Putting Up Numbers· college football

Miami (FL)’s rushing yards with Mark Fletcher Jr. and without Mark Fletcher Jr.

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Miami (FL) was 8.2 yards over with Mark Fletcher Jr. and 2.5 yards over without Mark Fletcher Jr. in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 204.3 and 201.0, a difference of 3.3. Expected was 40.1 yards lower with Mark Fletcher Jr. than without Mark Fletcher Jr.. All 4 away games were with Mark Fletcher Jr.. Both day games were with Mark Fletcher Jr.. All 5 games while in the top 5 were with Mark Fletcher Jr..

Mark Fletcher Jr., running back: 457 rushing yards, 94 carries and 7 receptions in 7 games this season, 32% of Miami (FL)’s rushing yards in those games.

One game without Mark Fletcher Jr. is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

rushing yards a game over expected

The games

with Mark Fletcher Jr.without Mark Fletcher Jr.
Miami (FL)’s games, 2026, each marked with Mark Fletcher Jr. or without Mark Fletcher Jr.
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Sep 4, 2026@StanfordW122208.8
Sep 10, 2026vsFlorida A&MW430—
Sep 18, 2026@Wake ForestW160116.3
Sep 26, 2026vsCentral MichiganW201198.5
Oct 3, 2026@ClemsonW192149.6
Oct 17, 2026vsFlorida StateW257174.2
Oct 24, 2026vsPittsburghW119126.1
Oct 31, 2026@North CarolinaW150175.5

Method

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  • 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 8.1 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 60% of the difference the model predicts.
  • Florida A&M 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 for 4 of these 8 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.