CFB Zeitgeist Score
76
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 82nd percentile.
Jayshon Platt
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
720 REC YDS · 46 REC · 5 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Illinois
WR · FLORIDA ATLANTIC · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
CFB Zeitgeist Score
76
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 82nd percentile.
Heisman Heat
#4655
<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 WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterStarter. A locked-in starting role.
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025Up 2669% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8617 | No. 962 recruit | HighSchool |
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida Atlantic -> Illinois | 3-star | 0.8600 | Immediate |
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic -> -- | 3-star | Withdrawn |
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.
Selector Grid · 2025
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
0.8617
#962 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.
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
—
Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Rival Radar
Only 2 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
15.7
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
Why it matters
#77 of 531 All FBS WRs at 15.7 yards per reception (46 catches).
Vs cohort
HIGH · n=46 cohort 531
Signature Moment
Week 9 at Navy — 121 ypr
Result L 32-42
The week the volume broke through — put up 121 yds at Navy.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 720.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 720): needs 280/game over remaining 1.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 46): needs 14/game over remaining 1.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 46): needs 34/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 3/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 5/game over remaining 1.
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about Jayshon Platt is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
2025 season snapshot | final
30-second read
Target magnet | Big-play receiver | All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
Rushing
Returns
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-39@ Maryland | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-14vs Florida A&M | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-38@ Florida International | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 0 | 38 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-55vs Memphis | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-21@ Rice | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | W 53-33vs UAB | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 1 | 48 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-48@ South Florida | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | L 32-42@ Navy | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 1 | 44 | Season-high 121 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 40-21vs Tulsa | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 1 | 47 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-35@ Tulane | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 13 | L 45-48vs UConn | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-42vs East Carolina | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 36 | |
| Total | 46 | 720 | 16.1 | 5 | 48 |
Traditional history
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 46 | 720 | 15.7 | 5 | -- |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 51 | 753 | 14.8 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 36 | 608 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | -- | -- | 29 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | -- | -- | 135 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 3 | 36 | 772 | -- | -- |
Advanced metrics second
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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.
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 46 | #137/1110 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 720 | #99/1107 | 91st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 5 | #96/1111 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 15.7 | #221/1106 | 80th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 608 | #3/238 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 12.8% | #333/1137 | 71st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 36 | #84/397 | 79th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 16 | #93/346 | 73rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 12.0 | #31/393 | 92nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 3 | #146/407 | 64th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #19/411 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 48 | #298/1105 | 73rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 25.3 | #35/236 | 86th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 24 | #4/243 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 10.3% | #220/1137 | 81st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 9.5% | #135/1137 | 88th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 8.3% | #194/1137 | 83rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 7.7% | #394/1137 | 65th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.2% | #225/1137 | 80th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 7.2% | #203/1137 | 82nd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 1.0% | #195/1137 | 83rd pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/302 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS WR |
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
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
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
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 76.3 | 19.4 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 43.7 | 12.0 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 3.5 | 62.5 | 18.5 | 0.8 |
| Losses8g | 4.0 | 58.8 | 14.7 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 54.5 | 16.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 65.5 | 16.1 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Elite: rush tds (85th). Strength: rec yards (82nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tim Jones’s 2020 season.
Tim Jones
Bryce Kirtz
Tevailance Hunt
Cameron Dorner
Josh Kelly
Matches Tim on
Differs from Tim on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Joshua Derry’s path through Monmouth.
Joshua Derry
Dillon Stoner
Jalen Smith
Derek Wright
Josh Palmer
Matches Joshua on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Dwyer's senior season at TCU (2025).
Jordan Dwyer
Jalen McMillan
Brock Spalding
Parker Kingston
Marcus Sanders Jr.
Matches Jordan on
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Pass share
62.3%
580 pass / 351 run
Plays / game
77.6
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.2%
423 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Willie Taggart, Tom Herman, and Zach Kittley. Multi-era developmental context.
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
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Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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.
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. | ||||
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | WR3 | #4655 | #4937 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | WR3 | #4939 | #5226 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | WR3 | #4081 | #4347 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Conference USA |
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | WR | 3 | No. 3 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Sarasota, FL |
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | WR | 3 | No. 3 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Sarasota, FL |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | WR | 3 | No. 3 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Sarasota, FL |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | Conference USA | WR | 3 | No. 3 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Sarasota, FL |