Putting Up Numbers· college football

New Mexico State’s pass attempts with Trey Hedden and since Trey Hedden’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, New Mexico State was 8.6 pass attempts over with Trey Hedden and 5.8 pass attempts under since Trey Hedden’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 34.8 and 26.0, a difference of 8.8. All 4 conference games were since Trey Hedden’s last game. All 4 nonconference games were with Trey Hedden.

Trey Hedden, quarterback: 906 passing yards, 124 pass attempts and 65 completions in 5 of those 25 games, 73% of New Mexico State’s pass attempts in those games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A +14.4 difference in pass attempts over expected with Trey Hedden vs since Trey Hedden’s last game is unusual: shuffle which games were with Trey Hedden and it comes up 3 times in 100.

A +8.8 difference in pass attempts with Trey Hedden vs since Trey Hedden’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Trey Hedden and it comes up 15 times in 100.

The games

with Trey Heddensince Trey Hedden’s last game
New Mexico State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Trey Hedden or since Trey Hedden’s last game
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 StateL4332.7
Sep 5, 2026vsMMercyhurstW23—
Sep 12, 2026@HawaiiL3528.9
Sep 26, 2026vsNew MexicoL3828.6
Oct 1, 2026vsWestern KentuckyW2632.3
Oct 7, 2026@Florida InternationalL3031.9
Oct 21, 2026@Sam HoustonW2930.5
Oct 28, 2026vsJacksonville StateL1932.5

Method

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  • 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 0.1 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 60% 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.
  • Mercyhurst 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Trey Hedden nor since Trey Hedden’s last game: Trey Hedden had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.