Putting Up Numbers· college football

Old Dominion’s rushing yards with Quinn Henicle and without Quinn Henicle

, ,

Against what the season’s ratings expected, Old Dominion was 51.2 yards over with Quinn Henicle and 99.9 yards under without Quinn Henicle in 2026, 4 games against 4. The plain averages are 158.4 and 29.5, a difference of 128.9. All 3 nonconference games were with Quinn Henicle.

Quinn Henicle, quarterback: 654 passing yards, 98 pass attempts and 54 completions in 6 games this season, 40% of Old Dominion’s rushing yards in those games.

rushing yards a game over expected

A +151.1 difference in rushing yards over expected with Quinn Henicle vs without Quinn Henicle is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Quinn Henicle and it comes up 6 times in 100.

A +128.9 difference in rushing yards with Quinn Henicle vs without Quinn Henicle is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Quinn Henicle and it comes up 5 times in 100.

The games

with Quinn Heniclewithout Quinn Henicle
Old Dominion’s games, 2026, each marked with Quinn Henicle or without Quinn Henicle
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsNNorfolk StateW180—
Sep 12, 2026@Virginia TechL12876.9
Sep 19, 2026vsEast CarolinaL20194.2
Sep 26, 2026vsJames MadisonL-14130.8
Oct 3, 2026@Georgia StateL67138.8
Oct 10, 2026@Appalachian StateW21697.3
Oct 15, 2026vsGeorgia SouthernL65112.0
Oct 24, 2026@Louisiana TechL-13110.9
Oct 31, 2026vsMarshallL80163.9

Method

Read against .

  • 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 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.
  • Norfolk State 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 for 7 of these 9 games; in the other 2 a player is counted as in them 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.