CFB Zeitgeist Score
55
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by yards / att at the 99th percentile.
Keelon Russell
On Trialas of 2026-06-22
Keelon Russell is on trial in Alabama's fan jury — the eye test against the résumé.
143PASS YDS2PASS TD17RUSH YDS
5★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT
No.2
recruiting national rank
Alabama fans can't agree whether the tape backs the reputation.
low confidence1 source
Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
2026 Outlook
Returning to Alabama for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Quarterback · Alabama
Returning around him
- 43% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 10 Alabama players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -7 net (17 in / 24 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Alabama · Last season: 11-4 (AP #11) · Talent rank #2 · 2026 recruiting class #3
QB · ALABAMA · SEC
Keelon Russell
- 1
- #12
- 6-3 | 194 lb
- Duncanville, TX
Heisman Heat
Awaiting
Not on the live Heisman board this week.
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
—
TOP QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
In Their Words
153 windows · 2025 fan posts
keelon×270.8feet×101.5upside×101.5mack×50.8better×14.2start×12.7
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★★
CFB
College
Alabama
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#14 in market ▲ from #30 · 6 books
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-star | 0.9997 | No. 2 recruit | HighSchool | Alabama |
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
Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.
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
NIL Valuation · On3
$1.09M
On3 ranking · Jun 2026
Whisper Rate
$2.00M
per-deal market estimate
Recruit stars
★★★★★
to Alabama
Composite
0.9997
#2 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 Keelon Russell
Fan sentiment · Season 2025 conversation window
Belief Meter
61
Quietly Bullish
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=72
- National · n=7
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Keelon Russell
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 passing totals stand
Through 2g
143Pass yards
2Pass TDs
0INT
Per game
71.5Pass yards
1Pass TDs
0INT
Projected (13g)
929.5Pass yards
13Pass TDs
0INT
To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 143): needs 259.7/game over remaining 11.
To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 143): needs 350.6/game over remaining 11.
To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 2): needs 2.1/game over remaining 11.
To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 2): needs 2.5/game over remaining 11.
To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 2): needs 3/game over remaining 11.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Keelon Russell's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Alabama, 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.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB 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?
Highly efficient | Vertical threat | Pocket-leaning against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
11 33rd
ATT
15 33rd
CMP%
73.3% 88th
Y/A
9.5 90th
Passing Production
YDS
143 36th
TD
2 52nd
INT
0 100th
Rushing
CAR
3 20th
YDS
17 38th
YPC
5.7 82nd
TD
0 44th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 73-0vs UL Monroe | 4/6 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 10.8 | 94.8 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-0vs Eastern Illinois | 7/9 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 53.1 | Season-high 78 yds |
| Total | 11/15 | 143 | 2 | 0 | 9.8 | 74.0 |
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
2025Alabama11-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alabama | 11 | 15 | 73.3% | 143 | 9.5 | 2 | 0 | 197.4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 11 | 15 | 73.3% | 143 | 9.5 | 2 | 0 | 197.4 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alabama | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 143 | #245/382 | 36th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 2 | #198/407 | 52nd pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 11 | #257/383 | 33rd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 73.3% | #46/383 | 88th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 9.5 | #38/382 | 90th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 17 | #255/408 | 38th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 12.1% | #254/428 | 41st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 15 | #275/407 | 33rd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 0 | #1/407 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 9 | #311/391 | 21st pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.7 | #73/407 | 82nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 3 | #327/408 | 20th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #230/408 | 44th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 24.2% | #234/428 | 46th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 21.4% | #231/428 | 46th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 17.4% | #252/428 | 41st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 14.9% | #239/428 | 44th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 9.9% | #262/428 | 39th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 8.0% | #274/428 | 36th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 3.5% | #315/428 | 27th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
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 · 2 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 71.5 | 1.0 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 71.5 | 1.0 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 65.0 | 2.0 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 78.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
55Solid starter
Elite: completion % (99th). Strength: interceptions (99th). Concern: pass yards (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · QB · 2025
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
Keelon RussellAlabamaCade KlubnikClemson· 52% simJalen KitnaUAB· 50% simJoe FagnanoUConn· 48% sim
Completion %
Interceptions
Yards / att
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Pass TDs
Pass yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalen DeBoer
Pass share
53.4%
523 pass / 456 run
Plays / game
65.3
15 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
384 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Kalen DeBoer
Alabama
Played his entire career under Kalen DeBoer.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownDuncanville, TX
Height6'3"
Weight194 lb
Class1
PositionQB
Jersey12
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamAlabama
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model. | |||||||||
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alabama | SEC | QB | 1 | No. 12 | 6-3 | 194 lb | Duncanville, TX |