Putting Up Numbers· college football

Western Michigan’s pass attempts with Aveion Chenault and without Aveion Chenault

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Western Michigan was 3.0 pass attempts under with Aveion Chenault and 1.7 pass attempts over without Aveion Chenault over its last 25 games, 20 games against 1. The plain averages are 21.7 and 29.0, a difference of 7.3. All 11 away games were with Aveion Chenault. Both neutral-site games were with Aveion Chenault. All 8 night games were with Aveion Chenault.

Aveion Chenault, receiver: 817 receiving yards, 56 receptions and 4 receiving touchdowns in 21 of those 25 games.

One game without Aveion Chenault is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

pass attempts a game over expected

The games

with Aveion Chenaultwithout Aveion Chenault
Western Michigan’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Aveion Chenault or without Aveion Chenault
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 30, 2024vsEastern MichiganW1725.9
Dec 14, 2024vsSouth Alabama (neutral)L2728.7
Aug 29, 2025@Michigan StateL3322.1
Sep 6, 2025vsNorth TexasL1426.3
Sep 13, 2025@IllinoisL2425.7
Sep 20, 2025vsToledoW3322.7
Sep 27, 2025vsRRhode IslandW24—
Oct 4, 2025@UMassW2520.6
Oct 11, 2025vsBall StateW2921.4
Oct 25, 2025@Miami (OH)L2926.4
Nov 1, 2025vsCentral MichiganW2424.2
Nov 11, 2025vsOhioW1423.6
Nov 18, 2025@Northern IllinoisW923.2
Nov 25, 2025@Eastern MichiganW1423.7
Dec 6, 2025vsMiami (OH) (neutral)W1328.0
Dec 19, 2025vsKennesaw State (neutral)W1924.1
Sep 5, 2026@MichiganL2122.9
Sep 12, 2026vsMMonmouthW25—
Sep 19, 2026@RiceW2025.6
Sep 26, 2026vsBoise StateL2927.3
Oct 3, 2026@BuffaloW2425.4
Oct 10, 2026vsKent StateW2823.5
Oct 17, 2026@Central MichiganW829.3
Oct 24, 2026@ToledoL2929.2
Oct 31, 2026vsBowling GreenW1820.7

Method

Read against .

  • 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.
  • Rhode Island, Monmouth have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 2 games in 2024 are neither with Aveion Chenault nor without Aveion Chenault: Aveion Chenault had no game for the team that season, and sit out.