Putting Up Numbers· college football

Marshall’s total 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 9.8 yards over with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson and 23.3 yards under without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson in 2026, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 394.4 and 382.3, a difference of 12.1. Expected was 64.6 yards lower with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson than without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson. All 4 away games were with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson. All 3 night games were without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson. All 5 day games were with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson.

Carlos Del Rio-Wilson, quarterback: 1,080 passing yards, 148 pass attempts and 92 completions in 7 games this season.

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

total yards a game over expected

A +33.0 difference in total yards over expected with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson vs without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson is about what you’d expect.

A +12.1 difference in total yards with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson vs without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Carlos Del Rio-Wilsonwithout Carlos Del Rio-Wilson
Marshall’s games, 2026, each marked with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson or without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@Penn StateL147310.9
Sep 12, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW313404.5
Sep 19, 2026@Missouri StateW472386.0
Sep 26, 2026vsGGardner-WebbW569—
Oct 3, 2026@James MadisonL444339.2
Oct 10, 2026vsCoastal CarolinaL505369.9
Oct 20, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW329442.3
Oct 31, 2026@Old DominionW340327.9

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 12.1 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 67% 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.
  • Gardner-Webb has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits 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.