Putting Up Numbers· college football

Kennesaw State’s passing yards with Zion Booker and since Zion Booker’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Kennesaw State was 30.2 yards under with Zion Booker and 23.8 yards over since Zion Booker’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 197.3 and 248.5, a difference of 51.3. 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.

passing yards a game over expected

A −54.0 difference in passing yards over expected with Zion Booker vs since Zion Booker’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A −51.3 difference in passing yards 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
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsSam HoustonL137126.8
Nov 23, 2024vsFlorida InternationalW186127.6
Nov 30, 2024@Louisiana TechL88141.4
Aug 29, 2025@Wake ForestL149213.8
Sep 6, 2025@IndianaL182205.3
Sep 13, 2025vsMMerrimackW196—
Sep 20, 2025vsArkansas StateW308245.5
Sep 27, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeW177289.9
Oct 9, 2025vsLouisiana TechW290252.4
Oct 21, 2025@Florida InternationalW284241.5
Oct 28, 2025vsUTEPW154251.6
Nov 8, 2025@New Mexico StateW219255.3
Nov 15, 2025@Jacksonville StateL362234.5
Nov 22, 2025vsMissouri StateW387221.7
Nov 29, 2025@LibertyW240232.3
Dec 5, 2025@Jacksonville StateW246247.7
Dec 19, 2025vsWestern Michigan (neutral)L209215.9
Sep 3, 2026vsWWest GeorgiaW211—
Sep 12, 2026vsGeorgia StateL260249.1
Sep 19, 2026@TennesseeL189191.1
Sep 26, 2026@Arkansas StateL129228.3
Oct 7, 2026vsJacksonville StateL293201.9
Oct 14, 2026@Missouri StateL260264.0
Oct 22, 2026vsLibertyL235195.9
Oct 28, 2026@Middle TennesseeW206236.9

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, plus 4.1 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 59% 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.