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2022 College Football Returning Production (ESPN)
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:48 am
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:48 am
ESPN (Connelly) - 2022 CFB Returning Production
RETURNING PRODUCTION - 2022 (Off Rank, Def Rank) (OVERALL%, OFF %, DEF%)
SEC WEST
20. Mississippi State (45, 8) (78%, 72% 84%)
65. Alabama (80, 53) (65%, 61%, 70%)
66. Auburn (65, 73) (65%, 65%, 65%)
79. Arkansas (66, 93) (62%, 65%, 60%)
82. LSU (96, 57) (62%, 54%, 69%)
84. Texas A&M (76, 91) (61%, 62%, 60%)
98. Ole Miss (114, 59) (59%, 49%, 68%)
SEC EAST
33. Tennessee (26, 60) (74%, 80%, 68%)
36. South Carolina (22, 76) (73%, 82%, 65%)
52. Vanderbilt (54, 67) (69%, 70%, 67%)
62. Florida (46, 99) (65%, 72%, 58%)
63. Kentucky (86, 43) (65%, 59%, 72%)
68. Missouri (105, 30) (65%, 52%, 78%)
96. Georgia (43, 122) (59%, 73%, 44%)
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As mentioned, the formula I use changes from year to year. Here's the current weighting for determining the offensive percentages above:
Percent of returning WR/TE receiving yards: 37% of the overall number
Percent of returning QB passing yards: 29%
Percent of returning OL snaps: 28%
Percent of returning RB rushing yards: 6%
Broken out by position/player, you're looking at approximately 29% for the quarterback, 9% for each of four wide receivers and/or tight ends and 6% for the running back and each offensive lineman.
(Note: Since FBS newcomer James Madison played at the FCS level in 2021, I didn't have full snap count data for the Dukes. I used player starts as a substitute.)
It's a bit trickier on defense -- units aren't quite as strictly defined, and the percentage of returning production is derived both from position units and types of stats (tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, passes defensed). Here's the approximate layout:
Percent of returning tackles: 59%
Percent of returning passes defensed: 28%
Percent of returning tackles for loss: 8%
Percent of returning sacks: 5%
Perhaps surprisingly, turnover in the back of the defense causes far more of a shift in a team's SP+ rating from year to year than turnover up front. By position, defensive backs make up about 51% of the defensive formula, while linebackers are at 32% and the defensive line is at 17%. (Remember: This is not based on my personal opinion of positional importance -- it's all about what impacts the numbers the most. That distribution surprises me too!)
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Transfers Returning production: Quite crudely, if a player transfers from one FBS school to another, I mash his production from his previous team into the numerator and denominator for his new team. So if your quarterback leaves, and you bring in a transfer who was starting somewhere else -- a la USC, Ole Miss, Cincinnati and others -- that dampens the overall blow significantly. Because the translation from lower levels to upper is extremely inconsistent, I don't do this for players transferring up from FCS or Division II. I used to, but it didn't produce predictive value.
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Recruiting: As of 2022, I am now attempting to account for incoming transfers' recruiting rankings in a team's recruiting averages. It will not be a significant piece of the recruiting puzzle -- anytime I do something new, I ease it in from a weighting perspective -- but there will be at least a marginal impact here.
RETURNING PRODUCTION - 2022 (Off Rank, Def Rank) (OVERALL%, OFF %, DEF%)
SEC WEST
20. Mississippi State (45, 8) (78%, 72% 84%)
65. Alabama (80, 53) (65%, 61%, 70%)
66. Auburn (65, 73) (65%, 65%, 65%)
79. Arkansas (66, 93) (62%, 65%, 60%)
82. LSU (96, 57) (62%, 54%, 69%)
84. Texas A&M (76, 91) (61%, 62%, 60%)
98. Ole Miss (114, 59) (59%, 49%, 68%)
SEC EAST
33. Tennessee (26, 60) (74%, 80%, 68%)
36. South Carolina (22, 76) (73%, 82%, 65%)
52. Vanderbilt (54, 67) (69%, 70%, 67%)
62. Florida (46, 99) (65%, 72%, 58%)
63. Kentucky (86, 43) (65%, 59%, 72%)
68. Missouri (105, 30) (65%, 52%, 78%)
96. Georgia (43, 122) (59%, 73%, 44%)
This post was edited on 2/8/22 at 11:53 am
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:48 am to SummerOfGeorge
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If you didn't return much of your production last year, you were just about sunk. Northwestern ranked last in returning production at 39% and saw its SP+ rating fall by 21.1 points. No other team fell below 50% in returning production, but those below 62% fell by an average of 5.7 points, 7.3 if you take out first-year coaching success stories at South Carolina and Tennessee.
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MOST LIKELY TO IMPROVE IN 2022
* Mississippi State (34th in SP+, 21st in returning production)
Mike Leach's Bulldogs return quite a bit, especially on a defense that slid late in 2021 but still finished a solid 34th in defensive SP+.
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MOST LIKELY TO REGRESS IN 2022
* Ole Miss (23rd in Schlabach's rankings, 98th in returning production).
Coach Lane Kiffin briefly declared himself the "Portal King" this winter thanks to his heavy influx of transfer talent, but he had little choice in trying to offset losing quarterback Matt Corral and most of last year's skill corps.
* Georgia (third in Schlabach's rankings, 96th in returning production).
I'm not even going to pretend Georgia is in any sort of danger zone this season -- recent history and recruiting rankings are going to keep the Dawgs easily in the top three in the SP+ projections. But it's worth noting that they rank 96th in returning production while last year's two other top-three teams rank 65th (Alabama) and 25th (Ohio State).
This post was edited on 2/8/22 at 11:51 am
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:51 am to SummerOfGeorge
Holy shite, LSU is going to be even worse.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 12:15 pm to SummerOfGeorge
quote:Harsin Revenge Tour Commenced
66. Auburn (65, 73) (65%, 65%, 65%)
Posted on 2/8/22 at 12:52 pm to SummerOfGeorge
If you sucked last year, you’re probably going to return a lot of suck.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 2:20 pm to SummerOfGeorge
State stacked
SEC fricked
SEC fricked
Posted on 2/8/22 at 3:06 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Georgia (43, 122) (59%, 73%, 44%)
Am i reading this right?
UGA is 43rd on offense in returning production and 122 on defense?
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