Minnesota without Darius Taylor

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Minnesota is 1–0 without Darius Taylor this season and 4–3 with him. Since 2024, Minnesota is 3–2 in the 5 games he missed and 18–11 with him.

Missed games (lower-body injury), per fox9.com.

, a game

This season

Measure	With Darius Taylor7 games	Without1 game	Difference
Record	4–3	1–0
Points, over expected	−3.3	+5.4	−8.7
Rushing yards, over expected	−30.4	+14.2	−44.6
Against the line	+0.9	+11.5	−10.6
Points allowed, over expected	−0.4	−6.4	+6.0
Margin, over expected	−1.9	+7.5	−9.3
Carries, over expected	−4.0	+1.9	−5.9
Yards a carry	2.93	6.09	−3.16
Passing yards, over expected	−8.6	−45.8	+37.2
Pass attempts, over expected	+2.1	−3.4	+5.5
Total yards, over expected	−30.6	−38.0	+7.4
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	−8.6%	−0.2%	−8.4
Penalty yards, over expected	+5.9	−14.7	+20.6

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

Measure	With Darius Taylor21 games	Without4 games	Difference
Record	12–9	3–1
Points, over expected	−1.1	−2.2	+1.0
Rushing yards, over expected	−12.0	−33.1	+21.1
Against the line	+0.5	−1.6	+2.1
Points allowed, over expected	−1.4	−2.0	+0.6
Margin, over expected	+0.9	−1.5	+2.3
Carries, over expected	−2.2	−1.8	−0.5
Yards a carry	3.30	4.09	−0.79
Passing yards, over expected	−11.8	+11.7	−23.5
Pass attempts, over expected	+0.1	+3.7	−3.6
Total yards, over expected	−17.4	−21.3	+3.9
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	−3.0%	+2.6%	−5.6
Penalty yards, over expected	−8.0	−6.8	−1.1

Measure	With Darius Taylor	Without	Difference
Drake Lindsey, QB
Passing yards	198.3	204.0	−5.7
Pass attempts	32.6	31.0	+1.6
TJ Thomas, RB
Rushing yards	37.0	122.0	−85.0
Carries	7.3	13.0	−5.7
Javon Tracy, WR
Receiving yards	52.7	91.0	−38.3
Receptions	5.9	5.0	+0.9
Noah Jennings, WR
Receiving yards	46.1	72.0	−25.9
Receptions	4.0	5.0	−1.0
Xavier Ford, RB
Rushing yards	14.5	41.0	−26.5
Carries	3.5	8.0	−4.5

Measure	With Darius Taylor	Without	Difference
Daniel Jackson, WR
Receiving yards	67.0	77.8	−10.8
Receptions	5.9	4.9	+1.1
Le'Meke Brockington, WR
Receiving yards	26.2	53.8	−27.5
Receptions	2.1	5.0	−2.9
Jameson Geers, TE
Receiving yards	20.0	21.3	−1.2
Receptions	2.2	2.3	0.0
Brevyn Spann-Ford, TE
Receiving yards	15.8	29.3	−13.6
Receptions	2.8	2.3	+0.4

Date	Game	Result
Sep 19, 2026	vsAkron	W 41–7

With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers. A game with no expected number sits out.
Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.
Why he’s out: fox9.com.