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Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns

6-7 (5-3 Sun Belt)Last: L 21-28 vs Southern Miss

Mark Hudspeth · 6th season · .597 at Louisiana · .597 career since 2011

Rating
-9.7100
Adj Off
21.0114
Adj Def
30.873
WAP
-5.5595

Style profile

Style

What the offense does with the ball, and what the defense faces.

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate58.2%2349.7%85
Plays per game72.64772.654
Time of possession29:426730:1861
Yards per pass attempt6.7927.480
Yards per rush4.01003.417
Points per game23.610925.346
Points per opportunity3.061043.1642
Starting field positionOwn 2989Own 3073

Efficiency and EPA

Down-by-down quality, measured in predicted points.

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.073111+0.09029
Adj. EPA per play+0.052112+0.16462
Success rate41.8%8341.6%44
Explosiveness1.061221.1644
Rushing EPA per play+0.08479-0.0922
Passing EPA per play+0.076113+0.29697
Std downs success46.2%8744.9%37
Passing downs success32.4%7635.2%93

Situational

Red zone finishing, ball security, discipline, and money downs.

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate65.3%10564.3%24
Turnovers per game1.31341.3884
Penalties per game7.21066.255
Penalty yards per game55.57253.062
3rd down conversion37.4%9236.9%36
4th down tries per game1.85421.5465
4th down conversion29.2%12145.0%45

Rank out of 128 FBS teams. Green is good for the team, red is bad. Blue only orients neutral traits like tempo and run rate.

Schedule and results

DateOpponentResultWAPOff EPADef EPA
Sep 3Wk 132Boise StateL10-45-0.74-0.05+0.43
Sep 10Wk 2McNeese(FCS)W30-22+0.00+0.23+0.05
Sep 17Wk 3107South AlabamaW28-23+0.03+0.31+0.12
Sep 24Wk 4@102TulaneL39-41-0.92+0.04-0.06
Oct 1Wk 5@125New Mexico StateL31-37-0.97+0.03+0.15
Oct 12Wk 752App StateL0-24-0.82-0.12+0.11
Oct 22Wk 8@128Texas StateW27-3+0.01+0.16-0.07
Nov 5Wk 1098IdahoL13-23-0.96+0.06+0.17
Nov 10Wk 11@72Georgia SouthernW33-26+0.19+0.23+0.16
Nov 19Wk 12@35GeorgiaL21-35-0.62+0.16+0.14
Nov 26Wk 1373Arkansas StateW24-19+0.10+0.04+0.04
Dec 3Wk 14@126UL MonroeW30-3+0.02-0.05-0.56
Dec 17PostN74Southern MissL21-28-0.870.00+0.33

Key players

Sorted by how much of the offense runs through them. Bold rows are the primary option at each spot; the shade tracks their share.

Offense

Quarterbacks

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareC/ACmp%YdsY/ATDINT
10Anthony Jennings2016Y94%192/32259.6%21696.71113
6Jalen Nixon2016Y4%8/1361.5%846.500

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
15Elijah McGuire2016Y40%23211274.9729
23Jordan WrightJR11%621923.112
23Darius Hoggins2016Y9%512815.517
4Raymond CalaisSR4%231175.110

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
2Al RilesWR 2016Y18%6072912.22
21Keenan BarnesWR SR9%3141813.56
2Ja'Marcus BradleyWR SR6%2137017.61
81Nick ByrneTE 2016Y4%141359.60
4Gary HaynesWR 2016Y3%11544.90

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
55Karmichael DunbarDL 2016Y404.02.002
92Taboris LeeDT 2016Y394.51.501
4Trev MillerDE 2016Y296.04.001
90Kevon PerryDT 2016Y276.02.513
10Jarvis JeffriesDE 2016Y231.50.501
95Rodrick StephensDT 2016Y190.50.000

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
4Tre'maine LightfootLB 2016Y1017.02.010
7Otha PetersLB 2016Y9411.02.030
3Joe DillonLB SR5113.57.000
51Trey GranierLB 2016Y241.01.001
30T.J. PoseyLB 2016Y141.50.500

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
7Travis CrawfordDB 2016Y71211.0
23Tracy WalkerDB 2016Y61332.5
10Christian GoodlettDB 2016Y49301.0
17Damar'ren MitchellDB 2016Y46202.5
8Simeon ThomasDB 2016Y40520.0
16Denarius HowardDB 2016Y32111.0
22Reginald MilesDB 2016Y30002.0

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
36Stevie ArtigueSR19/2479%4729/3186
47Dylan Scheurich2016Y0/0—01/11

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
37Steven CouttsSR6444.16800