CFB Zeitgeist Score
59
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 95th percentile.
Jalen Huskey
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
72 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Jacksonville2026 NFL rookie season
#100Rd 3 · Pick 36
Jacksonville2026 NFL rookie season
DB · MARYLAND · BIG TEN
Jalen Huskey
- 4
- #22
- 6-2 | 201 lb
- Gaithersburg, MD
Heisman Heat
#9991
<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 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
2022
Bowling Green · DB
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★
2023
Bowling Green · DB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2024
Maryland · DB
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2025
Maryland · DB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 3, Pick 36 · #100 overall · Jacksonville
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R3 · #100
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8044 | No. 2079 recruit | HighSchool | Bowling Green |
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
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Bowling Green
Composite
0.8044
#2079 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 3, Pick 36
#100 overall · Jacksonville
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 Huskey
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 Huskey
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 12g
72Tackles
1.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
78Tackles
1.6Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 72): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 72): needs 28/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 6/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jalen Huskey is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Maryland's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 4 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?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
72 95th
SOLO
58 99th
TFL
1.5 64th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
INT
4 97th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 39-7vs Florida Atlantic | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-9vs Northern Illinois | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-17vs Towson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10@ Wisconsin | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 20-24vs Washington | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-34vs Nebraska | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-20@ UCLA | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-55vs Indiana | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-35@ Rutgers | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-24@ Illinois | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-45vs Michigan | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-38@ Michigan State | 9 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 72 | 58 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
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
2022Bowling Green6-7HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced
2023Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning
2025Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Maryland | 72 | 58 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | Maryland | 45 | 21 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 52 | 30 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 | -- |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 175 | 112 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 11 | -- |
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 | 72 | #242/4942 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 1.5 | #1771/4972 | 64th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 4 | #23/869 | 97th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 78 | #40/578 | 93rd pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 58 | #29/4584 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 19.5 | #213/578 | 63rd pct | Takeawaysvs 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 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 6.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Losses8g | 6.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort
59Solid starter
Elite: solo tackles (98th). Strength: interceptions (95th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DB · 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
Jalen HuskeyMarylandTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 88% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 81% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 80% sim
Solo tackles
Interceptions
Tackles
Passes defended
Tackles for loss
Sacks
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 Jake Jarmolowich’s 2025 season.
Jake Jarmolowich
92%match
#2
Clayton Powell-Lee
86%
#3
Isaac Gifford
82%
#4
Giovanni Biggers
82%
#5
Marvin Grant
81%
Matches Jake on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jake Jarmolowich's senior season at Colorado State (2025).
Jake Jarmolowich
92%match
#2
Clayton Powell-Lee
88%
#3
Adonis Williams Jr.
87%
#4
Anthony Brackenridge
84%
#5
Yvandy Rigby
83%
Matches Jake on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Pass share
61.9%
491 pass / 302 run
Plays / game
66.1
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
2.3%
383 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Mike Locksley
Maryland
2023
Mike Locksley
Maryland
2024
Mike Locksley
Maryland
2025
Mike Locksley
Maryland
Played his entire career under Mike Locksley.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownGaithersburg, MD
Height6'2"
Weight201 lb
Class4
PositionDB
Jersey22
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Current teamMaryland
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Maryland | Big Ten | DB |
| 2023 | All-MAC | all_conference | Bowling Green | MAC | DB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Maryland | DB4 | #9991 | #10268 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | DB4 | #8668 | #9196 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | DB4 | #13856 | #13836 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mid-American |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Maryland | Big Ten | DB | 4 | No. 22 | 6-2 | 201 lb | Gaithersburg, MD |
| 2024 | Maryland | Big Ten | DB | 4 | No. 22 | 6-2 | 201 lb | Gaithersburg, MD |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | DB | 4 | No. 22 | 6-2 | 201 lb | Gaithersburg, MD |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | DB | 4 | No. 22 | 6-2 | 201 lb | Gaithersburg, MD |