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Heisman / Players / Jaquez Moore /Duke

Jaquez Moore

RB · Duke · Sr · #9

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

201 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 41 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Duke for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Duke for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Duke

Returning around him

  • 18% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • 3 Duke players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: +2 net (19 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Duke · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #58 · 2026 recruiting class #30

RB · DUKE · ACC

Jaquez Moore

  • 4
  • #9
  • 5-10 | 205 lb
  • Live Oak, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

23

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 49th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#649

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2025
12.02021
5082022
6742023
86.02024
2012025

+1575%

Up 1575% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1284 national
CFB
College
Duke
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#3 in market ▲ from #5 · 4 books

+90010.0% implied▲ tightened from +1200

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey9
Measurements5-10 | 205 lb
HometownLive Oak, FL
Primary teamDuke

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1284 recruit
Composite rating 0.8467 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2021
Origin Suwannee Live Oak, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8467 No. 1284 recruit | HighSchool

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#649Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#578Where 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 —

Composite

0.8467

#1284 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 Jaquez Moore

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 Jaquez Moore

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 rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 8g
201Rush yards
41Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
25.1Rush yards
5Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
326.6Rush yards
67Carries
2Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 201): needs 109.8/game over remaining 5.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 201): needs 159.8/game over remaining 5.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 201): needs 259.8/game over remaining 5.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 1.8/game over remaining 5.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 2.8/game over remaining 5.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 3.8/game over remaining 5.

What made this player interesting

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

Jaquez Moore's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Duke, 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.

Current place #649 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 9.0% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

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
Scrimmage yards 242 201 rush | 41 rec | #336/735 (54th pct)
Rush TD 1 41 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)
Yards/carry 4.9 Per-rush efficiency | #305/735 (59th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
41 54th
YDS
201 54th
YPC
4.9 59th
TD
1 56th

Receiving

REC
5 43rd
YDS
41 44th
YPR
8.2 64th
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 45-17vs Elon7446.3132
Wk 2L 19-45vs Illinois6305.0011
Wk 3L 27-34@ Tulane11413.7022
Wk 4W 45-33vs NC State3-1-0.301
Wk 5W 38-3@ Syracuse100.000
Wk 6W 45-21@ California6569.3032Season-high 56 yds
Wk 11L 34-37@ UConn5224.409
BowlW 42-39vs Arizona State294.505
Total412014.1132
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

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning
2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning
2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Duke412014.91--
2024Duke32862.71--
2023Duke1166745.86--
2022Duke795086.45--
2021Duke5122.40--
Career5 loaded seasons2731,4815.413--
SeasonTeam
2025Duke5418.20--
2024Duke341.30--
2023Duke46416.00--
2022Duke78111.60--
2021Duke----------
Career5 loaded seasons1919010.00--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

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.

Receiving work 5 41 rec yds | #315/552 (43rd pct)
Usage 9.0% 17.1% rush share | #354/738 (52nd pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.07 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #263/362 (28th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 201 #336/735 54th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #323/739 56th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.9 #305/735 59th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 5 #315/552 43rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 41 #309/548 44th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.07 #263/362 28th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 34 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 9.0% #354/738 52nd pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 41 #341/739 54th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 32 #286/733 61st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 24 #174/540 68th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 8.2 #197/548 64th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 17.1% #311/738 58th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 11.1% #324/738 56th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 10.5% #323/738 56th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 9.7% #358/738 52nd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 7.1% #338/738 54th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 2.6% #351/738 53rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.2% #589/738 20th pct Money-down loadvs 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home4g20.53.90.2
Road4g29.84.40.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins5g21.64.00.2
Losses3g31.04.40.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-77g25.64.10.1
Weeks 8+1g22.04.40.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

23Below cohort
8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: carries (1st).

Yards / carry#171 / 349 · 49th pct
4.9rush
Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct
1fumb
Long run#240 / 349 · 31st pct
32rush
Rec yards#259 / 338 · 23rd pct
41rece
Receptions#269 / 338 · 18th pct
5rece
Rush TDs#284 / 349 · 13th pct
1rush
Rush yards#326 / 349 · 7th pct
201rush
Carries#342 / 349 · 2nd pct
41rush

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
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.

wepa_rushing0.07Below (<p25) (n=178)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Jaquez MooreDukeJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 55% simTae MeadowsTroy· 54% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 53% sim
Yards / carry
49
Moore
41
Brunson
29
Meadows
33
Wright
Fumbles lost
49
Moore
49
Brunson
49
Meadows
49
Wright
Long run
31
Moore
73
Brunson
53
Meadows
49
Wright
Rec yards
23
Moore
3
Brunson
38
Meadows
10
Wright
Receptions
18
Moore
2
Brunson
45
Meadows
32
Wright
Rush TDs
13
Moore
50
Brunson
72
Meadows
62
Wright
Rush yards
7
Moore
80
Brunson
74
Meadows
84
Wright
Carries
2
Moore
85
Brunson
84
Meadows
92
Wright

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 Nathaniel Peat’s 2022 season.

Nathaniel Peat

86%match

Missouri · 2022

#2

Jalen Mitchell

Louisville · 2021

82%
#3

Myles Montgomery

UCF · 2025

77%
#4

Ivory Kelly-Martin

Iowa · 2021

77%
#5

Pat Garwo III

Boston College · 2023

76%

Matches Nathaniel on

Height
Rush TD rate
EPA / carry (adj)

Differs from Nathaniel on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Roman Hemby's graduate season at Indiana (2025).

Roman Hemby

75%match

Indiana · 2025

All-Big Ten
#2

Kevorian Barnes

TCU · 2025

74%
#3

Will Nixon

Syracuse · 2025

73%
#4

Reggie Love III

Purdue · 2024

64%
#5

Shomari Lawrence

Missouri State · 2025

61%

Matches Roman on

Total rush EPA (college ability)
Receiving share
Yards / reception

Differs from Roman on

Height (lower)
EPA / carry (adj) (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

Pass share

53.3%

506 pass / 444 run

Plays / game

67.9

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.7%

358 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

4 coaches
2021
David Cutcliffe
Duke
2022
Mike Elko
Duke
era →
2023
Trooper Taylor
Duke
era →
2024
Manny Diaz
Duke
era →
2025
Manny Diaz
Duke

Played under 4 different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, Trooper Taylor, and Manny Diaz. Multi-era developmental context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownLive Oak, FL
Height5'10"
Weight205 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey9

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 Duke RB4 #649 #578 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC
2023 Duke RB4 #241 #294 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | ACC
2022 Duke RB4 #262 #297 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | ACC
2021 Duke RB4 #2404 #2480 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Duke ACC RB 4 No. 9 | 5-10 | 205 lb | Live Oak, FL
2024 Duke ACC RB 4 No. 9 | 5-10 | 205 lb | Live Oak, FL
2023 Duke ACC RB 4 No. 9 | 5-10 | 205 lb | Live Oak, FL
2022 Duke ACC RB 4 No. 9 | 5-10 | 205 lb | Live Oak, FL
2021 Duke ACC RB 4 No. 9 | 5-10 | 205 lb | Live Oak, FL