Putting Up Numbers· college football

Malachi Toney’s receiving yards at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed receivers, Malachi Toney was 79.3 yards over at home and 46.2 yards over away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 141.0 and 115.8, a difference of 25.3. Both day games were at home. Both nonconference games were at home.

receiving yards a game over expected

A +33.1 difference in receiving yards over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +25.3 difference in receiving yards at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Malachi Toney’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultreceiving yardsExpected
Sep 4, 2026@StanfordW23469.2
Sep 10, 2026vsFlorida A&MW96—
Sep 18, 2026@Wake ForestW11471.1
Sep 26, 2026vsCentral MichiganW12051.1
Oct 3, 2026@ClemsonW4073.5
Oct 17, 2026vsFlorida StateW15493.4
Oct 24, 2026vsPittsburghW19485.8
Oct 31, 2026@North CarolinaW7564.6

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, 47%.
  • 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.
  • Florida A&M has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.