Putting Up Numbers· college football

Iowa’s total yards with Jeremy Hecklinski and without Jeremy Hecklinski

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Iowa was 131.6 yards over with Jeremy Hecklinski and 18.9 yards under without Jeremy Hecklinski over its last 25 games, 1 game against 18. The plain averages are 465.0 and 341.4, a difference of 123.6. All 12 home games were without Jeremy Hecklinski. All 16 day games were without Jeremy Hecklinski. All 8 ranked opponents were without Jeremy Hecklinski.

Jeremy Hecklinski, quarterback: 480 passing yards, 69 pass attempts and 43 completions in 7 of those 25 games.

One game with Jeremy Hecklinski is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

total yards a game over expected

The games

with Jeremy Hecklinskiwithout Jeremy Hecklinski
Iowa’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jeremy Hecklinski or without Jeremy Hecklinski
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 8, 2024@UCLAL265318.8
Nov 23, 2024@MarylandW349368.5
Nov 29, 2024vsNebraskaW164344.7
Dec 30, 2024vsMissouri (neutral)L310331.5
Aug 30, 2025vsUUAlbanyW358—
Sep 6, 2025@Iowa StateL214360.7
Sep 13, 2025vsUMassW435468.1
Sep 19, 2025@RutgersW352408.8
Sep 27, 2025vsIndianaL284250.9
Oct 11, 2025@WisconsinW319278.9
Oct 18, 2025vsPenn StateW313317.1
Oct 25, 2025vsMinnesotaW276353.8
Nov 8, 2025vsOregonL278255.4
Nov 15, 2025@USCL320308.0
Nov 22, 2025vsMichigan StateW301364.5
Nov 28, 2025@NebraskaW381299.4
Dec 31, 2025vsVanderbilt (neutral)W386336.0
Sep 5, 2026vsNorthern IllinoisW507445.9
Sep 12, 2026vsIowa StateW284423.5
Sep 19, 2026vsNNorthern IowaW640—
Sep 26, 2026@MichiganW285302.0
Oct 3, 2026vsOhio StateL238343.4
Oct 9, 2026@WashingtonW465333.4
Oct 24, 2026@MinnesotaL288346.0
Oct 31, 2026vsWisconsinW369306.9

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 in 2026 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 79% in 2025, 67% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • UAlbany, Northern Iowa have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 16 of these 21 games; in the other 5 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Jeremy Hecklinski nor without Jeremy Hecklinski: Jeremy Hecklinski had no game for the team that season, and sit out.