Daily Blog •June 13, 2013

Today’s blog continues my in-depth look at my New and Improved Experience Chart. For 7 years I had listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In 2009, I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better.

Today I will look at the % of tackles returning. I took all of the tackles made by the team a year ago and then took all of the returning tackles from 2012 for the percentage.

Arizona easily leads the way by returning 94.4% of their tackles from last year. The Wildcats return all 11 starters on that side of the ball including all 15 of their top tacklers! It’s safe to assume that they should be one of the most improved defenses in the country after allowing 35 ppg and 499 ypg a year ago. UTSA is #2 with 89% and Rice is #3 with 88.7% as they return 10 starters from last year’s team including their top 8 tacklers.

At the bottom of the chart is Georgia who returns just 34% of their tackles from last year. The Bulldogs only return 3 starters on defense and lose their top 4 tacklers. Kansas St only returns 2 starters on defense this year and return just 34.2% of their tackles.  

% of Tackles Returning

Rank Team % of Tkls Returning Rank Team % of Tkls Returning
#1 Arizona 94.4 #64 UAB 65
#2 UTSA 89 #65 Wake Forest 65
#3 Rice 88.7 #66 Mississippi St 64.7
#4 Louisville 86.3 #67 San Jose St 64.7
#5 Bowling Green 86.2 #68 Texas St 64.6
#7 Georgia Tech 85.4 #70 Notre Dame 64.4
#6 Massachusetts 85.4 #69 Temple 64.4
#8 Washington St 85 #71 Oregon St 64.1
#9 San Diego St 84.8 #72 Florida St 64
#10 TCU 84.8 #73 Clemson 63.8
#11 North Texas 84.2 #74 Fresno St 63.6
#12 Texas 83.3 #75 Old Dominion 63
#13 Michigan St 82.4 #76 Syracuse 63
#14 Indiana 81.6 #77 Navy 63
#15 North Carolina 81 #78 Virginia  62.3
#16 Western Michigan 80.8 #79 Minnesota 61.9
#17 Stanford 80.6 #80 Louisiana 61.7
#18 Colorado St 80.4 #81 Ohio 61.5
#19 Washington 80.4 #82 Utah 61.5
#20 Tennessee 80.3 #83 Northern Illinois 60.6
#21 Mississippi 78.9 #84 California 59.7
#22 WKU 78.9 #85 UCLA 59.5
#23 Miami, Fl 78.6 #86 USF 59
#25 Army 78.3 #87 Missouri 58.6
#24 Kentucky 78.3 #88 Arkansas  58.2
#26 Auburn 77.9 #90 Maryland 56.3
#27 Colorado 77.8 #89 Ball St 56.3
#28 East Carolina 77.7 #91 Illinois 56.2
#29 Boston College 77.2 #92 Houston 55.6
#30 Virginia Tech 76.5 #93 Connecticut 54.7
#31 Pittsburgh 75.8 #94 SMU 54
#32 Tulane 75.4 #95 Ohio St 53.4
#33 ULM 74.8 #96 Boise St 53.1
#34 Hawaii 74.6 #97 Texas A&M 52.9
#35 Middle Tennessee 74 #98 Cincinnati 52.5
#36 Baylor 73.6 #99 Kansas 51.3
#37 Oklahoma St 73.1 #100 Wyoming 51.2
#38 Buffalo 72.9 #101 LSU 50.4
#39 Iowa  72.8 #102 Arkansas St 50.1
#40 Oregon 72.5 #103 BYU 49.4
#42 West Virginia 71.5 #104 Air Force 48.6
#41 Southern Miss 71.5 #105 Tulsa 48.2
#43 New Mexico St 71.3 #106 Penn St 48
#44 Purdue 71.1 #107 Florida 47.3
#45 Vanderbilt 70.5 #108 Troy 46.7
#46 Alabama 70.5 #110 Iowa St 45.6
#47 Utah St 70.4 #109 Eastern Michigan 45.6
#48 Memphis 70.4 #111 UCF 44.4
#49 Florida Atlantic 70.2 #112 NC State 44.3
#50 Arizona St 70 #113 New Mexico 43.6
#51 Cental Michigan 69.5 #114 Rutgers 42.8
#53 USC 69.3 #115 Kent St 42.5
#52 Michigan 69.3 #116 South Carolina 41.8
#54 South Alabama 68.8 #117 Toledo 40.6
#55 UNLV 68.5 #119 Oklahoma 40
#56 Marshall 67.8 #118 Louisiana Tech 40
#57 Miami,Oh 67 #120 FIU 39.9
#58 Duke 66.7 #121 UTEP 38.3
#59 Georgia St 66.6 #122 Nevada 37.6
#60 Wisconsin 66.4 #123 Idaho 36
#61 Texas Tech 66.1 #124 Nebraska 34.3
#62 Northwestern 65.8 #125 Kansas St 34.2
#63 Akron 65.1 #126 Georgia 34

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