Putting Up Numbers· college football

Central Michigan’s rushing yards with Jayden Clerveaux and without Jayden Clerveaux

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Central Michigan was 7.2 yards over with Jayden Clerveaux and 6.8 yards under without Jayden Clerveaux over its last 25 games, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 172.0 and 158.0, a difference of 14.0. All 3 away games were with Jayden Clerveaux. Both night games were with Jayden Clerveaux. All 4 nonconference games were with Jayden Clerveaux.

Jayden Clerveaux, running back: 271 rushing yards, 50 carries and 3 receptions in 7 of those 25 games, 23% of Central Michigan’s rushing yards in those games.

One game without Jayden Clerveaux is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

rushing yards a game over expected

The games

with Jayden Clerveauxwithout Jayden Clerveaux
Central Michigan’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jayden Clerveaux or without Jayden Clerveaux
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Nov 5, 2024vsBowling GreenL187160.0
Nov 12, 2024@ToledoL86182.1
Nov 19, 2024vsWestern MichiganW178214.0
Nov 30, 2024@Northern IllinoisL112146.5
Aug 29, 2025@San Jose StateW247139.8
Sep 6, 2025@PittsburghL5192.9
Sep 13, 2025@MichiganL82121.3
Sep 20, 2025vsWWagnerW234—
Sep 27, 2025vsEastern MichiganW311205.7
Oct 4, 2025@AkronL238166.8
Oct 18, 2025@Bowling GreenW203145.8
Oct 25, 2025vsUMassW279212.5
Nov 1, 2025@Western MichiganL57153.5
Nov 12, 2025vsBuffaloW115211.4
Nov 19, 2025@Kent StateW176191.3
Nov 29, 2025vsToledoL81136.3
Dec 26, 2025vsNorthwestern (neutral)L91135.1
Sep 5, 2026@New MexicoL119148.3
Sep 12, 2026vsColgateW201—
Sep 19, 2026vsWyomingW340156.2
Sep 26, 2026@Miami (FL)L25113.7
Oct 3, 2026vsAkronW333204.2
Oct 10, 2026@OhioL122181.2
Oct 17, 2026vsWestern MichiganL158164.8
Oct 24, 2026vsMiami (OH)L64156.0

Method

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  • 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, plus 8.0 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 60% of the difference the model predicts.
  • Colgate 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Jayden Clerveaux nor without Jayden Clerveaux: Jayden Clerveaux had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.