USC’s yards a carry with Waymond Jordan and without Waymond Jordan
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USC averaged 5.39 yards a carry with Waymond Jordan and 3.60 without Waymond Jordan over its last 25 games, 14 games against 8, a difference of 1.80. All 5 games while unranked were with Waymond Jordan.
Waymond Jordan, running back: 911 rushing yards, 163 carries and 14 receptions in 14 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with Waymond Jordan
5.39
without Waymond Jordan
3.60
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A +1.80 difference in yards a carry with Waymond Jordan vs without Waymond Jordan is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Waymond Jordanwithout Waymond Jordan
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2024 | @ UCLA | W | 3.50 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | vs Notre Dame | L | 7.04 | — | |
| Dec 27, 2024 | vs Texas A&M (neutral) | W | 3.39 | — | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | vs Missouri State | W | 7.77 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vs Georgia Southern | W | 9.36 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | @ Purdue | W | 4.59 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | vs Michigan State | W | 7.23 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | @ Illinois | L | 3.71 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | vs Michigan | W | 6.43 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | @Notre Dame | L | 2.34 | — | |
| Nov 1, 2025 | @ Nebraska | W | 6.11 | — | |
| Nov 7, 2025 | vs Northwestern | W | 6 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | vs Iowa | W | 3.76 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | @ Oregon | L | 2.26 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | vsUCLA | W | 5.58 | — | |
| Dec 30, 2025 | vs TCU (neutral) | L | 3.39 | — | |
| Aug 29, 2026 | vs San Jose State | W | 4.26 | — | |
| Sep 4, 2026 | vs Fresno State | W | 3.92 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Louisiana | W | 5.51 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Rutgers | W | 6.30 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vsOregon | L | 3.78 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Washington | W | 3.44 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Penn State | W | 4.71 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Wisconsin | L | -0.68 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Ohio State | 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 21 of these 22 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.
- 3 games in 2024 are neither with Waymond Jordan nor without Waymond Jordan: Waymond Jordan had no game for the team that season, and sit out.