CFB Zeitgeist Score
22
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 38th percentile.
Kemper Hodges
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
207 RUSH YDS · 3 RUSH TD · 49 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Air Force for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Fullback · Air Force
Returning around him
- 63% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- Transfer portal: -4 net (0 in / 4 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Air Force · Last season: 4-8 · 2026 recruiting class #129
FB · AIR FORCE · MOUNTAIN WEST
Kemper Hodges
- 3
- #4
- 6-0 | 245 lb
- Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Heisman Heat
#4119
<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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Air Force
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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
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.
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 Kemper Hodges
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 Kemper Hodges
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 rushing totals stand
Through 7g
207Rush yards
49Carries
3Rush TDs
Per game
29.6Rush yards
7Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
384.4Rush yards
91Carries
6Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 207): needs 90.5/game over remaining 6.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 207): needs 132.2/game over remaining 6.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 207): needs 215.5/game over remaining 6.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 1.2/game over remaining 6.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 2/game over remaining 6.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 2.8/game over remaining 6.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Kemper Hodges's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Air Force, 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
OTHER 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?
This player profile will sharpen as more advanced context is loaded.
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 37-49vs Boise State | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | L 35-44vs Hawai'i | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-34@ Navy | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 26-16@ San José State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 16-26@ UConn | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-20vs New Mexico | 20 | 50 | 2.5 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-21@ Colorado State | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 1 | 27 | Season-high 87 yds |
| Total | 49 | 207 | 2.9 | 3 | 27 |
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
2025Air Force4-8HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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 | 74 | #1/15 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS peers |
| Passing | Attempts | 14 | #1/25 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS peers |
| Passing | Completions | 6 | #1/15 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS peers |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 5.3 | #11/15 | 33rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS peers |
| Passing | Completion % | 42.9% | #15/15 | 7th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS peers |
| Passing | Interceptions | 0 | #1/25 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS peers |
| Passing | Pass TD | 0 | #2/25 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS peers |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 207 | #1/53 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS peers |
| Rushing | Carries | 49 | #1/50 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS peers |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 27 | #1/29 | 100th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.2 | #20/49 | 61st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS peers |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 3 | #1/54 | 100th pct | Scoringvs FBS peers |
| Defense | Forced fumbles | 1 | #1/10 | 100th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS peers |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 19.8% | #1/6 | 100th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS peers |
| Usage | Pass share | 16.5% | #1/6 | 100th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS peers |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 16.1% | #1/6 | 100th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS peers |
| Usage | Role share | 13.1% | #1/6 | 100th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS peers |
| Usage | Rush share | 12.4% | #1/6 | 100th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS peers |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 12.1% | #1/6 | 100th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS peers |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 11.5% | #1/6 | 100th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS peers |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 9.5% | #2/6 | 83rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS peers |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #29/34 | 18th pct | Turnoversvs FBS peers |
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 · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 19.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 37.5 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 43.5 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| Losses5g | 24.0 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 49.8 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the FB cohort
22Below cohort
Concern: rush yards (7th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · FB · 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
Kemper HodgesAir ForceTae MeadowsTroy· 55% simSeth McGowanKentucky· 52% simJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 52% sim
Fumbles lost
Rush TDs
Long run
Yards / carry
Carries
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Workhorse
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jakobi Buchanan’s 2020 season.
Jakobi Buchanan
86%match
#2
Bryan Bradford
77%
#3
Tyson Riley
63%
#4
Joshua McCray
61%
#5
Dawson Pendergrass
57%
Matches Jakobi on
Yards / carry
Height
Weight
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kyle Porter’s path through Houston.
Kyle Porter
92%match
#2
Deon Jackson
90%
#3
Gary Brightwell
NFL Rd 6
88%
#4
Carson Smith
88%
#5
Darius Wilson
87%
Matches Kyle on
Yards per carry
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Bryan Bradford's sophomore season at Kent State (2021).
Bryan Bradford
84%match
#2
Tyson Riley
66%
#3
Tucker Gleason
All-MAC
68%
#4
Qualan Jones
67%
#5
Tavion Thomas
67%
Matches Bryan on
Class year
Yards / carry
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
20.0%
163 pass / 650 run
Plays / game
67.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
10.6%
151 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Troy Calhoun
Air Force
Played his entire career under Troy Calhoun.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSanta Rosa Beach, FL
Height6'0"
Weight245 lb
Class3
PositionFB
Jersey4
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamAir Force
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 | Air Force | FB3 | #4119 | #4498 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.