Texas Tech’s carries with Will Hammond and since Will Hammond’s last game
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Texas Tech was 0.2 carries over with Will Hammond and 9.3 carries over since Will Hammond’s last game in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 37.9 and 46.0, a difference of 8.1. All 3 away games were with Will Hammond. All 6 unranked opponents were with Will Hammond. All 3 nonconference games were with Will Hammond.
Will Hammond, quarterback: 1,561 passing yards, 205 pass attempts and 139 completions in 7 games this season, 15% of Texas Tech’s carries in those games.
One game since Will Hammond’s last game is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
carries a game over expected
with Will Hammond
+0.2
since Will Hammond’s last game
+9.3
-50510
plain
37.9
46.0
354045
The games
with Will Hammondsince Will Hammond’s last game
| Side | Date | Game | Result | carries | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vsAAbilene Christian | W | 39 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ Oregon State | W | 47 | 35.6 | |
| Sep 18, 2026 | vs Houston | W | 31 | 34.7 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Sam Houston | W | 35 | 43.2 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ Colorado | W | 37 | 39.0 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Arizona State | W | 37 | 35.3 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Cincinnati | L | 39 | 37.3 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Arizona | W | 46 | 36.7 |
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 0.6 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 61% of the difference the model predicts.
- Abilene Christian 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, 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.