Putting Up Numbers· college football

Memphis’ yards a carry with Dallan Hayden and without Dallan Hayden

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Memphis averaged 5.81 yards a carry with Dallan Hayden and 4.77 without Dallan Hayden over its last 25 games, 6 games against 3, a difference of 1.04.

Dallan Hayden, running back: 195 rushing yards, 33 carries and 2 receptions in 6 of those 25 games.

3 games without Dallan Hayden 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 +1.04 difference in yards a carry with Dallan Hayden vs without Dallan Hayden is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Dallan Hayden and it comes up 18 times in 100.

The games

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Memphis’ games, last 25 games, each marked with Dallan Hayden or without Dallan Hayden
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsUABW5.68—
Nov 28, 2024@TulaneW5.26—
Dec 17, 2024vsWest Virginia (neutral)W6.31—
Aug 30, 2025vsChattanoogaW7.06—
Sep 6, 2025@Georgia StateW5.13—
Sep 13, 2025@TroyW4.95—
Sep 20, 2025vsArkansasW7.35—
Sep 27, 2025@Florida AtlanticW6.43—
Oct 4, 2025vsTulsaW4.40—
Oct 18, 2025@UABL4.76—
Oct 25, 2025vsSouth FloridaW3.79—
Oct 31, 2025@RiceW4.22—
Nov 7, 2025vsTulaneL2.31—
Nov 15, 2025@East CarolinaL7.27—
Nov 27, 2025vsNavyL4—
Dec 19, 2025vsNC State (neutral)L4.14—
Aug 29, 2026@UNLVW5.74—
Sep 5, 2026vsArkansas StateW7.21—
Sep 12, 2026@Boise StateL5.19—
Sep 19, 2026vsUUT MartinW7.48—
Oct 3, 2026@CharlotteW5.29—
Oct 10, 2026vsUABW5—
Oct 16, 2026@TulaneL4.14—
Oct 22, 2026vsEast CarolinaW4.43—
Oct 31, 2026vsArmyW4.69—

Method

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  • 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.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 8 of these 9 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 16 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Dallan Hayden nor without Dallan Hayden: Dallan Hayden had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.