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Jameer Lewis

DL · Southern Miss · Sr · #16

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

32 TACKLES · 3 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Southern Miss for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Southern Miss for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Southern Miss

Returning around him

  • 52% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +9 net (37 in / 28 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #83 · 2026 recruiting class #105

DL · SOUTHERN MISS · SUN BELT

Jameer Lewis

  • 4
  • #16
  • 6-2 | 230 lb
  • Mccomb, MS

CFB Zeitgeist Score

63

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 89th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#15163

<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 DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#137 national
CFB
College
Southern Miss
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionDL
Class4
Jersey16
Measurements6-2 | 230 lb
HometownMccomb, MS
Primary teamSouthern Miss

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 137 recruit
Composite rating 0.8083 JUCO
Signed with Southern Miss 2024
Origin Southwest Mississippi C.C. McComb, MS, USA
Class Profile Context
2024 3-star | 0.8083 No. 137 recruit | JUCO | Southern Miss

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
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 16
Current nowcast#15163Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#15330Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman 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 Southern Miss

Composite

0.8083

#137 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

PENDING

The 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 Jameer Lewis

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 Jameer Lewis

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 11g
32Tackles
4.5Tackles for loss
3Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Projected (13g)
38Tackles
5.3Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 32): needs 24/game over remaining 2.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 32): needs 34/game over remaining 2.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 3): needs 1.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 3): needs 3.5/game over remaining 2.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Jameer Lewis is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Southern Miss's defense, with 3.0 sacks, 4.5 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.

Current place #15163 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 3.0 sacks | 4.5 TFL

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
Total tackles 32 14 solo | #1250/4942 (75th pct)
TFL 4.5 Backfield disruption | #648/4972 (87th pct)
Sacks 3.0 Pass-rush finish | #292/4972 (94th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defender

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
32 75th
SOLO
14 67th
TFL
4.5 87th
SACK
3.0 94th
QBH
2 66th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 17-34vs Mississippi State100.00.00
Wk 2W 38-20vs Jackson State221.00.00
Wk 3W 38-22vs App State511.01.00
Wk 4L 20-30@ Louisiana Tech200.00.00
Wk 5W 42-25vs Jacksonville State442.02.002 sacks
Wk 7W 38-35@ Georgia Southern310.00.00
Wk 9W 49-21vs UL Monroe210.00.00
Wk 11W 27-21@ Arkansas State420.00.00
Wk 12L 14-41vs Texas State630.50.00Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 13L 35-42@ South Alabama200.00.00
Wk 14L 18-28vs Troy100.00.00
Total32144.53.00
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Southern Miss32144.53.0------
Career1 loaded season32144.53.0------
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 0 Coverage disruption
QB pressures 2 Quarterback hurries | #647/1878 (66th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 32 #1250/4942 75th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 4.5 #648/4972 87th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 3.0 #292/4972 94th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 2 #647/1878 66th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 14 #1520/4584 67th pct Volumevs 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Lombardi 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home7g3.00.60.40.0
Road4g2.80.00.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins6g3.30.70.50.0
Losses5g2.40.10.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g2.80.70.50.0
Weeks 8+5g3.00.10.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort

63Solid starter
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (88th). Concern: passes defended (17th).

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct
3.0defe
Tackles for loss#648 / 2975 · 77th pct
4.5defe
QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct
2defe
Tackles#1250 / 2975 · 57th pct
32defe
Solo tackles#1520 / 2975 · 47th pct
14defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DL · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

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

3 peers · 6 metrics
Jameer LewisSouthern MissMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 73% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 70% simEthan WesloskiNorth Texas· 70% sim
Sacks
89
Lewis
80
Parker
63
Davey
74
Wesloski
Tackles for loss
77
Lewis
87
Parker
91
Davey
95
Wesloski
QB hurries
72
Lewis
88
Parker
82
Davey
95
Wesloski
Tackles
57
Lewis
98
Parker
99
Davey
99
Wesloski
Solo tackles
47
Lewis
96
Parker
99
Davey
99
Wesloski
Passes defended
18
Lewis
18
Parker
18
Davey
18
Wesloski

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack; controls his gap and stacks blocks.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Roman Harrison’s 2022 season.

Roman Harrison

88%match

Tennessee · 2022

#2

Lanell Carr

Indiana · 2024

87%
#3

Mazin Richards

North Texas · 2022

All-Conference USA
86%
#4

Amir Siddiq

Charlotte · 2022

All-Conference USA
82%
#5

Ben Bell

Texas State · 2022

81%

Matches Roman on

Weight
TFL rate
Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jeremy Lewis's sophomore season at East Carolina (2021).

Jeremy Lewis

91%match

East Carolina · 2021

All-AAC
#2

Mohamed Toure

Rutgers · 2021

90%
#3

Caleb Wheatland

Maryland · 2023

90%
#4

Prince Kollie

Notre Dame · 2022

90%
#5

Ryan Henry

Old Dominion · 2022

90%

Matches Jeremy on

Class year
Height
TFL rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

49.9%

454 pass / 456 run

Plays / game

70.0

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.3%

315 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Charles Huff
Southern Miss

Played his entire career under Charles Huff.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownMccomb, MS
Height6'2"
Weight230 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey16

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

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 Southern Miss DL4 #15163 #15330 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Southern Miss Sun Belt DL 4 No. 16 | 6-2 | 230 lb | Mccomb, MS
2024 Southern Miss Sun Belt DL 4 No. 16 | 6-2 | 230 lb | Mccomb, MS