San Diego State’s rushing yards with Javion Kinnard and without Javion Kinnard
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, San Diego State was 5.1 yards under with Javion Kinnard and 14.1 yards over without Javion Kinnard in 2026, 7 games against 1. The plain averages are 160.3 and 130.0, a difference of 30.3. Expected was 38.4 yards higher with Javion Kinnard than without Javion Kinnard. All 4 away games were with Javion Kinnard. All 5 day games were with Javion Kinnard. All 4 nonconference games were with Javion Kinnard.
Javion Kinnard, running back: 613 rushing yards, 108 carries and 11 receptions in 8 games this season, 48% of San Diego State’s rushing yards in those games.
One game without Javion Kinnard is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
rushing yards a game over expected
with Javion Kinnard
−5.1
without Javion Kinnard
+14.1
-100-50050
plain
160.3
130.0
50100150200
The games
with Javion Kinnardwithout Javion Kinnard
| Side | Date | Game | Result | rushing yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vsPPortland State | W | 237 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ UCLA | L | 144 | 105.8 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs James Madison | L | 192 | 128.6 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Toledo | L | 48 | 158.8 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Texas State | W | 130 | 115.9 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Oregon State | L | 56 | 152.0 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Fresno State | W | 206 | 151.4 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Colorado State | L | 196 | 215.0 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Washington State | W | 203 | 169.1 |
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, plus 8.0 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 60% of the difference the model predicts.
- Portland State has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 6 of these 9 games; in the other 3 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.