UNLV’s carries with Kayden McGee and without Kayden McGee
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, UNLV was 1.1 carries over with Kayden McGee and 3.5 carries under without Kayden McGee in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 37.9 and 33.0, a difference of 4.9. All 4 home games were with Kayden McGee. Both night games were with Kayden McGee. All 4 conference games were with Kayden McGee.
Kayden McGee, receiver: 442 receiving yards, 21 receptions and 5 receiving touchdowns in 7 games this season, 3% of UNLV’s carries in those games.
One game without Kayden McGee is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
carries a game over expected
with Kayden McGee
+1.1
without Kayden McGee
−3.5
-505
plain
37.9
33.0
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The games
with Kayden McGeewithout Kayden McGee
| Side | Date | Game | Result | carries | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2026 | vs Memphis | L | 41 | 37.6 | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ Hawaii | W | 42 | 35.0 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ North Texas | L | 39 | 37.0 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Akron | W | 33 | 36.5 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs California | W | 36 | 37.3 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vsNNorth Dakota State | W | 45 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ Air Force | L | 32 | 27.8 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Northern Illinois | W | 30 | 38.6 |
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.
- North Dakota State 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 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.