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South Alabama Jaguars

4-3 (2-1 Sun Belt)Last: L 13-20 at MarshallNext: vs Louisiana Tech

Major Applewhite · 3rd season · .469 at South Alabama · .517 career since 2016

Rating
-6.896
Adj Off
27.460
Adj Def
34.1127
WAP
-2.2685

Style profile

Style

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

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate60.6%1145.3%113
Plays per game73.31360.9125
Time of possession32:422227:18117
Yards per pass attempt7.9518.2124
Yards per rush4.7535.5132
Points per game35.13732.4123
Points per opportunity4.12504.38128
Starting field positionOwn 3125Own 31116

Efficiency and EPA

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

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.18354+0.241127
Adj. EPA per play+0.09967+0.226123
Success rate42.5%7851.2%137
Explosiveness1.33231.2898
Rushing EPA per play+0.19531+0.207127
Passing EPA per play+0.26453+0.295111
Std downs success46.2%9855.4%136
Passing downs success34.0%4039.3%132

Situational

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

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate71.4%2168.9%128
Turnovers per game0.5791.5726
Penalties per game6.1495.4113
Penalty yards per game54.05948.3109
3rd down conversion40.4%7141.9%106
4th down tries per game3.7111.29114
4th down conversion65.4%3444.4%39

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 6.5-5.5

DateOpponentResult / projectionWAPOff EPADef EPA
Sep 5Wk 1SE Louisiana(FCS)W39-140.00+0.09-0.11
Sep 12Wk 2@77TulaneL24-28-0.84+0.26+0.36
Sep 19Wk 382OhioW41-36+0.07+0.39+0.39
Sep 26Wk 4@34Kentucky#12L21-45-0.64-0.02+0.34
Oct 3Wk 5137UL MonroeW52-35+0.00+0.39+0.22
Oct 8Wk 6@99Arkansas StateW56-49+0.08+0.31+0.27
Oct 20Wk 8@115MarshallL13-20-0.95-0.06+0.11
Oct 31Wk 970Louisiana Tech+3.142%+0.10——
Nov 7Wk 10@75Louisiana+8.629%+0.17——
Nov 14Wk 11102Troy-5.263%+0.03——
Nov 21Wk 12@116Southern Miss-2.456%+0.05——
Nov 27Wk 1395App State-2.757%+0.05——

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
7Jared HollinsFR68%68/12554.4%10038.073
4Bishop DavenportFR32%40/5967.8%4507.630

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
0PJ MartinFR33%1064704.479
3Keenan PhillipsFR30%965145.458
21Trae'von DunbarFR16%502725.443

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
12Brendan JenkinsWR FR14%2543017.23
2Jeremiah Jones-ThomasWR FR13%2326611.61
1Anthony EagerWR FR7%1334826.84
9Rod GibbsTE FR7%12988.22
6Micah WoodsWR FR4%812715.90

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
18Masey LewisDL FR243.01.040
90E'Mauri SmileyDL FR142.51.001
56Stephen JohnsonDL FR131.51.502
41Tyler CarterDL FR130.50.010
49Tre'Darius BrownDL FR110.50.000
94Andrew HinesDL FR40.50.010

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
48Jordon WilliamsLB FR381.51.020
11Parker ShattuckLB FR261.00.510
26Xavious Anderson Jr.LB FR182.02.000
25Tre'Mon HenryLB FR172.00.520
16Seidrion LangstonLB FR130.50.000

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
14Cole BlaylockS FR46103.5
8Dallas YoungS FR36200.5
2Jayvon HendersonS FR30500.5
12Jaylen MosonCB FR21310.0
24Damyrion DarbyCB FR19133.0
13Kam RobinsonS FR14300.0
32Camen UpshawS FR10000.0

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
35Davis LittleFR9/1275%4229/3056

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
40Aleksi PulkkinenFR2137.95390