Syracuse’s yards a carry with Malachi Nelson and without Malachi Nelson
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Syracuse averaged 3.31 yards a carry with Malachi Nelson and 4.09 without Malachi Nelson in 2026, 2 games against 6, a difference of 0.78. All 4 day games were without Malachi Nelson. Both nonconference games were without Malachi Nelson. All 4 first-half games were without Malachi Nelson.
Malachi Nelson, quarterback: 532 passing yards, 70 pass attempts and 42 completions in 3 games this season.
2 games with Malachi Nelson is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
yards a carry a game
with Malachi Nelson
3.31
without Malachi Nelson
4.09
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A −0.78 difference in yards a carry with Malachi Nelson vs without Malachi Nelson is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Malachi Nelsonwithout Malachi Nelson
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs New Hampshire | W | 5.71 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs California | L | 3.43 | — | |
| Sep 17, 2026 | @ Pittsburgh | L | 3.74 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ UConn | W | 3.72 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Virginia | L | 3.47 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Louisville | L | 3.15 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ North Carolina | W | 4.21 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs SMU | W | 3.73 | — |
Method
- The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
- With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.