Old Dominion’s yards a carry with Maurki James and without Maurki James
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Old Dominion averaged 2.03 yards a carry with Maurki James and 4.44 without Maurki James in 2026, 7 games against 2, a difference of 2.42. All 6 conference games were with Maurki James. All 5 second-half games were with Maurki James.
Maurki James, running back: 103 rushing yards, 33 carries and 4 receptions in 7 games this season.
2 games without Maurki James is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
yards a carry a game
with Maurki James
2.03
without Maurki James
4.44
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A −2.42 difference in yards a carry with Maurki James vs without Maurki James is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Maurki James and it comes up 10 times in 100.
The games
with Maurki Jameswithout Maurki James
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vsNNorfolk State | W | 4.62 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ Virginia Tech | L | 4.27 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs East Carolina | L | 4.79 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs James Madison | L | -0.50 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ Georgia State | L | 1.97 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Appalachian State | W | 3.72 | — | |
| Oct 15, 2026 | vs Georgia Southern | L | 2.03 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Louisiana Tech | L | -0.59 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Marshall | L | 2.76 | — |
Method
- The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
- 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.