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West Virginia Mountaineers

6-7 (4-5 Big 12)Last: L 6-18 vs Minnesota

Neal Brown · 3rd season · .486 at West Virginia · .605 career since 2015

Rating
+5.443
Adj Off
27.864
Adj Def
22.426
WAP
-2.9163

Style profile

Style

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

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate46.3%9752.1%50
Plays per game69.44862.5114
Time of possession31:212528:39106
Yards per pass attempt7.2807.579
Yards per rush3.51034.059
Points per game25.28823.845
Points per opportunity4.19393.1821
Starting field positionOwn 27111Own 31114

Efficiency and EPA

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

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.19072+0.15851
Adj. EPA per play+0.20061+0.12122
Success rate43.6%6041.3%56
Explosiveness1.22861.1825
Rushing EPA per play+0.14163+0.10050
Passing EPA per play+0.25577+0.25568
Std downs success49.6%5747.9%72
Passing downs success31.1%6527.5%37

Situational

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

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate71.7%5955.2%6
Turnovers per game1.54831.00108
Penalties per game5.2324.4125
Penalty yards per game43.22236.2129
3rd down conversion39.8%6934.7%28
4th down tries per game2.15372.1531
4th down conversion67.9%1635.7%10

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 1@55MarylandL24-30-0.70+0.02+0.21
Sep 11Wk 2Long Island University(FCS)W66-0+0.00+0.34-0.18
Sep 18Wk 376Virginia TechW27-21+0.12+0.28+0.11
Sep 25Wk 4@6Oklahoma#10L13-16-0.36+0.01+0.09
Oct 2Wk 561Texas TechL20-23-0.83+0.35+0.17
Oct 9Wk 6@15Baylor#5L20-45-0.46+0.16+0.51
Oct 23Wk 8@67TCUW29-17+0.26+0.30+0.29
Oct 30Wk 912Iowa StateW38-31+0.43+0.27+0.28
Nov 6Wk 1011Oklahoma State#7L3-24-0.56-0.20+0.03
Nov 13Wk 11@34Kansas StateL17-34-0.59+0.12+0.22
Nov 20Wk 1228TexasW31-23+0.31+0.29+0.24
Nov 27Wk 13@116KansasW34-28+0.05+0.33+0.01
Dec 28PostN19MinnesotaL6-18-0.59-0.01+0.02

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
9Jarret DoegeSR93%272/41765.2%30487.31912
6Garrett GreeneSR6%16/2661.5%1475.700

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
4Leddie BrownJR49%22310654.81336
24Tony MathisSR16%723124.307
26Justin JohnsonJR5%24903.802

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
1Winston WrightWR SR14%6368810.95
Bryce WheatonWR JR9%4257513.73
13Sam JamesWR SR9%4250512.05
6Isaiah EsdaleWR SR6%2936212.51
5Sean RyanWR SR6%2539916.03

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
3Akheem MesidorDL SR388.04.540
55Dante StillsDL SR3615.07.060
49Taijh AlstonDE SR3611.05.020
99Jordan JeffersonDT SR174.00.511
5Sean MartinDT SR150.50.010
96Edward VesterinenDL SR70.50.500

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
8Josh ChandlerLB SR1105.51.532
6Exree LoeLB SR383.01.000
28Lance DixonLB SR361.00.010
7Jared BartlettLB SR316.03.500
8VanDarius CowanLB SR151.00.000

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
29Sean MahoneS SR81224.0
4Alonzo AddaeS SR73304.5
2Daryl Porter Jr.DB SR46511.0
8Jackie MatthewsS SR44216.5
19Scottie Young Jr.S SR33302.0
3Charles WoodsCB SR29422.0
4Nicktroy FortuneCB SR25101.5

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
48Casey LeggSR19/2383%4935/3592
30Evan StaleySR0/0—02/22

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
35Tyler SumpterSR5243.572146