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2017 Kansas advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/3/18

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Kansas Jayhawks (Big 12)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 1-11 | Second-order wins (diff.): 1.5 (0.5) | S&P+ Rk: 125
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
2-Sep SE Missouri State N/A 38-16 W 100% 28.0 89% 85% 81%
9-Sep Central Michigan 79 27-45 L 3% -17.5 17% 56% 13%
16-Sep at Ohio 22 30-42 L 14% -10.0 31% 64% 11%
23-Sep West Virginia 63 34-56 L 3% -17.2 18% 71% 7%
7-Oct Texas Tech 58 19-65 L 0% -38.0 5% 30% 2%
14-Oct at Iowa State 44 0-45 L 0% -33.3 7% NULL 46%
21-Oct at TCU 14 0-43 L 0% -43.0 7% NULL 12%
28-Oct Kansas State 64 20-30 L 18% -8.5 32% 31% 42%
4-Nov Baylor 106 9-38 L 0% -35.1 4% 4% 26%
11-Nov at Texas 50 27-42 L 8% -13.2 24% 42% 27%
18-Nov Oklahoma 9 3-41 L 0% -37.1 8% 4% 21%
25-Nov at Oklahoma State 12 17-58 L 0% -25.3 13% 22% 7%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 17.9 127 32.8 104
Points Per Game 18.7 120 43.4 129
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 33.0% 129 44.3% 95 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.16 67 1.32 115 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 27.0 120 36.2 130 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.19 90 5.02 115 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -8.9 126 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-3.36
ACTUAL -17 128
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 85.9 114 100.9 62 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 32.4% 130 42.1% 69 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.84 89 0.91 63 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 80.1 127 101.5 56 100.0
Opportunity Rate 31.1% 130 35.2% 37 38.5%
Power Success Rate 52.4% 128 63.0% 34 67.7%
Stuff Rate 24.3% 124 24.1% 14 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Khalil Herbert RB 5'9, 200 SO 120 663 4 5.5 8.8 31.7% 1 (0)
Taylor Martin RB 5'10, 200 JR 90 286 3 3.2 3.3 28.9% 0 (0)
Dom Williams RB 5'10, 190 FR 51 176 3 3.5 2.0 31.4% 1 (1)
Carter Stanley QB 6'2, 196 SO 43 162 0 3.8 4.3 32.6% 4 (2)
Deron Thompson RB 5'9, 185 JR 28 86 0 3.1 2.1 32.1% 0 (0)
Peyton Bender QB 6'1, 190 JR 8 14 0 1.8 2.0 25.0% 2 (1)
Ryan Schadler WR 5'11, 191 JR 5 20 1 4.0 28.3 20.0% 1 (1)
Steven Sims Jr. WR 5'10, 176 JR 5 5 0 1.0 4.2 40.0% 2 (2)
Reese Randall RB 5'11, 216 JR 3 10 0 3.3 0.5 33.3% 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+ 79.6 122 88.2 108 100.0
Passing Success Rate 33.4% 113 46.7% 117 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.39 86 1.71 120 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 102.6 66 110.6 49 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Peyton Bender 6'1, 190 JR 148 273 1609 10 10 54.2% 17 5.9% 5.2
Carter Stanley 6'2, 196 SO 101 185 1108 4 7 54.6% 12 6.1% 5.3

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Steven Sims Jr. WR 5'10, 176 JR 94 59 840 6 14.2 8.9 62.8% 46.8% 21.5%
Ben Johnson TE 6'5, 245 SR 60 30 363 1 12.1 6.1 50.0% 33.3% 13.7%
Jeremiah Booker WR 6'2, 200 JR 48 22 287 2 13.1 6.0 45.8% 37.5% 11.0%
Chase Harrell WR 6'4, 215 SO 47 25 221 3 8.8 4.7 53.2% 40.4% 10.8%
Evan Fairs WR 6'3, 195 SO 45 24 335 1 14.0 7.4 53.3% 40.0% 10.3%
Ryan Schadler WR 5'11, 191 JR 35 21 180 0 8.6 5.1 60.0% 34.3% 8.0%
Quan Hampton WR 5'8, 170 FR 28 21 145 0 6.9 5.2 75.0% 42.9% 6.4%
Kerr Johnson Jr. WR 5'11, 180 JR 17 8 92 0 11.5 5.4 47.1% 23.5% 3.9%
Tyler Patrick WR 6'0, 177 JR 15 9 111 0 12.3 7.4 60.0% 40.0% 3.4%
Khalil Herbert RB 5'9, 200 SO 12 8 38 0 4.8 3.2 66.7% 25.0% 2.7%
Dom Williams RB 5'10, 190 FR 11 7 49 0 7.0 4.5 63.6% 36.4% 2.5%
Taylor Martin RB 5'10, 200 JR 11 9 21 0 2.3 1.9 81.8% 0.0% 2.5%
Deron Thompson RB 5'9, 185 JR 8 4 27 0 6.8 3.4 50.0% 12.5% 1.8%
Daylon Charlot S 6'0, 195 SO 3 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 33.3% 0.0% 0.7%
Earl Bostick Jr. OL 6'6, 270 FR 2 1 8 1 8.0 4.0 50.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Kwamie Lassiter II WR 5'11, 165 FR 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 83.8 128 95.7 86 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 38.6% 128 49.2% 96 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.03 79 1.20 119 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.13 129 2.74 48 2.92
SD Sack Rate 5.6% 77 3.6% 96 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 84.5 115 91.8 99 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 23.7% 125 33.3% 98 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.50 72 1.69 106 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.34 124 3.26 75 3.22
PD Sack Rate 5.4% 33 9.4% 28 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 76.8 124 96.8 78
Q2 S&P+ 76.3 127 92.6 94
Q3 S&P+ 99.5 73 99.6 71
Q4 S&P+ 81.6 121 95.2 91
1st Down S&P+ 82.2 127 95.0 92
2nd Down S&P+ 81.1 124 101.1 64
3rd Down S&P+ 85.5 109 88.7 106
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 49.4% 118 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 31.2% 83 35.3%
Adj. Pace -1.1 38 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 84.6% 8 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 61.8% 42 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 28.1% 120 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 15.6% 67 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 6.0% 40 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 4.6% 53 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 5.0% 110 6.5%
PD to INC 32.5% 80 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
Joe Dineen Jr. LB 6'2, 230 JR 115.0 25 (2.5) 34 0 (2) 1 30.7%
Mike Lee S 5'11, 176 SO 64.0 2 (0) 8 2 (1) 0 61.4%
Bryce Torneden S 5'10, 190 SO 53.5 5 (2) 6 0 (1) 0 57.4%
Dorance Armstrong Jr. DE 6'4, 246 JR 47.5 9 (1.5) 17 0 (4) 3 22.2%
Tyrone Miller Jr. S 6'0, 182 JR 42.5 2 (0) 3 0 (3) 0 48.9%
Daniel Wise DT 6'3, 290 JR 42.0 16 (7) 18 0 (1) 1 17.3%
Keith Loneker Jr. LB 6'2, 225 JR 39.5 3.5 (1.5) 5 0 (1) 1 40.0%
Hasan Defense CB 5'11, 180 SO 38.0 1 (0) 0 2 (9) 0 69.0%
Osaze Ogbebor LB 6'1, 220 JR 36.0 5 (2) 8 0 (0) 0 22.2%
Kyle Mayberry CB 5'10, 175 SO 27.0 1.5 (0) 2 0 (3) 0 70.4%
Shakial Taylor CB 6'0, 175 JR 20.0 0 (0) 0 0 (3) 0 86.4%
Derrick Neal CB 5'11, 180 SR 19.5 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 66.7%
J.J. Holmes DT 6'3, 335 JR 19.0 2 (1) 7 0 (1) 0 12.5%
Shaquille Richmond S 6'0, 195 SO 17.5 2 (0) 1 0 (1) 0 73.7%
Josh Ehambe DE 6'3, 247 JR 16.5 6.5 (2) 8 0 (1) 1 33.3%
KeyShaun Simmons DL 6'2, 285 JR 15.0 4.5 (1.5) 5 0 (0) 0 6.3%
Kyron Johnson LB 6'1, 210 FR 14.5 0.5 (0) 1 0 (0) 1 66.7%
DeAnte Ford CB 5'10, 175 SO 14.0 1 (0) 1 0 (1) 0 64.3%
Dru Prox LB 6'1, 215 FR 9.5 0.5 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 70.0%
Emmanuel Moore S 6'0, 190 JR 8.0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 100.0%
Jacky Dezir DT 6'1, 290 SR 7.5 0 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 20.0%
Isaiah Bean DE 6'4, 220 SO 6.5 1 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 42.9%
Julian Chandler CB 6'0, 185 SO 5.5 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 1 83.3%
DeeIsaac Davis DT 6'3, 300 SR 4.0 1 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 20.0%
Chase Harrell WR 6'4, 215 SO 4.0 0 (0) 0 (0) 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+ 0.2 54
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.37 13
Punt Success Rate 43.7% 121
Kickoff Success Rate 56.9% 122
Punt Return Success Rate 69.2% 16
Kick Return Success Rate 58.8% 13
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Gabriel Rui 5'11, 215 JR 23-23 17-20 85.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Cole Moos 5'11, 190 SR 83 39.6 3 24 20 53.0%
Kyle Thompson 6'4, 210 FR 4 36.8 0 4 2 150.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Liam Jones 5'10, 170 FR 48 58.9 17 35.4% 0 1 0 0
Gabriel Rui 5'11, 215 JR 2 38.0 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0
Cole Moos 5'11, 190 SR 1 12.0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Steven Sims Jr. 5'10, 176 JR 12 6.4 0 23 2 (2)
Tyler Patrick 6'0, 177 JR 1 4.0 0 0 1 (1)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Ryan Schadler 5'11, 191 JR 25 22.5 0 0 0 (0)
Steven Sims Jr. 5'10, 176 JR 14 25.4 0 0 0 (0)
Daylon Charlot 6'0, 195 SO 5 16.4 0 0 0 (0)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
Kyron Johnson LB 6'1, 210 FR 12.0 13.0 26.8
Emmanuel Moore S 6'0, 190 JR 4.0 6.5 18.3
Chase Harrell WR 6'4, 215 SO 4.0 19.0 13.0
Kyle Mayberry CB 5'10, 175 SO 3.0 -3.0 21.5
Ryan Schadler WR 5'11, 191 JR 3.0 13.0 19.0

Stats via SportSource Analytics