Texas’ yards a carry with Derrek Cooper and without Derrek Cooper
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Texas averaged 3.68 yards a carry with Derrek Cooper and 3.43 without Derrek Cooper in 2026, 6 games against 2, a difference of 0.26.
Derrek Cooper, running back: 103 rushing yards, 29 carries and 2 receptions in 6 games this season.
2 games without Derrek Cooper 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 Derrek Cooper
3.68
without Derrek Cooper
3.43
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A +0.26 difference in yards a carry with Derrek Cooper vs without Derrek Cooper is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Derrek Cooperwithout Derrek Cooper
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs Texas State | W | 4.33 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Ohio State | W | 3.55 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs UTSA | W | 4.75 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Tennessee | W | 2.09 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs Oklahoma (neutral) | L | 3.81 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Florida | L | 3.30 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs Ole Miss | W | 5.23 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Mississippi State | W | 1.88 | — |
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 for 7 of these 8 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.