Putting Up Numbers· college football

NC State’s pass attempts with Jayden Scott and without Jayden Scott

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, NC State was 0.9 pass attempts over with Jayden Scott and 1.2 pass attempts under without Jayden Scott over its last 25 games, 16 games against 7. The plain averages are 31.9 and 30.0, a difference of 1.9. All 3 ranked opponents were with Jayden Scott. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Jayden Scott.

Jayden Scott, running back: 953 rushing yards, 168 carries and 18 receptions in 18 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A +2.1 difference in pass attempts over expected with Jayden Scott vs without Jayden Scott is about what you’d expect.

A +1.9 difference in pass attempts with Jayden Scott vs without Jayden Scott is about what you’d expect.

The games

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NC State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jayden Scott or without Jayden Scott
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 9, 2024vsDukeL3928.6
Nov 21, 2024@Georgia TechL3028.3
Nov 30, 2024@North CarolinaW2028.5
Dec 28, 2024vsEast Carolina (neutral)L2633.6
Aug 28, 2025vsEast CarolinaW3433.1
Sep 6, 2025vsVirginiaW2330.1
Sep 11, 2025@Wake ForestW3232.6
Sep 20, 2025@DukeL3930.9
Sep 27, 2025vsVirginia TechL3428.4
Oct 4, 2025vsCCampbellW34—
Oct 11, 2025@Notre DameL3133.8
Oct 25, 2025@PittsburghL4132.9
Nov 1, 2025vsGeorgia TechW3230.1
Nov 15, 2025@Miami (FL)L3033.5
Nov 21, 2025vsFlorida StateW2528.6
Nov 29, 2025vsNorth CarolinaW3030.2
Dec 19, 2025vsMemphis (neutral)W2630.7
Aug 29, 2026@VirginiaL2729.2
Sep 11, 2026vsRichmondW24—
Sep 19, 2026@VanderbiltL3829.0
Sep 26, 2026vsAppalachian StateW3336.0
Oct 3, 2026vsLouisvilleW4132.0
Oct 10, 2026vsWake ForestL4036.0
Oct 23, 2026@StanfordL3033.4
Oct 31, 2026vsCaliforniaW2529.8

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.4 in 2024, minus 0.3 in 2025, minus 0.1 in 2026 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 73% in 2024, 73% in 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • 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.
  • Campbell, Richmond have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 21 of these 25 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.