Putting Up Numbers· college football

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 14.0 yards over without Javion Kinnard over its last 25 games, 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 of those 25 games, 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

The games

with Javion Kinnardwithout Javion Kinnard
San Diego State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Javion Kinnard or without Javion Kinnard
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Nov 16, 2024@UNLVL10785.7
Nov 23, 2024@Utah StateL188161.7
Nov 30, 2024vsAir ForceL120108.4
Aug 28, 2025vsSStony BrookW228—
Sep 6, 2025@Washington StateL82145.2
Sep 20, 2025vsCaliforniaW137210.9
Sep 27, 2025@Northern IllinoisW152229.4
Oct 3, 2025vsColorado StateW282226.4
Oct 11, 2025@NevadaW206176.6
Oct 25, 2025@Fresno StateW209178.6
Nov 1, 2025vsWyomingW200204.0
Nov 8, 2025@HawaiiL135180.1
Nov 15, 2025vsBoise StateW280169.1
Nov 22, 2025vsSan Jose StateW170196.8
Nov 28, 2025@New MexicoL193133.0
Dec 27, 2025vsNorth Texas (neutral)L326210.7
Sep 5, 2026vsPPortland StateW237—
Sep 12, 2026@UCLAL144105.8
Sep 19, 2026vsJames MadisonL192128.7
Sep 26, 2026@ToledoL48158.3
Oct 3, 2026vsTexas StateW130116.0
Oct 10, 2026@Oregon StateL56151.9
Oct 17, 2026vsFresno StateW206151.5
Oct 24, 2026@Colorado StateL196215.1
Oct 31, 2026vsWashington StateW203169.2

Method

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  • 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 8.1 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.
  • 16 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Javion Kinnard nor without Javion Kinnard: Javion Kinnard had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.