Putting Up Numbers· college football

Kennesaw State’s rushing 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 13.2 yards over with Zion Booker and 41.5 yards under since Zion Booker’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 167.0 and 95.5, a difference of 71.5. 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.

rushing yards a game over expected

A +54.6 difference in rushing yards over expected with Zion Booker vs since Zion Booker’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A +71.5 difference in rushing 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
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

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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 8.0 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.