Putting Up Numbers· college football

Florida State’s total yards with Samuel Singleton Jr. and without Samuel Singleton Jr.

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Florida State was 3.2 yards over with Samuel Singleton Jr. and 8.2 yards under without Samuel Singleton Jr. over its last 25 games, 17 games against 5. The plain averages are 411.6 and 414.8, a difference of 3.3. Expected was 32.7 yards lower with Samuel Singleton Jr. than without Samuel Singleton Jr.. All 5 games while ranked were with Samuel Singleton Jr..

Samuel Singleton Jr., running back: 515 rushing yards, 87 carries and 12 receptions in 16 of those 25 games.

total yards a game over expected

A +11.4 difference in total yards over expected with Samuel Singleton Jr. vs without Samuel Singleton Jr. is about what you’d expect.

A −3.3 difference in total yards with Samuel Singleton Jr. vs without Samuel Singleton Jr. is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Florida State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Samuel Singleton Jr. or without Samuel Singleton Jr.
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Oct 26, 2024@Miami (FL)L248256.9
Nov 2, 2024vsNorth CarolinaL201362.5
Nov 9, 2024@Notre DameL208237.7
Nov 23, 2024vsCCharleston SouthernW415—
Nov 30, 2024vsFloridaL239277.0
Aug 30, 2025vsAlabamaW388393.4
Sep 6, 2025vsEEast Texas A&MW729—
Sep 20, 2025vsKent StateW775519.8
Sep 26, 2025@VirginiaL516381.5
Oct 4, 2025vsMiami (FL)L404355.6
Oct 11, 2025vsPittsburghL415424.2
Oct 18, 2025@StanfordL444462.4
Nov 1, 2025vsWake ForestW421414.2
Nov 8, 2025@ClemsonL360453.8
Nov 15, 2025vsVirginia TechW431458.6
Nov 21, 2025@NC StateL383489.1
Nov 29, 2025@FloridaL407427.7
Aug 29, 2026vsNew Mexico StateW424454.1
Sep 7, 2026vsSMUL324408.9
Sep 19, 2026@AlabamaL471332.8
Sep 26, 2026vsCCentral ArkansasW419—
Oct 3, 2026vsVirginiaW465393.2
Oct 9, 2026@LouisvilleL362455.1
Oct 17, 2026@Miami (FL)L445382.4
Oct 31, 2026vsClemsonL415391.1

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 6.1 in 2024, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 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 79% in 2024, 79% in 2025, 67% 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.
  • Charleston Southern, East Texas A&M, Central Arkansas 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 19 of these 25 games; in the other 6 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.