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2017 Georgia Southern advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/3/18

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Georgia Southern Eagles (Sun Belt)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 2-10 | Second-order wins (diff.): 3.1 (1.1) | S&P+ Rk: 120
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
2-Sep at Auburn 10 7-41 L 0% -45.6 6% 2% 20%
9-Sep New Hampshire N/A 12-22 L 9% -12.4 23% 11% 67%
23-Sep at Indiana 51 17-52 L 1% -20.2 14% 39% 13%
4-Oct Arkansas State 25 25-43 L 16% -9.3 33% 59% 19%
14-Oct New Mexico State 72 27-35 L 25% -6.2 37% 41% 42%
21-Oct at Massachusetts 84 20-55 L 0% -28.5 9% 43% 4%
28-Oct at Troy 31 16-38 L 0% -28.6 11% 14% 16%
4-Nov Georgia State 96 17-21 L 56% 1.5 54% 27% 78%
9-Nov at Appalachian State 18 6-27 L 0% -31.0 10% 4% 39%
18-Nov South Alabama 98 52-0 W 100% 41.9 94% 93% 97%
25-Nov at UL-Lafayette 113 34-24 W 91% 12.2 74% 80% 59%
2-Dec at Coastal Carolina 111 17-28 L 16% -9.3 28% 27% 46%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 18.7 125 30.8 94
Points Per Game 20.8 115 32.2 94
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 36.8% 119 42.4% 80 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 0.93 130 1.44 129 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 29.7 67 31.5 113 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 3.90 113 4.53 81 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -5.7 114 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+2.38
ACTUAL 0 64
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 96.2 83 82.4 124 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 39.6% 97 44.8% 94 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.83 94 1.16 128 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 101 69 86.6 116 100.0
Opportunity Rate 37.6% 75 40.7% 101 38.5%
Power Success Rate 74.5% 25 67.9% 70 67.7%
Stuff Rate 18.4% 50 22.4% 34 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Shai Werts QB 5'11, 190 FR 183 874 3 4.8 4.7 41.0% 11 (4)
Wesley Fields RB 6'0, 200 JR 173 811 5 4.7 4.3 41.6% 3 (2)
L.A. Ramsby RB 5'11, 200 SR 141 578 6 4.1 2.7 32.6% 5 (2)
Kado Brown QB 6'1, 195 JR 48 171 2 3.6 3.1 33.3% 5 (1)
Monteo Garrett RB 5'10, 190 JR 33 243 2 7.4 8.3 42.4% 1 (0)
Demarcus Godfrey RB 5'9, 195 SR 12 67 1 5.6 7.8 25.0% 1 (0)
Wesley Kennedy III WR 5'10, 165 FR 9 110 0 12.2 18.9 44.4% 1 (0)
Myles Campbell WR 5'6, 165 SR 8 22 0 2.8 5.5 37.5% 4 (2)
Malik Henry WR 6'0, 175 JR 3 5 0 1.7 0.0 0.0% 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+ 68.3 129 100.7 61 100.0
Passing Success Rate 27.8% 129 40.0% 63 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.41 77 1.76 124 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 55.8 123 121.2 32 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Shai Werts 5'11, 190 FR 85 152 929 7 5 55.9% 24 13.6% 4.4
Kado Brown 6'1, 195 JR 18 30 354 1 2 60.0% 6 16.7% 9.1
LaBaron Anthony 6'0, 195 JR 1 10 7 0 0 10.0% 1 9.1% 0.5

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Malik Henry WR 6'0, 175 JR 37 20 268 1 13.4 7.2 54.1% 40.5% 21.4%
Myles Campbell WR 5'6, 165 SR 27 17 120 1 7.1 4.4 63.0% 33.3% 15.6%
Obe Fortune WR 6'1, 190 SO 25 15 189 1 12.6 7.6 60.0% 36.0% 14.5%
Mark Michaud WR 6'4, 220 SO 18 7 173 0 24.7 9.6 38.9% 33.3% 10.4%
D'Ondre Glenn WR 6'5, 220 SO 16 9 135 1 15.0 8.4 56.2% 31.2% 9.2%
Ellis Richardson HB 6'3, 225 JR 13 9 185 3 20.6 14.2 69.2% 61.5% 7.5%
Wesley Fields RB 6'0, 200 JR 13 11 71 1 6.5 5.5 84.6% 30.8% 7.5%
Darion Anderson WR 6'0, 180 FR 10 6 106 0 17.7 10.6 60.0% 60.0% 5.8%
Wesley Kennedy III WR 5'10, 165 FR 6 4 5 0 1.3 0.8 66.7% 0.0% 3.5%
L.A. Ramsby RB 5'11, 200 SR 3 3 14 0 4.7 4.7 100.0% 66.7% 1.7%
Demarcus Godfrey RB 5'9, 195 SR 2 2 18 0 9.0 9.0 100.0% 50.0% 1.2%
Monteo Garrett RB 5'10, 190 JR 2 1 6 0 6.0 3.0 50.0% 50.0% 1.2%
Shai Werts QB 5'11, 190 FR 1 1 30 0 30.0 30.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.6%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 93.8 98 92.5 101 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 44.4% 98 46.5% 64 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 0.84 128 1.36 130 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.72 96 3.14 96 2.92
SD Sack Rate 4.9% 64 6.9% 27 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 66.0 129 92.1 95 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 20.4% 129 33.7% 101 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.35 111 1.68 104 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.09 85 3.09 53 3.22
PD Sack Rate 15.7% 126 8.0% 54 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 103.4 61 87.1 105
Q2 S&P+ 74.3 129 86.3 112
Q3 S&P+ 91.4 101 89.1 102
Q4 S&P+ 71.6 127 104.4 43
1st Down S&P+ 80.7 129 87.4 111
2nd Down S&P+ 83.7 120 93.2 94
3rd Down S&P+ 84.7 112 96.3 84
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 85.1% 5 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 56.5% 5 35.3%
Adj. Pace +0.5 73 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 73.9% 68 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 59.4% 72 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 30.9% 98 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 17.6% 39 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 6.3% 31 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 3.9% 81 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 7.4% 32 6.5%
PD to INC 40.5% 12 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
RJ Murray S 6'0, 205 JR 50.0 4.5 (0) 8 0 (2) 1 61.3%
Chris DeLaRosa LB 6'1, 225 SR 44.5 3.5 (2) 5 2 (1) 1 24.5%
Joshua Moon S 6'0, 190 JR 37.5 3.5 (1) 5 2 (2) 0 55.3%
Rashad Byrd LB 6'0, 230 FR 37.5 2 (0) 4 0 (4) 0 34.9%
Tomarcio Reese LB 5'11, 220 JR 34.5 4 (2.5) 3 0 (2) 0 46.7%
Jay Bowdry S 6'0, 200 SO 32.0 1 (0) 3 1 (0) 0 62.2%
Monquavion Brinson CB 5'11, 175 SO 30.5 0 (0) 0 5 (12) 0 67.6%
Raymond Johnson III DE 6'3, 225 FR 30.0 6.5 (4) 5 0 (0) 0 13.9%
Sean Freeman S 6'0, 190 JR 26.5 1.5 (0) 3 0 (3) 0 65.6%
Logan Hunt DE 6'2, 270 JR 26.0 11 (5) 9 0 (0) 0 12.5%
Ty Phillips DT 6'3, 290 SO 21.0 8 (2) 13 0 (2) 1 10.7%
Todd Bradley LB 6'0, 230 SO 19.0 5 (1) 6 0 (0) 0 36.0%
Kindle Vildor CB 5'11, 180 SO 18.5 1.5 (1) 1 3 (7) 1 66.7%
Deshon Cooper DE 6'3, 250 JR 18.0 3.5 (1.5) 9 0 (7) 1 16.0%
Darrell Baker Jr. CB 6'1, 190 FR 16.5 1 (0) 2 1 (0) 1 61.9%
Traver Vliem DE 6'4, 260 FR 14.0 3 (2) 1 0 (0) 0 26.3%
Lane Ecton LB 5'11, 190 SO 14.0 2 (0) 4 0 (3) 0 40.0%
Jessie Liptrot CB 6'0, 190 SO 9.0 1 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 72.7%
Darrius Sapp DT 6'1, 320 SR 8.5 1 (0) 4 0 (0) 0 8.3%
Randy Wade Jr. DE 6'2, 240 FR 8.0 1 (0) 3 0 (0) 0 22.2%
Chris Harris Jr. LB 6'1, 235 FR 6.5 0 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 50.0%
George Johnson Jr. WR 5'9, 165 JR 3.5 0 (0) 0 (0) 0
Quan Griffin DT 6'3, 260 FR 2.5 2 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 33.3%
Demarcus Godfrey RB 5'9, 195 SR 2.5 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 100.0%
Martial Washington S 6'3, 210 FR 2.0 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+ 0.6 21
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.36 14
Punt Success Rate 50.0% 101
Kickoff Success Rate 94.4% 3
Punt Return Success Rate 60.0% 28
Kick Return Success Rate 53.1% 25
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Tyler Bass 5'10, 175 SO 27-28 15-19 78.9%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Matt Flynn 6'0, 200 SR 67 40.1 6 25 14 58.2%
Tyler Bass 5'10, 175 SO 2 49.5 0 0 1 50.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Tyler Bass 5'10, 175 SO 54 64.2 46 85.2% 0 1 1 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Myles Campbell 5'6, 165 SR 12 8.0 0 19 0 (0)
Wesley Kennedy III 5'10, 165 FR 3 15.7 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Myles Campbell 5'6, 165 SR 36 21.9 0 1 3 (1)
Wesley Kennedy III 5'10, 165 FR 2 35.0 0 0 0 (0)
Rashad Byrd 6'0, 230 FR 2 15.0 0 0 0 (0)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
George Johnson Jr. WR 5'9, 165 JR 3.5 2.7 29.0
Chris DeLaRosa LB 6'1, 225 SR 3.0 5.3
Lane Ecton LB 5'11, 190 SO 2.5 5.0 18.0
Dexter Carter Jr. WR 6'0, 180 FR 1.5 20.0
Demarcus Godfrey RB 5'9, 195 SR 1.5 0.0 29.0

Stats via SportSource Analytics