CFB Zeitgeist Score
53
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 64th percentile.
Kirby Vorhees
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
576 RUSH YDS · 5 RUSH TD · 138 CARRIES
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
RB · WASHINGTON STATE · PAC-12
CFB Zeitgeist Score
53
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 64th percentile.
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
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TOP RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterImpact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Career Arc
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
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. | ||
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Washington State -> -- | Immediate |
| 2025 | South Dakota State -> Washington State | 3-star | 0.8400 | Immediate |
Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.
Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
Selector Grid · 2025
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.
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
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Trajectory
Rival Radar
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
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
To hit 750-yard season (currently 576): needs 174/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 576): needs 424/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 576): needs 924/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 5): needs 5/game over remaining 1.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 5): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 5): needs 15/game over remaining 1.
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Kirby Vorhees's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Washington State, 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.
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
2025 season snapshot | final
30-second read
Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
Receiving
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-10vs Idaho | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-13vs San Diego State | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-59@ North Texas | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-59vs Washington | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-3@ Colorado State | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Ole Miss | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 1 | 46 | Season-high 88 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 20-22@ Virginia | 16 | 45 | 2.8 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7vs Toledo | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-10@ Oregon State | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-24@ James Madison | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | W 32-8vs Oregon State | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Total | 138 | 576 | 4.2 | 5 | 46 |
Traditional history
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 138 | 576 | 4.2 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 138 | 576 | 4.2 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 19 | 125 | 6.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 19 | 125 | 6.6 | 0 | -- |
Advanced metrics second
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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.
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 576 | #125/735 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 5 | #115/739 | 85th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.2 | #455/735 | 38th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 19 | #78/552 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 125 | #123/548 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.11 | #192/362 | 47th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 132 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 20.5% | #84/738 | 89th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 138 | #86/739 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 46 | #191/733 | 74th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 25 | #166/540 | 69th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 6.6 | #295/548 | 46th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 35.2% | #89/738 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 24.6% | #79/738 | 89th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 22.1% | #105/738 | 86th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 19.4% | #103/738 | 86th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 18.5% | #40/738 | 95th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 12.4% | #120/738 | 84th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 7.0% | #86/738 | 88th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 2 | #205/256 | 20th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
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
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 46.5 | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 49.5 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 48.3 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| Losses6g | 47.7 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 40.7 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 55.3 | 3.8 | 0.7 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Concern: fumbles lost (13th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2025
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Parker Jenkins’s 2023 season.
Parker Jenkins
Camryn Edwards
Brandon Campbell
Isaiah Johnson
Trevion Cooley
Matches Parker on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Gary Brightwell’s path through Arizona.
Gary Brightwell
Gerrid Doaks
Kyle Porter
DeCarlos Brooks
Kierre Crossley
Matches Gary on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Campbell's sophomore season at Houston (2022).
Brandon Campbell
Ashten Emory
Camryn Edwards
James Peoples
Telly Johnson Jr.
Matches Brandon on
Differs from Brandon on
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Pass share
48.7%
407 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
64.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.1%
327 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jimmy Rogers.
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
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Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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.
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. | ||||
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. | |||||||||
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | Pac-12 | RB | 2 | No. 9 | 5-11 | 208 lb | Lutz, FL |