Putting Up Numbers· college football

Missouri State’s penalty yards with Skyler Locklear and since Skyler Locklear’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Missouri State was 4.3 yards under with Skyler Locklear and 21.5 yards over since Skyler Locklear’s last game in 2026, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 62.0 and 79.7, a difference of 17.7. Both ranked opponents were with Skyler Locklear. All 4 nonconference games were with Skyler Locklear. All 4 first-half games were with Skyler Locklear.

Skyler Locklear, quarterback: 788 passing yards, 108 pass attempts and 71 completions in 5 games this season.

3 games since Skyler Locklear’s last game is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

penalty yards a game over expected

A −25.7 difference in penalty yards over expected with Skyler Locklear vs since Skyler Locklear’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A −17.7 difference in penalty yards with Skyler Locklear vs since Skyler Locklear’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Skyler Locklearsince Skyler Locklear’s last game
Missouri State’s games, 2026, each marked with Skyler Locklear or since Skyler Locklear’s last game
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@Texas A&ML4160.5
Sep 12, 2026vsLLindenwoodW90—
Sep 19, 2026vsMarshallL8752.8
Sep 26, 2026@SMUL6061.7
Oct 8, 2026@Western KentuckyL3262.2
Oct 14, 2026vsKennesaw StateW8459.5
Oct 20, 2026@DelawareL10056.8
Oct 27, 2026vsSam HoustonW5558.3

Method

Read against .

  • 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, minus 1.3 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 27% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Lindenwood 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.