CFB Zeitgeist Score
48
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 63rd percentile.
Kensley Louidor-Faustin
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
20 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Missouri
2025Auburn
2026Missouri
S · AUBURN · SEC
Kensley Louidor-Faustin
- 2
- #28
- 5-11 | 183 lb
- Naples, FL
Heisman Heat
#11542
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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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
Auburn
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 | 4-star | 0.8917 | No. 457 recruit | HighSchool | Auburn |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Auburn -> Missouri | 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate |
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 Auburn
Composite
0.8917
#457 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 Kensley Louidor-Faustin
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 Kensley Louidor-Faustin
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 defensive totals stand
Through 10g
20Tackles
3Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.3Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
26Tackles
3.9Tackles for loss
1.3Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 20): needs 20/game over remaining 3.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 20): needs 26.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 1.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 3/game over remaining 3.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Kensley Louidor-Faustin is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Auburn's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 3.0 tackles for loss, and 1 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF 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?
Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
20 60th
SOLO
14 67th
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
1.0 82nd
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
INT
1 65th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-24@ Baylor | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-15vs South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-24@ Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-16@ Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 10-20vs Georgia | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-23vs Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-24@ Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-10vs Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 38-45@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-27vs Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
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
2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced
2025Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 20 | #1998/4942 | 60th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 3.0 | #1006/4972 | 80th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 1 | #308/869 | 65th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 14 | #1520/4584 | 67th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 11.0 | #336/578 | 42nd pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 11 | #393/578 | 32nd pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
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
The Thorpe award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Losses7g | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
48Mid-pack
Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · S · 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
Kensley Louidor-FaustinAuburnTyler MartinMassachusetts· 67% simBrevin HamblinUtah State· 65% simMichael MontgomerySouthern Miss· 65% sim
Passes defended
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Solo tackles
Tackles
Interceptions
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kentrell Webb’s 2023 season.
Kentrell Webb
86%match
#2
Chrishawn Gordon
86%
#3
Robert Stafford
84%
#4
Cameron Sidney
85%
#5
Ethan Tierney
85%
Matches Kentrell on
Height
Weight
Tackle volume
Differs from Kentrell on
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Lynard Harris's sophomore season at UL Monroe (2025).
Lynard Harris
93%match
#2
Ethan Tierney
89%
#3
Warren Roberson
87%
#4
Kelvin Hill
87%
#5
Ja'Von Kimpson
84%
Matches Lynard on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Hugh Freeze
Pass share
44.7%
360 pass / 445 run
Plays / game
67.1
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
13.3%
308 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Hugh Freeze
Auburn
2025
Hugh Freeze
Auburn
Played his entire career under Hugh Freeze.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownNaples, FL
Height5'11"
Weight183 lb
Class2
PositionS
Jersey28
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamAuburn
ConferenceSEC
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 | Auburn | S2 | #11542 | #11591 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.