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Heisman / Players / Jasiyah Robinson /East Carolina

Jasiyah Robinson

DL · East Carolina · Sr · #8

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

26 TACKLES · 5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to East Carolina for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to East Carolina for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · East Carolina

Returning around him

  • 51% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 1 East Carolina player drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -3 net (23 in / 26 out)

2026 Award watch

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

East Carolina · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #78 · 2026 recruiting class #77

DL · EAST CAROLINA · AMERICAN ATHLETIC

Jasiyah Robinson

  • 4
  • #8
  • 6-3 | 252 lb
  • Groveport, OH

CFB Zeitgeist Score

64

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 96th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#12325

<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 1 · 2-deep

R03 · Backup

Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1310 national
CFB
College
East Carolina
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionDL
Class4
Jersey8
Measurements6-3 | 252 lb
HometownGroveport, OH
Primary teamEast Carolina

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1310 recruit
Composite rating 0.8467 HighSchool
Signed with Michigan State 2020
Origin Groveport Madison Groveport, OH, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 3-star | 0.8467 No. 1310 recruit | HighSchool | Michigan State
2020 3-star | 0.8315 No. 166 recruit | JUCO | East Carolina

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#12325Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#12291Where 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 East Carolina

Composite

0.8315

#166 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 Jasiyah Robinson

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 Jasiyah Robinson

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
26Tackles
6.5Tackles for loss
5Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.6Tackles for loss
0.5Sacks
Projected (13g)
31Tackles
7.7Tackles for loss
5.9Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 26): needs 27/game over remaining 2.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 26): needs 37/game over remaining 2.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 5): needs 0.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 5): needs 2.5/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.

Jasiyah Robinson is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on East Carolina's defense, with 5.0 sacks, 6.5 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 #12325 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 5.0 sacks | 6.5 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 26 14 solo | #1609/4942 (67th pct)
TFL 6.5 Backfield disruption | #340/4972 (93rd pct)
Sacks 5.0 Pass-rush finish | #102/4972 (98th 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
26 67th
SOLO
14 67th
TFL
6.5 93rd
SACK
5.0 98th
QBH
3 75th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 2W 56-3vs Campbell221.01.00
Wk 3W 38-0@ Coastal Carolina221.01.00
Wk 4L 13-34vs BYU321.00.00
Wk 5W 28-6vs Army320.00.00
Wk 7L 19-26@ Tulane310.00.00
Wk 8W 41-27vs Tulsa410.50.50
Wk 10W 45-14@ Temple221.01.00
Wk 11W 48-22vs Charlotte100.50.00
Wk 12W 31-27vs Memphis000.00.00
Wk 14W 42-3@ Florida Atlantic100.00.00
BowlW 23-17vs Pittsburgh521.51.50
Total26146.55.00
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

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo
2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced
2023East Carolina2-10HC: Mike Houston · Balanced
2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo
SeasonTeam
2025East Carolina26146.55.0------
2023East Carolina2--0.00.0------
2022East Carolina2--0.00.0------
2021East Carolina2--0.00.0------
Career4 loaded seasons32146.55.0------
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 3 Quarterback hurries | #462/1878 (75th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 26 #1609/4942 67th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 6.5 #340/4972 93rd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 5.0 #102/4972 98th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 3 #462/1878 75th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 14 #1520/4584 67th 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

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
Home7g2.60.60.40.0
Road4g2.00.50.50.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins9g2.20.60.60.0
Losses2g3.00.50.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g3.00.80.60.0
Weeks 8+5g1.60.40.30.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort

64Solid starter
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (96th). Strength: tackles for loss (87th). Concern: passes defended (17th).

Sacks#102 / 2975 · 96th pct
5.0defe
Tackles for loss#340 / 2975 · 87th pct
6.5defe
QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct
3defe
Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct
0fumb
Solo tackles#1520 / 2975 · 47th pct
14defe
Tackles#1609 / 2975 · 45th pct
26defe
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 · 7 metrics
Jasiyah RobinsonEast CarolinaMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 72% simEthan WesloskiNorth Texas· 70% simAmare CampbellPenn State· 69% sim
Sacks
96
Robinson
80
Parker
74
Wesloski
89
Campbell
Tackles for loss
87
Robinson
87
Parker
95
Wesloski
96
Campbell
QB hurries
82
Robinson
88
Parker
95
Wesloski
88
Campbell
Forced fumbles
47
Robinson
47
Parker
47
Wesloski
47
Campbell
Solo tackles
47
Robinson
96
Parker
99
Wesloski
100
Campbell
Tackles
45
Robinson
98
Parker
99
Wesloski
99
Campbell
Passes defended
18
Robinson
18
Parker
18
Wesloski
48
Campbell

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

Player DNA

The 3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kingsley Jonathan’s 2021 season.

Kingsley Jonathan

87%match

Syracuse · 2021

#2

Zach McCloud

Miami · 2021

85%
#3

Blaine Spires

Utah State · 2023

83%
#4

Jasheen Davis

Wake Forest · 2021

83%
#5

David Reese

California · 2023

82%

Matches Kingsley on

Weight
Height
TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Eric Phillips's graduate season at Cincinnati (2024).

Eric Phillips

82%match

Cincinnati · 2024

#2

John Lewis

West Virginia · 2025

81%
#3

Ethan Hurkett

Iowa · 2025

81%
#4

Korey Foreman

Fresno State · 2025

80%
#5

Johnny Walker

Missouri · 2024

79%

Matches Eric on

Class year
Height
TFL rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

Pass share

44.5%

440 pass / 548 run

Plays / game

76.0

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.7%

343 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

2 coaches
2021
Mike Houston
East Carolina
2022
Mike Houston
East Carolina
2023
Mike Houston
East Carolina
2025
Blake Harrell
East Carolina
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. 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.

HometownGroveport, OH
Height6'3"
Weight252 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey8

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 East Carolina DL4 #12325 #12291 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | American Athletic
2023 East Carolina DL4 #12773 #12886 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | American Athletic
2022 East Carolina DL4 #13250 #13211 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | American Athletic
2021 East Carolina DL4 #12638 #12507 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | American Athletic

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 East Carolina American Athletic DL 4 No. 8 | 6-3 | 252 lb | Groveport, OH
2024 East Carolina American Athletic DL 4 No. 8 | 6-3 | 252 lb | Groveport, OH
2023 East Carolina American Athletic DL 4 No. 8 | 6-3 | 252 lb | Groveport, OH
2022 East Carolina American Athletic DL 4 No. 8 | 6-3 | 252 lb | Groveport, OH
2021 East Carolina American Athletic DL 4 No. 8 | 6-3 | 252 lb | Groveport, OH