Penn State’s penalty yards with Cam Wallace and without Cam Wallace
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Penn State was 8.4 yards under with Cam Wallace and 3.7 yards over without Cam Wallace in 2026, 7 games against 1. The plain averages are 44.9 and 60.0, a difference of 15.1. All 5 home games were with Cam Wallace. All 4 games while ranked were with Cam Wallace. All 3 nonconference games were with Cam Wallace.
Cam Wallace, running back: 260 rushing yards, 44 carries and 4 receptions in 5 games this season.
One game without Cam Wallace is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
penalty yards a game over expected
with Cam Wallace
−8.4
without Cam Wallace
+3.7
-2002040
plain
44.9
60.0
50
The games
with Cam Wallacewithout Cam Wallace
| Side | Date | Game | Result | penalty yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs Marshall | W | 45 | 52.7 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ Temple | W | 20 | 54.1 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Buffalo | W | 96 | 53.6 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Wisconsin | L | 15 | 51.8 | |
| Oct 2, 2026 | @ Northwestern | L | 60 | 56.3 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs USC | L | 20 | 55.6 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ Michigan | L | 53 | 52.7 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Purdue | W | 65 | 52.4 |
Method
- 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, minus 1.3 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 27% of the difference the model predicts.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 6 of these 8 games; in the other 2 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.