CFB Zeitgeist Score
55
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by yards / att at the 100th percentile.
Aaron Philo
Disrespect as Fuelas of 2026-06-22
Aaron Philo arrives at Georgia Tech with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
373PASS YDS1PASS TD19RUSH YDS
Georgia Tech fans read the coverage as disrespect and treat it as fuel.
low confidence1 source
Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Florida
2025Georgia Tech
2026Florida
QB · GEORGIA TECH · ACC
Aaron Philo
- 1
- #12
- 6-2 | 220 lb
- Bogart, GA
Heisman Heat
#1194
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Georgia Tech
NFL
NFL Draft
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Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#26 in market ▼ from #24 · 6 books
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-star | 0.8728 | No. 836 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Georgia Tech -> Florida | 3-star | 0.8900 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8728
#836 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Aaron Philo
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
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Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=13
- National · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Aaron Philo
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the passing totals stand
Through 2g
373Pass yards
1Pass TDs
1INT
Per game
186.5Pass yards
0Pass TDs
0INT
Projected (13g)
2,424Pass yards
6Pass TDs
6INT
To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 373): needs 238.8/game over remaining 11.
To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 373): needs 329.7/game over remaining 11.
To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 1): needs 2.2/game over remaining 11.
To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 1): needs 2.6/game over remaining 11.
To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 1): needs 3.1/game over remaining 11.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Aaron Philo's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Georgia Tech, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Highly efficient | Vertical threat | Pocket-leaning against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
21 44th
ATT
28 43rd
CMP%
75.0% 91st
Y/A
13.3 96th
Passing Production
YDS
373 49th
TD
1 44th
INT
1 63rd
Rushing
CAR
4 24th
YDS
19 39th
YPC
4.8 75th
TD
0 44th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb | 21/28 | 373 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 75.9 | Season-high 373 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 41-16vs Syracuse | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 21/28 | 373 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 75.9 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2025Georgia Tech9-4HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 21 | 28 | 75.0% | 373 | 13.3 | 1 | 1 | 191.5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 21 | 28 | 75.0% | 373 | 13.3 | 1 | 1 | 191.5 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
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| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 373 | #196/382 | 49th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 1 | #228/407 | 44th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 21 | #217/383 | 44th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 75.0% | #37/383 | 91st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 13.3 | #17/382 | 96th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 19 | #250/408 | 39th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 14.3% | #242/428 | 44th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 28 | #234/407 | 43rd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 1 | #153/407 | 63rd pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 12 | #261/391 | 34th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.8 | #103/407 | 75th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 4 | #312/408 | 24th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #230/408 | 44th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 37.5% | #189/428 | 56th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 33.3% | #198/428 | 54th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 27.3% | #192/428 | 55th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 19.2% | #260/428 | 39th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 9.5% | #165/428 | 62nd pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 8.1% | #281/428 | 35th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 0.0% | #400/428 | 7th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #69/258 | 74th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 2 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 186 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 0.5 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 186 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 373 | 1.0 | 13.3 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | — | — | — | — |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
55Solid starter
Elite: yards / att (100th). Strength: completion % (99th). Concern: pass yards (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · QB · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Aaron PhiloGeorgia TechCade KlubnikClemson· 55% simJalen KitnaUAB· 53% simJoe FagnanoUConn· 51% sim
Yards / att
Completion %
Interceptions
Fumbles lost
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Pass TDs
Pass yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Pass share
46.1%
391 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.0%
221 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Brent Key
Georgia Tech
Played his entire career under Brent Key.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownBogart, GA
Height6'2"
Weight220 lb
Class1
PositionQB
Jersey12
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Current teamGeorgia Tech
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc2 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | QB1 | #1194 | #1177 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | ACC | QB | 1 | No. 12 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Bogart, GA |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | ACC | QB | 1 | No. 12 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Bogart, GA |