Putting Up Numbers· college football

Wake Forest’s pass attempts with Jamar Searcy and without Jamar Searcy

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Wake Forest was 0.6 pass attempts under with Jamar Searcy and 0.6 pass attempts over without Jamar Searcy over its last 25 games, 10 games against 10. The plain averages are 29.2 and 31.8, a difference of 2.6. Both games while ranked were with Jamar Searcy.

Jamar Searcy, running back: 237 rushing yards, 31 carries and 1 reception in 10 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −1.2 difference in pass attempts over expected with Jamar Searcy vs without Jamar Searcy is about what you’d expect.

A −2.6 difference in pass attempts with Jamar Searcy vs without Jamar Searcy is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Jamar Searcywithout Jamar Searcy
Wake Forest’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jamar Searcy or without Jamar Searcy
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 8, 2024vsCaliforniaL3632.1
Nov 16, 2024@North CarolinaL3730.4
Nov 23, 2024@Miami (FL)L1734.3
Nov 30, 2024vsDukeL3034.3
Aug 29, 2025vsKennesaw StateW2831.3
Sep 6, 2025vsWestern CarolinaW26—
Sep 11, 2025vsNC StateL3535.4
Sep 27, 2025vsGeorgia TechL3130.9
Oct 4, 2025@Virginia TechW4028.7
Oct 11, 2025@Oregon StateW2827.3
Oct 25, 2025vsSMUW3635.0
Nov 1, 2025@Florida StateL3129.0
Nov 8, 2025@VirginiaW2331.3
Nov 15, 2025vsNorth CarolinaW2531.6
Nov 22, 2025vsDelawareW2633.3
Nov 29, 2025@DukeL4331.0
Jan 2, 2026vsMississippi State (neutral)W3331.6
Sep 3, 2026vsAkronW3529.0
Sep 12, 2026@PurdueW2729.2
Sep 18, 2026vsMiami (FL)L4632.7
Sep 26, 2026@LouisvilleW1933.9
Oct 3, 2026vsStanfordW3030.4
Oct 10, 2026@NC StateW3330.1
Oct 17, 2026@CaliforniaW2626.8
Oct 31, 2026vsVirginiaW2127.4

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.3 in 2025, minus 0.1 in 2026 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 73% in 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • 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.
  • Western Carolina 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Jamar Searcy nor without Jamar Searcy: Jamar Searcy had no game for the team that season, and sit out.