Putting Up Numbers· college football

Kennesaw State’s pass attempts with Zion Booker and since Zion Booker’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Kennesaw State was 0.6 pass attempts under with Zion Booker and 1.4 pass attempts over since Zion Booker’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 31.8 and 32.3, a difference of 0.5. Expected was 0.8 pass attempts higher with Zion Booker than since Zion Booker’s last game. All 4 conference games were since Zion Booker’s last game. All 4 nonconference games were with Zion Booker.

Zion Booker, receiver: 146 receiving yards and 20 receptions in 3 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −2.1 difference in pass attempts over expected with Zion Booker vs since Zion Booker’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A −0.5 difference in pass attempts with Zion Booker vs since Zion Booker’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Zion Bookersince Zion Booker’s last game
Kennesaw State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Zion Booker or since Zion Booker’s last game
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsSam HoustonL2425.2
Nov 23, 2024vsFlorida InternationalW3224.1
Nov 30, 2024@Louisiana TechL2626.2
Aug 29, 2025@Wake ForestL3332.0
Sep 6, 2025@IndianaL2132.2
Sep 13, 2025vsMMerrimackW31—
Sep 20, 2025vsArkansas StateW3428.2
Sep 27, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeW2031.5
Oct 9, 2025vsLouisiana TechW3632.9
Oct 21, 2025@Florida InternationalW1732.8
Oct 28, 2025vsUTEPW3230.2
Nov 8, 2025@New Mexico StateW3032.1
Nov 15, 2025@Jacksonville StateL4427.0
Nov 22, 2025vsMissouri StateW3427.6
Nov 29, 2025@LibertyW2330.1
Dec 5, 2025@Jacksonville StateW3228.4
Dec 19, 2025vsWestern Michigan (neutral)L3528.6
Sep 3, 2026vsWWest GeorgiaW34—
Sep 12, 2026vsGeorgia StateL3533.1
Sep 19, 2026@TennesseeL3432.5
Sep 26, 2026@Arkansas StateL2429.3
Oct 7, 2026vsJacksonville StateL3429.0
Oct 14, 2026@Missouri StateL3533.5
Oct 22, 2026vsLibertyL4128.7
Oct 28, 2026@Middle TennesseeW1932.2

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.1 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 60% 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.
  • West Georgia has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.
  • 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 Zion Booker nor since Zion Booker’s last game: Zion Booker had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.