Putting Up Numbers· college football

Fresno State’s pass attempts with Rayshon Luke and without Rayshon Luke

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Fresno State was 1.3 pass attempts under with Rayshon Luke and 5.7 pass attempts over without Rayshon Luke over its last 25 games, 18 games against 1. The plain averages are 27.8 and 35.0, a difference of 7.3. All 10 away games were with Rayshon Luke. All 6 day games were with Rayshon Luke. All 19 unranked opponents were with Rayshon Luke.

Rayshon Luke, running back: 1,081 rushing yards, 172 carries and 51 receptions in 20 of those 25 games.

One game without Rayshon Luke is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

pass attempts a game over expected

The games

with Rayshon Lukewithout Rayshon Luke
Fresno State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Rayshon Luke or without Rayshon Luke
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 9, 2024@Air ForceL2628.7
Nov 23, 2024vsColorado StateW2933.9
Nov 30, 2024@UCLAL4432.1
Dec 23, 2024vsNorthern Illinois (neutral)L2930.5
Aug 23, 2025@KansasL2929.5
Aug 30, 2025vsGeorgia SouthernW2728.6
Sep 6, 2025@Oregon StateW1827.0
Sep 13, 2025vsSouthernW30—
Sep 20, 2025@HawaiiW2928.3
Oct 4, 2025vsNevadaW2627.8
Oct 10, 2025@Colorado StateL4924.1
Oct 25, 2025vsSan Diego StateL4227.4
Nov 1, 2025@Boise StateW2129.8
Nov 15, 2025vsWyomingW2728.0
Nov 22, 2025vsUtah StateL3334.5
Nov 29, 2025@San Jose StateW2031.2
Dec 27, 2025vsMiami (OH) (neutral)W2233.9
Sep 4, 2026@USCL1528.2
Sep 12, 2026vsSSacramento StateW29—
Sep 19, 2026@San Jose StateW2928.7
Sep 26, 2026vsRiceW3425.6
Oct 3, 2026@Washington StateW3326.8
Oct 10, 2026vsBoise StateL3529.3
Oct 17, 2026@San Diego StateL2528.4
Oct 31, 2026vsOregon StateW1730.9

Method

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  • 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 0.3 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 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • Southern, Sacramento State 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 21 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Rayshon Luke nor without Rayshon Luke: Rayshon Luke had no game for the team that season, and sit out.