Putting Up Numbers· college football

Charlotte’s penalty yards with Conner Harrell and without Conner Harrell

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Charlotte was 16.4 yards under with Conner Harrell and 2.8 yards under without Conner Harrell over its last 25 games, 5 games against 13. The plain averages are 44.8 and 47.4, a difference of 2.6. All 3 ranked opponents were without Conner Harrell. Both top-10 opponents were without Conner Harrell.

Conner Harrell, quarterback: 1,568 passing yards, 204 pass attempts and 138 completions in 9 of those 25 games.

penalty yards a game over expected

A −13.6 difference in penalty yards over expected with Conner Harrell vs without Conner Harrell is about what you’d expect.

A −2.6 difference in penalty yards with Conner Harrell vs without Conner Harrell is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Conner Harrellwithout Conner Harrell
Charlotte’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Conner Harrell or without Conner Harrell
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Oct 26, 2024@MemphisL6152.4
Oct 31, 2024vsTulaneL5553.7
Nov 16, 2024vsSouth FloridaL10362.9
Nov 23, 2024@Florida AtlanticW063.0
Nov 30, 2024vsUABW9758.3
Aug 29, 2025vsAppalachian State (neutral)L5448.8
Sep 6, 2025vsNorth CarolinaL4349.7
Sep 13, 2025vsMMonmouthW103—
Sep 18, 2025vsRiceL4347.7
Oct 3, 2025@South FloridaL8158.0
Oct 11, 2025@ArmyL2045.8
Oct 18, 2025vsTempleL2047.7
Oct 24, 2025vsNorth TexasL6048.6
Nov 8, 2025@East CarolinaL5250.7
Nov 15, 2025vsUTSAL5052.5
Nov 22, 2025@GeorgiaL3547.9
Nov 29, 2025@TulaneL4949.9
Sep 5, 2026vsThe CitadelL35—
Sep 12, 2026@Ole MissL3958.3
Sep 19, 2026@Appalachian StateL5454.4
Sep 26, 2026vsLouisianaL8351.1
Oct 3, 2026vsMemphisL4352.5
Oct 10, 2026@North TexasL3350.6
Oct 17, 2026@TempleW1150.9
Oct 30, 2026vsTulaneL2547.8

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 2.1 in 2025, minus 1.3 in 2026 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 45% in 2025, 27% in 2026 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.
  • Monmouth, The Citadel have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 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.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Conner Harrell nor without Conner Harrell: Conner Harrell had no game for the team that season, and sit out.