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Surprise Scoring Percentage

Essential when attempting to decipher the National Football League’s increasingly complex statistical jungle. SSP measures Touchdowns scored, per play, by offensive skill position players after:

a)	A turnover is committed. b)	The ball is then regained by the team that began with possession and had committed the turnover. c)	The touchdown is finally scored, despite the initial interception or lost fumble. Surprise Scoring Percentage calculation is simple:

TD’s appropriately scored / Games Played x  50 (average number of offensive plays per game) / (Games Played / Games Started). The last division (Games Played / Games Started) is crucial for determining the degree of Surprise

The NFL’s highest SSP for the 2009-2010 season (.083), is held by Robert Meachem of the New Orleans Saints,

1 / 12 x 50 / (12/6)= .00083