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2017 Ohio advanced statistical profile

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Ohio Bobcats (MAC East)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 9-4 | Second-order wins (diff.): 8.7 (-0.3) | S&P+ Rk: 22
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
2-Sep Hampton N/A 59-0 W 100% 50.9 93% 93% 99%
8-Sep at Purdue 41 21-44 L 2% -19.7 15% 47% 8%
16-Sep Kansas 125 42-30 W 86% 10.0 70% 89% 36%
23-Sep at Eastern Michigan 70 27-20 W 36% -3.3 44% 22% 71%
30-Sep at Massachusetts 84 58-50 W 96% 16.5 82% 96% 15%
7-Oct Central Michigan 79 23-26 L 45% -1.2 48% 40% 58%
14-Oct at Bowling Green 109 48-30 W 80% 7.7 65% 77% 42%
21-Oct Kent State 126 48-3 W 100% 44.2 93% 91% 97%
31-Oct Miami-OH 56 45-28 W 97% 17.3 85% 91% 42%
8-Nov Toledo 30 38-10 W 100% 29.5 94% 89% 79%
14-Nov at Akron 112 34-37 L 14% -10.1 26% 69% 15%
24-Nov at Buffalo 75 24-31 L 14% -9.9 29% 38% 37%
22-Dec vs. UAB 76 41-6 W 100% 42.2 97% 95% 91%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 33.2 30 25.0 48
Points Per Game 42.3 9 26.3 48
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 46.4% 14 37.7% 30 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.19 53 1.18 74 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 33.5 8 28.6 44 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 5.14 10 4.52 79 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 4.3 34 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-3.20
ACTUAL -4 90
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 114.4 20 100.4 64 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 50.0% 6 34.4% 9 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.03 23 0.87 48 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 102 60 98 69 100.0
Opportunity Rate 43.9% 9 34.8% 33 38.5%
Power Success Rate 67.9% 61 64.7% 49 67.7%
Stuff Rate 20.0% 72 23.8% 15 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
A.J. Ouellette RB 5'9, 205 JR 192 1006 7 5.2 4.8 39.1% 3 (3)
Nathan Rourke QB 6'2, 209 SO 121 1008 21 8.3 7.1 61.2% 6 (5)
Dorian Brown RB 5'11, 208 SR 113 737 11 6.5 7.8 43.4% 2 (1)
Julian Ross RB 5'9, 186 FR 62 239 3 3.9 4.3 30.6% 0 (0)
David Burroughs RB 5'7, 182 JR 19 169 0 8.9 17.0 31.6% 1 (1)
Quinton Maxwell QB 6'3, 224 SO 11 5 0 0.5 3.1 18.2% 2 (0)
Dylan Wears RB 5'9, 196 SO 10 51 2 5.1 2.9 60.0% 0 (0)
Papi White WR 5'9, 168 JR 4 46 0 11.5 8.3 75.0% 0 (0)
Michael Farkas K 6'4, 195 SO 1 16 0 16.0 8.5 100.0% 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+ 101.5 61 96.8 78 100.0
Passing Success Rate 40.7% 65 40.1% 66 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.50 49 1.38 46 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 113.2 50 78.2 100 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Nathan Rourke 6'2, 209 SO 161 292 2203 17 7 55.1% 16 5.2% 6.8
Quinton Maxwell 6'3, 224 SO 15 27 230 2 2 55.6% 0 0.0% 8.5

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Andrew Meyer WR 6'0, 187 JR 66 35 483 2 13.8 7.3 53.0% 40.9% 21.8%
Papi White WR 5'9, 168 JR 63 36 631 3 17.5 10.0 57.1% 47.6% 20.8%
Brendan Cope WR 6'2, 198 SR 53 35 494 4 14.1 9.3 66.0% 58.5% 17.5%
Cameron Odom WR 6'1, 188 FR 39 20 308 3 15.4 7.9 51.3% 41.0% 12.9%
Troy Mangen TE 6'6, 256 SR 19 11 139 2 12.6 7.3 57.9% 47.4% 6.3%
A.J. Ouellette RB 5'9, 205 JR 13 10 97 1 9.7 7.5 76.9% 46.2% 4.3%
Jerrid Marhefka WR 6'0, 191 SR 10 9 107 1 11.9 10.7 90.0% 80.0% 3.3%
Mason Morgan TE 6'7, 253 SR 8 7 80 2 11.4 10.0 87.5% 75.0% 2.6%
DL Knock WR 5'8, 195 SO 8 4 25 1 6.3 3.1 50.0% 50.0% 2.6%
Dorian Brown RB 5'11, 208 SR 7 3 16 0 5.3 2.3 42.9% 14.3% 2.3%
Julian Ross RB 5'9, 186 FR 5 2 13 0 6.5 2.6 40.0% 20.0% 1.7%
Matt Seymour WR 6'2, 190 FR 3 1 6 0 6.0 2.0 33.3% 33.3% 1.0%
Bryan Long Jr. WR 5'8, 170 FR 2 1 23 0 23.0 11.5 50.0% 50.0% 0.7%
Nathan Rourke QB 6'2, 209 SO 2 2 18 1 9.0 9.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.7%
David Burroughs RB 5'7, 182 JR 2 2 11 0 5.5 5.5 100.0% 50.0% 0.7%
Connor Brown TE 6'6, 251 JR 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+ 111.9 24 93.6 97 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 53.2% 4 42.8% 29 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.12 42 1.18 110 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.20 28 2.39 13 2.92
SD Sack Rate 2.3% 5 3.2% 105 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 96.0 78 107.9 48 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 29.3% 80 28.3% 39 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.52 66 1.20 3 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.36 55 3.38 83 3.22
PD Sack Rate 9.1% 87 7.6% 65 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 102.3 66 97.3 75
Q2 S&P+ 110.5 43 90.6 101
Q3 S&P+ 131.0 8 127.8 11
Q4 S&P+ 109.7 37 98.5 71
1st Down S&P+ 114.5 29 101.6 55
2nd Down S&P+ 110.2 39 95.5 87
3rd Down S&P+ 109.4 43 112.0 33
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 67.8% 25 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 43.7% 18 35.3%
Adj. Pace +0.4 72 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 64.1% 124 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 47.5% 130 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 33.3% 89 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 18.4% 28 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 5.0% 59 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 5.6% 31 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 7.5% 30 6.5%
PD to INC 38.0% 18 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
Quentin Poling LB 6'0, 235 SR 78.0 12.5 (5.5) 11 0 (4) 3 41.1%
Javon Hagan S 6'0, 207 SO 65.0 0.5 (0) 4 1 (7) 1 56.1%
Chad Moore LB 6'0, 222 SR 59.0 6.5 (1) 10 3 (4) 2 39.7%
Evan Croutch LB 6'0, 227 JR 54.5 6 (2.5) 6 0 (2) 1 42.9%
Bradd Ellis CB 5'10, 177 SR 49.5 2 (0) 3 2 (19) 1 65.5%
Kylan Nelson S 5'10, 192 JR 40.5 3 (0) 4 0 (8) 0 68.6%
Jalen Fox CB 5'11, 186 JR 34.5 1 (1) 0 2 (11) 0 70.7%
Kevin Robbins DL 6'4, 250 SR 25.0 6 (0.5) 10 0 (1) 0 12.5%
Tyler Gullett S 6'3, 211 JR 25.0 0 (0) 0 0 (3) 0 76.5%
Grant Cunningham S 6'0, 205 SR 23.5 0.5 (0) 1 0 (0) 1 64.3%
Trent Smart DE 6'4, 260 SR 23.0 4 (3) 6 0 (1) 0 15.6%
Cleon Aloese DL 6'0, 295 SR 20.5 5 (2) 9 0 (3) 0 10.7%
Tony Porter DL 6'1, 278 SR 20.5 2.5 (2.5) 6 0 (3) 0 20.7%
Kent Berger DL 6'5, 277 JR 14.0 4 (2) 5 0 (0) 0 21.1%
Marlin Brooks CB 5'10, 165 FR 14.0 0.5 (0) 1 0 (1) 0 58.8%
Andrew Payne DL 6'2, 276 JR 13.5 4.5 (3) 4 0 (0) 0 20.0%
Dylan Conner LB 5'11, 216 FR 13.0 1.5 (0.5) 2 1 (0) 0 41.7%
Eric Popp LB 6'0, 228 SO 11.5 1 (0.5) 2 0 (0) 0 33.3%
Cody Grilliot LB 6'1, 229 SR 11.5 1 (0) 2 0 (0) 1 40.0%
Will Evans DL 6'2, 243 FR 11.0 3.5 (1.5) 3 0 (0) 0 26.7%
DL Knock WR 5'8, 195 SO 9.0 0 (0) 0 (0) 0
Wyatt Shallman DL 6'3, 266 SR 8.5 2 (1) 5 0 (1) 0 23.1%
Austin Clack LB 6'0, 224 SO 8.5 1.5 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 25.0%
Austin Conrad TE 6'2, 250 FR 8.0 2 (0.5) 2 0 (0) 0 22.2%
Chukwudi Chukwu DL 6'1, 249 SO 7.5 1 (0) 6 0 (0) 1 18.2%

* 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 14
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.52 5
Punt Success Rate 59.6% 56
Kickoff Success Rate 69.9% 80
Punt Return Success Rate 54.5% 45
Kick Return Success Rate 50.0% 35
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Louie Zervos 5'9, 174 SO 61-64 15-18 83.3%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Michael Farkas 6'4, 195 SO 58 40.6 3 22 16 65.5%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Michael Farkas 6'4, 195 SO 93 58.6 20 21.5% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Kylan Nelson 5'10, 192 JR 8 9.5 0 7 0 (0)
Papi White 5'9, 168 JR 8 8.9 0 12 0 (0)
DL Knock 5'8, 195 SO 4 4.3 0 3 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Dorian Brown 5'11, 208 SR 11 25.5 0 0 0 (0)
Julian Ross 5'9, 186 FR 6 31.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kylan Nelson 5'10, 192 JR 5 17.4 0 0 0 (0)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
Tyler Gullett S 6'3, 211 JR 12.0 3.3 26.7
Grant Cunningham S 6'0, 205 SR 12.0 11.0 14.3
DL Knock WR 5'8, 195 SO 9.0 19.8
Austin Clack LB 6'0, 224 SO 5.5 15.0
Cody Grilliot LB 6'1, 229 SR 4.5 5.0 13.5

Stats via SportSource Analytics