Northern Illinois’ yards a carry with Brady Davidson and without Brady Davidson
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Northern Illinois averaged 4.67 yards a carry with Brady Davidson and 4.25 without Brady Davidson over its last 25 games, 5 games against 15, a difference of 0.42. All 5 night games were without Brady Davidson. Both opponents outside the major colleges were without Brady Davidson. All 8 nonconference games were without Brady Davidson.
Brady Davidson, quarterback: 411 passing yards, 93 pass attempts and 44 completions in 9 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with Brady Davidson
4.67
without Brady Davidson
4.25
246
A +0.42 difference in yards a carry with Brady Davidson vs without Brady Davidson is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Brady Davidsonwithout Brady Davidson
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2024 | @ Western Michigan | W | 6.45 | — | |
| Nov 13, 2024 | vs Akron | W | 7.40 | — | |
| Nov 19, 2024 | @ Miami (OH) | L | 3.20 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | vs Central Michigan | W | 4.13 | — | |
| Dec 23, 2024 | vs Fresno State (neutral) | W | 3.45 | — | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | vs Holy Cross | W | 4.71 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2025 | @ Maryland | L | 3.75 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | @ Mississippi State | L | 4.85 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vs San Diego State | L | 2.83 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | vsMiami (OH) | L | 4.96 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | @ Eastern Michigan | L | 6.10 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | @ Ohio | L | 5.08 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | vs Ball State | W | 5.35 | — | |
| Nov 5, 2025 | @ Toledo | L | 1.72 | — | |
| Nov 12, 2025 | @ UMass | W | 5.93 | — | |
| Nov 18, 2025 | vsWestern Michigan | L | 4.67 | — | |
| Nov 28, 2025 | vs Kent State | L | 5.29 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ Iowa | L | 0.33 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Illinois State | L | 3.11 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Arizona | L | 3.58 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Georgia State | L | 3.61 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs Air Force | L | 4.91 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ Wyoming | L | 6.07 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs Hawaii | L | 3.96 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @ UNLV | L | 6.32 | — |
Method
- 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.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 19 of these 20 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.
- 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.
- 5 games in 2024 are neither with Brady Davidson nor without Brady Davidson: Brady Davidson had no game for the team that season, and sit out.