Illinois without Ca'Lil Valentine

without ,

Illinois is 3–0 without Ca'Lil Valentine this season and 2–3 with him. Since 2024, Illinois is 4–0 in the 4 games he missed and 20–10 with him.

Out for the season (right leg injury), per chicago.suntimes.com.

, a game

This season

Measure	With Ca'Lil Valentine5 games	Without3 games	Difference
Record	2–3	3–0
Points, over expected	−0.6	+0.8	−1.4
Rushing yards, over expected	−24.6	+38.5	−63.1
Against the line	−5.5	+6.7	−12.2
Points allowed, over expected	+3.6	−4.9	+8.5
Margin, over expected	−4.4	+5.8	−10.1
Carries, over expected	−4.1	+2.1	−6.2
Yards a carry	5.41	5.24	+0.17
Passing yards, over expected	+20.6	−31.8	+52.4
Pass attempts, over expected	+1.4	−1.8	+3.3
Total yards, over expected	−4.6	+7.0	−11.7
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	+3.3%	+4.1%	−0.8
Penalty yards, over expected	−8.0	−28.0	+20.0

3 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Measure	With Ca'Lil Valentine22 games	Without3 games	Difference
Record	15–7	3–0
Points, over expected	+1.7	+0.8	+0.9
Rushing yards, over expected	−0.7	+38.5	−39.2
Against the line	−0.2	+6.7	−6.9
Points allowed, over expected	+0.4	−4.9	+5.3
Margin, over expected	+1.1	+5.8	−4.7
Carries, over expected	−1.1	+2.1	−3.2
Yards a carry	4.51	5.24	−0.73
Passing yards, over expected	+4.2	−31.8	+36.1
Pass attempts, over expected	−1.0	−1.8	+0.8
Total yards, over expected	+3.0	+7.0	−4.1
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	+2.8%	+4.1%	−1.3
Penalty yards, over expected	−6.7	−28.0	+21.3

3 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Measure	With Ca'Lil Valentine	Without	Difference
Katin Houser, QB
Passing yards	249.2	208.5	+40.7
Pass attempts	31.0	30.5	+0.5
Aidan Laughery, RB
Rushing yards	64.2	79.7	−15.5
Carries	9.0	14.7	−5.7
Collin Dixon, WR
Receiving yards	109.2	76.7	+32.5
Receptions	8.0	6.3	+1.7
Jordan Anderson, RB
Rushing yards	12.3	42.0	−29.8
Carries	3.0	8.7	−5.7
Hudson Clement, WR
Receiving yards	59.8	77.0	−17.2
Receptions	4.2	5.5	−1.3

Measure	With Ca'Lil Valentine	Without	Difference
Hank Beatty, WR
Receiving yards	47.7	11.0	+36.7
Receptions	3.6	1.0	+2.6
Aidan Laughery, RB
Rushing yards	53.3	73.3	−20.0
Carries	9.0	13.3	−4.3
Luke Altmyer, QB
Passing yards	226.3	80.0	+146.3
Pass attempts	27.9	18.0	+9.9
Pat Bryant, WR
Receiving yards	86.5	32.0	+54.5
Receptions	4.5	4.0	+0.5
Collin Dixon, WR
Receiving yards	53.4	76.7	−23.3
Receptions	3.6	6.3	−2.7

With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers. A game with no expected number sits out.
Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.
Why he’s out: chicago.suntimes.com.