CFB Zeitgeist QB Score
Awaiting
Carson Strong
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
QB · NEVADA · MOUNTAIN WEST
Carson Strong
- 2
- #12
- 6-4 | 215 lb
- Vacaville, CA
Heisman Heat
#183
<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 QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 0 · Not on teamR01 · Scout team / redshirt
Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Nevada
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3-star | 0.8043 | No. 2171 recruit | HighSchool | Nevada |
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 · 2021 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 20Heisman 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 Nevada
Composite
0.8043
#2171 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 Carson Strong
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 Carson Strong
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.
Scenario Explorer
Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.
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. Carson Strong already has 2 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2021 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB season snapshot
2021 season snapshot | final
2021 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?
High-volume passer | Efficient | Pocket-leaning against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2021 Season · Final
2021 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
367 100th
ATT
524 100th
CMP%
70.0% 83rd
Y/A
8.0 76th
Passing Production
YDS
4,186 100th
TD
36 100th
INT
8 17th
Rushing
CAR
51 69th
YDS
-208 0th
YPC
-4.1 3rd
TD
0 44th
Game Log
Week-by-week box
No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.
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
2021Nevada8-4HC: Vai Taua · Pass-heavy
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nevada | 367 | 524 | 70.0% | 4,186 | 8.0 | 36 | 8 | 156.8 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 367 | 524 | 70.0% | 4,186 | 8.0 | 36 | 8 | 156.8 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nevada | 51 | -208 | -4.1 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 51 | -208 | -4.1 | 0 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 4,186 | #2/382 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 36 | #2/407 | 100th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 367 | #1/383 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 70.0% | #67/383 | 83rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 8.0 | #92/382 | 76th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | -208 | #409/409 | 0th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.56 | #4/200 | 98th pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 533 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 66.5% | #3/428 | 100th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 524 | #1/407 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 8 | #339/407 | 17th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 51 | #126/408 | 69th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 13 | #243/391 | 38th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #230/408 | 44th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | -4.1 | #395/407 | 3rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 95.4% | #20/428 | 96th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 79.7% | #5/428 | 99th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 75.0% | #21/428 | 95th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 68.5% | #4/428 | 99th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 61.5% | #2/428 | 100th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 60.2% | #4/428 | 99th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 5.7% | #260/428 | 39th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #69/258 | 74th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
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 splits
Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.
Advanced Savant · QB · 2021
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.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Pass share
42.6%
306 pass / 413 run
Plays / game
59.9
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
251 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2021
1 coach2021
Vai Taua
Nevada
Played his entire career under Vai Taua.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownVacaville, CA
Height6'4"
Weight215 lb
Class2
PositionQB
Jersey12
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamNevada
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2021
Career arc1 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2021)
All-Mountain West
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 all-conference honors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | All-Mountain West | all_conference | Nevada | Mountain West | QB |
| 2020 | All-Mountain West | all_conference | Nevada | Mountain West | QB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nevada | QB2 | #183 | #246 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mountain West |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nevada | Mountain West | QB | 2 | No. 12 | 6-4 | 215 lb | Vacaville, CA |