CFB Zeitgeist Score
42
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 54th percentile.
Hayden Hansen
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
254 REC YDS · 30 REC · 2 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Florida for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Florida
Returning around him
- 55% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 7 Florida players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -9 net (27 in / 36 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Florida · Last season: 4-8 (AP #13) · Talent rank #12 · 2026 recruiting class #7
TE · FLORIDA · SEC
Hayden Hansen
- 3
- #89
- 6-8 | 269 lb
- Weatherford, TX
Heisman Heat
#973
<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 TE AWARD
Mackey
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+69%
Up 69% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Florida
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 | 3-star | 0.8215 | No. 1869 recruit | HighSchool | Florida |
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 Florida
Composite
0.8215
#1869 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 Hayden Hansen
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Hayden Hansen
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving TDs
2
count
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #302 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 43rd
Why it matters
#302 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 2 TDs on 30 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 2 (43th)
HIGH · n=30 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#439 / 531
- Yards per reception#485 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 1 vs Long Island University — 1 receiving_tds
Result W 55-0
The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td vs Long Island University.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
254Rec yards
30Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
23.1Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
300.2Rec yards
35Receptions
2Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 254): needs 223/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 254): needs 373/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 30): needs 15/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 30): needs 25/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 4/game over remaining 2.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Hayden Hansen's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Florida, 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.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
TE 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?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
30 89th
YDS
254 83rd
YPR
8.5 36th
TD
2 84th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-0vs Long Island University | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-18vs South Florida | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-20@ LSU | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 50 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 7-26@ Miami | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 29-21vs Texas | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-34@ Texas A&M | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 8 | W 23-21vs Mississippi State | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-38@ Kentucky | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-34@ Ole Miss | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 11-31vs Tennessee | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 14 | W 40-21vs Florida State | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Total | 30 | 254 | 9.5 | 2 | 28 |
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
2023Florida5-7HC: Billy Napier · Balanced
2024Florida8-5HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning
2025Florida4-8HC: Billy Napier · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
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 | 30 | #53/475 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 254 | #81/475 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #79/475 | 84th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 8.5 | #307/475 | 36th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 11.8% | #55/468 | 88th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 28 | #149/475 | 69th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.9% | #51/468 | 89th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 7.8% | #32/468 | 93rd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 6.1% | #47/468 | 90th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.5% | #60/468 | 87th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 5.3% | #55/468 | 88th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 5.1% | #147/468 | 69th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #34/55 | 40th pct | Turnoversvs FBS TE |
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 Mackey 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 26.8 | 10.6 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 18.6 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 2.8 | 24.5 | 9.7 | 0.5 |
| Losses7g | 2.7 | 22.3 | 9.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 29.2 | 11.7 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 15.8 | 6.8 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
42Mid-pack
Concern: yards / catch (16th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 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
Hayden HansenFloridaTyler FortenberryArkansas State· 95% simBryce CaufieldOregon State· 89% simMatt LauterBoise State· 86% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Rec TDs
Long catch
Fumbles lost
Yards / catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Hayden Hansen’s 2024 season.
Hayden Hansen
68%match
#2
Mason Tharp
61%
#3
Trey Miller
44%
#4
Hayden Hansen
54%
#5
Brandon Frazier
53%
Matches Hayden on
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Hayden on
Reception volume (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Yards / reception (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jake Clemons's junior season at Charlotte (2023).
Jake Clemons
62%match
#2
Travis Vokolek
61%
#3
Tip Reiman
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 18
60%
#4
A.J. Barner
60%
#5
Hudson Habermehl
59%
Matches Jake on
Weight
Differs from Jake on
Class year (lower)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Reception volume (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Pass share
49.4%
372 pass / 381 run
Plays / game
62.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.1%
311 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Billy Napier
Florida
2024
Billy Napier
Florida
2025
Billy Napier
Florida
Played his entire career under Billy Napier.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownWeatherford, TX
Height6'8"
Weight269 lb
Class3
PositionTE
Jersey89
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamFlorida
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc4 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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.