Kent State’s rushing yards with Mason King and since Mason King’s last game
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Kent State was 9.5 yards under with Mason King and 69.4 yards under since Mason King’s last game in 2026, 5 games against 2. The plain averages are 109.8 and 80.0, a difference of 29.8. Expected was 41.0 yards lower with Mason King than since Mason King’s last game. Both night games were since Mason King’s last game. All 4 first-half games were with Mason King.
Mason King, running back: 202 rushing yards, 52 carries and 6 receptions in 6 games this season, 31% of Kent State’s rushing yards in those games.
3 games since Mason King’s last game 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 +59.9 difference in rushing yards over expected with Mason King vs since Mason King’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Mason King and it comes up 19 times in 100.
A +29.8 difference in rushing yards with Mason King vs since Mason King’s last game is about what you’d expect.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | rushing yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ South Carolina | L | 100 | 62.0 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Wofford | W | 197 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Ohio State | L | 71 | 76.1 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Ball State | W | 167 | 136.7 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Ohio | L | 49 | 137.7 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Western Michigan | L | 75 | 97.1 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ South Florida | L | 63 | 96.3 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs Akron | W | 84 | 189.5 | |
| Oct 30, 2026 | @SSacramento State | L | 93 | — |
Method
- 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.
- Wofford, Sacramento State 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, which name every player who entered the game.