Putting Up Numbers· college football

Texas State’s total yards with Jaylen Jenkins and without Jaylen Jenkins

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Texas State was 29.3 yards over with Jaylen Jenkins and 50.3 yards over without Jaylen Jenkins over its last 25 games, 18 games against 5. The plain averages are 489.8 and 527.2, a difference of 37.4. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Jaylen Jenkins. All 4 games after a bye were with Jaylen Jenkins.

Jaylen Jenkins, running back: 366 rushing yards, 69 carries and 4 receptions in 18 of those 25 games.

total yards a game over expected

A −21.0 difference in total yards over expected with Jaylen Jenkins vs without Jaylen Jenkins is about what you’d expect.

A −37.4 difference in total yards with Jaylen Jenkins vs without Jaylen Jenkins is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Texas State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jaylen Jenkins or without Jaylen Jenkins
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsSouthern MissW703487.8
Nov 23, 2024vsGeorgia StateL459481.1
Nov 29, 2024@South AlabamaW534447.3
Jan 3, 2025vsNorth Texas (neutral)W511519.8
Aug 30, 2025vsEastern MichiganW606513.9
Sep 6, 2025@UTSAW461426.9
Sep 13, 2025@Arizona StateL304393.2
Sep 20, 2025vsNNichollsW402—
Oct 4, 2025@Arkansas StateL519476.1
Oct 11, 2025vsTroyL574446.4
Oct 18, 2025@MarshallL558481.2
Oct 28, 2025vsJames MadisonL352371.7
Nov 8, 2025@LouisianaL528488.5
Nov 15, 2025@Southern MissW454495.5
Nov 22, 2025vsLouisiana MonroeW422507.0
Nov 29, 2025vsSouth AlabamaW545452.7
Jan 2, 2026vsRice (neutral)W444458.5
Sep 5, 2026@TexasL349306.5
Sep 12, 2026vsUTSAL481473.2
Sep 19, 2026vsNorth TexasW605453.4
Sep 26, 2026vsIIncarnate WordW658—
Oct 3, 2026@San Diego StateL565462.2
Oct 15, 2026vsColorado StateW719542.9
Oct 24, 2026vsUtah StateW250459.2
Oct 31, 2026@Boise StateL429448.4

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 6.1 in 2024, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 in 2026 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 79% in 2024, 79% in 2025, 67% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • 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.
  • Nicholls, Incarnate Word have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 20 of these 25 games; in the other 5 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.