Putting Up Numbers· college football

Kansas’ yards a carry with Yasin Willis and since Yasin Willis’ last game

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Kansas averaged 4.04 yards a carry with Yasin Willis and 4.77 since Yasin Willis’ last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 5, a difference of 0.74. All 3 away games were since Yasin Willis’ last game.

Yasin Willis, running back: 125 rushing yards, 27 carries and 3 receptions in 3 of those 25 games.

3 games with Yasin Willis is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

yards a carry a game

A −0.74 difference in yards a carry with Yasin Willis vs since Yasin Willis’ last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Yasin Willissince Yasin Willis’ last game
Kansas’ games, last 25 games, each marked with Yasin Willis or since Yasin Willis’ last game
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Oct 26, 2024@Kansas StateL5.65—
Nov 9, 2024vsIowa State (neutral)W5.58—
Nov 16, 2024@BYUW2.67—
Nov 23, 2024vsColorado (neutral)W6.05—
Nov 30, 2024@BaylorL6.81—
Aug 23, 2025vsFresno StateW6.18—
Aug 29, 2025vsWWagnerW6.48—
Sep 6, 2025@MissouriL1.63—
Sep 20, 2025vsWest VirginiaW6.64—
Sep 27, 2025vsCincinnatiL5.63—
Oct 4, 2025@UCFW4.10—
Oct 11, 2025@Texas TechL1.24—
Oct 25, 2025vsKansas StateL3.10—
Nov 1, 2025vsOklahoma StateW6.32—
Nov 8, 2025@ArizonaL4.25—
Nov 22, 2025@Iowa StateL6.29—
Nov 28, 2025vsUtahL5.69—
Sep 4, 2026vsLLong Island UniversityW5.43—
Sep 11, 2026vsMissouriL2.31—
Sep 19, 2026vsArizona State (neutral)L4.37—
Oct 3, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW8.46—
Oct 10, 2026@UtahL2.76—
Oct 17, 2026@Kansas StateL4.94—
Oct 24, 2026vsBaylorW4.09—
Oct 31, 2026@TCUL3.61—

Method

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  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Yasin Willis nor since Yasin Willis’ last game: Yasin Willis had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.