Putting Up Numbers· college football

New Mexico State’s rushing yards 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 40.3 yards under with Trey Hedden and 26.7 yards over since Trey Hedden’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 140.8 and 177.3, a difference of 36.5. 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.

rushing yards a game over expected

A −67.1 difference in rushing yards over expected 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 17 times in 100.

A −36.5 difference in rushing yards with Trey Hedden vs since Trey Hedden’s last game is about what you’d expect.

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
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Oct 29, 2024vsFlorida International (neutral)L216185.9
Nov 9, 2024vsWestern KentuckyL331197.7
Nov 16, 2024@Texas A&ML123110.2
Nov 23, 2024@Middle TennesseeW145217.3
Nov 30, 2024vsUTEPL203182.1
Aug 30, 2025vsBBryantW81—
Sep 6, 2025vsTulsaW39115.6
Sep 13, 2025@Louisiana TechL2786.6
Sep 27, 2025@New MexicoL1533.3
Oct 2, 2025vsSam HoustonW95146.3
Oct 14, 2025@LibertyL14785.1
Oct 22, 2025vsMissouri StateL8298.5
Nov 1, 2025@Western KentuckyL66115.4
Nov 8, 2025vsKennesaw StateL75117.6
Nov 15, 2025@TennesseeL2774.4
Nov 22, 2025@UTEPW19481.9
Nov 29, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeL8688.8
Aug 29, 2026@Florida StateL47171.2
Sep 5, 2026vsMMercyhurstW237—
Sep 12, 2026@HawaiiL142159.7
Sep 26, 2026vsNew MexicoL137116.1
Oct 1, 2026vsWestern KentuckyW207172.7
Oct 7, 2026@Florida InternationalL107124.8
Oct 21, 2026@Sam HoustonW203146.9
Oct 28, 2026vsJacksonville StateL192157.6

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, plus 8.0 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.