CFB Zeitgeist Score
66
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 75th percentile.
Fred Gaskin
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
53 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Auburn
2025South Florida
2026Auburn
S · SOUTH FLORIDA · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
Fred Gaskin
- 2
- #5
- 5-10 | 198 lb
- Ocala, FL
Heisman Heat
#14238
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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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
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
South Florida
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-star | 0.8853 | No. 547 recruit | HighSchool | South Florida |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | South Florida -> Auburn | 3-star | 0.8500 | Immediate |
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—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to South Florida
Composite
0.8853
#547 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
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 Fred Gaskin
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 Fred Gaskin
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 13g
53Tackles
3Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Final
53Tackles
3Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Fred Gaskin is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on South Florida's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 3.0 tackles for loss, and 2 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
53 89th
SOLO
28 87th
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
INT
2 87th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-7vs Boise State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 18-16@ Florida | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-49@ Miami | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-14vs South Carolina State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 54-26vs Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 63-36@ North Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-13vs Florida Atlantic | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-34@ Memphis | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-23vs UTSA | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-41@ Navy | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 48-18@ UAB | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 52-3vs Rice | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 10-24vs Old Dominion | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 28 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 |
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
2025South Florida9-4HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida | 53 | 28 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 53 | 28 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
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 | 53 | #525/4942 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 3.0 | #1006/4972 | 80th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 2 | #114/869 | 87th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 48 | #118/578 | 80th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 28 | #608/4584 | 87th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 24.0 | #161/578 | 72nd pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 2 | #13/736 | 98th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Defensive TD | 1 | #23/200 | 89th pct | Scoringvs 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.
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 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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Losses4g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
66Solid starter
Elite: tackles (81st).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · S · 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
Fred GaskinSouth FloridaTJ DotteryOle Miss· 86% simMarsel McDuffieUNLV· 85% simGavin MoulDelaware· 83% sim
Tackles
Solo tackles
Interceptions
Passes defended
Sacks
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Forced fumbles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jordan Allen’s 2025 season.
Jordan Allen
82%match
#2
Kerry Brown
82%
#3
Jeremiah Vessel
78%
#4
Braden Turner
80%
#5
Ladarius Tennison
78%
Matches Jordan on
Class year
PD rate
Weight
Differs from Jordan on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Ronald Wilson's sophomore season at New Mexico (2022).
Ronald Wilson
80%match
#2
Christian Bodnar
78%
#3
Kerry Brown
78%
#4
Malik Mustapha
All-ACCNFL Rd 4
75%
#5
Jaylen McClain
All-Big Ten
74%
Matches Ronald on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Pass share
44.8%
404 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
69.4
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.8%
291 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Alex Golesh
South Florida
Played his entire career under Alex Golesh.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownOcala, FL
Height5'10"
Weight198 lb
Class2
PositionS
Jersey5
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Current teamSouth Florida
ConferenceAmerican Athletic
Joined2025
Career arc2 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-AAC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
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-AAC | all_conference | South Florida | AAC | DB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Florida | S2 | #14238 | #14268 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | American Athletic |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida | American Athletic | S | 2 | No. 5 | 5-10 | 198 lb | Ocala, FL |
| 2024 | South Florida | American Athletic | S | 2 | No. 5 | 5-10 | 198 lb | Ocala, FL |