UCLA’s yards a carry with Nico Iamaleava and without Nico Iamaleava
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UCLA averaged 5.07 yards a carry with Nico Iamaleava and 3.96 without Nico Iamaleava over its last 25 games, 16 games against 4, a difference of 1.11. All 3 games after a bye were with Nico Iamaleava. All 3 of Deshaun Foster’s games were with Nico Iamaleava.
Nico Iamaleava, quarterback: 2,910 passing yards, 439 pass attempts and 280 completions in 16 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with Nico Iamaleava
5.07
without Nico Iamaleava
3.96
468
A +1.11 difference in yards a carry with Nico Iamaleava vs without Nico Iamaleava is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Nico Iamaleava and it comes up 10 times in 100.
The games
with Nico Iamaleavawithout Nico Iamaleava
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2024 | @ Nebraska | W | 4.86 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2024 | vs Iowa | W | 5.84 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2024 | @ Washington | L | 1.58 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | vs USC | L | 4.27 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | vs Fresno State | W | 2.45 | — | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | vs Utah | L | 3 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | @ UNLV | L | 5.77 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2025 | vs New Mexico | L | 4.95 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | @ Northwestern | L | 4.52 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | vs Penn State | W | 5.38 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | @ Michigan State | W | 5.53 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | vs Maryland | W | 5.51 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | @ Indiana | L | 3.52 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2025 | vsNebraska | L | 4.24 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | @ Ohio State | L | 2.72 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | vsWashington | L | 2.59 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | @USC | L | 4.15 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ California | W | 9 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs San Diego State | W | 5.27 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Purdue | W | 7.87 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @Maryland | W | 6.82 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Oregon | W | 2.98 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Wisconsin | W | 3.24 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vsMichigan State | W | 5.37 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Nevada | W | 4.50 | — |
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 14 of these 20 games; in the other 6 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
- 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.
- 5 games in 2024 are neither with Nico Iamaleava nor without Nico Iamaleava: Nico Iamaleava had no game for the team that season, and sit out.