Putting Up Numbers· college football

New Mexico State’s pass attempts with TK King and without TK King

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, New Mexico State was 3.1 pass attempts over with TK King and 3.4 pass attempts under without TK King over its last 25 games, 14 games against 4. The plain averages are 36.6 and 33.2, a difference of 3.4.

TK King, receiver: 895 receiving yards, 64 receptions and 6 receiving touchdowns in 15 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A +6.5 difference in pass attempts over expected with TK King vs without TK King is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with TK King and it comes up 12 times in 100.

A +3.4 difference in pass attempts with TK King vs without TK King is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with TK King and it comes up 14 times in 100.

The games

with TK Kingwithout TK King
New Mexico State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with TK King or without TK King
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Oct 29, 2024vsFlorida International (neutral)L1929.1
Nov 9, 2024vsWestern KentuckyL2223.5
Nov 16, 2024@Texas A&ML2330.6
Nov 23, 2024@Middle TennesseeW1827.0
Nov 30, 2024vsUTEPL5124.5
Aug 30, 2025vsBBryantW31—
Sep 6, 2025vsTulsaW4535.3
Sep 13, 2025@Louisiana TechL3342.6
Sep 27, 2025@New MexicoL3838.3
Oct 2, 2025vsSam HoustonW2635.9
Oct 14, 2025@LibertyL3736.8
Oct 22, 2025vsMissouri StateL3436.3
Nov 1, 2025@Western KentuckyL4040.3
Nov 8, 2025vsKennesaw StateL4636.3
Nov 15, 2025@TennesseeL5337.5
Nov 22, 2025@UTEPW4237.9
Nov 29, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeL4736.2
Aug 29, 2026@Florida StateL4332.6
Sep 5, 2026vsMMercyhurstW23—
Sep 12, 2026@HawaiiL3528.9
Sep 26, 2026vsNew MexicoL3828.6
Oct 1, 2026vsWestern KentuckyW2632.3
Oct 7, 2026@Florida InternationalL3032.0
Oct 21, 2026@Sam HoustonW2930.5
Oct 28, 2026vsJacksonville StateL1932.4

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 0.3 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 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.
  • Bryant, Mercyhurst 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with TK King nor without TK King: TK King had no game for the team that season, and sit out.