6'3, 197 FR 63 38.8 2 21 18 61.9%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches		 Onside
Att		 Onside
Success
Michael Tarbutt 6'0, 187 SO 58 63.8 36 62.1% 0 0 1 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Quayvon Skanes 5'11, 175 FR 7 5.9 0 7 1 (0)
Jordan Swann 5'10, 180 FR 3 8.7 0 5 0 (0)
Mason Donaldson 6'2, 205 FR 0 0.0 0 1 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Quayvon Skanes 5'11, 175 FR 26 20.8 0 0 1 (1)
Kyle Buss 6'1, 181 JR 10 24.0 0 0 1 (1)
Jordan Swann 5'10, 180 FR 8 25.9 0 0 1 (1)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
Tyler Coyle DB 6'1, 202 FR 6.5 4.0 23.0
Jamar Summers DB 6'0, 190 SR 5.0 0.0 22.3
Eddie Hahn DB 6'3, 205 FR 3.0 0.0 31.0
Michael Tarbutt K 6'0, 187 SO 2.5 40.7
Brayden Brown DB 6'1, 192 FR 2.0 19.0

Stats via SportSource Analytics