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2017 Southern Miss advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/4/18

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Southern Miss Golden Eagles (Conference USA West)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 8-5 | Second-order wins (diff.): 8.2 (0.2) | S&P+ Rk: 40
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
2-Sep Kentucky 90 17-24 L 94% 14.6 76% 40% 83%
9-Sep Southern U. N/A 45-0 W 100% 46.3 93% 80% 98%
16-Sep at UL-Monroe 105 28-17 W 100% 25.8 88% 76% 84%
30-Sep North Texas 62 28-43 L 5% -15.1 21% 56% 12%
7-Oct at UTSA 55 31-29 W 91% 12.2 78% 84% 40%
14-Oct UTEP 130 24-0 W 100% 40.9 92% 55% 97%
21-Oct at Louisiana Tech 71 34-27 W 78% 7.0 66% 61% 58%
28-Oct UAB 76 12-30 L 23% -6.7 38% 16% 73%
4-Nov at Tennessee 107 10-24 L 19% -8.2 29% 15% 67%
11-Nov at Rice 128 43-34 W 95% 15.1 77% 89% 45%
18-Nov Charlotte 124 66-21 W 100% 31.9 90% 94% 77%
25-Nov at Marshall 52 28-27 W 12% -10.7 28% 31% 39%
27-Dec vs. Florida State 43 13-42 L 1% -23.5 12% 21% 11%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 28.4 65 23.2 32
Points Per Game 31.6 55 26.5 49
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 39.5% 98 37.9% 31 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.20 42 1.19 85 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 27.8 110 31.3 108 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.82 32 4.22 46 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -1.5 83 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+0.21
ACTUAL -1 71
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 90.8 104 109.7 37 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 42.7% 66 36.8% 24 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.90 66 0.96 87 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 89.6 118 122.8 8 100.0
Opportunity Rate 41.5% 29 33.6% 18 38.5%
Power Success Rate 60.5% 107 62.5% 32 67.7%
Stuff Rate 20.5% 86 28.2% 2 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Ito Smith RB 5'9, 195 SR 248 1413 13 5.7 6.5 39.5% 3 (3)
Kwadra Griggs QB 6'3, 225 JR 73 341 3 4.7 2.5 50.7% 3 (2)
Tez Parks RB 6'1, 210 JR 53 272 1 5.1 5.0 39.6% 1 (1)
Keon Howard QB 6'1, 205 SO 50 211 0 4.2 3.8 46.0% 7 (5)
T'Rod Daniels RB 5'9, 175 JR 21 160 2 7.6 15.7 33.3% 0 (0)
Allenzae Staggers WR 6'1, 190 SR 8 64 0 8.0 22.7 25.0% 2 (1)
Andre Hale II RB 5'9, 194 FR 6 33 0 5.5 4.7 50.0% 0 (0)
Jaylond Adams WR 5'10, 180 FR 5 29 0 5.8 2.2 60.0% 0 (0)
Collin Kilcrease RB 6'1, 199 JR 5 20 0 4.0 1.0 40.0% 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+ 85.3 114 95.8 83 100.0
Passing Success Rate 36.3% 103 39.0% 53 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.56 35 1.44 66 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 190.2 10 83.3 94 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Kwadra Griggs 6'3, 225 JR 148 265 1879 16 2 55.8% 10 3.6% 6.6
Keon Howard 6'1, 205 SO 96 170 1199 8 5 56.5% 4 2.3% 6.7

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Korey Robertson WR 6'2, 210 JR 118 77 1120 12 14.6 9.5 65.3% 52.5% 27.8%
Allenzae Staggers WR 6'1, 190 SR 77 44 471 5 10.7 6.1 57.1% 37.7% 18.2%
Ito Smith RB 5'9, 195 SR 57 40 396 2 9.9 7.0 70.2% 35.1% 13.4%
Isaiah Jones WR 6'4, 195 SR 51 22 191 0 8.7 3.8 43.1% 31.4% 12.0%
Quez Watkins WR 6'2, 190 FR 46 23 337 2 14.7 7.3 50.0% 41.3% 10.8%
Tez Parks RB 6'1, 210 JR 18 11 83 0 7.6 4.6 61.1% 38.9% 4.2%
Jaylond Adams WR 5'10, 180 FR 16 8 219 1 27.4 13.7 50.0% 43.8% 3.8%
Tim Jones WR 6'1, 192 FR 10 5 121 1 24.2 12.1 50.0% 30.0% 2.4%
Jay'Shawn Washington TE 6'1, 240 JR 10 6 72 1 12.0 7.2 60.0% 30.0% 2.4%
Julian Allen TE 6'3, 234 SR 6 3 17 0 5.7 2.8 50.0% 33.3% 1.4%
T'Rod Daniels RB 5'9, 175 JR 4 2 12 0 6.0 3.0 50.0% 25.0% 0.9%
Chase Whitehead WR 5'9, 175 JR 2 1 35 0 35.0 17.5 50.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Trevor Terry WR 6'1, 188 SO 2 1 6 0 6.0 3.0 50.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Jordan Mitchell WR 6'3, 202 JR 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
Allen Fails LB 6'2, 212 SR 1 1 25 0 25.0 25.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.2%
Kwadra Griggs QB 6'3, 225 JR 1 1 18 0 18.0 18.0 100.0% 100.0% 0.2%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 88.1 120 104.1 47 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 43.6% 106 41.7% 22 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.11 44 1.14 100 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.88 71 2.00 1 2.92
SD Sack Rate 2.7% 14 3.2% 105 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 92.0 94 96.5 82 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 31.9% 51 30.7% 77 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.43 98 1.33 14 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.10 82 3.59 99 3.22
PD Sack Rate 3.3% 6 8.3% 44 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 100.4 69 106.7 43
Q2 S&P+ 88.1 111 97.0 80
Q3 S&P+ 97.6 79 91.3 94
Q4 S&P+ 102.4 65 117.5 11
1st Down S&P+ 92.2 101 103.8 52
2nd Down S&P+ 105.6 52 99.9 66
3rd Down S&P+ 95.6 85 104.1 53
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 57.7% 69 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 36.5% 49 35.3%
Adj. Pace -0.4 55 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 66.5% 112 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 61.1% 49 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 36.0% 54 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 19.4% 18 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 5.5% 47 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 5.3% 40 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 8.5% 12 6.5%
PD to INC 34.1% 65 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
Tarvarius Moore DB 6'2, 190 SR 73.0 3 (0) 7 3 (10) 1 64.4%
Racheem Boothe LB 6'0, 210 FR 53.5 9 (3.5) 22 0 (1) 1 29.1%
Jomez Applewhite DB 6'1, 180 SR 50.5 3 (0) 11 1 (2) 0 56.9%
Kelsey Douglas DB 5'11, 192 SR 46.0 3 (0) 9 2 (3) 0 39.7%
Curtis Mikell DB 5'8, 170 SR 44.5 4 (0) 6 1 (14) 0 69.4%
Jeremy Sangster LB 6'0, 233 JR 41.5 7 (2) 12 0 (0) 0 30.4%
Paxton Schrimsher LB 6'3, 225 SO 37.0 11 (5.5) 9 0 (3) 2 30.6%
Xavier Thigpen DL 6'5, 240 SR 33.0 11 (5) 11 0 (2) 2 32.6%
LaDarius Harris DL 6'1, 280 JR 24.5 5.5 (1) 14 0 (0) 1 21.6%
Rod Crayton DL 6'1, 287 SR 22.5 6.5 (0) 11 0 (0) 1 12.5%
Draper Riley DL 6'4, 305 SR 21.5 3.5 (0.5) 13 0 (0) 0 18.8%
Darian Yancey LB 6'1, 250 JR 20.5 4 (0) 8 0 (1) 0 25.0%
Rachuan Mitchell DB 5'11, 190 FR 19.5 2 (0) 2 0 (1) 0 69.6%
Cornell Armstrong DB 5'11, 180 SR 18.0 4.5 (0) 5 2 (7) 0 47.6%
Kevin Williams Jr. DB 5'11, 194 SR 16.0 0.5 (0) 1 0 (2) 0 53.8%
Jacques Turner DE 6'1, 247 FR 15.5 7.5 (4) 5 0 (0) 1 10.0%
Walden Davis DB 5'10, 192 JR 12.5 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 60.0%
Derrick Dixon DL 6'3, 240 SR 11.5 2 (1) 4 0 (0) 0 20.0%
Delmond Landry DL 6'3, 308 JR 10.0 3 (0) 7 0 (0) 0 20.0%
Tyler Barnes DB 5'10, 184 FR 10.0 0.5 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 62.5%
Sherrod Ruff LB 5'10, 215 SR 7.0 2 (1) 2 0 (2) 0 20.0%
Justin Abston DB 5'11, 182 SR 6.0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 50.0%
Allen Fails LB 6'2, 212 SR 5.0 0.5 (0.5) 1 0 (0) 0 28.6%
Xavier Marion DB 6'0, 205 JR 5.0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 20.0%
Demarrio Smith DL 6'2, 264 SO 5.0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 40.0%

* 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+ 0.0 69
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.22 34
Punt Success Rate 57.6% 63
Kickoff Success Rate 67.1% 91
Punt Return Success Rate 36.8% 97
Kick Return Success Rate 28.2% 123
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Parker Shaunfield 6'0, 170 JR 42-44 17-20 85.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Zac Everett 6'1, 190 FR 64 40.6 4 21 20 64.1%
Briggs Bourgeois 6'1, 177 FR 3 30.0 0 1 1 66.7%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Briggs Bourgeois 6'1, 177 FR 72 60.8 36 50.0% 0 5 1 1
Parker Shaunfield 6'0, 170 JR 1 48.0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Allenzae Staggers 6'1, 190 SR 17 5.4 0 20 1 (0)
Quez Watkins 6'2, 190 FR 2 9.0 0 2 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
T'Rod Daniels 5'9, 175 JR 13 19.2 0 0 0 (0)
Quez Watkins 6'2, 190 FR 11 21.5 0 0 0 (0)
Ito Smith 5'9, 195 SR 5 18.8 0 0 0 (0)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
Kevin Williams Jr. DB 5'11, 194 SR 5.0 5.0 19.8
Justin Abston DB 5'11, 182 SR 4.5 20.8
Tyler Barnes DB 5'10, 184 FR 3.5 16.3
Duncan Sparks DE 6'3, 243 SR 2.5 15.3
Xavier Marion DB 6'0, 205 JR 2.0 23.0

Stats via SportSource Analytics