CFB Zeitgeist Score
77
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 87th percentile.
Junior Sherrill
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
784 REC YDS · 54 REC · 7 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Vanderbilt for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Vanderbilt
Returning around him
- 86% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 1 Vanderbilt player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -1 net (18 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Vanderbilt · Last season: 10-3 (AP #13) · Talent rank #55 · 2026 recruiting class #76
WR · VANDERBILT · SEC
Junior Sherrill
- 3
- 5-11 | 188 lb
- Nashville, TN
Heisman Heat
#383
<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
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+168%
Up 168% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Vanderbilt
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8542 | No. 1286 recruit | HighSchool | Vanderbilt |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| 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 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 Vanderbilt
Composite
0.8542
#1286 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 Junior Sherrill
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
75
Grounded Optimism
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Junior Sherrill
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 13g
784Rec yards
54Receptions
7Rec TDs
Per game
60.3Rec yards
4Receptions
1Rec TDs
Final
784Rec yards
54Receptions
7Rec TDs
✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 784.
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 Junior Sherrill 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.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 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 against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
54 92nd
YDS
784 93rd
YPR
14.5 73rd
TD
7 97th
Rushing
CAR
4 74th
YDS
16 60th
YPC
4.0 47th
TD
1 96th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Charleston Southern | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | 17 | Season-high 123 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 44-20@ Virginia Tech | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7@ South Carolina | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-21vs Georgia State | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 40 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-35vs Utah State | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 3 | 21 | 3 TD catches |
| Wk 6 | L 14-30@ Alabama | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs LSU | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-10vs Missouri | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-34@ Texas | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-38vs Auburn | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17vs Kentucky | 8 | 115 | 14.4 | 1 | 37 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ Tennessee | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | 32 | |
| Bowl | L 27-34vs Iowa | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 0 | 46 | |
| Total | 54 | 784 | 14.4 | 7 | 46 |
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
2023Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy
2025Vanderbilt10-3HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 54 | 784 | 14.5 | 7 | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 29 | 411 | 14.2 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 20 | 293 | 14.7 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 103 | 1,488 | 14.4 | 13 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 16 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 16 | 427 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 29 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 15 | 61 | 427 | -- | -- |
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 | 54 | #94/1110 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 784 | #73/1107 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 7 | #37/1111 | 97th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 14.5 | #302/1106 | 73rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 17.2% | #158/1137 | 86th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 19 | #77/346 | 78th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 16 | #160/397 | 60th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 4 | #108/407 | 74th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.0 | #211/393 | 47th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #19/411 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 46 | #325/1105 | 71st pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 13.6% | #80/1137 | 93rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 10.1% | #88/1137 | 92nd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 9.4% | #124/1137 | 89th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 9.0% | #164/1137 | 86th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 8.9% | #307/1137 | 73rd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 7.9% | #157/1137 | 86th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 1.1% | #179/1137 | 84th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/302 | 100th 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
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 4.4 | 66.2 | 14.5 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 50.8 | 14.2 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins10g | 3.5 | 52.9 | 14.7 | 0.7 |
| Losses3g | 6.3 | 85.0 | 13.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.4 | 56.7 | 12.7 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 64.5 | 16.4 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
77All-Conference
Elite: rec tds (91st). Strength: rec yards (87th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
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.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Junior SherrillVanderbiltElijah SarrattIndiana· 87% simKevin ConcepcionTexas A&M· 87% simGermie BernardAlabama· 83% sim
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Rush TDs
Receptions
Fumbles lost
Yards / catch
Rush yards
Long catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Slot Technician
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kevin Concepcion’s 2025 season.
Kevin Concepcion
81%match
#2
DeMeer Blankumsee
78%
#3
Jerjuan Newton
All-MAC
76%
#4
Jay Maclin
76%
#5
Tahj Washington
NFL Rd 7
68%
Matches Kevin on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
TD rate
Differs from Kevin on
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kevin Concepcion's junior season at Texas A&M (2025).
Kevin Concepcion
86%match
All-ACC
#2
Jordan Addison
BiletnikoffConsensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 24
80%
#3
Mac Hippenhammer
All-MAC
78%
#4
Jerjuan Newton
All-MAC
77%
#5
Jordan Moore
All-ACC
76%
Matches Kevin on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
TD rate
Differs from Kevin on
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
50.4%
400 pass / 394 run
Plays / game
61.1
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.3%
274 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Clark Lea
Vanderbilt
2024
Clark Lea
Vanderbilt
2025
Clark Lea
Vanderbilt
Played his entire career under Clark Lea.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownNashville, TN
Height5'11"
Weight188 lb
Class3
PositionWR
No fields populated yet.
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Current teamVanderbilt
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc3 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 | Vanderbilt | WR3 | #383 | #502 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | WR3 | #1304 | #2037 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | SEC | WR | 3 | 5-11 | 188 lb | Nashville, TN |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | SEC | WR | 3 | 5-11 | 188 lb | Nashville, TN |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | SEC | WR | 3 | 5-11 | 188 lb | Nashville, TN |