Putting Up Numbers· college football

Easton Messer’s receiving yards at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed receivers, Easton Messer was 78.5 yards over at home and 33.3 yards over away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 128.0 and 94.8, a difference of 33.3.

receiving yards a game over expected

A +45.2 difference in receiving yards over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +33.3 difference in receiving yards at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Easton Messer’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultreceiving yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@FloridaL7374.2
Sep 12, 2026vsNavyW17970.2
Sep 19, 2026vsFlorida InternationalW8354.1
Sep 26, 2026@Louisiana MonroeW1562.6
Oct 3, 2026vsTexas SouthernW88—
Oct 17, 2026@ArmyL10256.6
Oct 24, 2026vsRiceW16264.2
Oct 29, 2026@North TexasL18952.5

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed receivers in its other 2026 games, plus 6.9 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for receivers that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s receivers’ receiving yards in his games, 37%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 98% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Texas Southern has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.