CFB Zeitgeist Score
54
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 78th percentile.
Adrian Norton
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
383 REC YDS · 28 REC · 5 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Marshall for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Marshall
Returning around him
- 100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +5 net (27 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Marshall · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #89 · 2026 recruiting class #120
WR · MARSHALL · SUN BELT
Adrian Norton
- 3
- #13
- 6-0 | 190 lb
- Huber Heights, OH
Heisman Heat
#667
<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 WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2023
Akron · WR
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★
2024
Akron · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
Marshall · WR
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Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+439%
Up 439% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8270 | No. 1933 recruit | HighSchool | Akron |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Akron -> Marshall | 3-star | 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 Akron
Composite
0.8270
#1933 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 Adrian Norton
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Adrian Norton
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
13.7
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #185 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 65th
Why it matters
#185 of 531 All FBS WRs at 13.7 yards per reception (28 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 13.7 (65th)
MODERATE · n=28 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#98 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#315 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 14 vs Georgia Southern — 160 ypr
Result L 19-24
The week the volume broke through — put up 160 yds vs Georgia Southern.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 8g
383Rec yards
28Receptions
5Rec TDs
Per game
47.9Rec yards
4Receptions
1Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
622.4Rec yards
46Receptions
8Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 383): needs 63.4/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 383): needs 123.4/game over remaining 5.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 28): needs 6.4/game over remaining 5.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 28): needs 10.4/game over remaining 5.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 0.6/game over remaining 5.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 1/game over remaining 5.
Why the honors trail matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Adrian Norton already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR 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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
28 73rd
YDS
383 73rd
YPR
13.7 65th
TD
5 91st
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 1 | 30 | |
| Wk 5 | L 51-54@ Louisiana | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-24vs Old Dominion | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-37vs Texas State | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-44@ Coastal Carolina | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-35vs James Madison | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-18@ Georgia State | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-24vs Georgia Southern | 8 | 160 | 20.0 | 1 | 41 | Season-high 160 yds |
| Total | 28 | 383 | 14.1 | 5 | 41 |
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
2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning
2024Akron4-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning
2025Marshall5-7HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 28 | #303/1110 | 73rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 383 | #296/1107 | 73rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 5 | #96/1111 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.7 | #389/1106 | 65th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 13.2% | #311/1137 | 73rd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 41 | #430/1105 | 61st pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 11.3% | #161/1137 | 86th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 10.7% | #197/1137 | 83rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 5.5% | #423/1137 | 63rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 4.4% | #493/1137 | 57th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.9% | #663/1137 | 42nd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 3.3% | #635/1137 | 44th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 53.4 | 16.8 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 38.7 | 9.6 | 0.7 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 3.0 | 35.8 | 13.8 | 0.8 |
| Losses4g | 4.0 | 60.0 | 14.4 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 20.3 | 13.3 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 64.4 | 14.5 | 0.6 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
54Mid-pack
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 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
Adrian NortonMarshallGermie BernardAlabama· 70% simElijah SarrattIndiana· 68% simRyan DavisUtah· 68% sim
Rec TDs
Yards / catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Long catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Marcell Barbee’s 2020 season.
Marcell Barbee
74%match
All-Sun Belt
#2
Stefan Cobbs
All-Mountain West
77%
#3
Javon Harvey
75%
#4
Jakarius Caston
74%
#5
Logan Loya
74%
Matches Marcell on
Weight
Class year
Height
Differs from Marcell on
Reception volume (lower)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Cary Angeline’s path through NC State.
Cary Angeline
99%match
#2
Matthew Henry
96%
#3
Kris Mitchell
All-Conference USA
93%
#4
Jake Herslow
92%
#5
Jalen Coker
92%
Matches Cary on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kris Mitchell's junior season at Florida International (2022).
Kris Mitchell
75%match
All-Conference USA
#2
Kyle Williams
74%
#3
Tyson Mobley
74%
#4
Roman Wilson
All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 20
71%
#5
Logan Loya
71%
Matches Kris on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Yards / reception
Differs from Kris on
Class year (lower)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Pass share
40.4%
335 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.0%
244 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Charles Huff
Marshall
2024
Charles Huff
Marshall
2025era →
Tony Gibson
Marshall
Coaching transition mid-career: Charles Huff → Tony Gibson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownHuber Heights, OH
Height6'0"
Weight190 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey13
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Current teamMarshall
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-MAC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All-MAC | all_conference | Akron | MAC | WR |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.