Putting Up Numbers· college football

Kansas State’s pass attempts with Avery Johnson and since Avery Johnson’s last game

, ,

Against what the season’s ratings expected, Kansas State was 0.4 pass attempts over with Avery Johnson and 2.7 pass attempts over since Avery Johnson’s last game over its last 25 games, 21 games against 2. The plain averages are 30.3 and 35.0, a difference of 4.7. All 13 home games were with Avery Johnson. Both neutral-site games were with Avery Johnson. All 7 night games were with Avery Johnson.

Avery Johnson, quarterback: 4,744 passing yards, 688 pass attempts and 409 completions in 23 of those 25 games, 99% of Kansas State’s pass attempts in those games.

2 games since Avery Johnson’s last game is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −2.3 difference in pass attempts over expected with Avery Johnson vs since Avery Johnson’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A −4.7 difference in pass attempts with Avery Johnson vs since Avery Johnson’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Avery Johnsonsince Avery Johnson’s last game
Kansas State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Avery Johnson or since Avery Johnson’s last game
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 2, 2024@HoustonL3926.4
Nov 16, 2024vsArizona StateL4031.1
Nov 23, 2024vsCincinnatiW2327.9
Nov 30, 2024@Iowa StateL2928.2
Dec 26, 2024vsRutgers (neutral)W3033.0
Aug 23, 2025vsIowa State (neutral)L3030.0
Aug 30, 2025vsNNorth DakotaW43—
Sep 6, 2025vsArmyL2526.1
Sep 12, 2025@ArizonaL2927.2
Sep 27, 2025vsUCFW2628.5
Oct 4, 2025@BaylorL4523.9
Oct 11, 2025vsTCUW2630.5
Oct 25, 2025@KansasW1730.8
Nov 1, 2025vsTexas TechL3332.0
Nov 15, 2025@Oklahoma StateW2826.4
Nov 22, 2025@UtahL2328.4
Nov 29, 2025vsColoradoW1726.0
Sep 5, 2026vsNNichollsW27—
Sep 12, 2026vsWashington StateW3432.2
Sep 19, 2026vsTulaneW2833.0
Sep 26, 2026@CincinnatiL5034.7
Oct 10, 2026vsHoustonL3033.1
Oct 17, 2026vsKansasW2428.9
Oct 24, 2026@Arizona StateL4132.7
Oct 31, 2026@ColoradoL2932.0

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, minus 0.4 in 2024, minus 0.3 in 2025, minus 0.1 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 73% in 2024, 73% in 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • North Dakota, Nicholls 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 20 of these 25 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.