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Louisiana Monroe without Zach Palmer-Smith

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Louisiana Monroe is 0–3 without Zach Palmer-Smith this season and 1–4 with him. Since 2025, Louisiana Monroe is 0–3 in the 3 games he missed and 4–13 with him.

Zach Palmer-Smith’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith Zach Palmer-Smith5 gamesWithout3 gamesDifference
Record1–40–3
Points, over expected−4.8+2.1−6.9
Rushing yards, over expected−55.9+85.1−141.0
Against the line−4.0−10.0+6.0
Points allowed, over expected+1.1+10.0−8.9
Margin, over expected−4.0−4.00.0
Carries, over expected−4.4+8.5−12.8
Yards a carry2.994.49−1.50
Passing yards, over expected+17.9−89.6+107.5
Pass attempts, over expected+2.3−5.9+8.2
Total yards, over expected−36.0+7.2−43.2
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−5.6%−12.6%+7.0
Penalty yards, over expected−2.4−24.4+21.9

3 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Zach Palmer-Smith17 gamesWithout3 gamesDifference
Record4–130–3
Points, over expected−3.1+2.1−5.2
Rushing yards, over expected−18.7+85.1−103.8
Against the line−7.2−10.0+2.8
Points allowed, over expected+1.6+10.0−8.4
Margin, over expected−3.0−4.0+1.0
Carries, over expected−1.4+8.5−9.9
Yards a carry4.004.49−0.49
Passing yards, over expected−7.3−89.6+82.2
Pass attempts, over expected−0.4−5.9+5.6
Total yards, over expected−20.8+7.2−28.0
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−4.5%−12.6%+8.0
Penalty yards, over expected+4.6−24.4+29.0

3 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Who played instead

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith Zach Palmer-SmithWithoutDifference
Aidan Armenta, QB
Passing yards220.299.5+120.7
Pass attempts30.015.0+15.0
Austin Carlisle, QB
Passing yards16.0104.0−88.0
Pass attempts4.717.7−13.0
Bryson Roland, RB
Rushing yards4.544.0−39.5
Carries2.011.7−9.7
Marcellus Jackson, WR
Receiving yards59.836.3+23.4
Receptions4.35.3−1.1
Derrick Jameson, RB
Rushing yards9.339.0−29.7
Carries3.36.3−3.0

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Zach Palmer-SmithWithoutDifference
Aidan Armenta, QB
Passing yards170.699.5+71.1
Pass attempts25.215.0+10.2

The games he missed this season

DateGameResult
Sep 19, 2026vsS E LouisianaL 35–38
Sep 12, 2026@UABL 20–26
Sep 5, 2026@Mississippi StateL 13–62

Method

  • With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
  • Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers. A game with no expected number sits out.
  • Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
  • His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.

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