Putting Up Numbers· college football

Illinois’ yards a carry with Kaden Feagin and without Kaden Feagin

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Illinois averaged 4.45 yards a carry with Kaden Feagin and 5.17 without Kaden Feagin over its last 25 games, 20 games against 5, a difference of 0.73. All 6 night games were with Kaden Feagin. Both top-10 opponents were with Kaden Feagin. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Kaden Feagin.

Kaden Feagin, running back: 507 rushing yards, 122 carries and 24 receptions in 18 of those 25 games.

yards a carry a game

A −0.73 difference in yards a carry with Kaden Feagin vs without Kaden Feagin is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Kaden Feaginwithout Kaden Feagin
Illinois’ games, last 25 games, each marked with Kaden Feagin or without Kaden Feagin
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsMichigan StateW4.63—
Nov 23, 2024@RutgersW5.06—
Nov 30, 2024vsNorthwestern (neutral)W6.32—
Dec 31, 2024vsSouth Carolina (neutral)W5.41—
Aug 29, 2025vsWWestern IllinoisW5.83—
Sep 6, 2025@DukeW3.34—
Sep 13, 2025vsWestern MichiganW4.66—
Sep 20, 2025@IndianaL0.10—
Sep 27, 2025vsUSCW5.06—
Oct 4, 2025@PurdueW2.85—
Oct 11, 2025vsOhio StateL1.74—
Oct 25, 2025@WashingtonL4.76—
Nov 1, 2025vsRutgersW5.53—
Nov 15, 2025vsMarylandW4.93—
Nov 22, 2025@WisconsinL2.29—
Nov 29, 2025vsNorthwesternW3.49—
Dec 30, 2025vsTennessee (neutral)W6.05—
Sep 3, 2026vsUABW6.04—
Sep 12, 2026vsDukeL3.47—
Sep 19, 2026vsSouthern IllinoisW7.07—
Sep 26, 2026@Ohio StateL6.03—
Oct 3, 2026vsPurdueL4.44—
Oct 10, 2026@Michigan StateW3.85—
Oct 24, 2026vsOregonW5.77—
Oct 31, 2026@MarylandW6.10—

Method

Read against .

  • 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.