Putting Up Numbers· college football

Toledo’s rushing yards with Connor Walendzak and since Connor Walendzak’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Toledo was 3.4 yards over with Connor Walendzak and 59.3 yards over since Connor Walendzak’s last game over its last 25 games, 22 games against 1. The plain averages are 170.0 and 205.0, a difference of 35.0. All 10 away games were with Connor Walendzak. Both neutral-site games were with Connor Walendzak. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Connor Walendzak.

Connor Walendzak, running back: 618 rushing yards, 137 carries and 20 receptions in 19 of those 25 games, 19% of Toledo’s rushing yards in those games.

One game since Connor Walendzak’s last game is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

rushing yards a game over expected

The games

with Connor Walendzaksince Connor Walendzak’s last game
Toledo’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Connor Walendzak or since Connor Walendzak’s last game
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Nov 12, 2024vsCentral MichiganW159142.1
Nov 20, 2024vsOhioL5391.3
Nov 26, 2024@AkronL176133.9
Dec 26, 2024vsPittsburgh (neutral)W8079.2
Aug 30, 2025@KentuckyL59129.3
Sep 6, 2025vsWestern KentuckyW307193.2
Sep 13, 2025vsMMorgan StateW260—
Sep 20, 2025@Western MichiganL191144.3
Sep 27, 2025vsAkronW245187.6
Oct 11, 2025@Bowling GreenL165162.8
Oct 18, 2025vsKent StateW182211.9
Oct 25, 2025@Washington StateL61127.3
Nov 5, 2025vsNorthern IllinoisW134221.8
Nov 12, 2025@Miami (OH)W143149.1
Nov 22, 2025vsBall StateW187192.1
Nov 29, 2025@Central MichiganW205164.1
Dec 23, 2025vsLouisville (neutral)L169125.4
Sep 4, 2026@Michigan StateL77159.3
Sep 12, 2026vsCCentral ConnecticutW258—
Sep 19, 2026vsTempleW107201.1
Sep 26, 2026vsSan Diego StateW210162.2
Oct 3, 2026@Ball StateW354140.6
Oct 10, 2026vsBuffaloL105212.0
Oct 17, 2026@Eastern MichiganW194158.2
Oct 24, 2026vsWestern MichiganW205145.7

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 3.8 in 2024, plus 5.9 in 2025, plus 8.0 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 75% in 2024, 77% in 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • Morgan State, Central Connecticut 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 21 of these 25 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.