Putting Up Numbers· college football

Illinois’ total yards with Kaden Feagin and without Kaden Feagin

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Illinois was 21.1 yards over with Kaden Feagin and 124.1 yards under without Kaden Feagin in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 402.1 and 345.0, a difference of 57.1. Expected was 104.9 yards lower with Kaden Feagin than without Kaden Feagin. All 3 away games were with Kaden Feagin. All 3 nonconference games were with Kaden Feagin. All 4 first-half games were with Kaden Feagin.

Kaden Feagin, running back: 8 receptions and 73 receiving yards in 5 games this season.

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

total yards a game over expected

The games

with Kaden Feaginwithout Kaden Feagin
Illinois’ games, 2026, each marked with Kaden Feagin or without Kaden Feagin
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Sep 3, 2026vsUABW333406.1
Sep 12, 2026vsDukeL382370.0
Sep 19, 2026vsSouthern IllinoisW503—
Sep 26, 2026@Ohio StateL462295.3
Oct 3, 2026vsPurdueL345469.1
Oct 10, 2026@Michigan StateW409351.1
Oct 24, 2026vsOregonW314378.4
Oct 31, 2026@MarylandW412384.4

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 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.
  • Southern Illinois 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.