CFB Zeitgeist Score
84
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 85th percentile.
Kayden McGee
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
2026 Outlook
Returning to UNLV for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · UNLV
Returning around him
- 15% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: +0 net (15 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UNLV · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #51 · 2026 recruiting class #95
WR · UNLV · MOUNTAIN WEST
Kayden McGee
- 1
- #16
- 6-0 | 170 lb
- Muskogee, OK
Heisman Heat
#876
<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
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
UNLV
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-star | 0.8500 | No. 1565 recruit | HighSchool | UNLV |
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 UNLV
Composite
0.8500
#1565 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 Kayden McGee
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 Kayden McGee
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 6g
0Rec yards
0Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
0Rec yards
0Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
0Rec yards
0Receptions
0Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 0): needs 100/game over remaining 7.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 0): needs 142.9/game over remaining 7.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 0): needs 8.6/game over remaining 7.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 0): needs 11.4/game over remaining 7.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.1/game over remaining 7.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.4/game over remaining 7.
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 Kayden McGee 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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
7 84th
YDS
56 87th
YPC
8.0 81st
TD
1 96th
Returns
PR YDS
29 41st
PR AVG
29.0 98th
RET TD
1 89th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | W 31-17@ Wyoming | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 51-48vs Air Force | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-40vs New Mexico | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-26vs Utah State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 15 | L 21-38@ Boise State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | L 10-17@ Ohio | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — |
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
2024UNLV11-3HC: Barry Odom · Run-heavy
2025UNLV10-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Returns | Punt return yards | 29 | #134/224 | 41st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 1.4% | #1108/1137 | 3rd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 56 | #51/397 | 87th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 25 | #45/346 | 87th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 8.0 | #76/393 | 81st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 7 | #65/407 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #19/411 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 29.0 | #6/222 | 98th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return TD | 1 | #4/27 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 1 | #182/237 | 24th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 6.6% | #269/1137 | 76th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 6.1% | #15/1137 | 99th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.4% | #470/1137 | 59th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 3.3% | #712/1137 | 37th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 1.2% | #974/1137 | 14th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 1.1% | #996/1137 | 12th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 0.0% | #937/1137 | 18th pct | Money-down loadvs 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 · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | — | — | — | — |
| Road3g | — | — | — | — |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | — | — | — | — |
| Losses3g | — | — | — | — |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | — | — | — | — |
| Weeks 8+3g | — | — | — | — |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
84All-Conference
Elite: rush tds (85th). Strength: rush yards (84th).
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.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
46.5%
423 pass / 487 run
Plays / game
65.0
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.8%
283 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Barry Odom
UNLV
2025era →
Dan Mullen
UNLV
Coaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Dan Mullen. 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.
HometownMuskogee, OK
Height6'0"
Weight170 lb
Class1
PositionWR
Jersey16
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamUNLV
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2025
Career arc2 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 | UNLV | WR1 | #876 | #860 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.