Putting Up Numbers· college football

USC’s yards a carry with Trent Mosley and without Trent Mosley

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USC averaged 3.70 yards a carry with Trent Mosley and 4.51 without Trent Mosley in 2026, 6 games against 3, a difference of 0.80. All 4 night games were with Trent Mosley. All 3 nonconference games were with Trent Mosley.

Trent Mosley, receiver: 512 receiving yards, 32 receptions and 6 receiving touchdowns in 6 games this season.

3 games without Trent Mosley 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

A −0.80 difference in yards a carry with Trent Mosley vs without Trent Mosley is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Trent Mosleywithout Trent Mosley
USC’s games, 2026, each marked with Trent Mosley or without Trent Mosley
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Aug 29, 2026vsSan Jose StateW4.26—
Sep 4, 2026vsFresno StateW3.92—
Sep 12, 2026vsLouisianaW5.51—
Sep 19, 2026@RutgersW6.30—
Sep 26, 2026vsOregonL3.78—
Oct 3, 2026vsWashingtonW3.44—
Oct 10, 2026@Penn StateW4.71—
Oct 24, 2026@WisconsinL-0.68—
Oct 31, 2026vsOhio StateW4.50—

Method

Read against .

  • 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 8 of these 9 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.