CFB Zeitgeist Score
82
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 96th percentile.
Jackson Kuwatch
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
101 TACKLES · 5 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Carolina2026 NFL rookie season
#227Rd 7 · Pick 11
Carolina2026 NFL rookie season
LB · MIAMI (OH) · MID-AMERICAN
Jackson Kuwatch
- 4
- #33
- 6-4 | 235 lb
- Cincinnati, OH
Heisman Heat
#12979
<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
2 seasons on the ladder
2023
Miami (OH) · LB
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★
2025
Miami (OH) · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 7, Pick 11 · #227 overall · Carolina
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Miami (OH)
NFL
NFL Draft
R7 · #227
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 7, Pick 11
#227 overall · Carolina
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 Jackson Kuwatch
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 Jackson Kuwatch
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 13g
101Tackles
10Tackles for loss
5Sacks
Per game
8Tackles
0.8Tackles for loss
0.4Sacks
Final
101Tackles
10Tackles for loss
5Sacks
✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 101.
✓ Hit 100-tackle season · finished with 101.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jackson Kuwatch is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Miami (OH)'s defense, with 5.0 sacks, 10.0 tackles for loss, and -- 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 | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
101 99th
SOLO
44 97th
TFL
10.0 98th
SACK
5.0 98th
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
1 43rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-17@ Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-45@ Rutgers | 11 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-41vs UNLV | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-0vs Lindenwood | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 25-14@ Northern Illinois | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-7@ Akron | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-30vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 26-17vs Western Michigan | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-24vs Toledo | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-20@ Buffalo | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24vs Ball State | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 15 | L 13-23@ Western Michigan | 14 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Bowl | L 3-18@ Fresno State | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 101 | 44 | 10.0 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
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
2023Miami (OH)11-3HC: Chuck Martin · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2025Miami (OH)7-7HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami (OH) | 101 | 44 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 106 | 46 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
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 | 101 | #48/4942 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 10.0 | #103/4972 | 98th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 5.0 | #102/4972 | 98th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 1 | #1241/2184 | 43rd pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 44 | #137/4584 | 97th pct | Volumevs 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
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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 8.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 7.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Losses6g | 8.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
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: tackles (98th). Strength: tackles for loss (96th).
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
Jackson KuwatchMiami (OH)Khalil MurdockBuffalo· 98% simBryun ParhamUConn· 97% simJohnny Chaney Jr.Florida International· 96% sim
Tackles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
Solo tackles
QB hurries
Passes defended
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Every-Down Linebacker
Leads the team in tackles and rarely leaves the field.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Joel Dublanko’s 2021 season.
Joel Dublanko
80%match
All-AAC
#2
Shaka Heyward
All-ACC
79%
#3
Xander Mueller
All-Big Ten
78%
#4
Darrian Beavers
All-AACNFL Rd 6
77%
#5
Johnny Chaney Jr.
All-Conference USA
75%
Matches Joel on
Sack rate
Weight
Tackle volume
Differs from Joel on
Height (higher)
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Xander Mueller's junior season at Northwestern (2023).
Xander Mueller
89%match
All-Big Ten
#2
Justin Wright
All-AAC
84%
#3
DeMarvion Overshown
All-Big 12NFL Rd 3 · Pk 27
83%
#4
David Ugwoegbu
83%
#5
Jaylan Ford
All-Big 12NFL Rd 5
80%
Matches Xander on
Weight
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chuck Martin
Pass share
43.4%
367 pass / 478 run
Plays / game
60.4
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.3%
290 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Chuck Martin
Miami (OH)
2025
Chuck Martin
Miami (OH)
Played his entire career under Chuck Martin.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownCincinnati, OH
Height6'4"
Weight235 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey33
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Current teamMiami (OH)
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-MAC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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-MAC | all_conference | Miami | MAC | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | LB4 | #12979 | #12975 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | LB4 | #9925 | #9565 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2022 | Ohio State | LB4 | #4398 | #3969 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2021 | Ohio State | LB4 | #5532 | #5302 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | LB | 4 | No. 33 | 6-4 | 235 lb | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | LB | 4 | No. 33 | 6-4 | 235 lb | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | LB | 4 | No. 33 | 6-4 | 235 lb | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2022 | Ohio State | Big Ten | LB | 4 | No. 33 | 6-4 | 235 lb | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2021 | Ohio State | Big Ten | LB | 4 | No. 33 | 6-4 | 235 lb | Cincinnati, OH |