CFB Zeitgeist Score
42
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by receptions at the 66th percentile.
Anthony Eager
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
339 REC YDS · 40 REC · 1 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to South Alabama for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · South Alabama
Returning around him
- 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -18 net (12 in / 30 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Alabama · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #102 · 2026 recruiting class #118
WR · SOUTH ALABAMA · SUN BELT
Anthony Eager
- 2
- #11
- 6-1 | 182 lb
- Mobile, AL
Heisman Heat
#4829
<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 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
South Alabama
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 | 0.8504 | No. 1389 recruit | HighSchool | South Alabama |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
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 South Alabama
Composite
0.8504
#1389 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 Anthony Eager
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 Anthony Eager
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving yards (total)
339
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #359 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 32nd
Why it matters
#359 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving yards — 339 yards on 40 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 339 (32th)
HIGH · n=40 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#402 / 531
- Yards per reception#485 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 12 at UL Monroe — 83 receiving_yards_total
Result W 26-14
The week the volume broke through — put up 83 yds at UL Monroe.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
339Rec yards
40Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
28.2Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
367.2Rec yards
43Receptions
1Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 339): needs 361/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 339): needs 661/game over remaining 1.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 40): needs 20/game over remaining 1.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 40): needs 40/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 7/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 9/game over remaining 1.
Why the profile pops beyond receiving
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about Anthony Eager is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.
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
40 83rd
YDS
339 71st
YPR
8.5 20th
TD
1 64th
Rushing
CAR
2 53rd
YDS
24 70th
YPC
12.0 92nd
TD
1 96th
Returns
KR YDS
-8 0th
KR AVG
-8.0 0th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-21vs Morgan State | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-33vs Tulane | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 15-31@ Auburn | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | L 22-36@ North Texas | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ Troy | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-15vs Arkansas State | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-31@ Georgia State | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 10 | L 22-31vs Louisiana | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 12 | W 26-14@ UL Monroe | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | 48 | Season-high 83 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 42-35vs Southern Miss | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 14 | L 26-49@ Texas State | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 40 | 339 | 8.4 | 1 | 48 |
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
2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | 40 | 339 | 8.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 40 | 339 | 8.5 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | 2 | 24 | -8 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 2 | 24 | -8 | -- | -- |
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 | 40 | #186/1110 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 339 | #326/1107 | 71st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #396/1111 | 64th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 8.5 | #881/1106 | 20th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | -8 | #238/238 | 0th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 19.2% | #102/1137 | 91st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 24 | #119/397 | 70th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 21 | #60/346 | 83rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 12.0 | #31/393 | 92nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 2 | #194/407 | 53rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #19/411 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 48 | #298/1105 | 73rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 1 | #169/243 | 31st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | -8.0 | #236/236 | 0th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 11.3% | #172/1137 | 85th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 7.9% | #221/1137 | 81st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.6% | #203/1137 | 82nd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 7.6% | #259/1137 | 77th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 6.4% | #266/1137 | 77th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 4.9% | #648/1137 | 43rd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.6% | #259/1137 | 77th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #131/302 | 57th pct | Turnoversvs 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 25.3 | 9.5 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.8 | 31.2 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 3.0 | 46.0 | 15.9 | 0.2 |
| Losses8g | 3.5 | 19.4 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 25.5 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 31.0 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
42Mid-pack
Elite: rush tds (85th). Concern: yards / catch (6th).
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
Anthony EagerSouth AlabamaJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 75% simAaron TurnerRice· 72% simK.D. HutchinsonWestern Kentucky· 71% sim
Rush TDs
Receptions
Rush yards
Long catch
Rec yards
Fumbles lost
Rec TDs
Yards / 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 Kyle McNeal’s 2025 season.
Kyle McNeal
87%match
#2
Leyton Smithson
82%
#3
Hardley Gilmore IV
83%
#4
Antoine Robinson
75%
#5
Qian Magwood
78%
Matches Kyle on
TD rate
EPA / play (adj)
Total EPA (college ability)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Karim Page’s path through East Tennessee State.
Karim Page
99%match
#2
Treyvhon Saunders
98%
#3
Devin Young
97%
#4
Chuuky Hines
97%
#5
Marshel Martin
96%
Matches Karim on
Yards per reception
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kyle McNeal's sophomore season at Florida International (2025).
Kyle McNeal
89%match
#2
Hardley Gilmore IV
85%
#3
Israel Polk
All-MAC
79%
#4
Ezekiel Avit
77%
#5
Chance Luper
75%
Matches Kyle on
EPA / play (adj)
TD rate
Total EPA (college ability)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Pass share
37.0%
310 pass / 527 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.2%
249 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Major Applewhite
South Alabama
Played his entire career under Major Applewhite.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMobile, AL
Height6'1"
Weight182 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey11
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamSouth Alabama
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc3 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 | South Alabama | WR2 | #4829 | #5034 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | South Alabama | WR2 | #4801 | #4718 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | WR | 2 | No. 11 | 6-1 | 182 lb | Mobile, AL |
| 2024 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | WR | 2 | No. 11 | 6-1 | 182 lb | Mobile, AL |
| 2023 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | WR | 2 | No. 11 | 6-1 | 182 lb | Mobile, AL |