Putting Up Numbers· college football

Florida’s yards a carry with Vernell Brown III and without Vernell Brown III

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Florida averaged 4.81 yards a carry with Vernell Brown III and 3.07 without Vernell Brown III over its last 25 games, 14 games against 6, a difference of 1.74. Both neutral-site games were without Vernell Brown III. All 8 night games were with Vernell Brown III. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Vernell Brown III.

Vernell Brown III, receiver: 783 receiving yards, 57 receptions and 2 receiving touchdowns in 14 of those 25 games.

yards a carry a game

A +1.74 difference in yards a carry with Vernell Brown III vs without Vernell Brown III is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Vernell Brown IIIwithout Vernell Brown III
Florida’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Vernell Brown III or without Vernell Brown III
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 9, 2024@TexasL4.80—
Nov 16, 2024vsLSUW8.29—
Nov 23, 2024vsOle MissW3.75—
Nov 30, 2024@Florida StateW6.18—
Dec 20, 2024vsTulane (neutral)W5.09—
Aug 30, 2025vsLLong Island UniversityW5.26—
Sep 6, 2025vsSouth FloridaL4.29—
Sep 13, 2025@LSUL2.93—
Sep 20, 2025@Miami (FL)L2.76—
Oct 4, 2025vsTexasW4.30—
Oct 11, 2025@Texas A&ML3.08—
Oct 18, 2025vsMississippi StateW5.24—
Nov 1, 2025vsGeorgia (neutral)L3.74—
Nov 8, 2025@KentuckyL3.39—
Nov 15, 2025@Ole MissL4.32—
Nov 22, 2025vsTennesseeL4.83—
Nov 29, 2025vsFlorida StateW6.04—
Sep 5, 2026vsFlorida AtlanticW7.53—
Sep 12, 2026vsCCampbellW7.13—
Sep 19, 2026@AuburnW4.71—
Sep 26, 2026vsOle MissW5.83—
Oct 3, 2026@MissouriL1.68—
Oct 10, 2026vsSouth CarolinaL3.16—
Oct 17, 2026@TexasW3.81—
Oct 31, 2026vsGeorgia (neutral)L1.71—

Method

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  • 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.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Vernell Brown III nor without Vernell Brown III: Vernell Brown III had no game for the team that season, and sit out.