Colorado without Micah Welch

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Colorado is 1–1 without Micah Welch this season and 2–4 with him. Since 2024, Colorado is 5–3 in the 8 games he missed and 10–15 with him.

Out (hand), per rotoballer.com.

, a game

This season

Measure	With Micah Welch6 games	Without2 games	Difference
Record	2–4	1–1
Points, over expected	−6.5	+4.5	−11.0
Rushing yards, over expected	−4.7	−12.9	+8.2
Against the line	−4.7	−10.0	+5.3
Points allowed, over expected	−3.5	+13.9	−17.4
Margin, over expected	−0.9	−8.2	+7.3
Carries, over expected	+0.6	−1.2	+1.8
Yards a carry	4.12	3.59	+0.53
Passing yards, over expected	−13.1	+50.7	−63.8
Pass attempts, over expected	+2.2	−2.2	+4.3
Total yards, over expected	−18.2	+39.2	−57.4
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	−4.2%	+6.4%	−10.7
Penalty yards, over expected	+18.0	+7.1	+10.9

2 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Measure	With Micah Welch21 games	Without4 games	Difference
Record	6–15	3–1
Points, over expected	−2.8	+10.1	−12.9
Rushing yards, over expected	−17.4	−19.0	+1.5
Against the line	−5.1	+0.3	−5.3
Points allowed, over expected	−0.4	+7.8	−8.2
Margin, over expected	−1.5	+2.5	−4.0
Carries, over expected	−1.4	−3.4	+2.0
Yards a carry	3.52	3.22	+0.30
Passing yards, over expected	−4.2	+44.7	−48.8
Pass attempts, over expected	−0.3	+2.4	−2.7
Total yards, over expected	−20.6	+25.6	−46.1
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	−1.5%	−3.9%	+2.4
Penalty yards, over expected	+4.7	+12.9	−8.2

Measure	With Micah Welch	Without	Difference
Isaac Wilson, QB
Passing yards	174.8	232.5	−57.8
Pass attempts	25.3	24.0	+1.3
JaQuail Smith, RB
Rushing yards	43.2	51.0	−7.8
Carries	8.5	10.5	−2.0
Joseph Williams, WR
Receiving yards	84.7	112.0	−27.3
Receptions	6.2	7.0	−0.8
Richard Young, RB
Rushing yards	12.3	120.0	−107.8
Carries	4.0	24.0	−20.0

Measure	With Micah Welch	Without	Difference
Shedeur Sanders, QB
Passing yards	300.4	338.5	−38.1
Pass attempts	35.9	37.7	−1.8
Jimmy Horn Jr., WR
Receiving yards	23.8	64.4	−40.6
Receptions	3.8	3.6	+0.2

Date	Game	Result
Oct 31, 2026	vsKansas State	W 27–24
Oct 24, 2026	@Oklahoma State	L 24–57

With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers. A game with no expected number sits out.
Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.
Why he’s out: rotoballer.com.