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Jordan Lyle

RB · Miami · So · #2

The Hope Economyas of 2026-06-22

Jordan Lyle carries five-star expectation into Miami's season — promise, not yet proof.

108RUSH YDS1RUSH TD35CARRIES

4★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT

No.133

recruiting national rank

Miami fans frame him as a player to bet on — the case is potential, not production.

medium confidence2 sources
Read the story so far

Jordan Lyle arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.133 recruit nationally. He lines up at RB for Miami.

On the field, the headline is 108 rush yds, with 1 rush td.

Miami fans frame him as a player to bet on — the case is potential, not production.

The number to watch: No.133 — 4★ · national recruit.

Why nowHe is squarely in the 2026 hype cycle — projection season.
  • season totals
  • recruiting national rank
  • compiled from tagged fan discourse

AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Miami for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Miami for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Miami

Returning around him

  • 12% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • 9 Miami players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -6 net (13 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Miami · Last season: 13-3 (AP #10) · Talent rank #15 · 2026 recruiting class #13

RB · MIAMI · ACC

Jordan Lyle

  • 2
  • #2
  • 6-0 | 190 lb
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

6

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 13th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#119

<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 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2024–2025
4002024
1082025

-73%

Sharp dropoff (-73%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#133 national
CFB
College
Miami
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class2
Jersey2
Measurements6-0 | 190 lb
HometownFort Lauderdale, FL
Primary teamMiami

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 133 recruit
Composite rating 0.9403 HighSchool
Signed with Miami 2024
Origin St. Thomas Aquinas Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2024 4-star | 0.9403 No. 133 recruit | HighSchool | Miami

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#119Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#93Where 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 Miami

Composite

0.9403

#133 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 Jordan Lyle

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

68

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 30 mentions
Confidence MEDIUM

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 30 mentions · belief +37 · "Miami Hurricanes surge into the national spotlight with a top-five recruiting cl"Own fans
  • Own fans · n=30

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jordan Lyle

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 6g
108Rush yards
35Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
18Rush yards
6Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
234Rush yards
76Carries
2Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 108): needs 91.7/game over remaining 7.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 108): needs 127.4/game over remaining 7.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 108): needs 198.9/game over remaining 7.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 1.3/game over remaining 7.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 2/game over remaining 7.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 2.7/game over remaining 7.

What made this player interesting

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

Jordan Lyle's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Miami, 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 #119 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 10.8% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 133 recruit

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 130 108 rush | 22 rec | #422/735 (43rd pct)
Rush TD 1 35 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)
Yards/carry 3.1 Per-rush efficiency | #619/735 (16th 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
35 51st
YDS
108 43rd
YPC
3.1 16th
TD
1 56th

Receiving

REC
3 33rd
YDS
22 32nd
YPR
7.3 56th
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 27-24vs Notre Dame5112.205
Wk 6W 28-22@ Florida State7182.606
Wk 8L 21-24vs Louisville5153.0012
Wk 9W 42-7vs Stanford4246.0117Season-high 24 yds
Wk 10L 20-26@ SMU7233.306
Wk 11W 38-10vs Syracuse7172.404
Total351083.2117
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

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Miami351083.11--
2024Miami544007.44--
Career2 loaded seasons895085.75--
SeasonTeam
2025Miami3227.30--
2024Miami4194.80--
Career2 loaded seasons7415.90--
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 3 22 rec yds | #371/552 (33rd pct)
Usage 10.8% 19.3% rush share | #293/738 (60th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.05 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #298/362 (18th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 108 #422/735 43rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #323/739 56th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 3.1 #619/735 16th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 3 #371/552 33rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 22 #373/548 32nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.05 #298/362 18th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 35 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 10.8% #293/738 60th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 35 #362/739 51st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 17 #434/733 41st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 9 #425/540 21st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 7.3 #241/548 56th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 19.3% #269/738 64th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 13.2% #264/738 64th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 12.8% #272/738 63rd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 12.1% #262/738 65th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 5.6% #417/738 44th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 4.6% #458/738 38th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 2.6% #351/738 53rd pct Air-game usagevs 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 · 6 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home4g16.83.40.2
Road2g20.53.00.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins4g17.53.30.2
Losses2g19.03.10.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-72g14.52.40.0
Weeks 8+4g19.83.70.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

6Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: carries (0th).

Rec yards#289 / 338 · 14th pct
22rece
Rush TDs#284 / 349 · 13th pct
1rush
Receptions#305 / 338 · 8th pct
3rece
Long run#319 / 349 · 8th pct
17rush
Yards / carry#342 / 349 · 2nd pct
3.1rush
Rush yards#350 / 349 · 0th pct
108rush
Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct
35rush

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_rushing0.05Below (<p25) (n=178)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Jordan LyleMiamiTae MeadowsTroy· 46% simJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 45% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 45% sim
Rec yards
14
Lyle
38
Meadows
3
Brunson
10
Wright
Rush TDs
13
Lyle
72
Meadows
50
Brunson
62
Wright
Receptions
8
Lyle
45
Meadows
2
Brunson
32
Wright
Long run
8
Lyle
53
Meadows
73
Brunson
49
Wright
Yards / carry
2
Lyle
29
Meadows
41
Brunson
33
Wright
Rush yards
0
Lyle
74
Meadows
80
Brunson
84
Wright
Carries
0
Lyle
84
Meadows
85
Brunson
92
Wright

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

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

Pass share

47.2%

496 pass / 554 run

Plays / game

65.6

16 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.1%

245 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

1 coach
2024
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2025
Mario Cristobal
Miami

Played his entire career under Mario Cristobal.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownFort Lauderdale, FL
Height6'0"
Weight190 lb
Class2
PositionRB
Jersey2

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 Miami RB2 #119 #93 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Miami ACC RB 2 No. 2 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL
2024 Miami ACC RB 2 No. 2 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL