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Georgia Southern Eagles

3-9 (2-6 Sun Belt)Last: L 3-27 at App State

Kevin Whitley · 1st season · .250 at Georgia Southern · .250 career

Rating
-12.7112
Adj Off
19.8118
Adj Def
32.5107
WAP
-7.00118

Style profile

Style

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

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate63.3%748.0%101
Plays per game69.74570.626
Time of possession30:444029:1690
Yards per pass attempt6.41118.6119
Yards per rush4.3634.483
Points per game20.311531.4101
Points per opportunity2.671263.6356
Starting field positionOwn 28101Own 2849

Efficiency and EPA

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

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.098114+0.267108
Adj. EPA per play+0.090116+0.270108
Success rate36.6%11944.0%88
Explosiveness1.31391.36108
Rushing EPA per play+0.15956+0.18596
Passing EPA per play+0.092120+0.375111
Std downs success42.1%11948.8%80
Passing downs success26.2%11334.0%104

Situational

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

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate71.0%6376.3%108
Turnovers per game1.42680.75124
Penalties per game5.7536.355
Penalty yards per game45.33656.846
3rd down conversion35.3%10239.0%71
4th down tries per game2.25291.6777
4th down conversion44.4%9340.0%18

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
Sep 4Wk 1Gardner-Webb(FCS)W30-25+0.00+0.22+0.15
Sep 11Wk 2@92Florida AtlanticL6-38-0.860.00+0.34
Sep 18Wk 3@21Arkansas#21L10-45-0.52-0.06+0.53
Sep 25Wk 446Louisiana#16L20-28-0.79+0.22+0.19
Oct 2Wk 5120Arkansas StateW59-33+0.02+0.56+0.04
Oct 9Wk 6@105TroyL24-27-0.910.00+0.18
Oct 14Wk 7@109South AlabamaL14-41-0.92-0.03+0.49
Oct 30Wk 983Georgia StateL14-21-0.89+0.07+0.23
Nov 6Wk 1045Coastal CarolinaL8-28-0.79-0.08+0.15
Nov 13Wk 11@122Texas StateW38-30+0.04+0.30+0.26
Nov 20Wk 1239BYU#19L17-34-0.74+0.07+0.44
Nov 27Wk 13@41App StateL3-27-0.64-0.09+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
17Justin TomlinJR52%74/14351.7%9776.829
1Cam RansomSR30%39/8347.0%4946.030
13Connor CigelskeSO14%22/3857.9%2296.001

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
2Logan WrightSR28%1507935.3817
0Gerald GreenSR14%754235.652
25Jalen WhiteSR13%683835.641
1J.D. KingSR5%271124.122

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
7Khaleb HoodWR SR15%4149712.10
5Amare JonesWR 5Y9%2535114.00
2Derwin Burgess Jr.WR SR6%1731118.31
11Beau JohnsonTE SR5%1516210.83
9Jjay McafeeTE SR4%1111310.30

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
C.J. WrightNT SR369.55.020
2Justin EllisDL 6Y367.55.041
42Dillon SpringerDL 6Y297.53.550
90Parker DevineDL SR195.02.010
15Quin WilliamsDL SR140.50.031
93A.J. WatkinsDE JR92.52.021

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
9Eldrick Robinson IILB SR746.00.522
10Michael Edwards IIILB SR598.00.000
5Benz JosueLB SR402.50.010
47Randy Wade Jr.LB SR312.50.010
17Kevon GlennLB JR261.51.000

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
12Anthony WilsonS SR77904.5
18Justin BirdsongDB 5Y50202.0
0Tyler BrideS SR32606.0
14Darrell Baker Jr.CB SR32802.0
16Seth RobertsonCB SR32400.0
16Tyrell DavisDB JR29113.0
6NaJee ThompsonDB 5Y25110.0

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
16Alex RaynorSR9/1464%4421/2148
27Britton WilliamsSR4/4100%493/415

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
7Anthony Beck IISR6445.063232