UTEP’s yards a carry with EJ Colson Jr. and without EJ Colson Jr.
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UTEP averaged 4.09 yards a carry with EJ Colson Jr. and 3.38 without EJ Colson Jr. over its last 25 games, 6 games against 2, a difference of 0.71. All 4 away games were with EJ Colson Jr.. Both ranked opponents were with EJ Colson Jr.. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with EJ Colson Jr..
EJ Colson Jr., quarterback: 687 passing yards, 99 pass attempts and 66 completions in 7 of those 25 games.
2 games without EJ Colson Jr. 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
with EJ Colson Jr.
4.09
without EJ Colson Jr.
3.38
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A +0.71 difference in yards a carry with EJ Colson Jr. vs without EJ Colson Jr. is about what you’d expect.
The games
with EJ Colson Jr.without EJ Colson Jr.
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2024 | @ Louisiana Tech | L | 3.53 | — | |
| Nov 2, 2024 | vs Middle Tennessee | L | 3.81 | — | |
| Nov 9, 2024 | vs Kennesaw State | W | 2.67 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | @ Tennessee | L | 2.13 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | @ New Mexico State | W | 4.21 | — | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | @ Utah State | L | 2.94 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vsUUT Martin | W | 7.76 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | @ Texas | L | 2.17 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | vs Louisiana Monroe | L | 1.18 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vsLouisiana Tech | L | 4.34 | — | |
| Oct 8, 2025 | vs Liberty | L | 2.24 | — | |
| Oct 15, 2025 | vs Sam Houston (neutral) | W | 5.45 | — | |
| Oct 28, 2025 | @Kennesaw State | L | 3.29 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2025 | vs Jacksonville State | L | 3.56 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | @ Missouri State | L | 3.97 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | vsNew Mexico State | L | 7.29 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | @ Delaware | L | 0.79 | — | |
| Sep 4, 2026 | @ Oklahoma | L | 2.95 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Texas Southern | W | 7.64 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Michigan | L | 1.78 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Oregon State | L | 2.24 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ New Mexico | L | 4.86 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs Nevada | L | 3.16 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs San Jose State | L | 3.60 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @NNorth Dakota State | L | 5.07 | — |
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, which name every player who entered the game.
- 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.
- 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with EJ Colson Jr. nor without EJ Colson Jr.: EJ Colson Jr. had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.