CFB Zeitgeist WR Score
Awaiting
John Paul Richardson
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
WR · TCU · BIG 12
John Paul Richardson
- 4
- #7
- 6-0 | 190 lb
- Missouri City, TX
Heisman Heat
#552
<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 1 · 2-deepR03 · Backup
Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2021–2024+336%
Up 336% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8544 | No. 1073 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oklahoma State -> TCU | 3-star | 0.8900 | Immediate |
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—
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
0.8544
#1073 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.
The Room on John Paul Richardson
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 John Paul Richardson
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.
Scenario Explorer
Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.
Why the profile pops beyond receiving
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about John Paul Richardson 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.
2024 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2024 season snapshot | final
2024 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?
Target magnet | All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2024 Season · Final
2024 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
57 93rd
YDS
733 92nd
YPR
12.9 58th
TD
2 75th
Rushing
CAR
1 35th
YDS
3 26th
YPC
3.0 36th
TD
0 81st
Returns
PR YDS
252 95th
PR AVG
11.0 73rd
RET TD
1 89th
Game Log
Week-by-week box
No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.
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
2021Oklahoma State11-2HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo
2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | TCU | 57 | 733 | 12.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | TCU | 46 | 536 | 11.7 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 49 | 503 | 10.3 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 23 | 168 | 7.3 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 175 | 1,940 | 11.1 | 11 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | TCU | 1 | 3 | -- | 252 | 1 |
| 2023 | TCU | 3 | 12 | -- | 83 | -- |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 1 | -10 | 21 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 1 | -1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 6 | 4 | 21 | 335 | 1 |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 57 | #78/1110 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 733 | #90/1107 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #281/1111 | 75th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.9 | #465/1106 | 58th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 252 | #12/224 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 13.1% | #317/1137 | 72nd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 3 | #299/346 | 14th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 3 | #293/397 | 26th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 3.0 | #254/393 | 36th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 1 | #264/407 | 35th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 38 | #486/1105 | 56th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 23 | #6/237 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 11.0 | #60/222 | 73rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return TD | 1 | #4/27 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.7% | #249/1137 | 78th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 8.6% | #146/1137 | 87th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.8% | #403/1137 | 65th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 7.7% | #230/1137 | 80th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 7.7% | #171/1137 | 85th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 5.6% | #442/1137 | 61st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 1.0% | #195/1137 | 83rd pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 2 | #274/302 | 10th pct | Turnoversvs FBS WR |
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
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits
Per-game splits
Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.
Advanced Savant · WR · 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.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
51.9%
460 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
68.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.6%
340 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coaches2021
Gary Patterson
TCU
2022era →
Sonny Dykes
TCU
2023
Sonny Dykes
TCU
2024
Sonny Dykes
TCU
Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. 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.
HometownMissouri City, TX
Height6'0"
Weight190 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey7
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamTCU
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2024
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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 | TCU | WR4 | #552 | #684 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2023 | TCU | WR4 | #752 | #917 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | WR4 | #716 | #830 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | WR4 | #855 | #682 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | TCU | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 7 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Missouri City, TX |
| 2023 | TCU | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 7 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Missouri City, TX |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 7 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Missouri City, TX |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 7 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Missouri City, TX |