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 4.4 pass attempts over with Kaden Shields-Dutton and 6.4 pass attempts over without Kaden Shields-Dutton over its last 25 games, 18 games against 5. The plain averages are 45.9 and 36.0, a difference of 9.9. Expected was 10.8 pass attempts higher with Kaden Shields-Dutton than without Kaden Shields-Dutton. All 3 of Tom Herman’s games were without Kaden Shields-Dutton.

Kaden Shields-Dutton, running back: 587 rushing yards, 112 carries and 22 receptions in 18 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −2.0 difference in pass attempts over expected with Kaden Shields-Dutton vs without Kaden Shields-Dutton is about what you’d expect.

A +9.9 difference in pass attempts with Kaden Shields-Dutton vs without Kaden Shields-Dutton is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Kaden Shields-Duttonwithout Kaden Shields-Dutton
Florida Atlantic’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Kaden Shields-Dutton or without Kaden Shields-Dutton
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 1, 2024vsSouth FloridaL4231.4
Nov 7, 2024@East CarolinaL4332.1
Nov 16, 2024@TempleL3627.2
Nov 23, 2024vsCharlotteL2326.9
Nov 30, 2024@TulsaW2531.3
Aug 30, 2025@MarylandL6243.6
Sep 6, 2025vsFlorida A&MW45—
Sep 13, 2025@Florida InternationalL5144.0
Sep 27, 2025vsMemphisL5142.7
Oct 4, 2025@RiceW3343.4
Oct 11, 2025vsUABW3240.9
Oct 18, 2025@South FloridaL5847.8
Oct 25, 2025@NavyL5542.1
Nov 8, 2025vsTulsaW3244.9
Nov 15, 2025@TulaneL5744.8
Nov 22, 2025vsUConnL5543.0
Nov 29, 2025vsEast CarolinaL5146.4
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

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, minus 0.4 in 2024, minus 0.3 in 2025, minus 0.1 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 73% in 2024, 73% in 2025, 60% 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.
  • Florida A&M, Texas Southern 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 for 20 of these 25 games; in the other 5 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.