Daily Blog • June 12, 2014

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 yards returning. I took all of the yards each QB threw for as well as all of the individual rushing yards and receiving yards for each team. I then took all of the returning yards from 2013 for the percentage.

At the top of the chart is Maryland. They return 8 starters from last year’s offense (only lost 2 OL and a TE) including their top 8 rushers and 8 of their top 9 receivers. The Terrapins only lose TE Dave Stinebaugh, who had 204 yards receiving. They are followed closely by Akron, who returns 7 starters on offense (only lost 3 OL and a WR) and returns all 3 of their QB’s, their top 6 rushers and 8 of their top 9 receivers. Other schools at the top of the list include: Washington St (94.36%), Iowa (92.79%) and Army (92.63%).

At the bottom of the list are two teams that lost OVER 80% of their yards gained from last year. Last year LSU became the first team in SEC history to feature a 3,000 yard passer, two 1,000 yard receivers and a 1,000 yard rusher and unfortunately for them all four of those players depart this year! Just two Boston College players (RB Andre Williams and WR Alex Amidon) accounted for an incredible 68% of the Eagles’ offense last year and both players depart this year along with their other top 3 receivers.

I will be back tomorrow to take a look at another factor in my experience chart (% of tackles returning).

% of Yards Returning

    % of Yards     % of Yards
Rank Team Returning Rank Team Returning
1 Maryland 97.49% 65 Miami, Oh 66.31%
2 Akron 94.49% 66 Minnesota 66.05%
3 Washington St 94.36% 67 TCU 65.91%
4 Iowa  92.79% 68 Colorado 65.81%
5 Army 92.63% 69 Georgia St 64.43%
6 Memphis 91.47% 70 Florida St 64.11%
7 UTSA 91.00% 71 Colorado St 63.92%
8 Michigan St 90.86% 72 San Diego St 63.87%
9 Connecticut 90.04% 73 North Carolina 62.67%
10 Old Dominion 88.79% 74 Southern Miss 61.93%
11 Louisiana 88.68% 75 Kentucky 61.86%
12 Houston 88.63% 76 Utah St 60.38%
13 Virginia  87.81% 77 Florida 58.75%
14 Central Michigan 87.59% 78 South Carolina 58.61%
15 UCLA 84.22% 79 Idaho 58.18%
16 Arkansas  84.10% 80 Alabama 57.75%
17 Bowling Green 81.95% 81 Wisconsin 57.01%
18 Iowa St 81.61% 82 Ohio St 56.75%
19 Purdue 81.08% 83 Georgia Southern 56.66%
20 Navy 80.97% 84 Texas Tech 55.42%
21 Louisiana Tech 80.56% 85 Pittsburgh 53.73%
22 California 80.19% 86 Western Michigan 53.30%
23 Mississippi St 80.01% 87 Virginia Tech 52.76%
24 BYU 79.16% 88 Oklahoma 51.68%
25 USC 78.95% 89 Buffalo 51.48%
26 Auburn 78.89% 90 Northern Illinois 51.36%
27 Baylor 78.66% 91 Miami, Fl 50.89%
28 New Mexico 77.84% 92 Cincinnati 50.81%
29 Oregon 77.63% 93 South Alabama 49.62%
30 UTEP 76.95% 94 Oklahoma St 49.61%
31 Utah 76.83% 95 Middle Tennessee 49.15%
32 Oregon St 76.65% 96 Georgia Tech 48.76%
33 Temple 76.37% 97 Georgia 48.64%
34 Penn St 76.31% 98 Hawaii 43.59%
35 East Carolina 76.29% 99 UAB 43.05%
36 Nevada 75.49% 100 NC State 41.69%
37 Tennessee 75.41% 101 New Mexico St 41.49%
38 Kansas St 75.31% 102 Toledo 41.25%
39 Texas St 74.68% 103 UNLV 40.98%
40 Rutgers 74.37% 104 Louisville 40.92%
41 FIU 73.49% 105 UCF 39.03%
42 Kent St 73.39% 106 Troy 37.69%
43 Stanford 73.11% 107 Arkansas St 37.18%
44 Air Force 72.95% 108 ULM 36.92%
45 Marshall 72.39% 109 Rice 36.68%
46 Arizona St 72.27% 110 San Jose St 36.49%
47 Duke 71.96% 111 Notre Dame 36.00%
48 WKU 70.77% 112 Wyoming 35.39%
49 Syracuse 70.71% 113 Missouri 34.40%
50 FAU 70.37% 114 Illinois 34.25%
51 Kansas 70.15% 115 Washington 34.18%
52 Eastern Michigan 69.90% 116 Tulsa 33.10%
53 Northwestern 69.90% 117 Vanderbilt 32.46%
54 Mississippi 69.85% 118 Fresno St 31.57%
55 Tulane 69.78% 119 Ball St 30.90%
56 West Virginia 69.69% 120 SMU 29.98%
57 Appalachian St 69.51% 121 Clemson 26.84%
58 Massachusetts 69.07% 122 North Texas 26.18%
59 Michigan 68.38% 123 Texas A&M 24.00%
60 USF 67.34% 124 Arizona 23.61%
61 Indiana 67.24% 125 Ohio 22.90%
62 Texas 67.09% 126 Wake Forest 22.76%
63 Boise St 66.82% 127 LSU 18.04%
64 Nebraska 66.47% 128 Boston College 12.79%

 

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