Putting Up Numbers· college football

Louisiana Monroe’s yards a carry with Zach Palmer-Smith and without Zach Palmer-Smith

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Louisiana Monroe averaged 2.99 yards a carry with Zach Palmer-Smith and 4.49 without Zach Palmer-Smith in 2026, 5 games against 3, a difference of 1.50. All 4 conference games were with Zach Palmer-Smith. All 4 second-half games were with Zach Palmer-Smith.

Zach Palmer-Smith, running back: 156 rushing yards, 34 carries and 4 receptions in 5 games this season.

3 games without Zach Palmer-Smith 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

A −1.50 difference in yards a carry with Zach Palmer-Smith vs without Zach Palmer-Smith is unusual: shuffle which games were with Zach Palmer-Smith and it comes up 2 times in 100.

The games

with Zach Palmer-Smithwithout Zach Palmer-Smith
Louisiana Monroe’s games, 2026, each marked with Zach Palmer-Smith or without Zach Palmer-Smith
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Sep 5, 2026@Mississippi StateL3.64—
Sep 12, 2026@UABL4.67—
Sep 19, 2026vsSS E LouisianaL5.14—
Sep 26, 2026vsFlorida AtlanticL2.16—
Oct 3, 2026@South AlabamaL3.11—
Oct 17, 2026vsLouisiana TechL2.96—
Oct 24, 2026@TroyW3.13—
Oct 31, 2026vsSouthern MissL3.57—

Method

Read against .

  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.