Putting Up Numbers· college football

Max Johnson’s passing yards at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed quarterbacks, Max Johnson was 91.0 yards over at home and 4.0 yards under away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 308.8 and 173.3, a difference of 135.5.

passing yards a game over expected

A +95.0 difference in passing yards over expected at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 15 times in 100.

A +135.5 difference in passing yards at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 6 times in 100.

The games

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Max Johnson’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsCCharleston SouthernW281—
Sep 12, 2026@ClemsonL244185.7
Sep 19, 2026@Jacksonville StateL187152.5
Sep 26, 2026vsHoustonL284248.7
Oct 3, 2026@Coastal CarolinaW233197.5
Oct 10, 2026vsJames MadisonL343216.2
Oct 15, 2026@Old DominionW29173.2
Oct 31, 2026vsAppalachian StateW327216.0

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed quarterbacks in its other 2026 games, plus 9.1 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for quarterbacks that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s quarterbacks’ passing yards in his games, 86%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 102% 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.
  • Charleston Southern has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.