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Chance Williams

RB · Cincinnati · Jr · #7

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

35 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 14 CARRIES

2026 TRANSFERTransferred Cincinnati → Charlotte for 2026

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to Charlotte

2025Cincinnati
2026Charlotte

RB · CINCINNATI · BIG 12

Chance Williams

  • 3
  • #7
  • 5-7 | 190 lb
  • Baton Rouge, LA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

3

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 13th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1034

<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 RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2024–2025
67.02024
35.02025

-48%

Sharp dropoff (-48%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1770 national
CFB
College
Cincinnati
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#21 in market ▼ from #18 · 6 books

+35002.8% implied▼ lengthened from +3000

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class3
Jersey7
Measurements5-7 | 190 lb
HometownBaton Rouge, LA
Primary teamCincinnati

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1770 recruit
Composite rating 0.8267 HighSchool
Signed with Grambling 2022
Origin Scotlandville Magnet Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8267 No. 1770 recruit | HighSchool | Grambling

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 Charlotte 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 11, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Cincinnati -> Charlotte 3-star | Immediate
2024 Grambling -> Cincinnati 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 16
Current nowcast#1034Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1055Where 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 Grambling

Composite

0.8267

#1770 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 Chance Williams

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmNational: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here]( https://www.r"National
  • National · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Chance Williams

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 rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 5g
35Rush yards
14Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
7Rush yards
3Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
91Rush yards
36Carries
3Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 35): needs 89.4/game over remaining 8.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 35): needs 120.6/game over remaining 8.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 35): needs 183.1/game over remaining 8.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 1.1/game over remaining 8.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 1.8/game over remaining 8.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 2.4/game over remaining 8.

What made this player interesting

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

Chance Williams's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Cincinnati, 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.

Current place #1034 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 4.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 35 35 rush | -- rec | #563/735 (24th pct)
Rush TD 1 14 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)
Yards/carry 2.5 Per-rush efficiency | #667/735 (9th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
14 33rd
YDS
35 24th
YPC
2.5 9th
TD
1 56th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 5 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 17-20vs Nebraska155.005
Wk 2W 34-20vs Bowling Green331.003
Wk 3W 70-0vs Northwestern State133.013
Wk 9W 41-20vs Baylor393.007
Wk 10L 14-45@ Utah6152.506Season-high 15 yds
Total14352.917
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

2024Cincinnati5-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced
2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2025Cincinnati14352.51--
2024Cincinnati15674.50--
Career2 loaded seasons291023.51--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

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.

Receiving work -- -- rec yds
Usage 4.9% 9.5% rush share | #546/738 (26th pct)
Rushing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 35 #563/735 24th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #323/739 56th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 2.5 #667/735 9th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 4.9% #546/738 26th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 14 #495/739 33rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 7 #632/733 14th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 9.5% #507/738 31st pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 7.9% #419/738 43rd pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 6.5% #500/738 32nd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.7% #563/738 24th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 1.4% #690/738 7th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 0.0% #564/738 24th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 0.0% #648/738 12th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB

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

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 5 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home4g5.03.00.2
Road1g15.02.50.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins3g5.02.30.3
Losses2g10.03.80.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-73g3.73.00.3
Weeks 8+2g12.02.80.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

3Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: carries (0th).

Rush TDs#284 / 349 · 13th pct
1rush
Yards / carry#349 / 349 · 0th pct
2.5rush
Rush yards#350 / 349 · 0th pct
35rush
Long run#350 / 349 · 0th pct
7rush
Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct
14rush

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

Advanced Savant · RB · 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 · 5 metrics
Chance WilliamsCincinnatiTae MeadowsTroy· 37% simAl-Jay HendersonBuffalo· 37% simRashod DubinionApp State· 36% sim
Rush TDs
13
Williams
72
Meadows
72
Henderson
50
Dubinion
Yards / carry
0
Williams
29
Meadows
18
Henderson
53
Dubinion
Rush yards
0
Williams
74
Meadows
79
Henderson
84
Dubinion
Long run
0
Williams
53
Meadows
43
Henderson
39
Dubinion
Carries
0
Williams
84
Meadows
90
Henderson
87
Dubinion

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

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Pass share

47.8%

363 pass / 396 run

Plays / game

58.4

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

2.6%

266 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

1 coach
2024
Scott Satterfield
Cincinnati
2025
Scott Satterfield
Cincinnati

Played his entire career under Scott Satterfield.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownBaton Rouge, LA
Height5'7"
Weight190 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey7

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 Cincinnati RB3 #1034 #1055 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Cincinnati Big 12 RB 3 No. 7 | 5-7 | 190 lb | Baton Rouge, LA
2024 Cincinnati Big 12 RB 3 No. 7 | 5-7 | 190 lb | Baton Rouge, LA