CFB Zeitgeist P Score
Awaiting
Daniel Sparks
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
2026 Outlook
Returning to Virginia for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Punter · Virginia
Returning around him
- 28% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: +8 net (30 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Virginia · Last season: 11-3 (AP #20) · Talent rank #62 · 2026 recruiting class #58
P · VIRGINIA · ACC
Daniel Sparks
- 4
- #38
- 6-6 | 217 lb
- Gadsden, AL
Heisman Heat
#15577
<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 P AWARD
Ray Guy
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
★
2022
Virginia · P
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2023
Virginia · P
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2024
Virginia · P
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2025
Virginia · P
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Virginia
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—
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 Daniel Sparks
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 Daniel Sparks
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. Daniel Sparks already has 3 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
OTHER 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?
This player profile will sharpen as more advanced context is loaded.
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Coastal Carolina | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 57 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-35@ NC State | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 48 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 22-20vs Washington State | 6 | 318 | 53.0 | 65 | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-16@ North Carolina | 8 | 391 | 48.9 | 56 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-21@ California | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 59 | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 9-16vs Wake Forest | 4 | 197 | 49.3 | 52 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-17@ Duke | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 43 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Virginia Tech | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 55 | 2 | |
| Wk 15 | L 20-27vs Duke | 2 | 101 | 50.5 | 52 | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 13-7@ Missouri | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 48 | 2 | |
| Total | 37 | 1745 | 46.1 | 65 | 14 |
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
2022Virginia3-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced
2023Virginia3-9HC: Tony Elliott · Run-leaning
2024Virginia5-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced
2025Virginia11-3HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 5 | #20/29 | 34th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 5 | #20/53 | 64th pct | Volumevs FBS peers |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.0 | #17/49 | 67th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS peers |
| Rushing | Carries | 1 | #9/50 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS peers |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #5/54 | 93rd pct | Scoringvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting YDS | 1,745 | #100/179 | 45th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting LONG | 65 | #47/179 | 74th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting YPP | 47 | #16/179 | 92nd pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting NO | 37 | #109/179 | 40th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting IN 20 | 14 | #82/166 | 51st pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting TB | 4 | #33/142 | 77th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Ray Guy award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | — | — | — | — |
| Road5g | — | — | — | — |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | — | — | — | — |
| Losses3g | — | — | — | — |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | — | — | — | — |
| Weeks 8+7g | — | — | — | — |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Advanced Savant · P · 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.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Pass share
48.0%
492 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
73.3
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.0%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Tony Elliott
Virginia
2023
Tony Elliott
Virginia
2024
Tony Elliott
Virginia
2025
Tony Elliott
Virginia
Played his entire career under Tony Elliott.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownGadsden, AL
Height6'6"
Weight217 lb
Class4
PositionP
Jersey38
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Current teamVirginia
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-ACC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-ACC | all_conference | Virginia | ACC | P |
| 2023 | All-ACC | all_conference | Virginia | ACC | P |
| 2022 | All-ACC | all_conference | Virginia | ACC | P |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Virginia | P4 | #15577 | #15211 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Virginia | P4 | #15919 | #15945 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Virginia | P4 | #15302 | #15325 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Minnesota | P4 | #14591 | #14454 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia | ACC | P | 4 | No. 38 | 6-6 | 217 lb | Gadsden, AL |
| 2024 | Virginia | ACC | P | 4 | No. 38 | 6-6 | 217 lb | Gadsden, AL |
| 2023 | Virginia | ACC | P | 4 | No. 38 | 6-6 | 217 lb | Gadsden, AL |
| 2022 | Virginia | ACC | P | 4 | No. 38 | 6-6 | 217 lb | Gadsden, AL |
| 2021 | Minnesota | Big Ten | P | 4 | No. 38 | 6-6 | 217 lb | Gadsden, AL |