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2017 Florida Atlantic advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/3/2018

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FAU Owls (Conference USA East)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 11-3 | Second-order wins (diff.): 11.6 (0.6) | S&P+ Rk: 11
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
1-Sep Navy 69 19-42 L 0% -25.0 11% 30% 8%
9-Sep at Wisconsin 6 14-31 L 0% -23.9 14% 15% 19%
16-Sep Bethune-Cookman N/A 45-0 W 100% 50.9 93% 93% 99%
23-Sep at Buffalo 75 31-34 L 88% 10.7 73% 80% 28%
30-Sep Middle Tennessee 68 38-20 W 97% 16.7 82% 80% 67%
7-Oct at Old Dominion 115 58-28 W 100% 29.9 90% 95% 54%
21-Oct North Texas 62 69-31 W 100% 29.5 93% 96% 38%
28-Oct at Western Kentucky 83 42-28 W 85% 9.5 73% 77% 47%
3-Nov Marshall 52 30-25 W 96% 15.8 82% 59% 75%
11-Nov at Louisiana Tech 71 48-23 W 98% 18.1 84% 91% 49%
18-Nov Florida International 92 52-24 W 99% 21.3 87% 91% 53%
25-Nov at Charlotte 124 31-12 W 100% 26.0 87% 79% 88%
2-Dec North Texas 62 41-17 W 100% 28.2 92% 87% 69%
19-Dec Akron 112 50-3 W 100% 43.7 94% 90% 96%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 38.8 6 26.1 53
Points Per Game 43.7 8 24.5 36
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 47.5% 7 41.6% 70 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.26 26 1.07 23 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 30.5 42 28.3 37 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 5.50 1 4.09 34 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 4.7 29 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+2.96
ACTUAL 13 5
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 125.3 10 93.4 90 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 51.5% 3 41.5% 61 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.03 24 0.85 41 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 109.5 30 89.4 106 100.0
Opportunity Rate 45.0% 5 39.4% 81 38.5%
Power Success Rate 82.5% 3 64.4% 47 67.7%
Stuff Rate 16.8% 28 15.4% 111 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Devin Singletary RB 5'9, 200 SO 301 1920 32 6.4 6.5 44.2% 4 (3)
Gregory Howell, Jr. RB 6'1, 215 SR 112 740 5 6.6 5.6 44.6% 1 (1)
Jason Driskel QB 6'2, 210 JR 77 457 8 5.9 5.9 51.9% 5 (0)
Kerrith Whyte, Jr. RB 5'10, 200 SO 55 347 2 6.3 8.4 36.4% 0 (0)
Willie Wright WR 5'8, 155 FR 19 139 1 7.3 5.5 63.2% 1 (1)
John Franklin III WR 6'1, 186 SR 16 229 2 14.3 16.7 62.5% 2 (1)
Daniel Parr QB 6'3, 210 SO 16 69 2 4.3 5.4 25.0% 2 (0)
Marcus Clark RB 5'8, 190 SR 13 60 0 4.6 3.8 38.5% 0 (0)
Gerald Hearns RB 5'8, 208 JR 11 67 0 6.1 3.8 54.5% 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+ 99.0 71 99.8 68 100.0
Passing Success Rate 41.3% 59 41.7% 78 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.71 13 1.30 19 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 141.4 24 108.5 51 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Jason Driskel 6'2, 210 JR 185 278 2247 15 4 66.5% 7 2.5% 7.8
Daniel Parr 6'3, 210 SO 43 75 588 4 2 57.3% 9 10.7% 6.5
De'Andre Johnson 6'2, 205 SO 2 3 5 0 1 66.7% 0 0.0% 1.7

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Willie Wright WR 5'8, 155 FR 82 56 657 6 11.7 8.0 68.3% 42.7% 23.4%
Kamrin Solomon WR 6'2, 205 SR 48 33 404 1 12.2 8.4 68.8% 43.8% 13.7%
Kalib Woods WR 6'3, 193 SR 43 24 619 4 25.8 14.4 55.8% 51.2% 12.3%
Harrison Bryant TE 6'5, 225 SO 40 32 408 5 12.8 10.2 80.0% 65.0% 11.4%
DeAndre McNeal WR 6'1, 215 JR 39 23 317 2 13.8 8.1 59.0% 38.5% 11.1%
Devin Singletary RB 5'9, 200 SO 24 19 198 1 10.4 8.3 79.2% 41.7% 6.9%
Tavaris Harrison WR 6'3, 187 SO 15 8 77 0 9.6 5.1 53.3% 13.3% 4.3%
Henry Bussey III WR 5'9, 180 SR 14 9 64 0 7.1 4.6 64.3% 21.4% 4.0%
John Franklin III WR 6'1, 186 SR 12 7 79 1 11.3 6.6 58.3% 33.3% 3.4%
D'Anfernee McGriff WR 6'1, 215 SO 9 8 66 1 8.3 7.3 88.9% 55.6% 2.6%
John Raine TE 6'2, 230 SO 7 6 50 0 8.3 7.1 85.7% 42.9% 2.0%
Kerrith Whyte, Jr. RB 5'10, 200 SO 7 7 46 0 6.6 6.6 100.0% 71.4% 2.0%
LaDante Harris WR 5'10, 170 SO 3 2 9 0 4.5 3.0 66.7% 33.3% 0.9%
Nate Terry WR 6'7, 210 SR 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
Marcus Clark RB 5'8, 190 SR 1 1 2 0 2.0 2.0 100.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Daniel Parr QB 6'3, 210 SO 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 112.6 22 98.7 74 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 52.7% 7 45.4% 56 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.12 38 0.95 17 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.35 11 2.97 71 2.92
SD Sack Rate 2.6% 12 6.6% 33 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 112.1 35 96.9 81 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 34.5% 26 33.7% 102 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.78 12 1.40 28 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.90 101 3.84 116 3.22
PD Sack Rate 5.9% 43 5.5% 101 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 117.1 33 100.4 65
Q2 S&P+ 117.7 22 104.2 56
Q3 S&P+ 114.3 35 97.3 80
Q4 S&P+ 126.6 5 112.7 20
1st Down S&P+ 119.5 16 101.8 54
2nd Down S&P+ 118.4 20 103.1 62
3rd Down S&P+ 117.9 25 105.6 46
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 66.1% 30 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 47.8% 9 35.3%
Adj. Pace -4.7 2 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 67.5% 109 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 60.9% 51 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 34.5% 74 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 14.9% 80 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 4.9% 61 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 3.2% 99 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 6.8% 55 6.5%
PD to INC 28.9% 112 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
Azeez Al-Shaair LB 6'2, 228 JR 109.0 10.5 (2.5) 12 0 (4) 1 45.3%
Rashad Smith LB 6'2, 210 SO 74.0 12 (6) 8 0 (5) 1 42.2%
Jalen Young S 5'11, 185 JR 59.0 2.5 (0) 8 7 (1) 1 51.9%
Zyon Gilbert DB 6'1, 180 FR 41.0 2.5 (0) 3 0 (1) 0 67.3%
Leighton McCarthy DE 6'3, 205 SO 40.5 9 (4.5) 6 1 (1) 1 39.2%
Hunter Snyder DL 6'7, 260 JR 40.0 8 (6) 8 0 (2) 0 24.6%
Shelton Lewis CB 6'0, 185 JR 39.0 0 (0) 0 4 (8) 1 80.9%
Andrew Soroh DB 6'2, 210 JR 35.5 2.5 (0) 8 1 (2) 0 55.3%
Herb Miller DB 6'2, 190 JR 30.0 2.5 (0) 7 1 (4) 1 41.7%
Quran Hafiz S 6'0, 185 FR 29.5 4 (0.5) 6 0 (1) 1 43.2%
Chris Tooley CB 5'11, 178 SO 27.5 1 (0) 2 4 (5) 1 82.4%
Steven Leggett DL 6'1, 290 JR 24.0 5.5 (1.5) 9 0 (0) 0 13.2%
Jeremiah Taleni DT 6'1, 285 SR 23.0 5.5 (5) 2 0 (0) 0 15.6%
Hosea Barnwell V LB 6'0, 210 SO 19.5 0 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 52.0%
Raekwon Williams DB 5'11, 185 SR 19.0 0 (0) 0 1 (5) 0 64.0%
Kevin McCrary DT 6'2, 285 SO 17.5 2 (1.5) 4 0 (1) 0 24.0%
James Pierre S 6'2, 175 FR 17.5 1.5 (0) 2 0 (2) 0 29.4%
Korel Smith CB 5'10, 175 FR 16.5 0.5 (0.5) 0 0 (0) 0 73.3%
Kris Harris LB 6'0, 225 JR 15.5 0 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 52.6%
William Davis DT 6'0, 275 SO 14.5 2.5 (1) 6 0 (0) 0 14.3%
Nick Internicola DL 6'3, 255 SR 11.5 2 (1) 1 0 (0) 0 23.5%
Haiden Nagel DL 6'4, 255 SR 11.0 3 (2.5) 2 0 (0) 0 5.9%
Ernest Bagner DE 6'4, 245 JR 11.0 2.5 (2.5) 2 0 (1) 0 15.4%
Tim Bonner DE 6'5, 225 SO 7.0 1 (1) 1 0 (0) 1 60.0%
Khantrell Burden LB 6'1, 220 JR 7.0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 66.7%

* 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+ 0.7 13
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.07 60
Punt Success Rate 68.1% 24
Kickoff Success Rate 91.3% 8
Punt Return Success Rate 64.7% 21
Kick Return Success Rate 50.0% 35
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Greg Joseph 6'1, 210 SR 64-68 15-21 71.4%
Ryan Rickel 6'0, 190 SR 1-1 0-0 #DIV/0!
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Ryan Rickel 6'0, 190 SR 47 42.4 1 19 13 68.1%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Greg Joseph 6'1, 210 SR 101 63.4 77 76.2% 0 1 2 1
Ryan Rickel 6'0, 190 SR 0 0.0 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Jalen Young 5'11, 185 JR 9 12.4 0 4 0 (0)
Henry Bussey III 5'9, 180 SR 3 3.0 0 3 0 (0)
Shelton Lewis 6'0, 185 JR 2 3.5 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Kerrith Whyte, Jr. 5'10, 200 SO 23 24.7 1 0 0 (0)
Tyrek Tisdale 6'2, 188 FR 5 13.0 0 0 0 (0)
Marcus Clark 5'8, 190 SR 2 22.5 0 0 0 (0)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
Akileis Leroy LB 5'11, 235 FR 5.0 14.2
Korel Smith CB 5'10, 175 FR 3.5 4.3
James Pierre S 6'2, 175 FR 3.5 12.5 19.0
Tim Bonner DE 6'5, 225 SO 3.0 18.7
Bobby Mitchell WR 6'2, 190 JR 2.0 16.0

Stats via SportSource Analytics