Putting Up Numbers· college football

BYU’s yards a carry with LJ Martin and since LJ Martin’s last game

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BYU averaged 6.43 yards a carry with LJ Martin and 3.89 since LJ Martin’s last game in 2026, 4 games against 4, a difference of 2.54. All 4 first-half games were with LJ Martin. All 4 second-half games were since LJ Martin’s last game.

LJ Martin, running back: 344 rushing yards, 44 carries and 5 receptions in 4 games this season.

yards a carry a game

A +2.54 difference in yards a carry with LJ Martin vs since LJ Martin’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with LJ Martin and it comes up 11 times in 100.

The games

with LJ Martinsince LJ Martin’s last game
BYU’s games, 2026, each marked with LJ Martin or since LJ Martin’s last game
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsUUtah TechW7.09—
Sep 12, 2026vsArizonaW5.39—
Sep 19, 2026@Colorado StateW8.87—
Oct 3, 2026@TCUW4.36—
Oct 9, 2026vsIowa StateW6.17—
Oct 17, 2026vsNotre DameW4.21—
Oct 24, 2026@UCFL3.37—
Oct 31, 2026vsArizona StateW1.82—

Method

Read against .

  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 4 of these 8 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.