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Arizona Wildcats

5-1 (2-1 Big 12)25th APLast: W 52-31 at West VirginiaNext: vs Iowa State

Brent Brennan · 3rd season · .581 at Arizona · .460 career since 2017

Rating
+10.030
Adj Off
31.334
Adj Def
21.230
WAP
+0.0126

Style profile

Style

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

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate44.3%12146.7%102
Plays per game68.55968.544
Time of possession31:413628:19103
Yards per pass attempt9.0186.541
Yards per rush4.6583.333
Points per game35.72919.029
Points per opportunity4.33362.8722
Starting field positionOwn 2972Own 2629

Efficiency and EPA

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

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.23728-0.03717
Adj. EPA per play+0.18132+0.01722
Success rate49.4%1635.0%18
Explosiveness1.22761.42134
Rushing EPA per play+0.13259+0.00146
Passing EPA per play+0.38824-0.01216
Std downs success52.5%3338.0%7
Passing downs success42.8%430.1%84

Situational

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

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate74.3%741.9%19
Turnovers per game1.33810.83118
Penalties per game6.0466.090
Penalty yards per game56.86948.0111
3rd down conversion55.6%440.7%96
4th down tries per game0.831323.173
4th down conversion60.0%4736.8%25

Rank out of 138 FBS teams. Green is good for the team, red is bad. Blue only orients neutral traits like tempo and run rate.

Schedule and resultsProjected 8.4-3.6

DateOpponentResult / projectionWAPOff EPADef EPA
Sep 5Wk 1Northern Arizona(FCS)W35-70.00+0.16-0.43
Sep 12Wk 2@11BYU#2L17-28-0.43+0.11+0.46
Sep 19Wk 3136Northern IllinoisW42-17+0.00+0.42+0.04
Sep 26Wk 4@85Washington StateW34-24+0.13+0.17-0.08
Oct 3Wk 557CincinnatiW34-7+0.14+0.23-0.08
Oct 10Wk 6@78West VirginiaW52-31+0.16+0.37-0.10
Oct 24Wk 853Iowa State-9.974%+0.14——
Oct 31Wk 9@17Texas Tech#8+6.833%+0.50——
Nov 6Wk 1044TCU-7.167%+0.19——
Nov 14Wk 1112Utah#10+3.641%+0.42——
Nov 21Wk 12@31Kansas State+2.145%+0.38——
Nov 28Wk 1371Arizona State-13.681%+0.10——

Unplayed games show the projected spread from this team's view (negative = favored) and its win probability, from the ratings; their WAP is what a win would be worth. How the ratings work.

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
1Noah FifitaFR94%139/19073.2%17399.2164
7Sawyer AndersonFR6%7/1258.3%847.002

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
3Kedrick ReescanoFR36%722623.649
24Quincy CraigFR12%241867.818
44Antwan RobertsFR12%232259.821
21Ismail MahdiFR6%12726.001
0Wesley YarbroughFR4%8222.801

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
12Tre SpiveyWR FR11%2231414.34
17Isaiah MizellWR FR9%1935918.94
5Gio RichardsonWR FR7%1517011.30
11Chris HunterWR FR6%1315511.91
18Brandon PhelpsWR FR6%1222618.83
84Rodney GallagherWR FR5%11736.60
20Caleb SmithWR FR4%912513.91

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
3Tre SmithDL FR152.00.020
99Mays PeseDL FR141.00.020
38Kevin Moorer Jr.DL FR92.51.010
41Julien SavaiinaeaDL FR92.01.000
95Leroy PaluDL FR91.51.000
42Dominic LolesioDL FR83.01.031

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
6Taye BrownLB FR391.00.520
48Cooper BlomstromLB FR303.50.510
7Chase KennedyLB FR215.54.000
19Max HarrisLB FR100.50.000
10Myron RobinsonLB FR100.50.000

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
13Cam ChapaS FR28211.5
17Lee Molette IIIS FR27200.5
35Quinn OlsonS FR26012.5
15Malcolm HartzogS FR23002.0
8Jay'Vion ColeCB FR21301.5
23Gavin HunterS FR16200.0
9Tyrese BossCB FR13101.0

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
19Michael Salgado-MedinaFR6/967%5128/2846

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
37Chase RidleyFR1541.55762