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Heisman / Players / George Dimopoulos /Northern Illinois

George Dimopoulos

WR · Northern Illinois · So · #9

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

58 REC YDS · 11 REC · 0 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Northern Illinois for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Northern Illinois for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Northern Illinois

Returning around him

  • 53% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -17 net (5 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #125 · 2026 recruiting class #84

WR · NORTHERN ILLINOIS · MID-AMERICAN

George Dimopoulos

  • 2
  • #9
  • 6-2 | 200 lb
  • Crystal Lake, IL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

7

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by fumbles lost at the 81st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#4541

<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

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#2095 national
CFB
College
Northern Illinois
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class2
Jersey9
Measurements6-2 | 200 lb
HometownCrystal Lake, IL
Primary teamNorthern Illinois

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 2095 recruit
Composite rating 0.8300 HighSchool
Signed with Northern Illinois 2024
Origin Crystal Lake Central Crystal Lake, IL, USA
Class Profile Context
2024 3-star | 0.8300 No. 2095 recruit | HighSchool | Northern Illinois

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
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 16
Current nowcast#4541Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#4691Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

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.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Northern Illinois

Composite

0.8300

#2095 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

PENDING

The 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 George Dimopoulos

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 George Dimopoulos

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 6g
58Rec yards
11Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
9.7Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
125.7Rec yards
24Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 58): needs 91.7/game over remaining 7.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 58): needs 134.6/game over remaining 7.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 11): needs 7/game over remaining 7.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 11): needs 9.9/game over remaining 7.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.1/game over remaining 7.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.4/game over remaining 7.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

George Dimopoulos's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Northern Illinois, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #4541 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 5.7% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

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
Receptions 11 0 rec TD | #559/1110 (50th pct)
Receiving yards 58 5.3 per catch | #752/1107 (32nd pct)
Scrimmage yards 58 Total offensive yardage | #752/1107 (32nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
11 50th
YDS
58 32nd
YPR
5.3 7th
TD
0 45th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 2L 9-20@ Maryland2147.008
Wk 4L 10-38@ Mississippi State273.5011
Wk 5L 3-6vs San Diego State144.004
Wk 6L 14-25vs Miami (OH)11919.0019Season-high 19 yds
Wk 7L 10-16@ Eastern Michigan133.003
Wk 8L 21-48@ Ohio4112.807
Total11586.5019
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2025Northern Illinois11585.30--
Career1 loaded season11585.30--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

Usage 5.7% 12.9% pass-game share | #325/1137 (72nd pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #615/1111 (45th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 11 #559/1110 50th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 58 #752/1107 32nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 5.3 #1032/1106 7th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 12.9% #325/1137 72nd pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 19 #783/1105 29th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 6.5% #356/1137 69th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 5.9% #299/1137 74th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 5.8% #567/1137 50th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 5.7% #398/1137 65th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 5.4% #661/1137 42nd pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 3.7% #595/1137 48th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/302 100th 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 6 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home2g1.011.511.50.0
Road4g2.28.84.10.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Losses6g1.89.76.50.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-75g1.49.47.30.0
Weeks 8+1g4.011.02.80.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

7Below cohort
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (80th). Concern: receptions (0th).

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct
0fumb
Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Long catch#543 / 558 · 3rd pct
19rece
Yards / catch#556 / 558 · 0th pct
5.3rece
Rec yards#558 / 558 · 0th pct
58rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
11rece

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
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

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

3 peers · 6 metrics
George DimopoulosNorthern IllinoisAaron TurnerRice· 45% simMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 43% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 42% sim
Fumbles lost
81
Dimopoulos
81
Turner
6
III
Rec TDs
7
Dimopoulos
68
Turner
24
III
7
Gibson
Long catch
3
Dimopoulos
65
Turner
16
III
56
Gibson
Yards / catch
0
Dimopoulos
1
Turner
9
III
15
Gibson
Rec yards
0
Dimopoulos
48
Turner
70
III
74
Gibson
Receptions
0
Dimopoulos
92
Turner
92
III
92
Gibson

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Thomas Hammock

Pass share

33.0%

244 pass / 495 run

Plays / game

61.6

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.3%

234 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Thomas Hammock
Northern Illinois

Played his entire career under Thomas Hammock.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownCrystal Lake, IL
Height6'2"
Weight200 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey9

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

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 Northern Illinois WR2 #4541 #4691 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Northern Illinois Mid-American WR 2 No. 9 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Crystal Lake, IL
2024 Northern Illinois Mid-American WR 2 No. 9 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Crystal Lake, IL