CFB Zeitgeist Score
63
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 78th percentile.
Devonte Ross
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
501 REC YDS · 36 REC · 5 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Penn State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Penn State · editorial
Returning around him
- 56% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 8 Penn State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -11 net (37 in / 48 out)
2026 Award watch
- Biletnikoff
Penn State · Last season: 7-6 (AP #7) · Talent rank #10 · 2026 recruiting class #15
WR · PENN STATE · BIG TEN
Devonte Ross
- 4
- #5
- 5-10 | 170 lb
- Cartersville, GA
Heisman Heat
#459
<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 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
2 seasons on the ladder
★
2024
Troy · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
Penn State · WR
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Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025-52%
Sharp dropoff (-52%) — career inflection point.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
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 Devonte Ross
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
67
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=9
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Devonte Ross
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
13.9
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #168 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 68th
Why it matters
#168 of 531 All FBS WRs at 13.9 yards per reception (36 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 13.9 (68th)
HIGH · n=36 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#98 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#219 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 7 vs Northwestern — 115 ypr
Result L 21-22
The week the volume broke through — put up 115 yds vs Northwestern.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
501Rec yards
36Receptions
5Rec TDs
Per game
45.5Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
592.1Rec yards
43Receptions
6Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 501): needs 99.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 501): needs 249.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 36): needs 12/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 36): needs 22/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 1.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.
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. Devonte Ross already has 2 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
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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
36 80th
YDS
501 80th
YPR
13.9 67th
TD
5 91st
Rushing
CAR
2 53rd
YDS
11 50th
YPC
5.5 62nd
TD
0 81st
Returns
PR YDS
54 55th
PR AVG
6.8 41st
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-11vs Nevada | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-0vs Florida International | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | 42 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-6vs Villanova | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-30vs Oregon | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 2 | 35 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 7 | L 21-22vs Northwestern | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 0 | 67 | Season-high 115 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 24-25@ Iowa | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ Ohio State | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-10@ Michigan State | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 2 | 75 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 13 | W 37-10vs Nebraska | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 14 | W 40-36@ Rutgers | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 19 | |
| Bowl | W 22-10@ Clemson | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 0 | 35 | |
| Total | 36 | 501 | 15.4 | 5 | 75 |
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
2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning
2025Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 36 | 501 | 13.9 | 5 | -- |
| 2024 | Troy | 76 | 1,044 | 13.7 | 11 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 112 | 1,545 | 13.8 | 16 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 2 | 11 | -- | 54 | -- |
| 2024 | Troy | 9 | 35 | 214 | 154 | 1 |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 11 | 46 | 214 | 208 | 1 |
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 | 36 | #218/1110 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 501 | #223/1107 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 5 | #96/1111 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.9 | #368/1106 | 67th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 54 | #102/224 | 55th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 14.5% | #264/1137 | 77th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 11 | #199/397 | 50th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 7 | #212/346 | 39th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.5 | #150/393 | 62nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 2 | #194/407 | 53rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 75 | #47/1105 | 96th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 8 | #91/237 | 62nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 6.8 | #131/222 | 41st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 8.2% | #361/1137 | 68th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.9% | #188/1137 | 84th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.8% | #403/1137 | 65th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 6.3% | #334/1137 | 71st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 5.8% | #306/1137 | 73rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.0% | #805/1137 | 29th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.5% | #284/1137 | 75th 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 44.7 | 15.5 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 46.6 | 15.4 | 0.4 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 2.6 | 42.4 | 18.4 | 0.4 |
| Losses4g | 4.5 | 51.0 | 10.3 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 54.0 | 12.5 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 35.4 | 18.9 | 0.4 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
63Solid starter
Elite: long catch (90th).
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
Devonte RossPenn StateJordan HudsonSMU· 84% simKyre DuplessisDelaware· 82% simCorey RuckerArkansas State· 79% sim
Long catch
Rec TDs
Yards / catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Fumbles lost
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 Tahj Washington’s 2020 season.
Tahj Washington
83%match
NFL Rd 7
#2
DT Sheffield
83%
#3
Taylor Morin
80%
#4
KeSean Carter
79%
#5
Tahj Washington
NFL Rd 7
78%
Matches Tahj on
Height
Weight
TD rate
Differs from Tahj on
Reception volume (lower)
Class year (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Keith Corbin’s path through Jackson State.
Keith Corbin
100%match
#2
Tre Walker
100%
#3
Malik Murray
98%
#4
Quintin Morris
All-MAC
98%
#5
Julius Young
97%
Matches Keith on
Yards per reception
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Je'Quan Burton's sophomore season at Florida Atlantic (2022).
Je'Quan Burton
80%match
#2
Taylor Morin
79%
#3
Gary Bryant Jr.
78%
#4
Mekhi Shaw
76%
#5
DeMeer Blankumsee
75%
Matches Je'Quan on
Reception volume
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Differs from Je'Quan on
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Weight (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
42.0%
339 pass / 469 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.4%
230 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
James Franklin
Penn State
2025
James Franklin
Penn State
Played his entire career under James Franklin.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownCartersville, GA
Height5'10"
Weight170 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey5
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Current teamPenn State
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥈
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | Troy | Sun Belt | AP |
| 2024 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | Troy | Sun Belt | WR |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | Big Ten | WR | 4 | No. 5 | 5-10 | 170 lb | Cartersville, GA |
| 2024 | Troy | Sun Belt | WR | 4 | No. 5 | 5-10 | 170 lb | Cartersville, GA |
| 2021 | Kentucky | SEC | WR | 4 | No. 5 | 5-10 | 170 lb | Cartersville, GA |