Putting Up Numbers· college football

Wisconsin’s yards a carry with Bryan Jackson II and without Bryan Jackson II

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Wisconsin averaged 4.51 yards a carry with Bryan Jackson II and 3.22 without Bryan Jackson II over its last 25 games, 6 games against 2, a difference of 1.29. All 4 home games were with Bryan Jackson II. All 4 unranked opponents were with Bryan Jackson II.

Bryan Jackson II, running back: 123 rushing yards and 34 carries in 5 of those 25 games.

2 games without Bryan Jackson II is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

yards a carry a game

A +1.29 difference in yards a carry with Bryan Jackson II vs without Bryan Jackson II is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Bryan Jackson IIwithout Bryan Jackson II
Wisconsin’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Bryan Jackson II or without Bryan Jackson II
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Oct 26, 2024vsPenn StateL3—
Nov 2, 2024@IowaL4.43—
Nov 16, 2024vsOregonL3.82—
Nov 23, 2024@NebraskaL4.88—
Nov 29, 2024vsMinnesotaL1.61—
Aug 28, 2025vsMiami (OH)W3.84—
Sep 6, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeW5.97—
Sep 13, 2025@AlabamaL2.71—
Sep 20, 2025vsMarylandL2.05—
Oct 4, 2025@MichiganL2.68—
Oct 11, 2025vsIowaL3.53—
Oct 18, 2025vsOhio StateL3.06—
Oct 25, 2025@OregonL3.79—
Nov 8, 2025vsWashingtonW3.75—
Nov 15, 2025@IndianaL2.33—
Nov 22, 2025vsIllinoisW5.20—
Nov 29, 2025@MinnesotaL3.22—
Sep 6, 2026vsNotre Dame (neutral)L2.16—
Sep 12, 2026vsWWestern IllinoisW7.52—
Sep 19, 2026vsEastern MichiganW3.90—
Sep 26, 2026@Penn StateW4.29—
Oct 3, 2026vsMichigan StateW5.59—
Oct 17, 2026@UCLAL4.48—
Oct 24, 2026vsUSCW3.40—
Oct 31, 2026@IowaL2.17—

Method

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  • 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.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Bryan Jackson II nor without Bryan Jackson II: Bryan Jackson II had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.