Putting Up Numbers· college football

Western Michigan’s total yards with Aveion Chenault and without Aveion Chenault

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Western Michigan was 6.3 yards under with Aveion Chenault and 130.2 yards under without Aveion Chenault over its last 25 games, 20 games against 1. The plain averages are 342.8 and 223.0, a difference of 119.8. 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.

total yards 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
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 30, 2024vsEastern MichiganW362405.1
Dec 14, 2024vsSouth Alabama (neutral)L317368.8
Aug 29, 2025@Michigan StateL217321.4
Sep 6, 2025vsNorth TexasL303384.1
Sep 13, 2025@IllinoisL204277.7
Sep 20, 2025vsToledoW292297.9
Sep 27, 2025vsRRhode IslandW372—
Oct 4, 2025@UMassW382419.1
Oct 11, 2025vsBall StateW462367.1
Oct 25, 2025@Miami (OH)L316331.0
Nov 1, 2025vsCentral MichiganW329362.4
Nov 11, 2025vsOhioW338340.3
Nov 18, 2025@Northern IllinoisW395339.5
Nov 25, 2025@Eastern MichiganW379395.1
Dec 6, 2025vsMiami (OH) (neutral)W399327.6
Dec 19, 2025vsKennesaw State (neutral)W423373.4
Sep 5, 2026@MichiganL222229.7
Sep 12, 2026vsMMonmouthW415—
Sep 19, 2026@RiceW334336.6
Sep 26, 2026vsBoise StateL223353.2
Oct 3, 2026@BuffaloW327380.2
Oct 10, 2026vsKent StateW472329.4
Oct 17, 2026@Central MichiganW272355.2
Oct 24, 2026@ToledoL351338.3
Oct 31, 2026vsBowling GreenW337375.0

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, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 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 79% in 2025, 67% 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.