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USC Trojans

4-8 (3-6 Pac-12)Last: L 14-24 at California

Donte Williams · 1st season · .333 at USC · .333 career

Rating
+3.252
Adj Off
31.535
Adj Def
28.372
WAP
-4.7590

Style profile

Style

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

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate42.7%12153.3%42
Plays per game79.5166.283
Time of possession31:282128:32110
Yards per pass attempt7.2828.8122
Yards per rush4.4614.699
Points per game28.76531.8103
Points per opportunity3.77763.9997
Starting field positionOwn 27120Own 2961

Efficiency and EPA

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

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.20668+0.281112
Adj. EPA per play+0.24638+0.21382
Success rate46.4%3146.2%107
Explosiveness1.161151.2774
Rushing EPA per play+0.13766+0.16282
Passing EPA per play+0.27662+0.430122
Std downs success51.7%3052.2%112
Passing downs success35.0%2132.5%91

Situational

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

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate66.7%9080.0%116
Turnovers per game1.67941.5834
Penalties per game7.91207.222
Penalty yards per game74.612568.212
3rd down conversion44.7%2242.8%103
4th down tries per game1.251081.42107
4th down conversion66.7%1776.5%126

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 1106San José StateW30-7+0.04+0.24+0.09
Sep 11Wk 290StanfordL28-42-0.92+0.18+0.32
Sep 18Wk 3@54Washington StateW45-14+0.31+0.23+0.01
Sep 25Wk 447Oregon StateL27-45-0.80+0.24+0.48
Oct 2Wk 5@87ColoradoW37-14+0.18+0.45-0.01
Oct 9Wk 614Utah#12L26-42-0.60+0.27+0.54
Oct 23Wk 8@5Notre Dame#8L16-31-0.34+0.30+0.31
Oct 30Wk 9107ArizonaW41-34+0.04+0.24+0.36
Nov 6Wk 10@29Arizona StateL16-31-0.55-0.03+0.29
Nov 20Wk 1220UCLAL33-62-0.67+0.16+0.65
Nov 27Wk 1339BYU#19L31-35-0.74+0.23+0.27
Dec 4Wk 14@56CaliforniaL14-24-0.70+0.09+0.12

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
10Kedon SlovisSR59%193/29765.0%21537.2118
2Jaxson DartSR38%117/18961.9%13537.295

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
28Keaontay IngramSR39%1569115.8522
6Vavae MalepeaiSR28%1145024.4612
24Darwin BarlowSR15%622894.724

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
15Drake LondonWR SO18%88108412.37
16Tahj WashingtonWR SR11%5460211.11
2Gary Bryant Jr.WR SR9%4457913.27
81Kyle FordWR SR4%1925213.32
84Erik KrommenhoekTE SR3%151379.11

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
49Tuli TuipulotuDL JR487.55.502
55Jacob LichtensteinDL SR286.04.010
31Hunter EcholsDL SR201.50.001
47Stanley Ta'ufo'ouDL SR181.50.000
99Nickolas FigueroaDL SR163.50.000
0Korey ForemanDL SR113.52.510

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
26Kana'i MaugaLB JR925.51.021
10Ralen GoforthLB SR601.00.000
99Drake JacksonLB SO378.05.011
1Raymond ScottLB SR271.00.010
6Chris Thompson Jr.LB SR111.00.000

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
21Isaiah Pola-MaoS JR57101.0
1Chase WilliamsDB SR48102.5
6Isaac Taylor-StuartCB SO39310.0
7Calen BullockS JR39320.0
8Chris SteeleCB SO33322.0
1Greg JohnsonS SR32112.5
2Xavion AlfordDB SR31230.0

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
29Parker LewisSR17/2277%5223/2474
38Alex StadthausSR6/6100%4010/1028

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
24Ben GriffithsJR4445.071175