Putting Up Numbers· college football

Michigan State’s yards a carry with Brandon Tullis and without Brandon Tullis

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Michigan State averaged 3.65 yards a carry with Brandon Tullis and 2.85 without Brandon Tullis over its last 25 games, 19 games against 6, a difference of 0.80.

Brandon Tullis, running back: 354 rushing yards, 80 carries and 12 receptions in 16 of those 25 games.

yards a carry a game

A +0.80 difference in yards a carry with Brandon Tullis vs without Brandon Tullis is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Michigan State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Brandon Tullis or without Brandon Tullis
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Oct 26, 2024@MichiganL4.02—
Nov 2, 2024vsIndianaL-1.13—
Nov 16, 2024@IllinoisL3.30—
Nov 22, 2024vsPurdueW3.81—
Nov 30, 2024vsRutgersL5.48—
Aug 29, 2025vsWestern MichiganW4.54—
Sep 6, 2025vsBoston CollegeW4.26—
Sep 13, 2025vsYYoungstown StateW5.27—
Sep 20, 2025@USCL3.50—
Oct 4, 2025@NebraskaL2.32—
Oct 11, 2025vsUCLAL3.48—
Oct 18, 2025@IndianaL3.08—
Oct 25, 2025vsMichiganL3.03—
Nov 1, 2025@MinnesotaL3.80—
Nov 15, 2025vsPenn StateL4.59—
Nov 22, 2025@IowaL2.96—
Nov 29, 2025vsMaryland (neutral)W5.96—
Sep 4, 2026vsToledoW3.15—
Sep 12, 2026vsEastern MichiganW5.73—
Sep 19, 2026@Notre DameL1.63—
Sep 26, 2026vsNebraskaL1.22—
Oct 3, 2026@WisconsinL2.82—
Oct 10, 2026vsIllinoisL4.70—
Oct 17, 2026vsNorthwesternL3.30—
Oct 24, 2026@UCLAL1.71—

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 20 of these 25 games; in the other 5 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.