Putting Up Numbers· college football

Jacksonville State’s yards a carry with Lucas Farrington and without Lucas Farrington

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Jacksonville State averaged 5.13 yards a carry with Lucas Farrington and 5.43 without Lucas Farrington over its last 25 games, 11 games against 11, a difference of 0.30.

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

yards a carry a game

A −0.30 difference in yards a carry 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
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 30, 2024@Western KentuckyL5.33—
Dec 6, 2024vsWestern KentuckyW6.89—
Dec 20, 2024vsOhio (neutral)L2.09—
Aug 28, 2025@UCFL4.23—
Sep 6, 2025vsLibertyW7.15—
Sep 13, 2025@Georgia SouthernL5.07—
Sep 20, 2025vsMMurray StateW7.59—
Sep 27, 2025@Southern MissL4.85—
Oct 9, 2025vsSam Houston (neutral)W5.87—
Oct 15, 2025vsDelawareW5.24—
Oct 29, 2025@Middle TennesseeW3.19—
Nov 8, 2025@UTEPW7.29—
Nov 15, 2025vsKennesaw StateW6.32—
Nov 22, 2025@Florida InternationalL5.46—
Nov 29, 2025vsWestern KentuckyW6.10—
Dec 5, 2025vsKennesaw StateL5.25—
Dec 16, 2025vsTroy (neutral)W2.33—
Aug 29, 2026@NNorth Dakota StateL3.67—
Sep 5, 2026vsEEastern KentuckyW5.61—
Sep 12, 2026@OhioL3.73—
Sep 19, 2026vsGeorgia SouthernW4.87—
Sep 26, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW7.34—
Oct 7, 2026@Kennesaw StateW2.62—
Oct 13, 2026vsFlorida InternationalW5.41—
Oct 28, 2026@New Mexico StateW7.04—

Method

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  • 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, 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.