CFB Zeitgeist Score
57
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by yards / att at the 68th percentile.
Jack Layne
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
2,486 PASS YDS · 13 PASS TD · 152 RUSH YDS
2026 Outlook
Returning to New Mexico for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Quarterback · New Mexico
Returning around him
- 12% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 1 New Mexico player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (15 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
New Mexico · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #131 · 2026 recruiting class #138
QB · NEW MEXICO · MOUNTAIN WEST
Jack Layne
- 3
- #2
- 6-2 | 206 lb
- Lake Oswego, OR
Heisman Heat
Awaiting
Not on the live Heisman board this week.
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
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TOP QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
New Mexico
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Idaho -> New Mexico | 3-star | 0.8300 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens
Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.
Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in passing yards (2486).
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 Jack Layne
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
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Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Rivals · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Jack Layne
Only 1 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
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 passing totals stand
Through 13g
2,486Pass yards
13Pass TDs
10INT
Per game
191.2Pass yards
1Pass TDs
1INT
Final
2,486Pass yards
13Pass TDs
10INT
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jack Layne's story is about how role and output meet each other. For New Mexico, 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
QB 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?
Steady volume | Efficient | Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
213 86th
ATT
327 84th
CMP%
65.1% 67th
Y/A
7.6 69th
Passing Production
YDS
2,486 84th
TD
13 81st
INT
10 8th
Rushing
CAR
87 84th
YDS
152 75th
YPC
1.7 35th
TD
4 82nd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ Michigan | 31/47 | 208 | 1 | 3 | 4.4 | 55.1 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 2 | W 32-22vs Idaho State | 13/21 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 35.0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-10@ UCLA | 12/16 | 152 | 2 | 0 | 9.5 | 74.5 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-20vs New Mexico State | 23/30 | 303 | 4 | 0 | 10.1 | 71.7 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | L 28-35@ San José State | 28/40 | 344 | 0 | 3 | 8.6 | 53.5 | Season-high 344 yds · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 7 | L 25-41@ Boise State | 7/17 | 115 | 1 | 2 | 6.8 | 20.3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-22vs Nevada | 14/22 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 27.4 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-14vs Utah State | 17/22 | 183 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 64.0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-35@ UNLV | 17/22 | 342 | 3 | 1 | 15.5 | 70.0 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | W 20-17vs Colorado State | 13/25 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 73.9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-3@ Air Force | 10/15 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 59.0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-17vs San Diego State | 14/25 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 5.1 | 36.4 | |
| Bowl | L 17-20@ Minnesota | 14/25 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 22.8 | |
| Total | 213/327 | 2486 | 13 | 10 | 7.8 | 51.0 |
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
2025New Mexico9-4HC: Jason Eck · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 213 | 327 | 65.1% | 2,486 | 7.6 | 13 | 10 | 136.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 213 | 327 | 65.1% | 2,486 | 7.6 | 13 | 10 | 136.0 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 87 | 152 | 1.7 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 87 | 152 | 1.7 | 4 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 2,486 | #63/382 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 13 | #80/407 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 213 | #55/383 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 65.1% | #129/383 | 67th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 7.6 | #118/382 | 69th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 152 | #105/408 | 75th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.34 | #49/200 | 76th pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 317 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 48.7% | #92/428 | 79th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 327 | #67/407 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 10 | #377/407 | 8th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 87 | #68/408 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 54 | #40/391 | 90th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 4 | #74/408 | 82nd pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 1.7 | #266/407 | 35th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 91.3% | #49/428 | 89th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 66.7% | #56/428 | 87th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 65.6% | #75/428 | 83rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 49.1% | #89/428 | 79th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 41.9% | #95/428 | 78th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 41.3% | #102/428 | 76th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 11.7% | #139/428 | 68th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.16 | #112/140 | 21st pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 43 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #69/258 | 74th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 189 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 193 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 1.4 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 192 | 1.2 | 8.7 | 0.1 |
| Losses4g | 189 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 2.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 195 | 1.1 | 7.2 | 1.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 187 | 0.8 | 8.5 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
57Solid starter
Concern: interceptions (14th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · Completion depth (PBP)
Where the throws are landing
Short
0–9 yds53%of completions
62 comp5.0 yds avg4 TD
Middle
10–19 yds25%of completions
29 comp13.0 yds avg
Deep
20+ yds22%of completions
26 comp29.1 yds avg3 TD
Overall 61.6% completion on 190 attempts · 26 deep completions averaging 29.1 yds.
Advanced Savant · QB · 2025
Percentile Card
Reads as a mid-tier profile across the board..
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_passing0.34Mid (p50–p75) (n=94)
wepa_rushing0.16Below (<p25) (n=72)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Jack LayneNew MexicoJC FrenchGeorgia Southern· 86% simRocco BechtIowa State· 85% simJamal MorrisVirginia· 85% sim
Completion %
Yards / att
Fumbles lost
Pass yards
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Pass TDs
Interceptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Pocket Passer
Balanced passer who operates within the system. Profile sits near league average across dimensions.
QB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Grant Wells’s 2021 season.
Grant Wells
82%match
#2
Payton Thorne
82%
#3
Sean Clifford
NFL Rd 5
79%
#4
Blake Shapen
78%
#5
Ethan Garbers
All-Big Ten
78%
Matches Grant on
Weight
Yards / attempt
TD rate
Differs from Grant on
Rush usage (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kellen Mond’s path through Texas A&M.
Kellen Mond
94%match
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 2
#2
Austin Reed
All-Conference USA
93%
#3
Zac Thomas
All-Sun Belt
88%
#4
Behren Morton
NFL Rd 7
88%
#5
Carlos Del Rio-Wilson
88%
Matches Kellen on
Completion %
Yards per attempt
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Payton Thorne's junior season at Michigan State (2022).
Payton Thorne
77%match
#2
Cam Fancher
75%
#3
Luke Altmyer
All-Big Ten
74%
#4
Conner Harrell
72%
#5
JC French
71%
Matches Payton on
Rush yards / carry
TD rate
EPA / dropback (adj)
Differs from Payton on
Class year (lower)
Rush usage (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Pass share
43.3%
350 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
11.3%
293 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Jason Eck
New Mexico
Played his entire career under Jason Eck.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLake Oswego, OR
Height6'2"
Weight206 lb
Class3
PositionQB
Jersey2
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Current teamNew Mexico
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2025
Career arc1 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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model. | |||||||||
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | Mountain West | QB | 3 | No. 2 | 6-2 | 206 lb | Lake Oswego, OR |