CFB Zeitgeist Score
75
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 91st percentile.
Jaheem Joseph
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
73 TACKLES · 3.5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to UNLV for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · UNLV
Returning around him
- 15% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: +0 net (15 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UNLV · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #51 · 2026 recruiting class #95
S · UNLV · MOUNTAIN WEST
Jaheem Joseph
- 3
- #3
- 5-10 | 200 lb
- Miami, FL
Heisman Heat
#14301
<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
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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
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8607 | No. 908 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia -> UNLV | 3-star | 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.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8607
#908 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
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 Jaheem Joseph
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 Jaheem Joseph
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
73Tackles
8Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.6Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Final
73Tackles
8Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jaheem Joseph is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on UNLV's defense, with 3.5 sacks, 8.0 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
73 95th
SOLO
44 97th
TFL
8.0 96th
SACK
3.5 95th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
3 76th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-31vs Idaho State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | W 38-21@ Sam Houston | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-23vs UCLA | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-38@ Miami (OH) | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-17@ Wyoming | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 51-48vs Air Force | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 31-56@ Boise State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-40vs New Mexico | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-10@ Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-26vs Utah State | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-17@ Nevada | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 15 | L 21-38@ Boise State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 10-17@ Ohio | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 73 | 44 | 8.0 | 3.5 | — | 3 |
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
2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning
2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced
2023Northwestern8-5HC: David Braun · Run-leaning
2025UNLV10-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UNLV | 73 | 44 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 23 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 4 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 109 | 69 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 5 | 3 | -- |
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 | 73 | #227/4942 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 8.0 | #198/4972 | 96th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 3.5 | #233/4972 | 95th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 3 | #521/2184 | 76th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 44 | #137/4584 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 1 | #103/736 | 86th 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.
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
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 vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road8g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 5.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Losses4g | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
75All-Conference
Elite: solo tackles (95th). Strength: tackles for loss (92nd). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
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
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
Jaheem JosephUNLVChris JonesSouthern Miss· 94% simMichael MontgomerySouthern Miss· 92% simOwen LongColorado State· 91% sim
Solo tackles
Tackles for loss
Tackles
Sacks
Passes defended
Forced fumbles
QB hurries
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 Marquel Broughton’s 2020 season.
Marquel Broughton
88%match
#2
Tykee Smith
All-SECNFL Rd 3 · Pk 26
88%
#3
Christian Izien
86%
#4
Shawn Asbury II
83%
#5
Ahmaad Moses
83%
Matches Marquel on
PD rate
Tackle volume
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Marcus Williams's graduate season at Rice (2025).
Marcus Williams
65%match
#2
Johnny Hodges
All-Big 12
36%
#3
Jyron Gilmore
32%
#4
J'Dan Burnett
20%
#5
Isaac Walker
All-Sun Belt
16%
Matches Marcus on
Class year
Weight
Tackle volume
Differs from Marcus on
PD rate (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
46.5%
423 pass / 487 run
Plays / game
65.0
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.8%
283 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coaches2021
Marcus Arroyo
UNLV
2022
Marcus Arroyo
UNLV
2023era →
Barry Odom
UNLV
2025era →
Dan Mullen
UNLV
Played under 3 different head coaches: Marcus Arroyo, Barry Odom, and Dan Mullen. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMiami, FL
Height5'10"
Weight200 lb
Class3
PositionS
Jersey3
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamUNLV
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2025
Career arc5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | West Virginia | S3 | #14301 | #14318 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2023 | Northwestern | S3 | #10246 | #10315 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2022 | Northwestern | S3 | #13142 | #13310 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2021 | Northwestern | S3 | #12182 | #12150 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UNLV | Mountain West | S | 3 | No. 3 | 5-10 | 200 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2024 | West Virginia | Big 12 | S | 3 | No. 3 | 5-10 | 200 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2023 | Northwestern | Big Ten | S | 3 | No. 3 | 5-10 | 200 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2022 | Northwestern | Big Ten | S | 3 | No. 3 | 5-10 | 200 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2021 | Northwestern | Big Ten | S | 3 | No. 3 | 5-10 | 200 lb | Miami, FL |