CFB Zeitgeist Score
37
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 51st percentile.
Blake Bosma
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
251 REC YDS · 27 REC · 1 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Western Michigan for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Western Michigan
Returning around him
- 100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +1 net (14 in / 13 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Western Michigan · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #105 · 2026 recruiting class #104
TE · WESTERN MICHIGAN · MID-AMERICAN
Blake Bosma
- 4
- #86
- 6-3 | 225 lb
- Holland, MI
Heisman Heat
#4766
<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 TE AWARD
Mackey
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+73%
Up 73% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Western Michigan
NFL
NFL Draft
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
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.
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 Blake Bosma
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Blake Bosma
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
9.3
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #454 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 14th
Why it matters
#454 of 531 All FBS WRs at 9.3 yards per reception (27 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 9.3 (14th)
MODERATE · n=27 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#402 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#446 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 1 vs Kennesaw State — 44 ypr
Result W 41-6
The week the volume broke through — put up 44 yds vs Kennesaw State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
251Rec yards
27Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
20.9Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
271.9Rec yards
29Receptions
1Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 251): needs 449/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 251): needs 749/game over remaining 1.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 27): needs 33/game over remaining 1.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 27): needs 53/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 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. Blake Bosma 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
TE 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?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
27 86th
YDS
251 82nd
YPR
9.3 46th
TD
1 71st
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 30-33vs North Texas | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38@ Illinois | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | W 14-13vs Toledo | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 5 | W 47-14vs Rhode Island | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-3@ Massachusetts | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-0vs Ball State | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-26@ Miami (OH) | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21vs Central Michigan | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-13vs Ohio | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-21@ Eastern Michigan | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 15 | W 23-13vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Bowl | W 41-6vs Kennesaw State | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 1 | 23 | |
| Total | 27 | 251 | 9.1 | 1 | 24 |
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
2022Western Michigan5-7HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning
2023Western Michigan4-8HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning
2025Western Michigan10-4HC: Lance Taylor · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan | 27 | 251 | 9.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Western Michigan | 19 | 317 | 16.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 20 | 145 | 7.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 66 | 713 | 10.8 | 4 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
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 | 27 | #66/475 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 251 | #86/475 | 82nd pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #140/475 | 71st pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 9.3 | #259/475 | 46th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 11.6% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 24 | #203/475 | 57th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 4.5% | #166/468 | 65th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 4.2% | #117/468 | 75th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 3.8% | #137/468 | 71st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.6% | #218/468 | 54th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 3.5% | #168/468 | 64th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 2.6% | #263/468 | 44th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
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
The Mackey award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.4 | 22.0 | 9.3 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 18.8 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 2.1 | 21.1 | 9.6 | 0.1 |
| Losses3g | 2.7 | 20.3 | 7.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 25.1 | 10.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 15.0 | 7.6 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
37Mid-pack
Concern: long catch (17th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 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
Blake BosmaWestern MichiganHayden HansenFlorida· 87% simTyler FortenberryArkansas State· 87% simBryce CaufieldOregon State· 86% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Long catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Griffin Hebert’s 2021 season.
Griffin Hebert
88%match
#2
Graham Walker
83%
#3
Blake Bosma
78%
#4
Alec Holler
78%
#5
Bryce Kennon
74%
Matches Griffin on
Height
Weight
EPA / play (adj)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Bryce Kennon's senior season at Charlotte (2024).
Bryce Kennon
81%match
#2
Miller McCrumby
79%
#3
Matt Lauter
All-Mountain West
79%
#4
Treyton Welch
78%
#5
Ja'Cyais Credle
78%
Matches Bryce on
Yards / reception
TD rate
Weight
Differs from Bryce on
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Pass share
33.3%
304 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
65.2
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.3%
248 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Tim Lester
Western Michigan
2023era →
Lance Taylor
Western Michigan
2025
Lance Taylor
Western Michigan
Coaching transition mid-career: Tim Lester → Lance Taylor. 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.
HometownHolland, MI
Height6'3"
Weight225 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey86
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Current teamWestern Michigan
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc4 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 | Western Michigan | MAC | TE |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Western Michigan | TE4 | #4766 | #5195 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2023 | Western Michigan | TE4 | #1764 | #2447 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2022 | Western Michigan | TE4 | #3299 | #3654 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mid-American |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | TE | 4 | No. 86 | 6-3 | 225 lb | Holland, MI |
| 2024 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | TE | 4 | No. 86 | 6-3 | 225 lb | Holland, MI |
| 2023 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | TE | 4 | No. 86 | 6-3 | 225 lb | Holland, MI |
| 2022 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | TE | 4 | No. 86 | 6-3 | 225 lb | Holland, MI |