Virginia’s rushing yards with Solomon Beebe and without Solomon Beebe
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Virginia was 2.7 yards over with Solomon Beebe and 17.2 yards under without Solomon Beebe in 2026, 4 games against 4. The plain averages are 126.0 and 162.6, a difference of 36.6. Expected was 36.9 yards lower with Solomon Beebe than without Solomon Beebe. Both ranked opponents were with Solomon Beebe. Both games while ranked were without Solomon Beebe. All 3 nonconference games were without Solomon Beebe.
Solomon Beebe, running back: 9 rushing yards, 4 carries and 5 receptions in 3 games this season, 2% of Virginia’s rushing yards in those games.
rushing yards a game over expected
A +19.9 difference in rushing yards over expected with Solomon Beebe vs without Solomon Beebe is about what you’d expect.
A −36.6 difference in rushing yards with Solomon Beebe vs without Solomon Beebe is about what you’d expect.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | rushing yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2026 | vs NC State | W | 258 | 136.1 | |
| Sep 11, 2026 | vsNNorfolk State | W | 241 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs West Virginia (neutral) | L | 157 | 151.9 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Delaware | W | 119 | 172.7 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ Florida State | L | 38 | 180.1 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs Syracuse | W | 171 | 128.1 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ SMU | L | 121 | 131.0 | |
| Oct 23, 2026 | vs Duke | L | 195 | 116.8 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @ Wake Forest | L | 17 | 117.4 |
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, plus 8.0 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 60% of the difference the model predicts.
- The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
- Norfolk State 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 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.