Putting Up Numbers· college football

Georgia State’s pass attempts with Cameran Brown and without Cameran Brown

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Georgia State was 0.8 pass attempts under with Cameran Brown and 4.0 pass attempts over without Cameran Brown over its last 25 games, 9 games against 9. The plain averages are 33.7 and 38.1, a difference of 4.4.

Cameran Brown, quarterback: 2,652 passing yards, 351 pass attempts and 230 completions in 17 of those 25 games, 58% of Georgia State’s pass attempts in those games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −4.8 difference in pass attempts over expected with Cameran Brown vs without Cameran Brown is about what you’d expect.

A −4.4 difference in pass attempts with Cameran Brown vs without Cameran Brown is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Cameran Brownwithout Cameran Brown
Georgia State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Cameran Brown or without Cameran Brown
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 1, 2024@UConnL4334.6
Nov 9, 2024@James MadisonL3739.0
Nov 16, 2024vsArkansas StateL4933.5
Nov 23, 2024@Texas StateW2637.4
Nov 30, 2024vsCoastal CarolinaL3234.7
Aug 30, 2025@Ole MissL2541.0
Sep 6, 2025vsMemphisL4136.6
Sep 13, 2025vsMMurray StateW30—
Sep 20, 2025@VanderbiltL4841.6
Oct 4, 2025vsJames MadisonL3237.6
Oct 11, 2025vsAppalachian StateL6136.6
Oct 18, 2025@Georgia SouthernL3837.1
Oct 23, 2025vsSouth AlabamaL3334.9
Nov 8, 2025@Coastal CarolinaL3840.0
Nov 15, 2025vsMarshallL3936.1
Nov 22, 2025@TroyL5033.3
Nov 29, 2025@Old DominionL3739.3
Sep 4, 2026vsNNorth Carolina A&TW33—
Sep 12, 2026@Kennesaw StateW2335.8
Sep 19, 2026@UCFL4927.0
Sep 26, 2026vsNorthern IllinoisW2230.7
Oct 3, 2026vsOld DominionW2430.9
Oct 17, 2026@James MadisonL2937.3
Oct 24, 2026@Arkansas StateL2924.0
Oct 31, 2026vsCoastal CarolinaL3726.9

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.
  • 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.
  • Murray State, North Carolina A&T 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Cameran Brown nor without Cameran Brown: Cameran Brown had no game for the team that season, and sit out.