After each game for the rest of the year, I’ll be posting numbers that tell a broader story than what a traditional box score may offer. Looking at Bill C.’s stat profiles is a great way to quickly identify a team’s strengths and weaknesses once you become familiar with the metrics. If you’re curious, here’s a glossary with detailed definitions, but I’ll include some of the most pertinent information at the bottom.
The big picture
Drives
Plays
Yards
Scoring Opps
Avg. Field Position
Ole Miss
13
70
412
5
25
Arkansas
13
80
465
7
33
National Average
13.3
74.1
404.9
6.1
29.6
Plays/Drive
Yards/Play
Yards/Drive
Opps/Drive
Points/Opp
Ole Miss
5.4
5.9
31.7
0.38
6
Arkansas
6.2
5.8
35.8
0.54
3.9
National Average
5.6
5.5
30.5
0.46
4.4
Efficiency by quarter
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Overall
Ole Miss
41%
63%
28%
25%
40%
Arkansas
63%
52%
47%
33%
48%
Efficiency over the Course of the Game
Efficiency by play type and down
Passing
Running
Standard Downs
Passing Downs
Ole Miss
41%
38%
42%
36%
Arkansas
56%
43%
56%
25%
National average
41%
42%
47%
31%
Explosiveness
Explosive Plays
Yards per Successful Play
Yards per Explosive Play
Ole Miss
7
13
20.7
Arkansas
7
11.6
28.6
Passing
Completions
Attempts
Yards
Comp. Percentage
TD
Int
Yds/Attempt
Chad Kelly
18
39
253
46%
1
1
6.5
Standard Downs
12
24
173
50%
1
1
7.2
Passing Downs
6
15
80
40%
0
0
5.3
Austin Allen
19
32
229
59%
3
1
7.2
Standard Downs
14
18
171
78%
2
0
9.5
Passing Downs
5
18
58
28%
1
1
3.2
Receiving
Ole Miss
Targets
Catches
Yards
Catch Rate
Success Rate
Yards per Catch
Yards per Target
Evan Engram
11
7
111
64%
64%
15.86
10.09
Quincy Adeboyejo
9
4
61
44%
44%
15.25
6.78
Van Jefferson
8
1
16
13%
13%
16.00
2.00
Damore'ea Stringfellow
5
2
26
40%
40%
13.00
5.20
Markell Pack
3
3
26
100%
67%
8.67
8.67
A.J. Brown
2
1
13
50%
50%
13.00
6.50
Arkansas
Targets
Catches
Yards
Catch Rate
Success Rate
Yards per Catch
Yards per Target
Jared Cornelius
5
3
40
60%
60%
13.33
8.00
Dominique Reed
5
3
65
60%
60%
21.67
13.00
Drew Morgan
6
4
34
67%
67%
8.50
5.67
Rawleigh Williams III
3
2
18
67%
67%
9.00
6.00
Keon Hatcher
4
3
34
75%
75%
11.33
8.50
Devwah Whaley
1
0
0
0%
0%
0.00
0.00
Jeremy Sprinkle
3
1
5
33%
33%
5.00
1.67
Cody Hollister
1
1
19
100%
100%
19.00
19.00
Austin Cantrell
3
2
14
67%
33%
7.00
4.67
Running
Ole Miss
Runs
Yards
Yards per Carry
Line YPC
Opportunity Rate
Stuff Rate
Highlight Yards per Opp
Akeem Judd
11
41
3.73
3.09
18%
0%
3.50
Chad Kelly
12
98
8.17
4.69
67%
8%
5.19
Eugene Brazley
6
20
3.33
2.92
33%
0%
1.25
National Avg.
5.16
2.93
38%
20%
5.16
Arkansas
Runs
Yards
Yards per Carry
Line YPC
Opportunity Rate
Stuff Rate
Highlight Yards per Opp
Rawleigh Williams
27
180
6.67
3.41
44%
19%
7.33
Devwah Whaley
11
65
5.91
3.80
55%
27%
3.83
Austin Allen
3
3
1.00
0.87
0%
18%
0.00
Keon Hatcher
2
8
4.00
3.50
50%
0%
1.00
Jared Cornelius
2
17
8.50
6.00
100%
0%
2.50
Notes
A scoring opportunity is a drive that involved the offense getting a first down inside the opponent's 40-yard line. With this, you can measure how well teams finished drives using points per opportunity.
Football Outsiders defines a successful play as one of the following: gaining 50 percent of the yards you need on first down, 70 percent on second down, or 100 percent on third/fourth down.
Measuring line yards is a way of giving proper credit to the offensive line for a run (click here for a more detailed explanation).
Stuff rate is the percentage of runs that the running back is tackled at or behind the line of scrimmage.
Opportunity rate is the percentage of carries that gain at least five yards (i.e., the percentage of carries in which the line does its job).
Highlight yards are the yards of a run that are credited solely to a running back, measuring how far they go once they reach the second level and open field.
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