CFB Zeitgeist Score
61
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 95th percentile.
Isaiah Horton
The Long Memoryas of 2026-06-22
Isaiah Horton arrives at Alabama with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
511REC YDS42REC8REC TD
Rival fans bring him up unprompted, and rarely to praise him.
low confidence1 source
Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas A&M
2025Alabama
2026Texas A&M
WR · ALABAMA · SEC
Isaiah Horton
- 3
- #1
- 6-4 | 208 lb
- Nashville, TN
Heisman Heat
#200
<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
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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
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+8417%
Up 8417% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
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 | Alabama -> Texas A&M | 4-star | 0.9600 | Immediate |
| 2025 | Miami -> Alabama | 4-star | 0.9100 | 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—
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 Isaiah Horton
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
75
Grounded Optimism
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=2
- Rivals · n=2
- National · n=6
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Isaiah Horton
Only 2 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving TDs
8
count
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #23 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 96th
Why it matters
#23 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 8 TDs on 42 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 8 (96th)
HIGH · n=42 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Yards per reception#281 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#209 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 14 at Auburn — 3 receiving_tds
Result W 27-20
The week the volume broke through — stacked 3 td at Auburn.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 14g
511Rec yards
42Receptions
8Rec TDs
Per game
36.5Rec yards
3Receptions
1Rec TDs
Final
511Rec yards
42Receptions
8Rec TDs
✓ Hit 8 receiving TDs · finished with 8.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Isaiah Horton's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Alabama, 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
WR 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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
42 84th
YDS
511 81st
YPR
12.2 52nd
TD
8 98th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 14 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-31@ Florida State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 73-0vs UL Monroe | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-14vs Wisconsin | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ Georgia | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-14vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 35 | Season-high 66 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 27-24@ Missouri | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-20vs Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-9vs LSU | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-23vs Oklahoma | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-0vs Eastern Illinois | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-20@ Auburn | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 3 | 16 | 3 TD catches |
| Wk 15 | L 7-28vs Georgia | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Bowl | W 34-24@ Oklahoma | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | 37 | |
| Bowl | L 3-38@ Indiana | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 42 | 511 | 11.5 | 8 | 37 |
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
2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Alabama11-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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 | 42 | #175/1110 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 511 | #213/1107 | 81st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 8 | #23/1111 | 98th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.2 | #532/1106 | 52nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 11.1% | #436/1137 | 62nd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 37 | #499/1105 | 55th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 10.4% | #213/1137 | 81st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 7.9% | #378/1137 | 67th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 6.6% | #338/1137 | 70th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 6.0% | #363/1137 | 68th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 4.4% | #493/1137 | 57th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.1% | #509/1137 | 55th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs 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
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.6 | 36.2 | 12.9 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 36.8 | 9.7 | 0.8 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins10g | 3.5 | 42.1 | 11.7 | 0.8 |
| Losses4g | 1.8 | 22.5 | 11.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.5 | 43.9 | 11.8 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 26.7 | 11.2 | 0.7 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
61Solid starter
Elite: rec tds (94th). Concern: long catch (24th).
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
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
Isaiah HortonAlabamaGermie BernardAlabama· 80% simAsaad WaseemFlorida Atlantic· 79% simElijah SarrattIndiana· 79% sim
Rec TDs
Receptions
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Long catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Jump-Ball Target
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Art Green’s 2020 season.
Art Green
70%match
#2
Denzel Boston
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 7
73%
#3
Denzel Boston
All-Big TenNFL Rd 2 · Pk 7
72%
#4
Jason Brownlee
65%
#5
Dane Key
67%
Matches Art on
Yards / reception
Reception volume
Class year
Differs from Art on
TD rate (higher)
Weight (higher)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Anthony Schwartz’s path through Auburn.
Anthony Schwartz
100%match
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 28
#2
Ma'jon Wright
98%
#3
Matt Sykes
98%
#4
Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman
98%
#5
Tyler Vaughns
97%
Matches Anthony on
Yards per reception
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Denzel Boston's senior season at Washington (2025).
Denzel Boston
78%match
All-Big TenNFL Rd 2 · Pk 7
#2
Elijah Arroyo
All-ACCNFL Rd 2 · Pk 18
69%
#3
Will Sheppard
69%
#4
Christian Fitzpatrick
68%
#5
Nick Nash
Consensus All-American
66%
Matches Denzel on
TD rate
Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Denzel on
Reception volume (lower)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalen DeBoer
Pass share
53.4%
523 pass / 456 run
Plays / game
65.3
15 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
384 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Nick Saban
Alabama
2023
Nick Saban
Alabama
2024era →
Kalen DeBoer
Alabama
2025
Kalen DeBoer
Alabama
Coaching transition mid-career: Nick Saban → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownNashville, TN
Height6'4"
Weight208 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey1
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Current teamAlabama
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.