Putting Up Numbers· college football

Marshall’s rushing yards with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson and without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Marshall was 35.8 yards over with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson and 51.5 yards under without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson over its last 25 games, 12 games against 6. The plain averages are 203.5 and 139.2, a difference of 64.3. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson.

Carlos Del Rio-Wilson, quarterback: 3,123 passing yards, 404 pass attempts and 263 completions in 18 of those 25 games, 26% of Marshall’s rushing yards in those games.

rushing yards a game over expected

A +87.4 difference in rushing yards over expected with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson vs without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson and it comes up 6 times in 100.

A +64.3 difference in rushing yards with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson vs without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson and it comes up 14 times in 100.

The games

with Carlos Del Rio-Wilsonwithout Carlos Del Rio-Wilson
Marshall’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson or without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Nov 9, 2024@Southern MissW267229.4
Nov 16, 2024vsCoastal CarolinaW67231.5
Nov 23, 2024@Old DominionW261178.5
Nov 30, 2024@James MadisonW141161.6
Dec 7, 2024@LouisianaW222178.3
Aug 30, 2025@GeorgiaL79105.1
Sep 6, 2025vsMissouri StateL191207.7
Sep 13, 2025vsEEastern KentuckyW263—
Sep 20, 2025@Middle TennesseeW190187.9
Sep 27, 2025@LouisianaL245201.6
Oct 11, 2025vsOld DominionW227151.8
Oct 18, 2025vsTexas StateW186197.7
Oct 30, 2025@Coastal CarolinaL276204.1
Nov 8, 2025vsJames MadisonL248100.6
Nov 15, 2025@Georgia StateW168215.4
Nov 22, 2025@Appalachian StateL238178.1
Nov 29, 2025vsGeorgia SouthernL64272.7
Sep 5, 2026@Penn StateL44158.3
Sep 12, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW132198.6
Sep 19, 2026@Missouri StateW275151.6
Sep 26, 2026vsGGardner-WebbW156—
Oct 3, 2026@James MadisonL135121.6
Oct 10, 2026vsCoastal CarolinaL221177.8
Oct 20, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW148182.3
Oct 31, 2026@Old DominionW198131.4

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 5.9 in 2025, plus 8.0 in 2026 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 77% in 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • 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.
  • Eastern Kentucky, Gardner-Webb 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.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson nor without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson: Carlos Del Rio-Wilson had no game for the team that season, and sit out.