Delaware
1-1Conference USA · Ryan Carty, year 2 (8-7) · Delaware Stadium · 22,000 · 17,268 avg in 2026
LastL 26–35 at Vanderbilt · Sat Sep 12 · Colin Gallagher 1.5 sacks, 2.5 TFL, 9 tackles
Nextvs Coastal Carolina · Sat Sep 19 · 11:30 am ET · Delaware Stadium · Delaware by 5 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All 87 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.21 EPA/play | 4 | 2 | 31 / 63 | 49.2 | 512 #42 FBS | 8.1 | 3 #60 FBS | 3 | 123.7 | 52 | 50.5 | 5.8 | 8.7 | |
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| +0.04 EPA/play | 16 | 2 | 7 / 12 | 58.3 | 88 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 119.9 | — | 51.4 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.14 EPA/play | 27 | 2 | 22 | 128 | 5.8 | 0 | 37 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possession Receiver · +0.85 EPA/play | 9 | — | 14 | 211 #23 FBS | 15.1 | 1 | 45 | |
Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. 37 of 58 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Yards / reception14.1 58th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions TD rate7.1% bottom 31th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Ja'Carree Kelly's full player page | ||||||||
| +1.51 EPA/play | 5 | 2 | 7 | 206 #26 FBS | 29.4 | 1 | 57 | |
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| Jump-Ball Target · +0.39 EPA/play | 18 | 2 | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 1 | 21 | |
Yards by week → Jump-Ball TargetWins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons. 5 of 58 WRs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt TD rate— 89th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions EPA / play (adj)— bottom 26th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Sean Wilson's full player page | ||||||||
| -0.10 EPA/play | — | 2 | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 | 37 | |
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| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | — | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage 'Backer | 35 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Coverage 'BackerCarries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage. 21 of 84 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate6.2% 81th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Tackle volume16 bottom 22th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Gavin Moul's full player page | |||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 #30 FBS | 2 #26 FBS | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2 | 10 | 2 #43 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 #43 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 #22 FBS | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 2 | 2/4 | 50 | 8/8 | 14 | 40 | |
| 92 | — | 1/2 | 50 | 8/8 | 11 | 25 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 | 10 | 415 | 41.5 | 49 | 3 | 0 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.10 EPA/play | — | 2 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 1 | 27 |
2026 stat leaders · Delaware
through 2 games
2026 stat leaders · DelawareJa'Carree Kelly leads Delaware with 211 receiving yards through 2 games.
How They Play · 2025Delaware fields a strong pass-first offense behind a porous, gives up the big play defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Delaware reads strongest in explosive plays (top 30%) and epa / play (top 36%); the crux lives in explosive plays allowed, where Delaware sits at the 1st percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · Delaware · 2018–present · FBS opponents
Delaware is worth +8.8 points more at home than on the road.
Top tenth of FBS, 98th percentile of 133 programs
57% at home, 17% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (4–3 home, 2–10 away). Interval ±8.1.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, Delaware has beaten the number by −0.2 more at home than away over 49 games — inside the ±9.5 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.
Delaware Stadium seats 22,000 and has averaged 78% full (17,077, 14 games reported). Visitors get here easily: a median 188 miles trip since 2018, the 6th-shortest of 135 FBS venues. Whatever the band above is picking up, it isn't the flight. For the home side it is genuinely home ground: 41% of the 2026 roster (57 of 140 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 47 home games since 2018.
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Scheme claims
Standard downs vs. passing downs
Does Delaware hold up once the down-and-distance turns against them?
70th percentile success on standard downs, 31st on passing downs — a 39-point gap between the two.
View all FBS teams as a table
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| App State | 44th | 90th |
| Arizona | 92nd | 86th |
| Arkansas | 60th | 80th |
| Auburn | 75th | 55th |
| Ball State | 12th | 24th |
| Baylor | 40th | 96th |
| Boise State | 58th | 46th |
| Boston College | 27th | 56th |
| Buffalo | 7th | 14th |
| California | 9th | 25th |
| Central Michigan | 16th | 6th |
| Charlotte | 73rd | 83rd |
| Clemson | 1st | 19th |
| Coastal Carolina | 61st | 52nd |
| Colorado | 35th | 77th |
| Colorado State | 82nd | 91st |
| Delaware | 70th | 31st |
| Duke | 20th | 29th |
| Eastern Michigan | 52nd | 10th |
| Florida Atlantic | 43rd | 87th |
| Florida International | 46th | 43rd |
| Florida State | 28th | 65th |
| Georgia Southern | 24th | 45th |
| Georgia Tech | 58th | 44th |
| Hawai'i | 18th | 41st |
| Iowa State | 4th | 23rd |
| Jacksonville State | 65th | 82nd |
| Kansas | 70th | 35th |
| LSU | 33rd | 98th |
| Liberty | 14th | 59th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 92nd |
| Louisville | 96th | 70th |
| Memphis | 69th | 65th |
| Michigan | 2nd | 62nd |
| Michigan State | 62nd | 29th |
| Middle Tennessee | 87th | 68th |
| Missouri | 36th | 85th |
| Navy | 98th | 59th |
| Nevada | 77th | 52nd |
| New Mexico State | 45th | 75th |
| Norfolk State | 16th | 9th |
| North Dakota State | 86th | 27th |
| North Texas | 49th | 68th |
| Ohio | 38th | 17th |
| Ohio State | 90th | 40th |
| Oklahoma State | 41st | 49th |
| Ole Miss | 94th | 50th |
| Oregon | 35th | 33rd |
| Oregon State | 10th | 38th |
| Pittsburgh | 30th | 76th |
| Purdue | 83rd | 88th |
| Rutgers | 30th | 71st |
| Sacramento State | 23rd | 14th |
| Sam Houston | 78th | 61st |
| San Diego State | 4th | 40th |
| San José State | 54th | 22nd |
| South Alabama | 50th | 73rd |
| South Florida | 91st | 52nd |
| Stanford | 76th | 15th |
| Syracuse | 48th | 64th |
| TCU | 93rd | 8th |
| Tennessee | 65th | 78th |
| Texas | 72nd | 94th |
| Texas A&M | 85th | 72nd |
| Texas Tech | 88th | 48th |
| Troy | 22nd | 59th |
| Tulane | 31st | 2nd |
| Tulsa | 56th | 1st |
| UAB | 65th | 81st |
| UNLV | 51st | 7th |
| USC | 97th | 99th |
| UTSA | 99th | 29th |
| Utah State | 4th | 93rd |
| Vanderbilt | 80th | 12th |
| Wake Forest | 56th | 97th |
| Washington | 81st | 4th |
| Washington State | 8th | 3rd |
| Western Kentucky | 25th | 34th |
| Western Michigan | 39th | 20th |
| Wisconsin | 13th | 18th |
| Wyoming | 65th | 36th |
Tendency drift
Season by season
How Delaware’s current staff calls plays, year over year
Pass defense by zone
Pass-depth identity
What this team throws, and gives up, by depth.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), Delaware’s passing game completes a completion rate below the FBS mean (59.7% vs 68.3% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 63-play sample) — most conservative, 1 of 41 qualifying offenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball (20+ air yards) leaderboard here, on either side of the ball: even a full season of charted plays gives most teams well under 30 deep attempts — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess. Same refusal for yards-after-catch allowed and where a team’s attempts land by zone: both measured and both came back statistically indistinguishable from season-to-season noise.
Ratings
Comparable teams
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Conditions
65°F average kickoff temp; 6% of games had measurable precipitation; 9 mph average wind.
Based on 35 home games with weather data.