Kentucky’s yards a carry with Jovantae Barnes and without Jovantae Barnes
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Kentucky averaged 4.47 yards a carry with Jovantae Barnes and 5.66 without Jovantae Barnes in 2026, 6 games against 2, a difference of 1.20. All 3 night games were with Jovantae Barnes. All 3 games while ranked were with Jovantae Barnes. All 4 second-half games were with Jovantae Barnes.
Jovantae Barnes, running back: 224 rushing yards, 43 carries and 2 receptions in 6 games this season.
2 games without Jovantae Barnes is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
yards a carry a game
with Jovantae Barnes
4.47
without Jovantae Barnes
5.66
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A −1.20 difference in yards a carry with Jovantae Barnes vs without Jovantae Barnes is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Jovantae Barneswithout Jovantae Barnes
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vsYYoungstown State | W | 6.71 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Alabama | L | 1.97 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Texas A&M | W | 4.62 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs South Alabama | W | 9.29 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ South Carolina | W | 3.30 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs LSU | W | 4.84 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ Oklahoma | W | 2.96 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs Vanderbilt | W | 4.44 | — |
Method
- The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 3 of these 8 games; in the other 5 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.