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Heisman / Players / Jack Tchienchou /Tulane

Jack Tchienchou

S · Tulane · So · #1

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

80 TACKLES · 1 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Tulane for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Tulane for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Tulane

Returning around him

  • 15% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -7 net (20 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Tulane · Last season: 11-3 (AP #17) · Talent rank #68 · 2026 recruiting class #74

S · TULANE · AMERICAN ATHLETIC

Jack Tchienchou

  • 2
  • #1
  • 5-10 | 181 lb
  • Atlanta, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

64

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 75th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#8485

<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 DB AWARD

Jim Thorpe

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2023

Troy · S

2024

Tulane · S

2025

Tulane · S

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#970 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionS
Class2
Jersey1
Measurements5-10 | 181 lb
HometownAtlanta, GA
Primary teamTulane

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 970 recruit
Composite rating 0.8653 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2023
Origin St. Pius X Atlanta, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8653 No. 970 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Tulane 2024
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 28, 2023
Season Move Context
2024 Troy -> Tulane 3-star | 0.8300 | 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 16
Current nowcast#8485Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#8918Where 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

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to —

Composite

0.8653

#970 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 Jack Tchienchou

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 Jack Tchienchou

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 defensive totals stand

final
Through 13g
80Tackles
2Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Final
80Tackles
2Tackles for loss
1Sacks

✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 80.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Jack Tchienchou is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Tulane's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 2.0 tackles for loss, and 2 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.

Current place #8485 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

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
Total tackles 80 52 solo | #145/4942 (97th pct)
TFL 2.0 Backfield disruption | #1443/4972 (71st pct)
Sacks 1.0 Pass-rush finish | #872/4972 (82nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

Coverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
80 97th
SOLO
52 99th
TFL
2.0 71st
SACK
1.0 82nd

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
3 76th
INT
2 87th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 23-3vs Northwestern861.01.00
Wk 2W 33-31@ South Alabama850.00.01
Wk 3W 34-27vs Duke630.50.00
Wk 4L 10-45@ Ole Miss640.00.00
Wk 5W 31-14@ Tulsa730.00.01
Wk 7W 26-19vs East Carolina420.00.00
Wk 8W 24-17vs Army940.00.00Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 11W 38-32@ Memphis430.50.010
Wk 12W 35-24vs Florida Atlantic970.00.01
Wk 13W 37-13@ Temple110.00.00
Wk 14W 27-0vs Charlotte310.00.00
Wk 15W 34-21vs North Texas980.00.010
BowlL 10-41@ Ole Miss650.00.00
Total80522.01.023
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

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced
2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy
2025Tulane11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Tulane80522.01.032--
2024Tulane50331.00.0--1--
2023Troy320.00.0------
Career3 loaded seasons133873.01.033--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT 2 0 pick-six TD | #114/869 (87th pct)
Pass breakups 3 Coverage disruption | #521/2184 (76th pct)
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 80 #145/4942 97th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 2.0 #1443/4972 71st pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 1.0 #872/4972 82nd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Interceptions 2 #114/869 87th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 3 #521/2184 76th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 52 #54/4584 99th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense Fumbles recovered 1 #103/736 86th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense INT return yards 1 #546/578 6th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense INT return avg 0.5 #557/578 4th 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.

ALL-CONF HM

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16

Why he’s here

All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.

What moves him up

A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.

What moves him down

A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Thorpe 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home7g6.90.20.10.1
Road6g5.30.10.00.3

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins11g6.20.20.10.3
Losses2g6.00.00.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-77g6.40.20.10.3
Weeks 8+6g5.80.10.00.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort

64Solid starter
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (98th). Strength: tackles (94th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).

Solo tackles#54 / 2975 · 98th pct
52defe
Tackles#145 / 2975 · 95th pct
80defe
Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct
3defe
Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct
2inte
Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct
1.0defe
Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct
0fumb
Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct
2.0defe
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · S · 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 · 8 metrics
Jack TchienchouTulaneDevin LafayetteTroy· 94% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 90% simOwen LongColorado State· 85% sim
Solo tackles
98
Tchienchou
98
Lafayette
97
Johnson
99
Long
Tackles
95
Tchienchou
99
Lafayette
98
Johnson
100
Long
Passes defended
78
Tchienchou
91
Lafayette
96
Johnson
91
Long
Interceptions
75
Tchienchou
75
Lafayette
95
Johnson
Sacks
63
Tchienchou
63
Lafayette
63
Johnson
80
Long
Forced fumbles
47
Tchienchou
47
Johnson
47
Long
Tackles for loss
47
Tchienchou
56
Lafayette
47
Johnson
80
Long
QB hurries
22
Tchienchou
22
Lafayette
22
Johnson
22
Long

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

Player DNA

The Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

S

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ryan Nolan’s 2025 season.

Ryan Nolan

78%match

Texas State · 2025

#2

Tanner Ingle

NC State · 2022

All-ACC
79%
#3

Cory McCoy

Marshall · 2021

77%
#4

Roger Jones Jr.

Air Force · 2025

76%
#5

J.J. Roberts

Marshall · 2023

72%

Matches Ryan on

Height
Weight
PD rate

Differs from Ryan on

Class year (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Rashad Torrence II's junior season at Florida (2022).

Rashad Torrence II

70%match

Florida · 2022

#2

Tamarcus Cooley

LSU · 2025

72%
#3

Brandon Hill

Pittsburgh · 2022

NFL Rd 7
60%
#4

Alex Odom

Temple · 2022

64%
#5

Taurean York

Texas A&M · 2025

All-SEC
59%

Matches Rashad on

Class year
Tackle volume
PD rate

Differs from Rashad on

Height (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

Pass share

45.8%

424 pass / 501 run

Plays / game

66.1

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

3.4%

294 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Slade Nagle
Tulane
2024
Jon Sumrall
Tulane
era →
2025
Jon Sumrall
Tulane

Coaching transition mid-career: Slade Nagle → Jon Sumrall. 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.

HometownAtlanta, GA
Height5'10"
Weight181 lb
Class2
PositionS
Jersey1

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-AAC

Trophy Case · Detail

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

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

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
2025 All-AAC all_conference Tulane | AAC DB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Tulane S2 #8485 #8918 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | American Athletic
2023 Troy S2 #10126 #9600 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Tulane American Athletic S 2 No. 1 | 5-10 | 181 lb | Atlanta, GA
2024 Tulane American Athletic S 2 No. 1 | 5-10 | 181 lb | Atlanta, GA
2023 Troy Sun Belt S 2 No. 1 | 5-10 | 181 lb | Atlanta, GA