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Louisiana without Darrell Smith

without , this season

Louisiana is 1–2 without Darrell Smith this season and 4–1 with him.

Out for the season, per rotowire.com.

Darrell Smith’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith Darrell Smith5 gamesWithout3 gamesDifference
Record4–11–2
Points, over expected−2.0+4.8−6.8
Rushing yards, over expected+16.8+4.3+12.5
Against the line+7.6+3.5+4.1
Points allowed, over expected−2.3+0.5−2.8
Margin, over expected−0.5+3.7−4.2
Carries, over expected+3.8+1.5+2.2
Yards a carry4.784.21+0.58
Passing yards, over expected−28.2+3.2−31.4
Pass attempts, over expected−3.5+0.2−3.8
Total yards, over expected−9.7+7.2−16.9
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−4.6%+9.2%−13.8
Penalty yards, over expected−2.5−20.0+17.5

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 Darrell Smith9 gamesWithout12 gamesDifference
Record6–35–7
Points, over expected−2.5+2.2−4.8
Rushing yards, over expected−1.4+12.6−14.0
Against the line+4.1−0.8+4.9
Points allowed, over expected−3.6+3.1−6.6
Margin, over expected+0.8−0.7+1.5
Carries, over expected+2.2+1.1+1.0
Yards a carry4.294.91−0.63
Passing yards, over expected−15.5−16.6+1.1
Pass attempts, over expected−0.5−2.0+1.5
Total yards, over expected−13.4+0.3−13.7
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−5.9%+5.5%−11.4
Penalty yards, over expected−7.8−4.8−3.0

Who played instead

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith Darrell SmithWithoutDifference
Lunch Winfield, QB
Passing yards169.8202.7−32.9
Pass attempts22.228.7−6.5
Steven Blanco, RB
Rushing yards24.839.7−14.9
Carries7.210.3−3.1
Anthony Reagan Jr., RB
Rushing yards32.026.7+5.3
Carries7.86.3+1.5
JJ Garner, RB
Rushing yards30.850.0−19.2
Carries5.48.0−2.6
Trenton Chaney, WR
Receiving yards30.737.3−6.7
Receptions3.02.7+0.3

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Darrell SmithWithoutDifference
Robert Williams, WR
Receiving yards43.516.9+26.6
Receptions3.31.5+1.8
Bill Davis, RB
Rushing yards57.059.9−2.9
Carries11.312.6−1.3

The games he missed this season

DateGameResult
Oct 24, 2026@Southern MissL 31–35
Oct 17, 2026vsTroyW 33–6
Oct 10, 2026@Louisiana TechL 31–32

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.
  • Why he’s out: rotowire.com.