BYU’s yards a carry with LJ Martin and without LJ Martin
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BYU averaged 5.01 yards a carry with LJ Martin and 4.00 without LJ Martin over its last 25 games, 20 games against 5, a difference of 1.02. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with LJ Martin. All 3 games while unranked were with LJ Martin. All 3 games after a bye were with LJ Martin.
LJ Martin, running back: 1,866 rushing yards, 327 carries and 45 receptions in 20 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with LJ Martin
5.01
without LJ Martin
4.00
2468
A +1.02 difference in yards a carry with LJ Martin vs without LJ Martin is about what you’d expect.
The games
with LJ Martinwithout LJ Martin
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2024 | @ Arizona State | L | 4.09 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | vs Houston | W | 4.85 | — | |
| Dec 28, 2024 | vs Colorado (neutral) | W | 4.77 | — | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | vsPPortland State | W | 9.75 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vs Stanford | W | 3.95 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | @ East Carolina | W | 5.06 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | @Colorado | W | 6.38 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2025 | vs West Virginia | W | 4.07 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | @ Arizona | W | 5.06 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | vs Utah | W | 5.10 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | @ Iowa State | W | 3.68 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2025 | @ Texas Tech | L | 2.48 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | vs TCU | W | 4 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | @ Cincinnati | W | 5.56 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | vs UCF | W | 3.10 | — | |
| Dec 6, 2025 | vsTexas Tech (neutral) | L | 2.62 | — | |
| Dec 27, 2025 | vs Georgia Tech (neutral) | W | 4.41 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | vsUUtah Tech | W | 7.09 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vsArizona | W | 5.39 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Colorado State | W | 8.87 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @TCU | W | 4.36 | — | |
| Oct 9, 2026 | vsIowa State | W | 6.17 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Notre Dame | W | 4.21 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @UCF | L | 3.37 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vsArizona State | W | 1.82 | — |
Method
- 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.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 13 of these 25 games; in the other 12 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.