Putting Up Numbers· college football

Jaylon Hawkins’ receiving yards at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed receivers, Jaylon Hawkins was 31.7 yards under at home and 31.2 yards over away in 2026, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 25.0 and 77.3, a difference of 52.3. All 4 night games were at home.

3 games away is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

receiving yards a game over expected

A −62.9 difference in receiving yards over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −52.3 difference in receiving yards at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Jaylon Hawkins’ games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultreceiving yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsPPortland StateW0—
Sep 19, 2026vsJames MadisonL657.6
Sep 26, 2026@ToledoL2547.8
Oct 3, 2026vsTexas StateW078.5
Oct 10, 2026@Oregon StateL4349.9
Oct 17, 2026vsFresno StateW8460.0
Oct 24, 2026@Colorado StateL16440.7
Oct 31, 2026vsWashington StateW3555.6

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed receivers in its other 2026 games, plus 6.6 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, 32%.
  • 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.
  • Portland State has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.