Putting Up Numbers· college football

Kennesaw State’s rushing 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 12.3 yards under with Davis Bryson and 5.4 yards under since Davis Bryson’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 20. The plain averages are 116.0 and 150.9, a difference of 34.9. 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, 4% of Kennesaw State’s rushing yards in those 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.

rushing yards a game over expected

A −6.9 difference in rushing yards over expected with Davis Bryson vs since Davis Bryson’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A −34.9 difference in rushing yards with Davis Bryson vs since Davis Bryson’s last game is about what you’d expect.

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
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsSam HoustonL113120.8
Nov 23, 2024vsFlorida InternationalW177146.9
Nov 30, 2024@Louisiana TechL58117.1
Aug 29, 2025@Wake ForestL158112.8
Sep 6, 2025@IndianaL8968.7
Sep 13, 2025vsMMerrimackW173—
Sep 20, 2025vsArkansas StateW199175.4
Sep 27, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeW176169.7
Oct 9, 2025vsLouisiana TechW110179.5
Oct 21, 2025@Florida InternationalW218164.9
Oct 28, 2025vsUTEPW150196.2
Nov 8, 2025@New Mexico StateW209171.3
Nov 15, 2025@Jacksonville StateL217160.3
Nov 22, 2025vsMissouri StateW113187.4
Nov 29, 2025@LibertyW214169.5
Dec 5, 2025@Jacksonville StateW74178.7
Dec 19, 2025vsWestern Michigan (neutral)L169143.0
Sep 3, 2026vsWWest GeorgiaW297—
Sep 12, 2026vsGeorgia StateL72140.6
Sep 19, 2026@TennesseeL10258.1
Sep 26, 2026@Arkansas StateL197132.8
Oct 7, 2026vsJacksonville StateL117136.3
Oct 14, 2026@Missouri StateL77150.7
Oct 22, 2026vsLibertyL62122.5
Oct 28, 2026@Middle TennesseeW126138.2

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, plus 3.8 in 2024, plus 5.9 in 2025, plus 8.0 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 75% in 2024, 77% 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.
  • 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.