Putting Up Numbers· college football

Florida Atlantic’s pass attempts with Kaden Shields-Dutton and without Kaden Shields-Dutton

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Florida Atlantic was 5.4 pass attempts over with Kaden Shields-Dutton and 5.8 pass attempts over without Kaden Shields-Dutton in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 44.2 and 36.0, a difference of 8.2. All 4 conference games were with Kaden Shields-Dutton.

Kaden Shields-Dutton, running back: 90 rushing yards, 21 carries and 5 receptions in 6 games this season.

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

pass attempts a game over expected

A +8.2 difference in pass attempts with Kaden Shields-Dutton vs without Kaden Shields-Dutton is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Florida Atlantic’s games, 2026, each marked with Kaden Shields-Dutton or without Kaden Shields-Dutton
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@FloridaL5336.7
Sep 12, 2026vsNavyW3340.2
Sep 19, 2026vsFlorida InternationalW3639.2
Sep 26, 2026@Louisiana MonroeW4236.2
Oct 3, 2026vsTexas SouthernW30—
Oct 17, 2026@ArmyL4939.5
Oct 24, 2026vsRiceW3740.5
Oct 29, 2026@North TexasL5736.5

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, minus 0.1 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.
  • 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.
  • Texas Southern 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.