Ball State without Jalen Bonds

without , this season

Ball State is 0–2 without Jalen Bonds this season and 3–3 with him.

Missed games, per rotowire.com.

, a game

This season

Measure	With Jalen Bonds6 games	Without2 games	Difference
Record	3–3	0–2
Points, over expected	−3.6	−2.4	−1.3
Rushing yards, over expected	−8.5	−24.0	+15.6
Against the line	−2.4	+4.8	−7.2
Points allowed, over expected	+6.8	+1.9	+4.9
Margin, over expected	−7.5	−0.5	−7.0
Carries, over expected	−0.5	−4.3	+3.8
Yards a carry	4.24	3.90	+0.34
Passing yards, over expected	−51.2	+49.3	−100.6
Pass attempts, over expected	−3.1	+7.8	−10.9
Total yards, over expected	−53.6	+29.6	−83.2
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	−8.0%	−0.3%	−7.8
Penalty yards, over expected	−0.3	+21.3	−21.5

2 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Measure	With Jalen Bonds9 games	Without11 games	Difference
Record	3–6	4–7
Points, over expected	−3.2	−2.6	−0.6
Rushing yards, over expected	−3.2	−15.5	+12.2
Against the line	−3.4	+1.1	−4.5
Points allowed, over expected	+6.6	−0.7	+7.3
Margin, over expected	−7.5	−0.1	−7.4
Carries, over expected	+1.3	−1.3	+2.7
Yards a carry	3.88	3.61	+0.27
Passing yards, over expected	−33.4	−15.0	−18.4
Pass attempts, over expected	−2.0	−0.3	−1.6
Total yards, over expected	−28.8	−22.1	−6.7
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	−4.2%	−4.5%	+0.3
Penalty yards, over expected	−1.8	−3.9	+2.1

Measure	With Jalen Bonds	Without	Difference
Keldric Luster, QB
Passing yards	173.4	216.5	−43.1
Pass attempts	27.4	37.0	−9.6
TJ Horton, RB
Rushing yards	54.3	50.0	+4.3
Carries	8.8	7.5	+1.3
Tyler Mizzell, QB
Passing yards	48.8	32.5	+16.3
Pass attempts	7.8	3.5	+4.3
Johnny Thompson Jr., RB
Rushing yards	8.7	17.0	−8.3
Carries	3.2	8.0	−4.8
Jamarion McDougle, WR
Receiving yards	35.6	43.0	−7.4
Receptions	2.4	5.5	−3.1

Measure	With Jalen Bonds	Without	Difference
Kiael Kelly, QB
Passing yards	142.7	128.3	+14.3
Pass attempts	25.3	21.9	+3.4
Qian Magwood, WR
Receiving yards	27.3	34.0	−6.7
Receptions	2.0	1.9	+0.1
TJ Horton, RB
Rushing yards	45.3	24.4	+20.9
Carries	9.1	5.5	+3.6

Date	Game	Result
Oct 10, 2026	@Northwestern	L 14–45
Oct 3, 2026	vsToledo	L 24–39

With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers. A game with no expected number sits out.
Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.
Why he’s out: rotowire.com.