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BYU Cougars

4-9 (0-0 FBS Independents)Last: W 30-20 at Hawai'i

Kalani Sitake · 2nd season · .500 at BYU · .500 career since 2016

Rating
-6.892
Adj Off
19.9117
Adj Def
26.855
WAP
-6.45107

Style profile

Style

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

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate45.9%10454.9%36
Plays per game64.111071.161
Time of possession27:5310932:0722
Yards per pass attempt6.11207.692
Yards per rush4.2753.730
Points per game17.112424.746
Points per opportunity3.081063.4781
Starting field positionOwn 3177Own 3038

Efficiency and EPA

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

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.069113+0.14165
Adj. EPA per play+0.076107+0.15669
Success rate40.0%10344.6%88
Explosiveness1.081221.002
Rushing EPA per play+0.08079+0.01126
Passing EPA per play+0.075112+0.334110
Std downs success45.9%8348.9%93
Passing downs success28.0%11633.7%82

Situational

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

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate54.4%12959.7%17
Turnovers per game2.081171.3188
Penalties per game4.5185.395
Penalty yards per game39.21549.081
3rd down conversion35.8%9540.6%83
4th down tries per game2.00271.9225
4th down conversion30.8%12356.0%88

Rank out of 130 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
Aug 26Wk 1Portland State(FCS)W20-6+0.00+0.080.00
Sep 2Wk 1N13LSU#18L0-27-0.50-0.12+0.25
Sep 9Wk 232UtahL13-19-0.77+0.06+0.06
Sep 16Wk 39Wisconsin#7L6-40-0.47-0.02+0.41
Sep 29Wk 5@82Utah StateL24-40-0.85-0.17-0.14
Oct 6Wk 633Boise State#22L7-24-0.77-0.05+0.03
Oct 14Wk 7@19Mississippi State#19L10-35-0.50-0.16+0.30
Oct 21Wk 8@122East CarolinaL17-33-0.97+0.12+0.21
Oct 28Wk 9128San José StateW41-20+0.00+0.32+0.11
Nov 4Wk 10@60Fresno StateL13-20-0.76+0.09+0.25
Nov 10Wk 11@102UNLVW31-21+0.07+0.25+0.20
Nov 18Wk 1299MassachusettsL10-16-0.96-0.06-0.01
Nov 25Wk 13@119Hawai'iW30-20+0.03+0.32+0.18

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
12Tanner MangumSR61%147/25757.2%15406.089
10Joe CritchlowSO24%55/10154.5%6426.434
7Beau HogeJR9%19/3948.7%2576.623

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
22Squally CanadaSR30%1207105.963
5Ula TolutauSO18%723034.222
24KJ HallJR7%302066.9110
34Riley BurtSR6%231044.511
35Brayden El-BakriSR4%17673.919

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
89Matt BushmanTE SR12%4952010.63
15Aleva HifoWR SR9%3743711.82
13Micah SimonWR SR6%2738614.33
21Talon ShumwayWR SR6%2525710.30
3Jonah TrinnamanWR 2017Y6%2430512.70
2Neil Pau'uWR JR3%141399.92

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
90Corbin KaufusiDL SR677.56.011
92Handsome TanieluDL 2017Y301.00.000
94Kesni TausingaDL 2017Y292.00.012
54Merrill TaliauliDL SR270.00.002
95Khyiris TongaDL SR194.02.003
52Trajan PiliDL SR173.01.020

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
4Fred WarnerLB 2017Y879.01.051
16Sione TakitakiLB SR7912.55.020
38Butch Pau'uLB SR743.00.020
23Zayne AndersonLB SR610.00.022
41Adam PulsipherLB SR541.00.000

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
5Dayan GhanwolokuDB SR58621.0
7Micah HannemannDB 2017Y46211.0
4Troy WarnerDB SR36501.0
32Chris WilcoxDB SR32501.0
25Tanner JacobsonDB SR28000.0
17Marvin HifoDB 2017Y18000.0
2Austin LeeDB SR15000.0

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
26Rhett AlmondSR13/1968%4622/2361
29Andrew MikkelsenSR1/1100%352/25

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
31Jonny Linehan2017Y5942.95910
30Corey Edwards2017Y139.03900