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2017 Texas A&M advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/3/18

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Texas A&M Aggies (SEC West)

2017 Schedule & Results
Record: 7-6 | Second-order wins (diff.): 5.4 (-1.6) | S&P+ Rk: 61
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
3-Sep at UCLA 77 44-45 L 20% -7.8 31% 82% 16%
9-Sep Nicholls State N/A 24-14 W 76% 6.6 65% 25% 84%
16-Sep UL-Lafayette 113 45-21 W 95% 15.4 79% 86% 55%
23-Sep vs. Arkansas 91 50-43 W 27% -5.6 35% 76% 13%
30-Sep South Carolina 60 24-17 W 98% 19.3 85% 57% 86%
7-Oct Alabama 1 19-27 L 17% -8.9 31% 25% 54%
14-Oct at Florida 86 19-17 W 5% -15.3 18% 14% 59%
28-Oct Mississippi State 28 14-35 L 1% -22.0 14% 14% 39%
4-Nov Auburn 10 27-42 L 13% -10.4 29% 34% 36%
11-Nov New Mexico 104 55-14 W 100% 37.9 94% 91% 94%
18-Nov at Ole Miss 42 31-24 W 19% -8.0 33% 41% 43%
25-Nov at LSU 21 21-45 L 2% -19.5 17% 38% 11%
29-Dec vs. Wake Forest 37 52-55 L 62% 2.9 57% 93% 10%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 29.9 48 28.5 71
Points Per Game 35.4 33 33.3 99
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 38.5% 107 40.7% 63 40.3%
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.24 33 1.21 89 1.17
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 29.6 72 29.3 61 29.6
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.81 33 4.66 90 4.42
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -0.8 74 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+1.47
ACTUAL 3 45
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 89.4 108 109.0 38 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 35.6% 122 42.1% 69 42.2%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.99 33 0.97 91 0.92
Adj. Line Yards 92.6 107 111.2 30 100.0
Opportunity Rate 32.6% 122 35.8% 50 38.5%
Power Success Rate 67.5% 65 65.1% 51 67.7%
Stuff Rate 19.5% 65 20.7% 54 19.3%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Trayveon Williams RB 5'9, 200 SO 173 798 8 4.6 6.5 26.6% 1 (1)
Keith Ford RB 5'11, 215 SR 139 548 12 3.9 4.7 30.9% 1 (1)
Kellen Mond QB 6'2, 210 FR 70 472 3 6.7 6.8 47.1% 4 (1)
Kendall Bussey RB 5'9, 200 SO 47 239 1 5.1 5.7 34.0% 1 (0)
Jacob Kibodi RB 6'2, 210 FR 11 121 1 11.0 14.9 45.5% 1 (1)
Kwame Etwi RB 5'9, 200 JR 9 48 0 5.3 3.5 44.4% 0 (0)
Jake Hubenak QB 6'3, 225 SR 7 17 0 2.4 0.6 28.6% 0 (0)
Christian Kirk WR 5'11, 200 JR 4 31 0 7.8 11.5 50.0% 3 (2)
Nick Starkel QB 6'3, 215 FR 4 -2 1 -0.5 0.0 0.0% 2 (1)
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+ 107.0 41 108.3 35 100.0
Passing Success Rate 41.5% 55 39.3% 55 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.47 55 1.47 74 1.48
Adj. Sack Rate 120.5 38 128.1 24 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Kellen Mond 6'2, 210 FR 117 227 1375 8 6 51.5% 19 7.7% 5.1
Nick Starkel 6'3, 215 FR 123 205 1793 14 6 60.0% 8 3.8% 8.2
Jake Hubenak 6'3, 225 SR 13 17 98 0 0 76.5% 2 10.5% 4.6

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Christian Kirk WR 5'11, 200 JR 113 71 919 10 12.9 8.1 62.8% 51.3% 26.0%
Jhamon Ausbon WR 6'2, 220 FR 88 50 571 3 11.4 6.5 56.8% 46.6% 20.3%
Damion Ratley WR 6'3, 190 SR 56 30 694 6 23.1 12.4 53.6% 48.2% 12.9%
Trayveon Williams RB 5'9, 200 SO 36 20 192 0 9.6 5.3 55.6% 38.9% 8.3%
Camron Buckley WR 6'2, 190 FR 28 17 282 3 16.6 10.1 60.7% 57.1% 6.5%
Roshauud Paul WR 6'0, 180 FR 22 16 187 0 11.7 8.5 72.7% 50.0% 5.1%
Kendrick Rogers WR 6'3, 210 FR 21 11 99 0 9.0 4.7 52.4% 33.3% 4.8%
Keith Ford RB 5'11, 215 SR 20 14 84 0 6.0 4.2 70.0% 30.0% 4.6%
Clyde Chriss WR 6'0, 175 FR 11 4 52 0 13.0 4.7 36.4% 27.3% 2.5%
Tanner Schorp TE 6'3, 245 SR 9 7 65 0 9.3 7.2 77.8% 33.3% 2.1%
Aaron Hansford WR 6'3, 230 FR 8 3 39 0 13.0 4.9 37.5% 25.0% 1.8%
Kendall Bussey RB 5'9, 200 SO 6 5 62 0 12.4 10.3 83.3% 66.7% 1.4%
Hezekiah Jones WR 5'11, 200 FR 5 2 13 0 6.5 2.6 40.0% 20.0% 1.2%
Quartney Davis WR 6'2, 200 FR 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
Donovan Wilson DB 6'1, 202 SR 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
Kwame Etwi RB 5'9, 200 JR 2 2 7 0 3.5 3.5 100.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 93.9 97 114.7 20 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 41.9% 117 44.6% 47 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.11 43 1.02 49 1.07
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.51 120 2.93 69 2.92
SD Sack Rate 3.0% 20 8.3% 8 5.3%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 109.8 44 91.8 97 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 31.6% 54 32.6% 94 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.59 42 1.73 114 1.53
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.26 67 3.16 67 3.22
PD Sack Rate 9.6% 96 10.8% 12 7.8%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 103.7 60 108.7 36
Q2 S&P+ 107.6 47 103.8 57
Q3 S&P+ 95.8 85 114.3 25
Q4 S&P+ 96.3 91 107.0 36
1st Down S&P+ 94.7 92 120.5 14
2nd Down S&P+ 105.4 53 91.1 101
3rd Down S&P+ 103.4 63 114.1 30
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 57.6% 70 60.0%
Pass Downs Run Rate 38.3% 42 35.3%
Adj. Pace -1.5 30 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 71.3% 92 73.8%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 61.2% 48 59.9%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 29.5% 109 35.0%
Overall Havoc Rate 17.6% 40 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 5.1% 54 4.9%
LB Havoc Rate 5.0% 44 4.4%
DB Havoc Rate 7.3% 36 6.5%
PD to INC 35.5% 50 33.9%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles TFL (Sacks) Run Stuffs* Int (PBU) FF Succ. Rate**
Tyrel Dodson LB 6'2, 242 SO 77.5 11 (5.5) 16 3 (8) 0 28.6%
Armani Watts DB 5'11, 205 SR 72.0 10 (0.5) 11 4 (5) 2 55.3%
Otaro Alaka LB 6'3, 240 JR 57.5 12 (5.5) 14 1 (1) 1 33.3%
Debione Renfro DB 6'2, 190 FR 47.5 2 (0) 2 0 (5) 4 54.0%
Derrick Tucker DB 6'1, 200 FR 45.0 1 (0) 3 1 (4) 1 71.2%
Landis Durham DL 6'3, 255 JR 43.0 12 (10.5) 11 0 (0) 3 25.0%
Kingsley Keke DL 6'4, 305 JR 37.5 2.5 (1) 8 0 (2) 0 29.6%
Larry Pryor DB 6'0, 205 SO 35.5 0 (0) 2 0 (1) 0 76.2%
Myles Jones DB 6'4, 177 FR 31.0 1 (0) 0 1 (8) 0 71.4%
Anthony Hines III LB 6'3, 220 FR 26.0 6 (3) 6 0 (0) 1 33.3%
Zaycoven Henderson DL 6'2, 305 SR 25.0 5 (2.5) 6 0 (0) 0 22.9%
Charles Oliver DB 6'2, 193 SO 22.0 1 (1) 0 0 (8) 2 66.7%
Deshawn Capers-Smith DB 6'0, 192 JR 21.0 1.5 (1.5) 1 0 (2) 1 38.1%
Keldrick Carper DB 6'2, 190 FR 19.5 1 (0) 3 0 (1) 0 72.0%
Antonio Howard DB 5'10, 195 SO 18.5 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 65.2%
Daylon Mack DL 6'1, 320 JR 14.5 5 (1) 9 0 (0) 1 10.5%
Micheal Clemons DL 6'5, 255 SO 14.5 3 (1) 5 0 (0) 0 31.6%
Buddy Johnson LB 6'2, 220 FR 14.5 1.5 (1) 4 0 (0) 0 35.3%
Justin Madubuike DL 6'3, 305 FR 13.5 2.5 (0) 4 0 (0) 1 25.0%
Jarrett Johnson DL 6'3, 265 SR 12.5 7 (5.5) 2 0 (1) 1 6.3%
Priest Willis DB 6'2, 205 SR 12.5 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 53.3%
Jayden Peevy DL 6'6, 295 FR 10.5 1 (1) 2 0 (1) 0 17.6%
Braden White LB 5'11, 220 FR 10.0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 37.5%
Cullen Gillaspia LB 6'2, 230 JR 7.0 0 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 0.0%
Keeath Magee II LB 6'0, 225 FR 5.0 1 (0.5) 1 0 (0) 0 37.5%

* 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 18
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.26 25
Punt Success Rate 77.4% 2
Kickoff Success Rate 65.0% 96
Punt Return Success Rate 71.4% 10
Kick Return Success Rate 40.5% 85
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Daniel LaCamera 6'4, 230 JR 51-52 18-21 85.7%
Braden Mann 5'11, 190 SO 0-0 0-1 0.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Shane Tripucka 6'3, 220 SR 83 45.5 6 38 28 79.5%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Braden Mann 5'11, 190 SO 73 63.0 33 45.2% 0 4 3 0
Daniel LaCamera 6'4, 230 JR 5 52.8 1 20.0% 0 0 0 0
Drew Riethman 6'0, 195 FR 2 61.5 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Christian Kirk 5'11, 200 JR 10 19.1 1 24 2 (2)
Deshawn Capers-Smith 6'0, 192 JR 2 11.0 0 0 0 (0)
Cullen Gillaspia 6'2, 230 JR 1 3.0 0 0 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Christian Kirk 5'11, 200 JR 22 22.3 1 0 1 (0)
Trayveon Williams 5'9, 200 SO 6 30.5 0 0 0 (0)
Clyde Chriss 6'0, 175 FR 4 28.3 0 0 0 (0)
Tackler Pos Ht, Wt Year ST Tackles PR Avg KR Avg
Cullen Gillaspia LB 6'2, 230 JR 6.5 -1.5 21.5
Deshawn Capers-Smith DB 6'0, 192 JR 5.5 5.8 18.3
Braden White LB 5'11, 220 FR 4.5 23.6
Travon Fuller DB 6'1, 170 FR 4.5 -1.0 23.8
Debione Renfro DB 6'2, 190 FR 4.0 24.3

Stats via SportSource Analytics