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Heisman / Players / Logan Smothers /Jacksonville State

Logan Smothers

QB · Jacksonville State · Sr · #7

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSJacksonville State 2023 alumnus

QB · JACKSONVILLE STATE · CONFERENCE USA

Logan Smothers

  • 4
  • #7
  • 6-2 | 200 lb
  • Muscle Shoals, AL

CFB Zeitgeist QB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#1760

<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 QB AWARD

Davey O'Brien

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · passing yards

2021–2023
3172021
96.02022
7352023

+132%

Up 132% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#297 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionQB
Class4
Jersey7
Measurements6-2 | 200 lb
HometownMuscle Shoals, AL
Primary teamJacksonville State

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 297 recruit
Composite rating 0.9016 HighSchool
Signed with Nebraska 2020
Origin Muscle Shoals Athens, AL, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 4-star | 0.9016 No. 297 recruit | HighSchool | Nebraska

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 -- 2023
Transfer stars 4-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Apr 26, 2023
Season Move Context
2023 Nebraska -> -- 4-star | 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#1760Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2069Where 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 Nebraska

Composite

0.9016

#297 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 Logan Smothers

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 Logan Smothers

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.

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

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why this is a two-channel quarterback case

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

The unusual part of Logan Smothers's case is that the production comes in two channels, not one. For Jacksonville State, he has 735 passing yards and 6 touchdown passes, but he also adds 322 rushing yards and 7 rushing scores. That kind of dual-threat load tends to create a more resilient Heisman case because the offense can tilt the game in multiple ways.

Current place #1760 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 14.3% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 297 recruit

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

QB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Pass yards 735 6 TD | 4 INT | #157/382 (59th pct)
Completion rate 56.4% 66/117 completions | #269/383 (30th pct)
Yards/attempt 6.3 Explosiveness through the air | #239/382 (38th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Dual-threat

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
66 58th
ATT
117 62nd
CMP%
56.4% 30th
Y/A
6.3 38th

Passing Production

YDS
735 59th
TD
6 66th
INT
4 36th

Rushing

CAR
85 83rd
YDS
322 87th
YPC
3.8 63rd
TD
7 90th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

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

2021Nebraska3-9HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning
2022Nebraska4-8HC: Mickey Joseph · Run-leaning
2023Jacksonville State9-4HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy, fast tempo
SeasonTeam
2023Jacksonville State6611756.4%7356.364119.3----
2022Nebraska101952.6%965.10095.1----
2021Nebraska233369.7%3179.601144.3----
Career3 loaded seasons9916958.6%1,1486.865121.4----
SeasonTeam
2023Jacksonville State853223.87--
2022Nebraska12282.30--
2021Nebraska371333.62--
Career3 loaded seasons1344833.69--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

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.

Rush impact 322 7 rush TD | #56/408 (87th pct)
Usage 14.3% 19.5% pass share | 11.3% rush share | #242/428 (44th pct)
Passing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 735 #157/382 59th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 6 #141/407 66th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 66 #160/383 58th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 56.4% #269/383 30th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 6.3 #239/382 38th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing yards 322 #56/408 87th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Usage Role share 14.3% #242/428 44th pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 117 #156/407 62nd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 4 #263/407 36th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Rushing Carries 85 #72/408 83rd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing LONG 41 #66/391 83rd pct Metricvs FBS QB
Rushing Rush TD 7 #43/408 90th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Rushing Yards / carry 3.8 #153/407 63rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 20.0% #238/428 45th pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 19.5% #258/428 40th pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 15.5% #223/428 48th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 12.9% #235/428 45th pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 12.4% #252/428 41st pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 11.3% #142/428 67th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 10.6% #297/428 31st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.29 #43/140 70th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 32 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 3 #213/258 18th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB

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 splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · QB · 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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Charles Kelly

Pass share

33.8%

328 pass / 642 run

Plays / game

69.3

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.8%

243 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
Jacksonville State
2022
Jacksonville State
2023
Rich Rodriguez
Jacksonville State
era →

Played his entire career under Rich Rodriguez.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownMuscle Shoals, AL
Height6'2"
Weight200 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey7

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 Jacksonville State QB4 #1760 #2069 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Conference USA
2023 Jacksonville State QB4 #315 #368 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Conference USA
2022 Nebraska QB4 #1011 #1061 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten
2021 Nebraska QB4 #568 #580 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Jacksonville State Conference USA QB 4 No. 7 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Muscle Shoals, AL
2023 Jacksonville State Conference USA QB 4 No. 7 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Muscle Shoals, AL
2022 Nebraska Big Ten QB 4 No. 7 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Muscle Shoals, AL
2021 Nebraska Big Ten QB 4 No. 7 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Muscle Shoals, AL