CFB Zeitgeist Score
33
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 33rd percentile.
Jalen Berger
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
364 RUSH YDS · 2 RUSH TD · 81 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to UCLA for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · UCLA
Returning around him
- 22% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: +12 net (41 in / 29 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UCLA · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #26 · 2026 recruiting class #46
RB · UCLA · BIG TEN
Jalen Berger
- 4
- 6-1 | 215 lb
- Newark, NJ
Heisman Heat
#701
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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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
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2021–2025+314%
Up 314% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4-star | 0.9374 | No. 136 recruit | HighSchool | Wisconsin |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Michigan State -> -- | 3-star | 0.8500 | Immediate |
| 2022 | Wisconsin -> Michigan State | 3-star | 0.8900 | 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.
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 rushing yards (364).
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 Wisconsin
Composite
0.9374
#136 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 Jalen Berger
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 Jalen Berger
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per carry
4.5
yds
P4 + Notre Dame RBs, min 80 carries
National rank #51 of 69
Percentile vs P4 + Notre Dame RBs, min 80 carries 26th
Why it matters
#51 of 69 P4 + Notre Dame RBs at 4.5 yards per carry (81 carries).
Vs cohort
This player 4.5 (26th)
MODERATE · n=81 cohort 69
- Also strong
- Rushing yards (total)#65 / 69
Signature Moment
Week 7 at Michigan State — 89 ypc
Result W 38-13
The week the volume broke through — put up 89 yds at Michigan State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the rushing totals stand
Through 12g
364Rush yards
81Carries
2Rush TDs
Per game
30.3Rush yards
7Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
394.3Rush yards
88Carries
2Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 364): needs 386/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 364): needs 636/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 364): needs 1,136/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 13/game over remaining 1.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 18/game over remaining 1.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jalen Berger's story is about how role and output meet each other. For UCLA, 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
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
81 72nd
YDS
364 69th
YPC
4.5 48th
TD
2 67th
Receiving
REC
10 61st
YDS
70 59th
YPR
7.0 51st
TD
2 97th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-43vs Utah | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-30@ UNLV | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-35vs New Mexico | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-17@ Northwestern | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-37vs Penn State | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-13@ Michigan State | 12 | 89 | 7.4 | 1 | 24 | Season-high 89 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs Maryland | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-56@ Indiana | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-28vs Nebraska | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-48@ Ohio State | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-48vs Washington | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-29@ USC | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 0 | 23 | |
| Total | 81 | 364 | 3.9 | 2 | 24 |
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
2021Wisconsin8-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy
2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced
2023Michigan State4-8HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced
2024UCLA5-7HC: Deshaun Foster · Balanced, slow tempo
2025UCLA3-9HC: Deshaun Foster · Balanced, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UCLA | 81 | 364 | 4.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | UCLA | 48 | 178 | 3.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Michigan State | 25 | 93 | 3.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 148 | 683 | 4.6 | 6 | -- |
| 2021 | Wisconsin | 24 | 88 | 3.7 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 5 loaded seasons | 326 | 1,406 | 4.3 | 10 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UCLA | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | UCLA | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Michigan State | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 19 | 128 | 6.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Wisconsin | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 5 loaded seasons | 46 | 314 | 6.8 | 4 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 364 | #227/735 | 69th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 2 | #247/739 | 67th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.5 | #383/735 | 48th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 10 | #217/552 | 61st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 70 | #227/548 | 59th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.15 | #126/362 | 65th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 79 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 12.2% | #244/738 | 67th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 81 | #210/739 | 72nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 24 | #347/733 | 53rd pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 15 | #296/540 | 45th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 7.0 | #267/548 | 51st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #20/552 | 97th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 22.7% | #218/738 | 71st pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 15.8% | #212/738 | 71st pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 14.6% | #226/738 | 70th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 11.0% | #303/738 | 59th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 6.7% | #365/738 | 51st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 6.3% | #378/738 | 49th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 2.9% | #318/738 | 57th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #78/256 | 70th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 24.0 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 36.7 | 5.1 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 61.0 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
| Losses9g | 20.1 | 3.5 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 27.8 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 32.8 | 4.4 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
33Below cohort
Concern: long run (18th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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.
wepa_rushing0.15Mid (p50–p75) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Jalen BergerUCLATae MeadowsTroy· 71% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 68% simKamari MoultonIowa· 67% sim
Fumbles lost
Rec yards
Carries
Receptions
Rush yards
Yards / carry
Rush TDs
Long run
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jovantae Barnes’s 2024 season.
Jovantae Barnes
76%match
#2
Donerio Davenport
76%
#3
Ari Broussard
73%
#4
Darwin Barlow
73%
#5
Carson Hansen
All-Big 12
73%
Matches Jovantae on
Yards / carry
Receiving share
Weight
Differs from Jovantae on
Height (higher)
Through 6 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Garrett Groshek’s path through Wisconsin.
Garrett Groshek
100%match
#2
Narii Gaither
97%
#3
Joshua Samuel
92%
#4
Jordan Mason
92%
#5
Seth McGowan
All-Conference USANFL Rd 7
92%
Matches Garrett on
Yards per carry
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deshaun Foster
Pass share
48.9%
358 pass / 374 run
Plays / game
61.0
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.3%
280 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Chip Kelly
UCLA
2022
Chip Kelly
UCLA
2023
Chip Kelly
UCLA
2024era →
Deshaun Foster
UCLA
2025
Deshaun Foster
UCLA
Coaching transition mid-career: Chip Kelly → Deshaun Foster. 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.
HometownNewark, NJ
Height6'1"
Weight215 lb
Class4
PositionRB
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamUCLA
ConferenceBig Ten
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 | UCLA | RB4 | #701 | #988 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2023 | Michigan State | RB4 | #1831 | #2333 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2022 | Michigan State | RB4 | #501 | #690 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2021 | Wisconsin | RB4 | #1399 | #1384 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UCLA | Big Ten | RB | 4 | 6-1 | 215 lb | Newark, NJ |
| 2024 | UCLA | Big Ten | RB | 4 | 6-1 | 215 lb | Newark, NJ |
| 2023 | Michigan State | Big Ten | RB | 4 | 6-1 | 215 lb | Newark, NJ |
| 2022 | Michigan State | Big Ten | RB | 4 | 6-1 | 215 lb | Newark, NJ |
| 2021 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | RB | 4 | 6-1 | 215 lb | Newark, NJ |