CFB Zeitgeist Score
60
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 94th percentile.
Cataurus Hicks
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
422 REC YDS · 24 REC · 4 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Pittsburgh for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Pittsburgh
Returning around him
- 75% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 1 Pittsburgh player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -5 net (16 in / 21 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Pittsburgh · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #56 · 2026 recruiting class #51
WR · PITTSBURGH · ACC
Cataurus Hicks
- 2
- #81
- 5-10 | 175 lb
- Miami, FL
Heisman Heat
#1150
<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
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+3736%
Up 3736% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 | 3-star | 0.8478 | No. 1475 recruit | HighSchool | Louisville |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisville -> Pittsburgh | 3-star | 0.8700 | 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 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 Louisville
Composite
0.8478
#1475 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 Cataurus Hicks
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 Cataurus Hicks
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
17.6
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #26 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 95th
Why it matters
#26 of 531 All FBS WRs at 17.6 yards per reception (24 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 17.6 (95th)
MODERATE · n=24 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#161 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#279 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 9 vs NC State — 120 ypr
Result W 53-34
The week the volume broke through — put up 120 yds vs NC State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
422Rec yards
24Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
38.4Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
498.7Rec yards
28Receptions
5Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 422): needs 139/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 422): needs 289/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 24): needs 18/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 24): needs 28/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 2/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Cataurus Hicks's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Pittsburgh, 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?
Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
24 68th
YDS
422 76th
YPR
17.6 89th
TD
4 86th
Rushing
CAR
3 64th
YDS
-5 8th
YPC
-1.7 12th
TD
0 81st
Returns
KR YDS
69 54th
KR AVG
13.8 20th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-9vs Duquesne | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 2 | 22 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Central Michigan | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31@ West Virginia | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34vs Louisville | 4 | 113 | 28.3 | 1 | 56 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31@ Florida State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-13@ Syracuse | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | W 53-34vs NC State | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 1 | 84 | Season-high 120 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 35-20@ Stanford | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-28@ Georgia Tech | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-38vs Miami | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Bowl | L 17-23@ East Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 24 | 422 | 16.0 | 4 | 84 |
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
2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning
2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced
2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 24 | 422 | 17.6 | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | Louisville | 12 | 149 | 12.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 37 | 582 | 15.7 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 3 | -5 | 69 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Louisville | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 3 | -5 | 69 | -- | -- |
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 | 24 | #358/1110 | 68th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 422 | #270/1107 | 76th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #152/1111 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 17.6 | #122/1106 | 89th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 69 | #110/238 | 54th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 9.6% | #504/1137 | 56th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 3 | #146/407 | 64th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | -1.7 | #346/393 | 12th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | -5 | #367/397 | 8th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 84 | #18/1105 | 98th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 13.8 | #189/236 | 20th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 5 | #86/243 | 65th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.0% | #239/1137 | 79th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 6.0% | #598/1137 | 47th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 5.6% | #410/1137 | 64th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 5.5% | #336/1137 | 71st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 4.7% | #551/1137 | 52nd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 3.7% | #762/1137 | 33rd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 1.0% | #195/1137 | 83rd 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 70.2 | 22.6 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 1.5 | 11.8 | 7.8 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 2.3 | 36.4 | 14.8 | 0.4 |
| Losses4g | 2.0 | 41.8 | 18.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 32.8 | 16.5 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 45.0 | 15.7 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
60Solid starter
Elite: long catch (97th). Strength: yards / catch (93rd). Concern: rush yards (6th).
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
Cataurus HicksPittsburghChris Dawn Jr.Texas State· 72% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 70% simQue'Sean BrownDuke· 69% sim
Long catch
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Rush TDs
Receptions
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jsi Hatfield’s 2021 season.
Jsi Hatfield
76%match
#2
Tayvian Cunningham
72%
#3
Dannis Jackson
71%
#4
Danzel McKinley-Lewis
70%
#5
Jordan Faison
66%
Matches Jsi on
Yards / reception
Height
TD rate
Differs from Jsi on
Class year (lower)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Perry Carter’s path through Jacksonville State.
Perry Carter
90%match
#2
Monaray Baldwin
88%
#3
Kahtero Summers
87%
#4
Jamari Hawkins
86%
#5
Jay Maclin
84%
Matches Perry on
Height
Weight
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Tychaun Chapman's junior season at Southern Miss (2025).
Tychaun Chapman
63%match
#2
Vandrevious Jacobs
60%
#3
Jamari Hawkins
54%
#4
Max Patterson
52%
#5
Chris Hilton Jr.
51%
Matches Tychaun on
Yards / reception
Differs from Tychaun on
Class year (lower)
Recruiting rating (lower)
Height (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
52.3%
464 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.3%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Pat Narduzzi
Pittsburgh
2024
Pat Narduzzi
Pittsburgh
2025
Pat Narduzzi
Pittsburgh
Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMiami, FL
Height5'10"
Weight175 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey81
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamPittsburgh
ConferenceACC
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 | Louisville | WR2 | #1150 | #1228 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Louisville | WR2 | #2410 | #2113 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | ACC | WR | 2 | No. 81 | 5-10 | 175 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2024 | Louisville | ACC | WR | 2 | No. 81 | 5-10 | 175 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2023 | Louisville | ACC | WR | 2 | No. 81 | 5-10 | 175 lb | Miami, FL |