CFB Zeitgeist WR Score
Awaiting
Jacob Cowing
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
San FranciscoEntering 3rd NFL season
#135Rd 4 · Pick 35
San FranciscoEntering 3rd NFL season
WR · ARIZONA · PAC-12
Jacob Cowing
- 4
- #2
- 5-11 | 175 lb
- Maricopa, AZ
Heisman Heat
#221
<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 0 · Not on teamR01 · Scout team / redshirt
Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
★
2020
UTEP · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2021
UTEP · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2022
Arizona · WR
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2023
Arizona · WR
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NFL Draft 2024 · Rd 4, Pick 35 · #135 overall · San Francisco
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2020–2023+21%
Modest growth (21%) across the multi-season window.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R4 · #135
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2-star | 0.7683 | No. 3652 recruit | HighSchool | UTEP |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UTEP -> Arizona | 4-star | 0.9200 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2023 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 19Heisman 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 UTEP
Composite
0.7683
#3652 national
NFL Draft
2024 · Rd 4, Pick 35
#135 overall · San Francisco
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 Jacob Cowing
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 Jacob Cowing
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.
Scenario Explorer
Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.
Why the honors trail matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Jacob Cowing already has 2 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2023 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2023 season snapshot | final
2023 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.
2023 Season · Final
2023 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
89 100th
YDS
839 95th
YPR
9.4 28th
TD
13 100th
Rushing
CAR
5 78th
YDS
26 73rd
YPC
5.2 59th
TD
0 81st
Returns
KR YDS
11 12th
KR AVG
5.5 7th
PR YDS
65 61st
PR AVG
5.9 31st
Game Log
Week-by-week box
No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.
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
2020UTEP3-5HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning
2021UTEP7-5HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning
2022Arizona5-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Pass-leaning
2023Arizona10-3HC: Jedd Fisch · 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 | 89 | #5/1110 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 839 | #55/1107 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 13 | #3/1111 | 100th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 9.4 | #799/1106 | 28th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 11 | #211/238 | 12th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 65 | #88/224 | 61st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 23.3% | #39/1137 | 97th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 26 | #110/397 | 73rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 9 | #182/346 | 48th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.2 | #164/393 | 59th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 5 | #90/407 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 57 | #198/1105 | 82nd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 11 | #62/237 | 74th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 5.9 | #154/222 | 31st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 5.5 | #221/236 | 7th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 2 | #132/243 | 46th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 14.7% | #53/1137 | 95th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 14.6% | #57/1137 | 95th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 11.1% | #64/1137 | 94th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 10.5% | #81/1137 | 93rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 9.6% | #133/1137 | 88th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 9.5% | #82/1137 | 93rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.9% | #211/1137 | 82nd pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #131/302 | 57th pct | Turnoversvs 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 splits
Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2023
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.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Pass share
49.7%
447 pass / 452 run
Plays / game
69.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.9%
340 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2020–2023
2 coaches2020
Kevin Sumlin
Arizona
2021era →
Jedd Fisch
Arizona
2022
Jedd Fisch
Arizona
2023
Jedd Fisch
Arizona
Coaching transition mid-career: Kevin Sumlin → Jedd Fisch. 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.
HometownMaricopa, AZ
Height5'11"
Weight175 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey2
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamArizona
ConferencePac-12
Joined2023
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2021)
All-Conference USA
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 all-conference honors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | All-Conference USA | all_conference | UTEP | Conference USA | WR |
| 2020 | All-Conference USA | all_conference | UTEP | Conference USA | WR |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arizona | WR4 | #221 | #237 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2022 | Arizona | WR4 | #753 | #1080 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2021 | UTEP | WR4 | #561 | #777 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Conference USA |
| 2020 | UTEP | WR4 | #114 | #165 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Conference USA |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.