Putting Up Numbers· college football

Kennesaw State’s penalty yards with Davis Bryson and since Davis Bryson’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Kennesaw State was 18.4 yards under with Davis Bryson and 8.0 yards over since Davis Bryson’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 20. The plain averages are 32.7 and 68.0, a difference of 35.3. All 15 night games were since Davis Bryson’s last game. Both ranked opponents were since Davis Bryson’s last game. Both opponents outside the major colleges were since Davis Bryson’s last game.

Davis Bryson, quarterback: 410 passing yards, 80 pass attempts and 43 completions in 20 of those 25 games.

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

penalty yards a game over expected

A −26.4 difference in penalty yards over expected with Davis Bryson vs since Davis Bryson’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Davis Bryson and it comes up 20 times in 100.

A −35.3 difference in penalty yards with Davis Bryson vs since Davis Bryson’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Davis Bryson and it comes up 9 times in 100.

The games

with Davis Brysonsince Davis Bryson’s last game
Kennesaw State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Davis Bryson or since Davis Bryson’s last game
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsSam HoustonL4051.7
Nov 23, 2024vsFlorida InternationalW2054.7
Nov 30, 2024@Louisiana TechL3846.9
Aug 29, 2025@Wake ForestL6853.5
Sep 6, 2025@IndianaL3450.4
Sep 13, 2025vsMMerrimackW102—
Sep 20, 2025vsArkansas StateW6866.0
Sep 27, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeW3051.2
Oct 9, 2025vsLouisiana TechW5263.6
Oct 21, 2025@Florida InternationalW5658.3
Oct 28, 2025vsUTEPW4961.3
Nov 8, 2025@New Mexico StateW12862.0
Nov 15, 2025@Jacksonville StateL9054.7
Nov 22, 2025vsMissouri StateW9863.4
Nov 29, 2025@LibertyW4952.7
Dec 5, 2025@Jacksonville StateW2659.5
Dec 19, 2025vsWestern Michigan (neutral)L7550.1
Sep 3, 2026vsWWest GeorgiaW65—
Sep 12, 2026vsGeorgia StateL1560.3
Sep 19, 2026@TennesseeL9063.6
Sep 26, 2026@Arkansas StateL6555.7
Oct 7, 2026vsJacksonville StateL13757.8
Oct 14, 2026@Missouri StateL9562.5
Oct 22, 2026vsLibertyL3265.9
Oct 28, 2026@Middle TennesseeW7257.2

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 0.8 in 2024, minus 2.1 in 2025, minus 1.3 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 44% in 2024, 45% in 2025, 27% 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.
  • Merrimack, West Georgia 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 22 of these 25 games; in the other 3 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.