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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON
Heisman / Players / Kobe Prentice /Baylor

Kobe Prentice

WR · Baylor · Sr · #16

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

380 REC YDS · 26 REC · 6 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Baylor for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Baylor for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Baylor

Returning around him

  • 82% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • 2 Baylor players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -1 net (31 in / 32 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Baylor · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #35 · 2026 recruiting class #36

WR · BAYLOR · BIG 12

Kobe Prentice

  • 4
  • #16
  • 5-11 | 190 lb
  • Calera, AL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

65

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 87th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#690

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2022–2025
3372022
3142023
1292024
3802025

+13%

Modest growth (13%) across the multi-season window.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#78 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey16
Measurements5-11 | 190 lb
HometownCalera, AL
Primary teamBaylor

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 78 recruit
Composite rating 0.9687 HighSchool
Signed with Alabama 2022
Origin Calera Calera, AL, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 4-star | 0.9687 No. 78 recruit | HighSchool | Alabama

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Baylor 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 17, 2024
Season Move Context
2025 Alabama -> Baylor 3-star | 0.8900 | 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 16
Current nowcast#690Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#552Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

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

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Alabama

Composite

0.9687

#78 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

PENDING

The 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 Kobe Prentice

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmNational: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "Kobe Prentice -- who caught a TD pass for Alabama against the Cats in the Sugar "National
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Kobe Prentice

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Yards per reception

14.6

yds

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #120 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 78th

Why it matters

#120 of 531 All FBS WRs at 14.6 yards per reception (26 catches).

Vs cohort

This player 14.6 (78th)

MODERATE · n=26 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving TDs#55 / 531
  • Receiving yards (total)#322 / 531

Signature Moment

Week 14 vs Houston — 96 ypr

Result L 24-31

The week the volume broke through — put up 96 yds vs Houston.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 10g
380Rec yards
26Receptions
6Rec TDs
Per game
38Rec yards
3Receptions
1Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
494Rec yards
34Receptions
8Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 380): needs 106.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 380): needs 206.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 26): needs 11.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 26): needs 18/game over remaining 3.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 6): needs 0.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 6): needs 1.3/game over remaining 3.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Kobe Prentice's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Baylor, 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.

Current place #690 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 4.6% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 78 recruit

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
Receptions 26 6 rec TD | #335/1110 (70th pct)
Receiving yards 380 14.6 per catch | #304/1107 (73rd pct)
Scrimmage yards 380 Total offensive yardage | #304/1107 (73rd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
26 70th
YDS
380 73rd
YPR
14.6 74th
TD
6 95th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 24-38vs Auburn23819.0133
Wk 2W 48-45@ SMU46315.82282 TD catches
Wk 3W 42-7vs Samford4164.0112
Wk 4L 24-27vs Arizona State5459.0015
Wk 5W 45-27@ Oklahoma State17373.0173
Wk 6W 35-34vs Kansas State13030.0130
Wk 8L 36-42@ TCU294.506
Wk 9L 20-41@ Cincinnati284.005
Wk 13L 17-41@ Arizona122.002
Wk 14L 24-31vs Houston49624.0048Season-high 96 yds
Total2638018.5673
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced
2023Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy
2024Alabama9-4HC: Kalen DeBoer · Run-leaning
2025Baylor5-7HC: Dave Aranda · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
SeasonTeam
2025Baylor2638014.66--
2024Alabama1112911.71--
2023Alabama1831417.42--
2022Alabama3133710.92--
Career4 loaded seasons861,16013.511--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

Usage 4.6% 8.0% pass-game share | #614/1137 (46th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 6 Across offense and returns | #56/1111 (95th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 26 #335/1110 70th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 380 #304/1107 73rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 6 #56/1111 95th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 14.6 #291/1106 74th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 8.0% #614/1137 46th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 73 #75/1105 93rd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 5.4% #375/1137 67th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 4.9% #719/1137 37th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 4.6% #536/1137 53rd pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 4.5% #575/1137 50th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 4.5% #450/1137 61st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 3.3% #795/1137 30th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home5g3.245.017.20.6
Road5g2.031.019.90.6

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins4g2.545.530.71.2
Losses6g2.733.010.40.2

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-76g2.844.225.11.0
Weeks 8+4g2.228.88.60.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

65Solid starter
5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (87th). Strength: rec tds (86th).

Long catch#69 / 558 · 87th pct
73rece
Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct
6rece
Yards / catch#154 / 558 · 72nd pct
14.6rece
Rec yards#304 / 558 · 46th pct
380rece
Receptions#335 / 558 · 39th pct
26rece

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
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

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

3 peers · 5 metrics
Kobe PrenticeBaylorJordan HudsonSMU· 69% simVictor SnowBuffalo· 68% simDenzel BostonWashington· 68% sim
Long catch
87
Prentice
84
Hudson
91
Snow
94
Boston
Rec TDs
87
Prentice
87
Hudson
95
Snow
98
Boston
Yards / catch
72
Prentice
46
Hudson
51
Snow
66
Boston
Rec yards
46
Prentice
86
Hudson
89
Snow
92
Boston
Receptions
39
Prentice
90
Hudson
91
Snow
91
Boston

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Cedric Patterson III’s 2021 season.

Cedric Patterson III

70%match

Rice · 2021

#2

Michael Jackson III

USC · 2022

69%
#3

Josh Vann

South Carolina · 2022

69%
#4

Khafre Brown

South Florida · 2023

67%
#5

Logan Loya

UCLA · 2024

67%

Matches Cedric on

Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception

Differs from Cedric on

TD rate (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Reception volume (lower)

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Hunter Long’s path through Boston College.

Hunter Long

99%match

Boston College · 2020

All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 18
#2

Cade McDonald

Miami (OH) · 2024

96%
#3

Taylor Grimes

Incarnate Word · 2022

96%
#4

Joshua Harris

Furman · 2024

96%
#5

Mekhi Shaw

San Diego State · 2024

95%

Matches Hunter on

Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Khafre Brown's senior season at South Florida (2023).

Khafre Brown

72%match

South Florida · 2023

#2

Cash Jones

Georgia · 2024

70%
#3

Reese Smith

Liberty · 2024

67%
#4

Gary Bryant Jr.

Oregon · 2023

65%
#5

Cyrus Allen

Cincinnati · 2025

NFL Rd 5
65%

Matches Khafre on

Total EPA (college ability)
Height
Weight

Differs from Khafre on

Recruiting rating (higher)
TD rate (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

Pass share

55.5%

510 pass / 409 run

Plays / game

76.6

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

5.0%

417 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach
2022
Dave Aranda
Baylor
2023
Dave Aranda
Baylor
2024
Dave Aranda
Baylor
2025
Dave Aranda
Baylor

Played his entire career under Dave Aranda.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownCalera, AL
Height5'11"
Weight190 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey16

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

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 Alabama WR4 #690 #552 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Alabama WR4 #440 #332 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 Alabama WR4 #519 #380 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Baylor Big 12 WR 4 No. 16 | 5-11 | 190 lb | Calera, AL
2024 Alabama SEC WR 4 No. 16 | 5-11 | 190 lb | Calera, AL
2023 Alabama SEC WR 4 No. 16 | 5-11 | 190 lb | Calera, AL
2022 Alabama SEC WR 4 No. 16 | 5-11 | 190 lb | Calera, AL