CFB Zeitgeist Score
19
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 96th percentile.
Cody Hagen
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
97 REC YDS · 12 REC · 0 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to BYU for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · BYU
Returning around him
- 87% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 2 BYU players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -4 net (9 in / 13 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
BYU · Last season: 12-2 (AP #12) · Talent rank #70 · 2026 recruiting class #55
WR · BYU · BIG 12
Cody Hagen
- 2
- #5
- 6-0 | 185 lb
- Draper, UT
Heisman Heat
#1329
<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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025+234%
Up 234% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
BYU
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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
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 · 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.
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 Cody Hagen
Fan sentiment · Season 2025 conversation window
Belief Meter
62
Quietly Bullish
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=20
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Cody Hagen
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
97Rec yards
12Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
8.1Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
105.1Rec yards
13Receptions
0Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 97): needs 603/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 97): needs 903/game over remaining 1.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 12): needs 48/game over remaining 1.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 12): needs 68/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
Why the profile pops beyond receiving
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about Cody Hagen is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.
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?
All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
12 52nd
YDS
97 42nd
YPR
8.1 17th
TD
0 45th
Rushing
CAR
9 87th
YDS
93 94th
YPC
10.3 87th
TD
2 99th
Returns
KR YDS
409 90th
KR AVG
22.7 75th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 69-0vs Portland State | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 24 | Season-high 35 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 27-3vs Stanford | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-13@ East Carolina | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ Colorado | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-24vs West Virginia | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 33-27@ Arizona | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs Utah | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-27@ Iowa State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-29@ Texas Tech | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 13 | W 26-14@ Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-21vs UCF | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | W 25-21vs Georgia Tech | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 12 | 97 | 8.6 | 0 | 24 |
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
2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2025BYU12-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
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 | 12 | #533/1110 | 52nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 97 | #640/1107 | 42nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #615/1111 | 45th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 8.1 | #915/1106 | 17th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 409 | #25/238 | 90th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 8.6% | #562/1137 | 51st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 93 | #25/397 | 94th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 57 | #8/346 | 98th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 10.3 | #53/393 | 87th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 9 | #53/407 | 87th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 2 | #7/411 | 99th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 24 | #689/1105 | 38th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 22.7 | #60/236 | 75th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 18 | #11/243 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.0% | #390/1137 | 66th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 7.8% | #386/1137 | 66th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.1% | #417/1137 | 63rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 5.1% | #471/1137 | 59th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.0% | #522/1137 | 54th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.6% | #717/1137 | 37th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 2.8% | #64/1137 | 94th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #131/302 | 57th pct | Turnoversvs 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 0.8 | 8.0 | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.2 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins11g | 1.0 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| Losses1g | 1.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.4 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 0.4 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
19Below cohort
Elite: rush tds (95th). Strength: rush yards (92nd). Concern: rec yards (1st).
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
Cody HagenBYUAaron TurnerRice· 51% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 48% simMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 45% sim
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Fumbles lost
Long catch
Rec TDs
Yards / catch
Receptions
Rec yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jehlani Galloway’s 2023 season.
Jehlani Galloway
77%match
#2
Giovanni Sanders
76%
#3
Jadan Blue
75%
#4
Xavier Townsend
74%
#5
Maurice Bell
73%
Matches Jehlani on
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
Height
Differs from Jehlani on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Rod Gainey Jr.'s sophomore season at Charlotte (2025).
Rod Gainey Jr.
82%match
#2
Ju'Juan Johnson
80%
#3
Devonte Lyons
80%
#4
C.J. Hester
79%
#5
Cam Cook
All-Conference USA
79%
Matches Rod on
Total EPA (college ability)
Reception volume
Yards / reception
Differs from Rod on
Class year (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
43.5%
401 pass / 520 run
Plays / game
65.8
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.6%
270 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Kalani Sitake
BYU
2025
Kalani Sitake
BYU
Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownDraper, UT
Height6'0"
Weight185 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey5
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Current teamBYU
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc2 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 | BYU | WR2 | #1329 | #1151 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.