Putting Up Numbers· college football

Ole Miss’ yards a carry with Kewan Lacy and without Kewan Lacy

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Ole Miss averaged 4.75 yards a carry with Kewan Lacy and 4.72 without Kewan Lacy over its last 25 games, 21 games against 2, a difference of 0.03. All 3 neutral-site games were with Kewan Lacy. All 9 night games were with Kewan Lacy. All 5 top-10 opponents were with Kewan Lacy.

Kewan Lacy, running back: 1,955 rushing yards, 384 carries and 39 receptions in 21 of those 25 games.

2 games without Kewan Lacy 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

A +0.03 difference in yards a carry with Kewan Lacy vs without Kewan Lacy is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Kewan Lacywithout Kewan Lacy
Ole Miss’ games, last 25 games, each marked with Kewan Lacy or without Kewan Lacy
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 29, 2024vsMississippi StateW4.98—
Jan 2, 2025vsDuke (neutral)W4.58—
Aug 30, 2025vsGeorgia StateW6.70—
Sep 6, 2025@KentuckyW4.72—
Sep 13, 2025vsArkansasW3.26—
Sep 20, 2025vsTulaneW5.74—
Sep 27, 2025vsLSUW4.05—
Oct 11, 2025vsWashington StateW4.54—
Oct 18, 2025@GeorgiaL3.67—
Oct 25, 2025@OklahomaW3.36—
Nov 1, 2025vsSouth CarolinaW6.05—
Nov 8, 2025vsThe CitadelW4.31—
Nov 15, 2025vsFloridaW5.24—
Nov 28, 2025@Mississippi StateW4.79—
Dec 20, 2025vsTulaneW4.78—
Jan 1, 2026vsGeorgia (neutral)W4.11—
Jan 8, 2026vsMiami (FL) (neutral)L5.76—
Sep 6, 2026vsLouisville (neutral)W4.33—
Sep 12, 2026vsCharlotteW5.29—
Sep 19, 2026vsLSUW3—
Sep 26, 2026@FloridaL4.74—
Oct 10, 2026@VanderbiltW5.60—
Oct 17, 2026vsMissouriW6.76—
Oct 24, 2026@TexasL3.77—
Oct 31, 2026vsAuburnW4.71—

Method

Read against .

  • 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 2 games in 2024 are neither with Kewan Lacy nor without Kewan Lacy: Kewan Lacy had no game for the team that season, and sit out.