Rutgers without Ja'shon Benjamin

without ,

Rutgers hasn’t played a game with Ja'shon Benjamin this season. Since 2023, Rutgers is 8–9 in the 17 games he missed and 13–16 with him.

Out, per the Big Ten's availability report for Oct 17, 2026.

, a game

Last 25 games

Measure	With Ja'shon Benjamin22 games	Without3 games	Difference
Record	8–14	2–1
Points, over expected	+0.8	+4.5	−3.7
Rushing yards, over expected	−1.8	+8.3	−10.0
Against the line	−1.0	+7.3	−8.3
Points allowed, over expected	+2.1	−2.1	+4.2
Margin, over expected	−0.4	+7.0	−7.5
Carries, over expected	+0.4	+2.6	−2.2
Yards a carry	3.90	4.21	−0.32
Passing yards, over expected	+2.3	+1.7	+0.6
Pass attempts, over expected	−1.0	+2.3	−3.2
Total yards, over expected	−0.7	+9.2	−10.0
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	−0.9%	+15.0%	−15.9
Penalty yards, over expected	−14.7	+17.3	−32.0

3 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Measure	With Ja'shon Benjamin	Without	Difference
Kyle Monangai, RB
Rushing yards	92.1	112.8	−20.6
Carries	19.5	21.4	−1.9
Antwan Raymond, RB
Rushing yards	100.1	16.7	+83.4
Carries	18.7	8.0	+10.7
KJ Duff, WR
Receiving yards	89.6	56.0	+33.6
Receptions	5.0	4.3	+0.8
Ben Black III, WR
Receiving yards	18.8	17.5	+1.3
Receptions	1.1	1.5	−0.4

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. A game with no expected number sits out.
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.
Why he’s out: the Big Ten's availability report for Oct 17, 2026.