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Mississippi State without Fluff Bothwell

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Mississippi State is 0–1 without Fluff Bothwell this season and 4–3 with him. Since 2025, Mississippi State is 0–3 in the 3 games he missed and 9–9 with him.

Missed games (left foot / lower leg), per rotoballer.com.

Fluff Bothwell’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith Fluff Bothwell7 gamesWithout1 gameDifference
Record4–30–1
Points, over expected+3.8−24.9+28.7
Rushing yards, over expected−2.6+56.5−59.1
Against the line+2.4−13.5+15.9
Points allowed, over expected+1.7−7.5+9.2
Margin, over expected+2.0−14.7+16.7
Carries, over expected−0.4+9.8−10.2
Yards a carry4.404.05+0.35
Passing yards, over expected+28.8−123.0+151.7
Pass attempts, over expected+1.2−5.6+6.7
Total yards, over expected+23.3−64.9+88.2
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−0.4%+9.6%−10.0
Penalty yards, over expected+9.5+17.4−7.9

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

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Fluff Bothwell18 gamesWithout3 gamesDifference
Record9–90–3
Points, over expected+1.0−3.7+4.8
Rushing yards, over expected+2.1−3.9+6.1
Against the line−0.9−1.5+0.6
Points allowed, over expected+1.2+0.2+1.0
Margin, over expected−0.1−2.5+2.5
Carries, over expected+0.7+5.6−4.9
Yards a carry4.222.93+1.30
Passing yards, over expected+1.3+44.2−42.8
Pass attempts, over expected−0.5+4.1−4.7
Total yards, over expected+0.8+40.7−39.9
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−0.3%+5.8%−6.1
Penalty yards, over expected+7.2+4.3+2.9

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

Who played instead

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith Fluff BothwellWithoutDifference
Parker Puckett, QB
Passing yards67.3121.0−53.8
Pass attempts12.026.0−14.0
Kolin Wilson, RB
Rushing yards22.771.0−48.3
Carries5.718.0−12.3
Anthony Evans III, WR
Receiving yards89.440.0+49.4
Receptions7.07.00.0
Marquis Johnson, WR
Receiving yards42.026.0+16.0
Receptions3.03.00.0

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Fluff BothwellWithoutDifference
Davon Booth, RB
Rushing yards34.9102.0−67.1
Carries9.023.0−14.0
Seydou Traore, TE
Receiving yards30.348.0−17.7
Receptions3.04.0−1.0

The games he missed this season

DateGameResult
Oct 17, 2026@LSUL 0–31

Method

  • 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: rotoballer.com.

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