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Utah State Aggies

2-4 (1-1 Pac-12)Last: W 17-16 vs Washington StateNext: at Texas State

Bronco Mendenhall · 2nd season · .421 at Utah State · .599 career since 2005

Rating
-7.898
Adj Off
18.1120
Adj Def
25.967
WAP
-2.6597

Style profile

Style

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

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate45.7%11045.7%108
Plays per game63.810671.225
Time of possession26:5013233:095
Yards per pass attempt6.31266.122
Yards per rush3.81134.176
Points per game14.513823.563
Points per opportunity2.061373.3056
Starting field positionOwn 3122Own 259

Efficiency and EPA

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

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play-0.080134+0.04657
Adj. EPA per play-0.013125+0.09466
Success rate34.5%13439.3%54
Explosiveness1.3961.1842
Rushing EPA per play-0.052124-0.01741
Passing EPA per play-0.103135+0.10952
Std downs success36.8%13745.6%65
Passing downs success30.6%7826.8%38

Situational

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

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate32.4%13750.0%45
Turnovers per game2.001311.1767
Penalties per game8.31246.854
Penalty yards per game73.012061.847
3rd down conversion37.5%8640.4%93
4th down tries per game1.83741.5098
4th down conversion27.3%12933.3%17

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 3.8-7.2

DateOpponentResult / projectionWAPOff EPADef EPA
Sep 5Wk 1Idaho State(FCS)L17-29-1.00-0.06+0.03
Sep 12Wk 2@38WashingtonL14-16-0.66-0.22+0.03
Sep 19Wk 3@12Utah#10L0-33-0.43-0.17+0.19
Sep 26Wk 4102TroyW21-10+0.03+0.15-0.15
Oct 3Wk 5@40Boise State#21L18-37-0.66-0.07+0.33
Oct 9Wk 685Washington StateW17-16+0.07-0.13-0.09
Oct 24Wk 8@56Texas State+13.320%+0.24——
Oct 31Wk 9114Colorado State-6.967%+0.02——
Nov 7Wk 1068Fresno State+4.439%+0.10——
Nov 14Wk 11@93San Diego State+4.838%+0.10——
Nov 21Wk 12@49Oregon State+15.017%+0.27——

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
9Grady BrosterhousFR78%78/14254.9%9146.476
2McCae HillsteadFR20%17/3746.0%2256.124

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
8Javen JacobsFR36%703935.6212
23Noah WhiteFR4%8121.507

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
7Eli WoodWR FR20%3647213.15
0Javon RobinsonWR FR7%1321216.32
6Demick StarlingWR FR5%912513.91
1Anthony GarciaWR FR4%7466.60
4Nikko BoncoreWR FR3%69816.30

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
9Tyree MorrisDT FR231.01.002
28Carson TujagueDT FR212.01.035
51Ta'Avili TuitamaDT FR60.00.001
90Ronnie MageoDT FR40.00.000
10Paxton NaegleDT FR30.00.010

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
11Asher CunninghamLB FR516.01.510
14Bronson OlevaoLB FR241.50.000
17Jordan PendletonLB FR183.02.500
0Harrison TaggartLB FR180.00.000
18James JennetteLB FR163.02.000

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
4Brevin HamblinS FR49210.0
21Chapman LewisS FR32101.0
8David KabongoS FR27013.5
15D'Angelo MayesCB FR27310.0
5Markie GrantCB FR24500.0
2Kye StokesCB FR20000.5
7Bobby Arnold IIICB FR10000.5

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
19Kian AfrookhtehFR3/650%4810/1019

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
3Landon RehkowFR3142.160142