CFB Zeitgeist Score
82
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 93rd percentile.
Harold Perkins
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
55 TACKLES · 4 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to LSU for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · LSU
Returning around him
- 66% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 7 LSU players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (41 in / 41 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
LSU · Last season: 7-6 (AP #20) · Talent rank #6 · 2026 recruiting class #10
LB · LSU · SEC
Harold Perkins
- 3
- #7
- 6-1 | 222 lb
- Cypress, TX
Heisman Heat
#9932
<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 LB AWARD
Butkus
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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
LSU · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2023
LSU · LB
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2024
LSU · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
LSU · LB
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Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★★
CFB
College
LSU
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5-star | 0.9948 | No. 8 recruit | HighSchool | LSU |
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.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★★
to LSU
Composite
0.9948
#8 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 Harold Perkins
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 Harold Perkins
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
55Tackles
8Tackles for loss
4Sacks
Per game
5Tackles
0.7Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Projected (13g)
60Tackles
8.7Tackles for loss
4.3Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 55): needs 25/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 55): needs 45/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 4): needs 2/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 4): needs 6/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.
Harold Perkins is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on LSU's defense, with 4.0 sacks, 8.0 tackles for loss, and 3 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?
High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
55 90th
SOLO
27 86th
TFL
8.0 96th
SACK
4.0 97th
QBH
6 94th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
INT
3 94th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10@ Clemson | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-7vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-10vs Florida | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-10vs SE Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-24@ Ole Miss | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10vs South Carolina | 8 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Vanderbilt | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-49vs Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 9-20@ Alabama | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 23-22vs Arkansas | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 13 | W 13-10vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-17@ Oklahoma | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 27 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 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
2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced
2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced
2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2025LSU7-6HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced, slow tempo
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 | 55 | #484/4942 | 90th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 8.0 | #198/4972 | 96th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 4.0 | #169/4972 | 97th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 3 | #56/869 | 94th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 6 | #117/1878 | 94th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 47 | #123/578 | 79th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 27 | #649/4584 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 15.7 | #275/578 | 53rd pct | Takeawaysvs 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 Butkus 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 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Losses5g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
82All-Conference
Elite: qb hurries (94th). Strength: sacks (93rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 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
Harold PerkinsLSUJohn MillerUtah State· 89% simMac HarrisSouth Florida· 89% simRay ConeyTulsa· 89% sim
QB hurries
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Interceptions
Tackles
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Forced fumbles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to James Gordon Iv’s 2023 season.
James Gordon Iv
87%match
#2
Karene Reid
81%
#3
Parker Hughes
NFL Rd 7
81%
#4
Daymion Sanford
80%
#5
Alii Matau
80%
Matches James on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Curtis Jacobs's senior season at Penn State (2023).
Curtis Jacobs
77%match
#2
Malcolm Jones
75%
#3
K.J. Cloyd
74%
#4
Jalen Woods
72%
#5
Kip Lewis
68%
Matches Curtis on
Tackle volume
TFL rate
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
55.0%
443 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Brian Kelly
LSU
2023
Brian Kelly
LSU
2024
Brian Kelly
LSU
2025
Brian Kelly
LSU
Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownCypress, TX
Height6'1"
Weight222 lb
Class3
PositionLB
Jersey7
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Current teamLSU
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-SEC
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-SEC | all_conference | LSU | SEC | LB |
| 2022 | All-SEC | all_conference | LSU | SEC | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.