Boston College’s penalty yards with Mekhi Dodd and without Mekhi Dodd
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Boston College was 27.9 yards over with Mekhi Dodd and 7.3 yards under without Mekhi Dodd in 2026, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 82.0 and 51.3, a difference of 30.7. All 4 second-half games were with Mekhi Dodd.
Mekhi Dodd, running back: 82 rushing yards, 15 carries and 2 receptions in 4 games this season.
3 games without Mekhi Dodd is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
penalty yards a game over expected
A +35.2 difference in penalty yards over expected with Mekhi Dodd vs without Mekhi Dodd is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Mekhi Dodd and it comes up 18 times in 100.
A +30.7 difference in penalty yards with Mekhi Dodd vs without Mekhi Dodd is about what you’d expect.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | penalty yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ Cincinnati | L | 37 | 59.7 | |
| Sep 11, 2026 | vs Rutgers | W | 28 | 58.4 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Maine | W | 48 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Virginia Tech | L | 89 | 57.9 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ SMU | L | 95 | 58.7 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Pittsburgh | W | 47 | 61.5 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Georgia Tech | W | 91 | 64.6 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @ Duke | L | 129 | 65.8 |
Method
- Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 1.3 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
- Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 27% 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.
- Maine has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.