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2017 South Alabama advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/3/18

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South Alabama Jaguars (Sun Belt)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 4-8 | Second-order wins (diff.): 3.7 (-0.3) | S&P+ Rk: 98
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
2-Sep at Ole Miss 42 27-47 L 1% -22.6 13% 50% 7%
8-Sep Oklahoma State 12 7-44 L 0% -33.1 9% 4% 25%
16-Sep Alabama A&M N/A 45-0 W 100% 44.3 93% 77% 98%
23-Sep Idaho 99 23-29 L 23% -6.8 34% 44% 40%
30-Sep at Louisiana Tech 71 16-34 L 3% -17.5 18% 29% 29%
11-Oct at Troy 31 19-8 W 68% 4.2 62% 21% 87%
21-Oct UL-Monroe 105 33-23 W 76% 6.4 62% 81% 21%
26-Oct at Georgia State 96 13-21 L 28% -5.3 39% 14% 77%
4-Nov UL-Lafayette 113 14-19 L 17% -8.8 30% 21% 56%
11-Nov Arkansas State 25 24-19 W 32% -4.4 43% 38% 60%
18-Nov at Georgia Southern 120 0-52 L 0% -41.9 3% 3% 7%
2-Dec at New Mexico State 72 17-22 L 24% -6.5 36% 34% 46%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 22.1 112 27.5 64
Points Per Game 19.8 118 26.5 49
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 38.4% 108 43.2% 86 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.16 66 1.18 73 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 28.5 99 30.7 98 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 3.78 121 3.81 20 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -0.5 71 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+1.03
ACTUAL 2 53
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 81.5 125 95.7 82 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 37.7% 106 43.2% 80 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.76 121 0.86 46 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 70.9 130 98.3 66 100.0
Opportunity Rate 34.9% 107 36.6% 55 38.5%
Power Success Rate 57.7% 117 67.4% 67 67.7%
Stuff Rate 28.6% 129 17.6% 87 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Tra Minter RB 5'9, 185 SO 107 341 1 3.2 3.1 30.8% 0 (0)
Xavier Johnson RB 5'11, 190 SR 82 445 6 5.4 6.3 40.2% 1 (1)
Dallas Davis QB 6'2, 215 JR 40 125 1 3.1 2.6 35.0% 4 (1)
Denzel Foster RB 5'8, 215 SR 28 162 0 5.8 4.1 60.7% 1 (0)
Carlos Robinson II RB 5'11, 215 SR 24 64 0 2.7 5.0 20.8% 0 (0)
Cole Garvin QB 6'1, 205 JR 20 87 2 4.4 3.3 40.0% 4 (0)
Deonta Moore RB 5'10, 210 JR 19 59 0 3.1 4.9 15.8% 0 (0)
Jamarius Way WR 6'4, 215 JR 6 37 0 6.2 6.2 66.7% 2 (1)
Jalin Buie RB 5'8, 185 FR 4 19 0 4.8 4.5 25.0% 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+ 89.5 99 95.1 88 100.0
Passing Success Rate 39.0% 84 43.1% 91 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.46 57 1.43 61 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 111.4 52 73 104 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Cole Garvin 6'1, 205 JR 122 232 1490 7 7 52.6% 14 5.7% 5.6
Dallas Davis 6'2, 215 JR 100 175 1355 8 7 57.1% 11 5.9% 6.9
Evan Orth 6'2, 205 JR 0 1 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Jamarius Way WR 6'4, 215 JR 90 47 762 3 16.2 8.5 52.2% 47.8% 23.4%
Sam Harris WR 5'7, 180 JR 68 41 570 2 13.9 8.4 60.3% 51.5% 17.7%
Malik Stanley WR 6'3, 220 JR 50 27 324 3 12.0 6.5 54.0% 44.0% 13.0%
Jordan McCray WR 6'5, 190 SO 39 22 270 1 12.3 6.9 56.4% 43.6% 10.1%
Tra Minter RB 5'9, 185 SO 31 22 247 1 11.2 8.0 71.0% 41.9% 8.1%
Sa'Mory Collier WR 5'11, 185 SR 19 13 188 1 14.5 9.9 68.4% 42.1% 4.9%
Andrew Reinkemeyer TE 6'4, 245 SR 17 10 75 0 7.5 4.4 58.8% 41.2% 4.4%
Maaseiah Francis TE 6'2, 225 JR 15 5 48 2 9.6 3.2 33.3% 20.0% 3.9%
Kawaan Baker WR 6'1, 205 FR 12 7 102 1 14.6 8.5 58.3% 50.0% 3.1%
David Gardner WR 6'0, 175 SO 12 8 98 0 12.3 8.2 66.7% 58.3% 3.1%
Xavier Johnson RB 5'11, 190 SR 10 5 23 0 4.6 2.3 50.0% 10.0% 2.6%
Jahmmir Taylor WR 5'11, 185 JR 6 4 51 1 12.8 8.5 66.7% 33.3% 1.6%
Jalen Wayne WR 6'2, 210 FR 4 3 53 0 17.7 13.3 75.0% 75.0% 1.0%
Denzel Foster RB 5'8, 215 SR 4 4 21 0 5.3 5.3 100.0% 50.0% 1.0%
Deonta Moore RB 5'10, 210 JR 3 3 18 0 6.0 6.0 100.0% 66.7% 0.8%
Khameron Taylor TE 6'4, 275 FR 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 88.6 119 95.6 87 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 43.9% 103 48.3% 89 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.04 71 1.06 71 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.09 130 3.05 83 2.92
SD Sack Rate 5.2% 70 3.3% 103 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 83.5 120 100.4 71 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 27.2% 103 31.7% 87 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.55 58 1.59 92 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.29 125 2.88 36 3.22
PD Sack Rate 6.9% 61 6.4% 88 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 85.4 110 95.0 82
Q2 S&P+ 84.5 120 97.3 78
Q3 S&P+ 74.4 125 104.7 51
Q4 S&P+ 100.0 75 94.5 96
1st Down S&P+ 89.8 109 98.7 75
2nd Down S&P+ 85.0 117 99.2 71
3rd Down S&P+ 81.3 123 89.6 103
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 52.3% 108 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 26.3% 112 35.3%
Adj. Pace +2.5 113 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 71.9% 86 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 50.7% 126 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 29.0% 115 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 13.7% 102 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 3.8% 91 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 2.4% 115 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 7.5% 31 6.5%
PD to INC 34.6% 60 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
Jeremy Reaves S 5'11, 205 SR 87.0 7 (1.5) 10 3 (8) 3 58.3%
Nigel Lawrence S 5'11, 190 JR 65.0 1.5 (0) 3 0 (3) 3 67.1%
Bull Barge LB 5'10, 225 JR 59.0 3 (1) 6 0 (0) 2 45.5%
Darrell Songy LB 6'1, 235 SR 46.5 5 (1) 3 1 (4) 0 36.2%
Riley Cole LB 6'3, 240 FR 42.0 2.5 (0) 8 0 (0) 0 44.4%
Malcolm Buggs S 5'9, 205 JR 30.5 3 (0) 2 0 (3) 0 59.5%
Darian Mills CB 5'11, 185 JR 30.5 0 (0) 1 0 (13) 0 77.8%
Tobias Moss CB 5'9, 180 SO 25.0 0 (0) 0 2 (8) 0 67.9%
Khalil McDonald LB 5'11, 210 SO 19.0 1 (0) 3 0 (1) 0 25.0%
Tyree Turner DL 6'1, 290 SO 18.5 4.5 (3.5) 3 0 (0) 1 14.3%
Rocel McWilliams DE 6'3, 255 JR 18.5 2.5 (2) 2 0 (0) 0 43.5%
Finessé Middleton DE 6'1, 240 SR 18.0 4 (3.5) 5 0 (0) 0 24.0%
Jimmie Gipson III DE 6'0, 260 SR 16.0 2.5 (1.5) 4 0 (1) 0 23.8%
Zach Befort DL 6'2, 285 SR 16.0 1 (0.5) 6 0 (1) 0 13.6%
Sean Grayer DE 6'2, 255 JR 13.5 2 (1) 2 1 (0) 0 35.0%
Sean Brown DL 6'2, 310 SO 13.5 1 (0) 5 0 (0) 1 36.8%
Tre Alford DL 5'10, 290 SR 13.0 1 (1) 3 0 (0) 0 20.0%
Taji Stewart LB 6'3, 245 SO 12.5 1 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 38.5%
Sterrling Fisher S 6'0, 205 FR 11.5 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 85.7%
Deonta Moore RB 5'10, 210 JR 11.0 0 (0) 0 (0) 0
DJ Daniels S 5'10, 190 SO 10.5 0 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 55.6%
Chason Milner DE 6'3, 255 JR 9.0 1 (1) 1 0 (1) 0 33.3%
Jeffery Whatley DL 6'2, 285 SO 7.5 1 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 0.0%
Wade Forde DL 6'3, 235 SR 7.0 2 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 42.9%
Gus Nave CB 5'11, 190 FR 6.5 0 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 71.4%

* 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+ 0.5 27
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.30 22
Punt Success Rate 76.1% 3
Kickoff Success Rate 51.0% 126
Punt Return Success Rate 57.1% 36
Kick Return Success Rate 31.3% 115
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Gavin Patterson 5'7, 195 JR 26-27 16-19 84.2%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Corliss Waitman 6'2, 205 JR 70 45.2 4 29 22 72.9%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Corliss Waitman 6'2, 205 JR 23 61.9 5 21.7% 0 2 2 1
Frankie Onate 5'11, 170 FR 21 58.0 2 9.5% 0 1 0 0
Gavin Patterson 5'7, 195 JR 7 54.0 1 14.3% 1 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Sam Harris 5'7, 180 JR 5 6.8 0 11 0 (0)
Sa'Mory Collier 5'11, 185 SR 2 0.0 0 2 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Xavier Johnson 5'11, 190 SR 13 19.8 0 0 0 (0)
Kawaan Baker 6'1, 205 FR 6 25.0 0 0 0 (0)
Tra Minter 5'9, 185 SO 5 17.6 0 0 0 (0)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
Deonta Moore RB 5'10, 210 JR 11.0 8.0 18.8
Jalin Buie RB 5'8, 185 FR 3.5 17.5
Khalil McDonald LB 5'11, 210 SO 3.5 6.5 19.3
DJ Daniels S 5'10, 190 SO 3.5 8.0 29.5
Darrell Songy LB 6'1, 235 SR 3.0 19.0

Stats via SportSource Analytics