Putting Up Numbers· college football

Georgia State’s third-down conversion rate with Cameran Brown and since Cameran Brown’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Georgia State was 6.1 percentage points over with Cameran Brown and 9.6 percentage points under since Cameran Brown’s last game in 2026, 5 games against 2. The plain averages are 47.5% and 33.3%, a difference of 14.2%. All 4 nonconference games were with Cameran Brown. All 4 first-half games were with Cameran Brown.

Cameran Brown, quarterback: 1,356 passing yards, 166 pass attempts and 110 completions in 7 games this season.

2 games since Cameran Brown’s last game is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

third-down conversion rate a game over expected

A +15.7% difference in third-down conversion rate over expected with Cameran Brown vs since Cameran Brown’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Cameran Brown and it comes up 11 times in 100.

A +14.2% difference in third-down conversion rate with Cameran Brown vs since Cameran Brown’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Cameran Brown and it comes up 10 times in 100.

The games

with Cameran Brownsince Cameran Brown’s last game
Georgia State’s games, 2026, each marked with Cameran Brown or since Cameran Brown’s last game
SideDateGameResult3rd downsExpected
Sep 4, 2026vsNNorth Carolina A&TW58.3%—
Sep 12, 2026@Kennesaw StateW46.2%39.1%
Sep 19, 2026@UCFL50.0%35.5%
Sep 26, 2026vsNorthern IllinoisW50.0%47.8%
Oct 3, 2026vsOld DominionW50.0%35.2%
Oct 17, 2026@James MadisonL30.8%38.6%
Oct 24, 2026@Arkansas StateL33.3%43.0%
Oct 31, 2026vsCoastal CarolinaL33.3%42.9%

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 1.4% 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 40% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • North Carolina A&T has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits 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.