Putting Up Numbers· college football

Washington’s total yards with Demond Williams Jr. and since Demond Williams Jr.’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Washington was 25.2 yards under with Demond Williams Jr. and 12.1 yards over since Demond Williams Jr.’s last game in 2026, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 381.0 and 359.0, a difference of 22.0. Both games while ranked were with Demond Williams Jr.. All 3 nonconference games were with Demond Williams Jr.. All 4 first-half games were with Demond Williams Jr..

Demond Williams Jr., quarterback: 1,495 passing yards, 187 pass attempts and 123 completions in 7 games this season.

3 games since Demond Williams Jr.’s last game is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

total yards a game over expected

A −37.3 difference in total yards over expected with Demond Williams Jr. vs since Demond Williams Jr.’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A +22.0 difference in total yards with Demond Williams Jr. vs since Demond Williams Jr.’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Demond Williams Jr.since Demond Williams Jr.’s last game
Washington’s games, 2026, each marked with Demond Williams Jr. or since Demond Williams Jr.’s last game
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Sep 6, 2026vsWashington StateW405404.0
Sep 12, 2026vsUtah StateW356341.4
Sep 19, 2026vsEEastern WashingtonW546—
Sep 26, 2026vsMinnesotaL279360.0
Oct 3, 2026@USCL319354.5
Oct 9, 2026vsIowaL317329.7
Oct 16, 2026@PurdueW490369.0
Oct 31, 2026@NebraskaW270342.2

Method

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  • 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 12.1 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 67% 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.
  • Eastern Washington 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 7 of these 8 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 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.