CFB Zeitgeist Score
17
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 53rd percentile.
Bryson Rodgers
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
79 REC YDS · 6 REC · 1 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to South Florida
2025Ohio State
2026South Florida
WR · OHIO STATE · BIG TEN
Bryson Rodgers
- 3
- #13
- 6-2 | 192 lb
- Zephyrhills, FL
Heisman Heat
#1596
<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
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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
Ohio 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4-star | 0.8975 | No. 361 recruit | HighSchool | Ohio State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ohio State -> South Florida | 3-star | 0.8600 | Immediate |
| 2024 | Ohio State -> -- | 3-star | 0.8900 | Withdrawn |
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 Ohio State
Composite
0.8975
#361 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 Bryson Rodgers
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
42
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=13
- Rivals · n=3
- National · n=8
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Bryson Rodgers
Only 3 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
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 3g
79Rec yards
6Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
26.3Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
342.3Rec yards
26Receptions
4Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 79): needs 62.1/game over remaining 10.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 79): needs 92.1/game over remaining 10.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 6): needs 5.4/game over remaining 10.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 6): needs 7.4/game over remaining 10.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 0.7/game over remaining 10.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 0.9/game over remaining 10.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Bryson Rodgers's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Ohio 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
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
6 37th
YDS
79 37th
YPR
13.2 61st
TD
1 64th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 70-0vs Grambling | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-10@ Purdue | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 19 | Season-high 30 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 48-10vs UCLA | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 1 | 16 | |
| Total | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 1 | 21 |
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
2025Ohio State12-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 1 | -- |
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 | 6 | #696/1110 | 37th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 79 | #700/1107 | 37th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #396/1111 | 64th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.2 | #428/1106 | 61st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 8.2% | #591/1137 | 48th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 21 | #741/1105 | 33rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 9.5% | #264/1137 | 77th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 6.3% | #524/1137 | 54th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 4.4% | #594/1137 | 48th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 3.8% | #645/1137 | 43rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 2.4% | #787/1137 | 31st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 1.9% | #898/1137 | 21st pct | Early-down loadvs 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 · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 24.5 | 12.2 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 30.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 2.0 | 26.3 | 13.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 2.0 | 22.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 28.5 | 14.2 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
17Below cohort
Concern: receptions (0th).
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
Bryson RodgersOhio StateMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 45% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 40% simTrent WalkerOregon State· 39% 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
Ryan Day
Pass share
47.0%
408 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
62.1
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.9%
267 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Ryan Day
Ohio State
Played his entire career under Ryan Day.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownZephyrhills, FL
Height6'2"
Weight192 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey13
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamOhio State
ConferenceBig Ten
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 | Ohio State | WR3 | #1596 | #1207 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2023 | Ohio State | WR3 | #2192 | #1608 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | Big Ten | WR | 3 | No. 13 | 6-2 | 192 lb | Zephyrhills, FL |
| 2024 | Ohio State | Big Ten | WR | 3 | No. 13 | 6-2 | 192 lb | Zephyrhills, FL |
| 2023 | Ohio State | Big Ten | WR | 3 | No. 13 | 6-2 | 192 lb | Zephyrhills, FL |