Putting Up Numbers· college football

Jacksonville State’s passing yards with Lucas Farrington and without Lucas Farrington

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Jacksonville State was 3.9 yards under with Lucas Farrington and 21.4 yards under without Lucas Farrington over its last 25 games, 9 games against 10. The plain averages are 217.5 and 151.5, a difference of 66.0.

Lucas Farrington, running back: 225 rushing yards, 42 carries and 8 receptions in 9 of those 25 games.

passing yards a game over expected

A +17.5 difference in passing yards over expected with Lucas Farrington vs without Lucas Farrington is about what you’d expect.

A +66.0 difference in passing yards with Lucas Farrington vs without Lucas Farrington is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Lucas Farringtonwithout Lucas Farrington
Jacksonville State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Lucas Farrington or without Lucas Farrington
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Nov 30, 2024@Western KentuckyL99194.1
Dec 6, 2024vsWestern KentuckyW176189.5
Dec 20, 2024vsOhio (neutral)L364172.7
Aug 28, 2025@UCFL157138.0
Sep 6, 2025vsLibertyW52177.0
Sep 13, 2025@Georgia SouthernL183184.0
Sep 20, 2025vsMMurray StateW202—
Sep 27, 2025@Southern MissL128194.1
Oct 9, 2025vsSam Houston (neutral)W129203.4
Oct 15, 2025vsDelawareW133211.9
Oct 29, 2025@Middle TennesseeW215198.6
Nov 8, 2025@UTEPW181161.2
Nov 15, 2025vsKennesaw StateW199175.0
Nov 22, 2025@Florida InternationalL198170.1
Nov 29, 2025vsWestern KentuckyW222174.4
Dec 5, 2025vsKennesaw StateL96186.7
Dec 16, 2025vsTroy (neutral)W173151.0
Aug 29, 2026@NNorth Dakota StateL85—
Sep 5, 2026vsEEastern KentuckyW352—
Sep 12, 2026@OhioL286228.4
Sep 19, 2026vsGeorgia SouthernW194231.6
Sep 26, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW241211.7
Oct 7, 2026@Kennesaw StateW311217.4
Oct 13, 2026vsFlorida InternationalW214219.2
Oct 28, 2026@New Mexico StateW109237.2

Method

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  • 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 1.8 in 2025, plus 4.1 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 68% in 2025, 59% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • 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.
  • Murray State, North Dakota State, Eastern Kentucky 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 3 games in 2024 are neither with Lucas Farrington nor without Lucas Farrington: Lucas Farrington had no game for the team that season, and sit out.