Putting Up Numbers· college football

Penn State without James Peoples

without , this season

Penn State is 1–0 without James Peoples this season and 3–4 with him.

James Peoples’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith James Peoples7 gamesWithout1 gameDifference
Record3–41–0
Points, over expected+1.3−1.0+2.4
Rushing yards, over expected−17.8+114.2−131.9
Against the line−3.4+4.0−7.4
Points allowed, over expected−1.5−10.8+9.3
Margin, over expected+1.4+9.0−7.5
Carries, over expected−2.0+17.3−19.3
Yards a carry3.625.27−1.65
Passing yards, over expected+18.5−60.7+79.2
Pass attempts, over expected+1.2−5.8+7.0
Total yards, over expected−0.3+50.0−50.3
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−2.2%−2.6%+0.4
Penalty yards, over expected−9.7+12.6−22.3

One game without him is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Last 25 games

MeasureWith James Peoples7 gamesWithout1 gameDifference
Record3–41–0
Points, over expected+1.3−1.0+2.4
Rushing yards, over expected−17.8+114.2−131.9
Against the line−3.4+4.0−7.4
Points allowed, over expected−1.5−10.8+9.3
Margin, over expected+1.4+9.0−7.5
Carries, over expected−2.0+17.3−19.3
Yards a carry3.625.27−1.65
Passing yards, over expected+18.5−60.7+79.2
Pass attempts, over expected+1.2−5.8+7.0
Total yards, over expected−0.3+50.0−50.3
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−2.2%−2.6%+0.4
Penalty yards, over expected−9.7+12.6−22.3

One game without him is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Who played instead

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith James PeoplesWithoutDifference
Rocco Becht, QB
Passing yards237.7175.0+62.7
Pass attempts30.024.0+6.0
Carson Hansen, RB
Rushing yards39.796.0−56.3
Carries10.317.0−6.7
Cam Wallace, RB
Rushing yards31.3135.0−103.8
Carries5.522.0−16.5

The games he missed this season

DateGameResult
Oct 31, 2026vsPurdueW 31–17

Method

  • With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
  • Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers.
  • Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
  • His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.