CFB Zeitgeist Score
55
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 95th percentile.
Dwayne McDougle
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
47 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Nebraska
2025San Diego State
2026Nebraska
S · SAN DIEGO STATE · MOUNTAIN WEST
Dwayne McDougle
- 3
- #26
- 6-0 | 205 lb
- Oakland, CA
Heisman Heat
Awaiting
Not on the live Heisman board this week.
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
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TOP DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
San Diego State
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | San Diego State -> Nebraska | 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate |
| 2025 | Idaho -> San Diego State | 3-star | 0.8200 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens
Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.
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.
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 Dwayne McDougle
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 Dwayne McDougle
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 defensive totals stand
Through 12g
47Tackles
1.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
51Tackles
1.6Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 47): needs 33/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 47): needs 53/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 6/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Dwayne McDougle is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on San Diego State's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 4 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF 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?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
47 86th
SOLO
26 85th
TFL
1.5 64th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
3 76th
INT
4 97th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-0vs Stony Brook | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 13-36@ Washington State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-0vs California | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 6-3@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-24vs Colorado State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-10@ Nevada | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-0@ Fresno State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs Wyoming | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-7vs Boise State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 25-3vs San José State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-23@ New Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 47-49vs North Texas | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
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
2025San Diego State9-4HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San Diego State | 47 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 47 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 47 | #680/4942 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 1.5 | #1771/4972 | 64th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 4 | #23/869 | 97th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 3 | #521/2184 | 76th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 44 | #134/578 | 77th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 26 | #696/4584 | 85th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 11.0 | #336/578 | 42nd pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Defensive TD | 1 | #23/200 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 1 | #103/736 | 86th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
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
The Thorpe 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Losses3g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
55Solid starter
Elite: interceptions (95th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · S · 2025
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
Dwayne McDougleSan Diego StateTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 85% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 81% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 78% sim
Interceptions
Passes defended
Tackles
Solo tackles
Forced fumbles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kobe Hylton’s 2023 season.
Kobe Hylton
88%match
#2
Collin Duncan
86%
#3
Henry Blackburn
84%
#4
Anthony Johnson Jr.
84%
#5
R.J. Mickens
NFL Rd 6
83%
Matches Kobe on
Tackle volume
Height
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaden Robinson's junior season at Florida (2025).
Jaden Robinson
86%match
#2
Khalil Barnes
85%
#3
Saveon Brown
84%
#4
Tyson Flowers
83%
#5
Audavion Collins
81%
Matches Jaden on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
35.3%
290 pass / 532 run
Plays / game
63.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.6%
224 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Sean Lewis
San Diego State
Played his entire career under Sean Lewis.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownOakland, CA
Height6'0"
Weight205 lb
Class3
PositionS
Jersey26
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamSan Diego State
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2025
Career arc1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model. | |||||||||
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San Diego State | Mountain West | S | 3 | No. 26 | 6-0 | 205 lb | Oakland, CA |