Putting Up Numbers· college football

Texas A&M’s yards a carry with Mario Craver and without Mario Craver

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Texas A&M averaged 4.40 yards a carry with Mario Craver and 6.17 without Mario Craver over its last 25 games, 19 games against 2, a difference of 1.77. All 8 away games were with Mario Craver. All 9 night games were with Mario Craver. All 8 ranked opponents were with Mario Craver.

Mario Craver, receiver: 1,203 receiving yards, 89 receptions and 7 receiving touchdowns in 19 of those 25 games.

2 games without Mario Craver 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

A −1.77 difference in yards a carry with Mario Craver vs without Mario Craver is unusual: shuffle which games were with Mario Craver and it comes up once in 100.

The games

with Mario Craverwithout Mario Craver
Texas A&M’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Mario Craver or without Mario Craver
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsNew Mexico StateW6.15—
Nov 23, 2024@AuburnL3.21—
Nov 30, 2024vsTexasL3—
Dec 27, 2024vsUSC (neutral)L5.03—
Aug 30, 2025vsUTSAW5—
Sep 6, 2025vsUtah StateW5.71—
Sep 13, 2025@Notre DameW4—
Sep 27, 2025vsAuburnW4.71—
Oct 4, 2025vsMississippi StateW5.94—
Oct 11, 2025vsFloridaW4.36—
Oct 18, 2025@ArkansasW6.44—
Oct 25, 2025@LSUW6.43—
Nov 8, 2025@MissouriW6.23—
Nov 15, 2025vsSouth CarolinaW2.48—
Nov 22, 2025vsSamfordW5.74—
Nov 28, 2025@TexasL4.79—
Dec 20, 2025vsMiami (FL)L2.54—
Sep 5, 2026vsMissouri StateW5.02—
Sep 12, 2026vsArizona StateW2.94—
Sep 19, 2026vsKentuckyL5.34—
Sep 26, 2026@LSUL2.76—
Oct 3, 2026vsArkansasW4.71—
Oct 10, 2026@MissouriL1.26—
Oct 17, 2026vsThe CitadelW6.60—
Oct 24, 2026@AlabamaL2.97—

Method

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  • 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 for 6 of these 21 games; in the other 15 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Mario Craver nor without Mario Craver: Mario Craver had no game for the team that season, and sit out.