Putting Up Numbers· college football

Georgia Tech’s total yards with Justice Haynes and without Justice Haynes

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Georgia Tech was 17.6 yards under with Justice Haynes and 62.4 yards over without Justice Haynes over its last 25 games, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 353.7 and 428.0, a difference of 74.3. All 5 home games were with Justice Haynes. All 3 night games were with Justice Haynes. All 3 nonconference games were with Justice Haynes.

Justice Haynes, running back: 548 rushing yards, 112 carries and 13 receptions in 7 of those 25 games.

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

total yards a game over expected

The games

with Justice Hayneswithout Justice Haynes
Georgia Tech’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Justice Haynes or without Justice Haynes
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 9, 2024vsMiami (FL)W374386.9
Nov 21, 2024vsNC StateW395444.6
Nov 29, 2024@GeorgiaL563315.0
Dec 27, 2024vsVanderbilt (neutral)L394419.8
Aug 29, 2025@ColoradoW463450.7
Sep 6, 2025vsGGardner-WebbW680—
Sep 13, 2025vsClemsonW358439.8
Sep 20, 2025vsTempleW468489.1
Sep 27, 2025@Wake ForestW411372.5
Oct 11, 2025vsVirginia TechW483421.1
Oct 18, 2025@DukeW380484.9
Oct 25, 2025vsSyracuseW545443.6
Nov 1, 2025@NC StateL559431.4
Nov 15, 2025@Boston CollegeW628460.9
Nov 22, 2025vsPittsburghL378401.5
Nov 28, 2025vsGeorgia (neutral)L251359.1
Dec 27, 2025vsBYU (neutral)L385389.8
Sep 3, 2026vsColoradoL293366.9
Sep 12, 2026vsTennesseeL356307.3
Sep 19, 2026vsMercerW410—
Sep 26, 2026@StanfordL431423.5
Oct 10, 2026vsDukeW385349.3
Oct 17, 2026@Virginia TechL428365.6
Oct 24, 2026vsBoston CollegeL360352.1
Oct 31, 2026@PittsburghL241372.6

Method

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  • 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 12.1 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 67% of the difference the model predicts.
  • Mercer 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 for 4 of these 8 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Justice Haynes nor without Justice Haynes: Justice Haynes had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.