CFB Zeitgeist Score
58
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 89th percentile.
La'Vell Wright
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
471 RUSH YDS · 10 RUSH TD · 85 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Western Kentucky for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Western Kentucky
Returning around him
- 33% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: -3 net (19 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Western Kentucky · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #100 · 2026 recruiting class #96
RB · WESTERN KENTUCKY · CONFERENCE USA
La'Vell Wright
- 4
- #11
- 6-0 | 222 lb
- Louisville, KY
Heisman Heat
#2331
<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
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2021–2025+299%
Up 299% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8630 | No. 837 recruit | HighSchool |
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 · 2023 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 19Heisman 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 —
Composite
0.8630
#837 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 La'Vell Wright
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about La'Vell Wright
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 13g
471Rush yards
85Carries
10Rush TDs
Per game
36.2Rush yards
7Carries
1Rush TDs
Final
471Rush yards
85Carries
10Rush TDs
✓ Hit 10 rushing TDs · finished with 10.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
La'Vell Wright's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Western Kentucky, 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
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
85 74th
YDS
471 76th
YPC
5.5 74th
TD
10 96th
Receiving
REC
10 61st
YDS
88 66th
YPR
8.8 68th
TD
1 89th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-24vs Sam Houston | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 1 | W 55-6vs North Alabama | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-45@ Toledo | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-16vs Nevada | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 2 | 14 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-22@ Missouri State | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 2 | 17 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24@ Delaware | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-25vs Florida International | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-27@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-16vs New Mexico State | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-26vs Middle Tennessee | 11 | 84 | 7.6 | 2 | 37 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-13@ LSU | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 14 | L 34-37@ Jacksonville State | 14 | 116 | 8.3 | 2 | 39 | Season-high 116 yds |
| Bowl | W 27-16@ Southern Miss | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 85 | 471 | 4.4 | 10 | 39 |
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
2021Kentucky9-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning
2022Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | 85 | 471 | 5.5 | 10 | -- |
| 2022 | Kentucky | 38 | 116 | 3.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Kentucky | 9 | 118 | 13.1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 132 | 705 | 5.3 | 11 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Kentucky | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Kentucky | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 16 | 116 | 7.2 | 1 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 471 | #174/735 | 76th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 10 | #33/739 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.5 | #192/735 | 74th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 10 | #217/552 | 61st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 88 | #190/548 | 66th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.27 | #14/362 | 96th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 87 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 10.5% | #301/738 | 59th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 85 | #195/739 | 74th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 39 | #240/733 | 67th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 22 | #198/540 | 64th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 8.8 | #175/548 | 68th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #60/552 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 21.8% | #230/738 | 69th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 12.2% | #292/738 | 61st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 11.2% | #321/738 | 57th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 10.4% | #328/738 | 56th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 8.9% | #246/738 | 67th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.0% | #345/738 | 53rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 2.3% | #376/738 | 49th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 35.0 | 5.2 | 1.0 |
| Road7g | 37.3 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 36.2 | 4.7 | 0.9 |
| Losses4g | 36.2 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 30.6 | 4.5 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 42.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
58Solid starter
Elite: rush tds (89th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2023
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.
wepa_rushing0.27Elite (≥p90) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
La'Vell WrightWestern KentuckySire GainesBoise State· 79% simJeremiah CobbAuburn· 75% simKamari MoultonIowa· 75% sim
Rush TDs
Yards / carry
Rush yards
Rec yards
Carries
Long run
Receptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Power Back
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kevin Perkins’s 2020 season.
Kevin Perkins
69%match
#2
Joshua McCray
61%
#3
Tyler Lavine
55%
#4
Noah Cain
60%
#5
Ja'Quinden Jackson
59%
Matches Kevin on
Yards / carry
Weight
Class year
Differs from Kevin on
Yards / reception (higher)
Rush TD rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Isaac Guerendo's senior season at Louisville (2023).
Isaac Guerendo
70%match
NFL Rd 4
#2
Samson Evans
All-MAC
66%
#3
Dylan McDuffie
All-MAC
60%
#4
Joshua McCray
63%
#5
Alonza Barnett
All-Sun Belt
59%
Matches Isaac on
Yards / carry
Height
Receiving share
Differs from Isaac on
Rush TD rate (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
54.9%
492 pass / 404 run
Plays / game
68.9
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.5%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021
Tyson Helton
Western Kentucky
2022
Tyson Helton
Western Kentucky
2025
Tyson Helton
Western Kentucky
Played his entire career under Tyson Helton.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLouisville, KY
Height6'0"
Weight222 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey11
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamWestern Kentucky
ConferenceConference USA
Joined2025
Career arc4 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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | RB | 4 | No. 11 | 6-0 | 222 lb | Louisville, KY |
| 2023 | Kentucky | SEC | RB | 4 | No. 11 | 6-0 | 222 lb | Louisville, KY |
| 2022 | Kentucky | SEC | RB | 4 | No. 11 | 6-0 | 222 lb | Louisville, KY |
| 2021 | Kentucky | SEC | RB | 4 | No. 11 | 6-0 | 222 lb | Louisville, KY |