Houston’s yards a carry with DJ Butler and without DJ Butler
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Houston averaged 4.45 yards a carry with DJ Butler and 4.12 without DJ Butler over its last 25 games, 21 games against 4, a difference of 0.34. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with DJ Butler. All 3 games after a bye were with DJ Butler.
DJ Butler, running back: 452 rushing yards, 89 carries and 12 receptions in 21 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with DJ Butler
4.45
without DJ Butler
4.12
468
A +0.34 difference in yards a carry with DJ Butler vs without DJ Butler is about what you’d expect.
The games
with DJ Butlerwithout DJ Butler
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2024 | vs Kansas State | W | 3.15 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2024 | @ Arizona | L | 3.97 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | vs Baylor | L | 3.54 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | @ BYU | L | 2.69 | — | |
| Aug 28, 2025 | vsSStephen F. Austin | W | 4.15 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | @ Rice | W | 5.37 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2025 | vs Colorado | W | 4.18 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2025 | @ Oregon State | W | 2.90 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | vs Texas Tech | L | 3.43 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | @ Oklahoma State | W | 3.82 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | vsArizona | W | 5.16 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | @ Arizona State | W | 3.91 | — | |
| Nov 1, 2025 | vs West Virginia | L | 2.65 | — | |
| Nov 7, 2025 | @ UCF | W | 4.57 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | vs TCU | L | 6.13 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | @Baylor | W | 4.62 | — | |
| Dec 27, 2025 | vs LSU (neutral) | W | 5 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | vsOregon State | W | 5.78 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Southern | W | 8.62 | — | |
| Sep 18, 2026 | @Texas Tech | L | 4.94 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Georgia Southern | W | 5.23 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vsUCF | W | 3.63 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @Kansas State | W | 5.42 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vsOklahoma State | W | 4.34 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Utah | L | 2.77 | — |
Method
- 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 for 21 of these 25 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.