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Heisman / Players / Carmycah Glass /Houston

Carmycah Glass

LB · Houston · So · #25

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

24 TACKLES · 1 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Houston for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Houston for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Houston

Returning around him

  • 105% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • 1 Houston player drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: +2 net (18 in / 16 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Houston · Last season: 10-3 (AP #25) · Talent rank #66 · 2026 recruiting class #52

LB · HOUSTON · BIG 12

Carmycah Glass

  • 2
  • #25
  • 6-4 | 230 lb
  • Monroe, LA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

53

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 63rd percentile.

Heisman Heat

#11393

<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 LB AWARD

Butkus

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R03 · Backup

Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#796 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionLB
Class2
Jersey25
Measurements6-4 | 230 lb
HometownMonroe, LA
Primary teamHouston

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 796 recruit
Composite rating 0.8685 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2022
Origin Ouachita Parish Monroe, LA, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8685 No. 796 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 2 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Houston 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 21, 2024
Season Move Context
2025 Louisiana -> Houston 3-star | 0.8500 | Immediate
2024 Missouri -> Louisiana 3-star | 0.8200 | 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 16
Current nowcast#11393Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11603Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman 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 —

Composite

0.8685

#796 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

PENDING

The 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 Carmycah Glass

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 Carmycah Glass

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 11g
24Tackles
1Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
28Tackles
1.2Tackles for loss
1.2Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 24): needs 28/game over remaining 2.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 24): needs 38/game over remaining 2.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 4.5/game over remaining 2.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Carmycah Glass is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Houston's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 1.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #11393 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 2 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 24 14 solo | #1737/4942 (65th pct)
TFL 1.0 Backfield disruption | #2051/4972 (59th pct)
Sacks 1.0 Pass-rush finish | #872/4972 (82nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
24 65th
SOLO
14 67th
TFL
1.0 59th
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
2 66th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
2 64th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 27-0vs Stephen F. Austin110.00.00
Wk 2W 35-9@ Rice100.00.00
Wk 5W 27-24@ Oregon State510.00.00
Wk 6L 11-35vs Texas Tech530.00.00
Wk 7W 39-17@ Oklahoma State100.00.00
Wk 9W 24-16@ Arizona State100.00.00
Wk 10L 35-45vs West Virginia650.00.00Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 11W 30-27@ UCF221.01.01
Wk 13L 14-17vs TCU110.00.00
Wk 14W 31-24@ Baylor000.00.01
BowlW 38-35vs LSU110.00.00
Total24141.01.02
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning
2025Houston10-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Houston24141.01.02----
2024Louisiana75443.50.5------
Career2 loaded seasons99584.51.52----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 2 Coverage disruption | #792/2184 (64th pct)
QB pressures 2 Quarterback hurries | #647/1878 (66th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 24 #1737/4942 65th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 1.0 #2051/4972 59th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 1.0 #872/4972 82nd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 2 #792/2184 64th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 2 #647/1878 66th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 14 #1520/4584 67th pct Volumevs FBS DEF

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

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Butkus 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g2.80.00.00.0
Road6g1.70.20.20.3

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins8g1.50.10.10.2
Losses3g4.00.00.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g2.30.00.00.0
Weeks 8+5g2.00.20.20.4

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort

53Mid-pack
6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (28th).

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct
2defe
Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct
2defe
Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct
1.0defe
Solo tackles#1520 / 2975 · 47th pct
14defe
Tackles#1737 / 2975 · 40th pct
24defe
Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct
1.0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · LB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

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

3 peers · 6 metrics
Carmycah GlassHoustonBlake FletcherAir Force· 65% simAndon ThomasArmy· 61% simTJ DotteryOle Miss· 61% sim
QB hurries
72
Glass
92
Fletcher
82
Thomas
55
Dottery
Passes defended
67
Glass
67
Fletcher
91
Thomas
67
Dottery
Sacks
63
Glass
24
Fletcher
51
Thomas
74
Dottery
Solo tackles
47
Glass
91
Fletcher
100
Thomas
97
Dottery
Tackles
40
Glass
99
Fletcher
99
Thomas
98
Dottery
Tackles for loss
28
Glass
28
Fletcher
73
Thomas
83
Dottery

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Coverage 'Backer

Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.

LB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zaydrius Rainey-Sale’s 2025 season.

Zaydrius Rainey-Sale

75%match

Washington · 2025

#2

Drew Sanders

Alabama · 2021

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 4
69%
#3

Jeremiah Alexander

Clemson · 2025

65%
#4

Bryce Cowan

Vanderbilt · 2024

64%
#5

Craig Young

Ohio State · 2021

64%

Matches Zaydrius on

Tackle volume
Weight
PD rate

Differs from Zaydrius on

Class year (higher)
Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Max Carroll's sophomore season at TCU (2024).

Max Carroll

79%match

TCU · 2024

#2

Gavench Marcelin

Florida Atlantic · 2025

74%
#3

Femi Oladejo

California · 2022

73%
#4

Zavier Mincey

Alabama · 2025

72%
#5

Fisher Jackson

BYU · 2022

71%

Matches Max on

Tackle volume
TFL rate
PD rate

Differs from Max on

Sack rate (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

Pass share

41.4%

377 pass / 534 run

Plays / game

70.1

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.5%

262 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

2 coaches
2024
Dana Holgorsen
Houston
2025
Willie Fritz
Houston
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Willie Fritz. 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.

HometownMonroe, LA
Height6'4"
Weight230 lb
Class2
PositionLB
Jersey25

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

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 Louisiana LB2 #11393 #11603 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt
2023 Missouri LB2 #7774 #7477 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 Missouri LB2 #11086 #10969 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Houston Big 12 LB 2 No. 25 | 6-4 | 230 lb | Monroe, LA
2024 Louisiana Sun Belt LB 2 No. 25 | 6-4 | 230 lb | Monroe, LA
2023 Missouri SEC LB 2 No. 25 | 6-4 | 230 lb | Monroe, LA
2022 Missouri SEC LB 2 No. 25 | 6-4 | 230 lb | Monroe, LA