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Charlie Becker

WR · Indiana · So · #80

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

679 REC YDS · 34 REC · 4 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Indiana for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Indiana for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Indiana

Returning around him

  • 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • 8 Indiana players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: +1 net (17 in / 16 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Indiana · Last season: 16-0 (AP #1) · Talent rank #72 · 2026 recruiting class #47

WR · INDIANA · BIG TEN

Charlie Becker

  • 2
  • #80
  • 6-4 | 204 lb
  • Nashville, TN

CFB Zeitgeist Score

74

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 80th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1532

<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

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

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

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class2
Jersey80
Measurements6-4 | 204 lb
HometownNashville, TN
Primary teamIndiana

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 969 recruit
Composite rating 0.8681 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2024
Origin Father Ryan Nashville, TN, USA
Class Profile Context
2024 3-star | 0.8681 No. 969 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

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#1532Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1250Where 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

NIL Valuation · On3

$893K

On3 ranking · Jun 2026

Whisper Rate

$650K

per-deal market estimate

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to —

Composite

0.8681

#969 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 Charlie Becker

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

56

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 8 mentions
Confidence LOW

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 8 mentions · belief +12 · "Why Indiana football’s Charlie Becker is an inspiration for Fishers’ Khobie Mart"Own fansNational: 5 mentions · belief +0 · "Indiana goes for it on 4th & 5 from the MIA-37, and converts for 1st down. Pass "National
  • Own fans · n=8
  • National · n=5

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Charlie Becker

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 receiving totals stand

final
Through 14g
679Rec yards
34Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
48.5Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
679Rec yards
34Receptions
4Rec TDs

What made this player interesting

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

Charlie Becker's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Indiana, 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 #1532 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 5.3% Overall usage share
Profile quirk All-purpose load The card should explain why this profile stands out

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
Receptions 34 4 rec TD | #240/1110 (78th pct)
Receiving yards 679 20.0 per catch | #111/1107 (90th pct)
Scrimmage yards 679 Total offensive yardage | #111/1107 (90th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.

Big-play receiver

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
34 78th
YDS
679 90th
YPR
20.0 94th
TD
4 86th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 27-14vs Old Dominion144.004
Wk 2W 56-9vs Kennesaw State23517.5129
Wk 3W 73-0vs Indiana State13131.0031
Wk 5W 20-15@ Iowa
Wk 7W 30-20@ Oregon
Wk 9W 56-6vs UCLA23517.5022
Wk 10W 55-10@ Maryland15252.0052
Wk 11W 27-24@ Penn State711816.9053
Wk 12W 31-7vs Wisconsin510821.6148
Wk 14W 56-3@ Purdue166.006
Wk 15W 13-10@ Ohio State612621.0051Season-high 126 yds
BowlW 38-3vs Alabama25125.5130
BowlW 56-22vs Oregon24824.0136
BowlW 27-21vs Miami46516.3019
Total3467921.1453
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

2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning
2025Indiana16-0HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Indiana3467920.04--
2024Indiana----------
Career2 loaded seasons3467920.04--
SeasonTeam
2025Indiana----------
2024Indiana13------
Career2 loaded seasons13------
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

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.

Usage 5.3% 13.3% pass-game share | #303/1137 (73rd pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 4 Across offense and returns | #152/1111 (86th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 34 #240/1110 78th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 679 #111/1107 90th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 4 #152/1111 86th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 20.0 #70/1106 94th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 13.3% #303/1137 73rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 53 #236/1105 79th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 8.7% #335/1137 71st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 7.9% #378/1137 67th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 5.9% #403/1137 65th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 5.3% #452/1137 60th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 4.1% #509/1137 55th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 3.7% #595/1137 48th 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

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

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home8g2.447.119.70.5
Road6g2.550.324.00.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins14g2.448.521.10.3

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-78g1.529.219.70.4
Weeks 8+6g3.774.222.50.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

74Solid starter
5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (97th). Strength: rec yards (80th).

Yards / catch#14 / 558 · 98th pct
20.0rece
Rec yards#111 / 558 · 80th pct
679rece
Rec TDs#152 / 558 · 68th pct
4rece
Long catch#209 / 558 · 62nd pct
53rece
Receptions#240 / 558 · 57th pct
34rece

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
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
Charlie BeckerIndianaNik McMillanBuffalo· 82% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 82% simKevin ConcepcionTexas A&M· 77% sim
Yards / catch
98
Becker
84
McMillan
78
III
77
Concepcion
Rec yards
80
Becker
96
McMillan
94
III
93
Concepcion
Rec TDs
68
Becker
57
McMillan
68
III
97
Concepcion
Long catch
62
Becker
65
McMillan
65
III
52
Concepcion
Receptions
57
Becker
90
McMillan
90
III
90
Concepcion

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 Eric McAlister’s 2023 season.

Eric McAlister

72%match

Boise State · 2023

#2

RaJae Johnson

Troy · 2022

69%
#3

Eric McAlister

TCU · 2024

69%
#4

Lawrence Arnold

Kansas · 2023

67%
#5

Matt Landers

Arkansas · 2022

67%

Matches Eric on

Total EPA (college ability)
Height

Differs from Eric on

Class year (lower)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Reception volume (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Quentin Johnston's sophomore season at TCU (2021).

Quentin Johnston

69%match

TCU · 2021

All-Big 12NFL Rd 1 · Pk 22
#2

Trevon Clark

California · 2021

68%
#3

Isaac Teslaa

Arkansas · 2024

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 6
67%
#4

Devon Williams

Oregon · 2021

67%
#5

Kameron Brown

Coastal Carolina · 2021

66%

Matches Quentin on

Total EPA (college ability)
Weight

Differs from Quentin on

Recruiting rating (lower)
Class year (lower)
TD rate (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Pass share

38.7%

404 pass / 641 run

Plays / game

65.3

16 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.3%

275 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

1 coach
2024
Curt Cignetti
Indiana
2025
Curt Cignetti
Indiana

Played his entire career under Curt Cignetti.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownNashville, TN
Height6'4"
Weight204 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey80

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 Indiana WR2 #1532 #1250 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Indiana Big Ten WR 2 No. 80 | 6-4 | 204 lb | Nashville, TN
2024 Indiana Big Ten WR 2 No. 80 | 6-4 | 204 lb | Nashville, TN