Putting Up Numbers· college football

Baylor without DJ Lagway

without , this season

Baylor is 2–0 without DJ Lagway this season and 3–3 with him.

Missed games (ankle), per espn.com.

DJ Lagway’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith DJ Lagway6 gamesWithout2 gamesDifference
Record3–32–0
Points, over expected−0.3+7.8−8.1
Passing yards, over expected+31.8−38.1+69.9
Against the line+10.3+0.3+10.0
Points allowed, over expected−4.1+2.4−6.4
Margin, over expected+2.4+3.2−0.8
Rushing yards, over expected−7.2+17.6−24.8
Carries, over expected0.0+8.9−9.0
Yards a carry3.724.78−1.05
Pass attempts, over expected+6.4−16.4+22.8
Total yards, over expected+21.9−29.3+51.2
Third-down conversion rate, over expected+0.5%−4.9%+5.4
Penalty yards, over expected+11.3+22.7−11.4

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.

Last 25 games

MeasureWith DJ Lagway6 gamesWithout2 gamesDifference
Record3–32–0
Points, over expected−0.3+7.8−8.1
Passing yards, over expected+31.8−38.1+69.9
Against the line+10.3+0.3+10.0
Points allowed, over expected−4.1+2.4−6.4
Margin, over expected+2.4+3.2−0.8
Rushing yards, over expected−7.2+17.6−24.8
Carries, over expected0.0+8.9−9.0
Yards a carry3.724.78−1.05
Pass attempts, over expected+6.4−16.4+22.8
Total yards, over expected+21.9−29.3+51.2
Third-down conversion rate, over expected+0.5%−4.9%+5.4
Penalty yards, over expected+11.3+22.7−11.4

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.

Who played instead

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith DJ LagwayWithoutDifference
Dawson Pendergrass, RB
Rushing yards37.357.5−20.2
Carries10.515.5−5.0
Caden Knighten, RB
Rushing yards37.754.0−16.3
Carries8.711.0−2.3
Gavin Freeman, WR
Receiving yards106.875.5+31.3
Receptions7.78.5−0.8
Michael Turner, RB
Rushing yards27.233.0−5.8
Carries7.26.5+0.7
Ryelan Morris, RB
Rushing yards41.643.5−1.9
Carries7.24.5+2.7

Last 25 games

MeasureWith DJ LagwayWithoutDifference
Dawson Pendergrass, RB
Rushing yards37.357.5−20.2
Carries10.515.5−5.0

The games he missed this season

DateGameResultPlayed instead
Sep 19, 2026vsLouisiana TechW 36–19Nate Bennett
Sep 12, 2026vsPrairie View A&MW 44–3Nate Bennett

Method

  • 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.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • 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: espn.com.