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Coastal Carolina’s third-down conversion rate with Jevon Edwards and without Jevon Edwards

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Coastal Carolina was 2.3 percentage points under with Jevon Edwards and 15.5 percentage points under without Jevon Edwards over its last 25 games, 18 games against 1. The plain averages are 34.9% and 25.0%, a difference of 9.9%. All 10 home games were with Jevon Edwards. All 9 day games were with Jevon Edwards. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Jevon Edwards.

Jevon Edwards, running back: 509 rushing yards, 109 carries and 11 receptions in 19 of those 25 games.

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

third-down conversion rate a game over expected

The games

with Jevon Edwardswithout Jevon Edwards
Coastal Carolina’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jevon Edwards or without Jevon Edwards
SideDateGameResult3rd downsExpected
Nov 16, 2024@MarshallL50.0%34.3%
Nov 23, 2024vsGeorgia SouthernL16.7%46.1%
Nov 30, 2024@Georgia StateW66.7%38.0%
Dec 23, 2024@UTSAL31.3%33.7%
Aug 30, 2025@VirginiaL7.1%27.9%
Sep 6, 2025vsCCharleston SouthernW50.0%—
Sep 13, 2025vsEast CarolinaL35.7%30.8%
Sep 20, 2025@South AlabamaW36.4%35.0%
Oct 4, 2025@Old DominionL41.2%30.0%
Oct 11, 2025vsLouisiana MonroeW31.3%40.7%
Oct 18, 2025@Appalachian StateW60.0%36.6%
Oct 30, 2025vsMarshallW37.5%36.9%
Nov 8, 2025vsGeorgia StateW40.0%41.0%
Nov 15, 2025@Georgia SouthernL37.5%42.4%
Nov 22, 2025@South CarolinaL33.3%32.1%
Nov 29, 2025vsJames MadisonL12.5%32.3%
Dec 30, 2025vsLouisiana Tech (neutral)L14.3%37.3%
Sep 5, 2026@West VirginiaL20.0%40.0%
Sep 12, 2026vsFordhamW46.2%—
Sep 19, 2026@DelawareL50.0%35.6%
Sep 24, 2026vsLibertyL35.7%35.1%
Oct 3, 2026vsGeorgia SouthernL23.1%38.9%
Oct 10, 2026@MarshallW25.0%40.5%
Oct 16, 2026vsAppalachian StateL54.5%36.0%
Oct 31, 2026@Georgia StateW30.8%34.3%

Method

Read against .

  • 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, plus 0.7% in 2025, plus 1.4% 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 56% in 2025, 40% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • Charleston Southern, Fordham 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.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Jevon Edwards nor without Jevon Edwards: Jevon Edwards had no game for the team that season, and sit out.