Virginia Tech’s penalty yards with Ayden Greene and without Ayden Greene
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Virginia Tech was 3.7 yards over with Ayden Greene and 15.4 yards under without Ayden Greene in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 64.4 and 45.0, a difference of 19.4. All 4 home games were with Ayden Greene. All 4 night games were with Ayden Greene. All 3 nonconference games were with Ayden Greene.
Ayden Greene, receiver: 294 receiving yards, 17 receptions and 2 receiving touchdowns in 7 games this season.
One game without Ayden Greene is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
penalty yards a game over expected
with Ayden Greene
+3.7
without Ayden Greene
−15.4
-20020
plain
64.4
45.0
406080
The games
with Ayden Greenewithout Ayden Greene
| Side | Date | Game | Result | penalty yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs VMI | W | 93 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Old Dominion | W | 32 | 61.3 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Maryland | W | 76 | 53.9 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Boston College | W | 45 | 60.4 | |
| Oct 2, 2026 | vs Pittsburgh | L | 82 | 50.1 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ California | L | 88 | 55.3 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Georgia Tech | W | 40 | 60.5 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Clemson | W | 40 | 54.9 |
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, minus 1.3 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 27% of the difference the model predicts.
- VMI 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 4 of these 8 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.