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Virginia Tech’s yards a carry with Ayden Greene and without Ayden Greene

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Virginia Tech averaged 4.31 yards a carry with Ayden Greene and 4.84 without Ayden Greene over its last 25 games, 23 games against 2, a difference of 0.53. All 13 home games were with Ayden Greene. Both neutral-site games were with Ayden Greene. All 12 night games were with Ayden Greene.

Ayden Greene, receiver: 981 receiving yards, 60 receptions and 6 receiving touchdowns in 23 of those 25 games.

2 games without Ayden Greene 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 −0.53 difference in yards a carry with Ayden Greene vs without Ayden Greene is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Ayden Greenewithout Ayden Greene
Virginia Tech’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Ayden Greene or without Ayden Greene
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 2, 2024@SyracuseL5.19—
Nov 9, 2024vsClemsonL1.90—
Nov 23, 2024@DukeL3.58—
Nov 30, 2024vsVirginiaW5.37—
Jan 3, 2025vsMinnesota (neutral)L2.47—
Aug 31, 2025vsSouth Carolina (neutral)L3.11—
Sep 6, 2025vsVanderbiltL3.68—
Sep 13, 2025vsOld DominionL4.91—
Sep 20, 2025vsWoffordW4.31—
Sep 27, 2025@NC StateW7.83—
Oct 4, 2025vsWake ForestL4.50—
Oct 11, 2025@Georgia TechL5.70—
Oct 24, 2025vsCaliforniaW6.28—
Nov 1, 2025vsLouisvilleL4.10—
Nov 15, 2025@Florida StateL5.80—
Nov 22, 2025vsMiami (FL)L5.24—
Nov 29, 2025@VirginiaL3.84—
Sep 5, 2026vsVMIW6.70—
Sep 12, 2026vsOld DominionW2.12—
Sep 19, 2026@MarylandW4.15—
Sep 26, 2026@Boston CollegeW5.85—
Oct 2, 2026vsPittsburghL2.03—
Oct 10, 2026@CaliforniaL3.53—
Oct 17, 2026vsGeorgia TechW4.43—
Oct 24, 2026@ClemsonW2.18—

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 9 of these 25 games; in the other 16 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.