CFB Zeitgeist Score
7
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 26th percentile.
Brayden Loftin
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
55 REC YDS · 6 REC · 0 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Kansas State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Kansas State
Returning around him
- 69% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 2 Kansas State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -7 net (26 in / 33 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kansas State · Last season: 6-6 (AP #17) · Talent rank #47 · 2026 recruiting class #35
TE · KANSAS STATE · BIG 12
Brayden Loftin
- 3
- #87
- 6-5 | 230 lb
- Omaha, NE
Heisman Heat
#2372
<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
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Kansas State
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8533 | No. 1161 recruit | HighSchool | Kansas State |
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 Kansas State
Composite
0.8533
#1161 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 Brayden Loftin
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 Brayden Loftin
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 receiving totals stand
Through 6g
55Rec yards
6Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
9.2Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
119.2Rec yards
13Receptions
0Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 55): needs 92.1/game over remaining 7.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 55): needs 135/game over remaining 7.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 6): needs 7.7/game over remaining 7.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 6): needs 10.6/game over remaining 7.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.1/game over remaining 7.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.4/game over remaining 7.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Brayden Loftin's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Kansas State, 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
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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
6 49th
YDS
55 45th
YPR
9.2 44th
TD
0 46th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-24vs Iowa State | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | Season-high 18 yds |
| Wk 1 | W 38-35vs North Dakota | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | Season-high 18 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 21-24vs Army | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-35@ Baylor | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-17@ Kansas | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-14vs Colorado | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | 18 |
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
2025Kansas State6-6HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas State | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | -- |
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 | 6 | #245/475 | 49th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 55 | #260/475 | 45th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #257/475 | 46th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 9.2 | #266/475 | 44th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 6.1% | #223/468 | 53rd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 18 | #281/475 | 41st pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 3.7% | #148/468 | 69th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 3.2% | #227/468 | 52nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 3.1% | #213/468 | 55th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 3.0% | #224/468 | 52nd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 2.8% | #282/468 | 40th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 2.0% | #338/468 | 28th pct | Known-passing sharevs 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 · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 1.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Losses3g | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 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
7Below cohort
Concern: receptions (0th).
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
Brayden LoftinKansas StateBryce CaufieldOregon State· 60% simHayden HansenFlorida· 56% simLuke LindenmeyerNebraska· 54% sim
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Long catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Klieman
Pass share
46.4%
342 pass / 395 run
Plays / game
61.4
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.5%
288 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Chris Klieman
Kansas State
Played his entire career under Chris Klieman.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownOmaha, NE
Height6'5"
Weight230 lb
Class3
PositionTE
Jersey87
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamKansas State
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc4 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 | Kansas State | TE3 | #2372 | #2102 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2023 | Kansas State | TE3 | #2916 | #2577 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2022 | Kansas State | TE3 | #2491 | #2012 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas State | Big 12 | TE | 3 | No. 87 | 6-5 | 230 lb | Omaha, NE |
| 2024 | Kansas State | Big 12 | TE | 3 | No. 87 | 6-5 | 230 lb | Omaha, NE |
| 2023 | Kansas State | Big 12 | TE | 3 | No. 87 | 6-5 | 230 lb | Omaha, NE |
| 2022 | Kansas State | Big 12 | TE | 3 | No. 87 | 6-5 | 230 lb | Omaha, NE |