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Heisman / Players / Louce Julien /Toledo

Louce Julien

DE · Toledo · Sr · #9

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

24 TACKLES · 1 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Toledo for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Toledo for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Toledo

Returning around him

  • 68% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 2 Toledo players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -5 net (33 in / 38 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Toledo · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #75 · 2026 recruiting class #73

DE · TOLEDO · MID-AMERICAN

Louce Julien

  • 4
  • #9
  • 6-2 | 260 lb
  • Orange, NJ

CFB Zeitgeist Score

53

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by tackles for loss at the 73rd percentile.

Heisman Heat

#10753

<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 DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

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

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#2258 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.

PositionDE
Class4
Jersey9
Measurements6-2 | 260 lb
HometownOrange, NJ
Primary teamToledo

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 2258 recruit
Composite rating 0.8100 HighSchool
Signed with Massachusetts 2021
Origin Orange Orange, NJ, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8100 No. 2258 recruit | HighSchool | Massachusetts

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

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#10753Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11359Where 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 Massachusetts

Composite

0.8100

#2258 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 Louce Julien

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 Louce Julien

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.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
24Tackles
4Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.3Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
26Tackles
4.3Tackles for loss
1.1Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 24): needs 56/game over remaining 1.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 24): needs 76/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 5/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 9/game over remaining 1.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Louce Julien is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Toledo's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 4.0 tackles for loss, and -- 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.

Current place #10753 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

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
Total tackles 24 8 solo | #1737/4942 (65th pct)
TFL 4.0 Backfield disruption | #738/4972 (85th pct)
Sacks 1.0 Pass-rush finish | #872/4972 (82nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defender

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
24 65th
SOLO
8 50th
TFL
4.0 85th
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
4 85th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 16-24@ Kentucky410.00.00
Wk 2W 45-21vs Western Kentucky411.01.00
Wk 3W 60-0vs Morgan State111.00.00
Wk 4L 13-14@ Western Michigan220.00.00
Wk 5W 45-3vs Akron520.50.00Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7L 23-28@ Bowling Green100.00.00
Wk 8W 45-10vs Kent State200.00.00
Wk 9L 7-28@ Washington State211.00.00
Wk 12W 24-3@ Miami (OH)000.00.00
Wk 13W 38-9vs Ball State100.00.00
Wk 14W 21-3@ Central Michigan100.50.00
BowlL 22-27@ Louisville100.00.00
Total2484.01.00
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

2022Massachusetts1-11HC: Don Brown · Run-heavy
2023Massachusetts3-9HC: Don Brown · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Massachusetts2-10HC: Shane Montgomery · Run-leaning
2025Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Toledo2484.01.0------
2024Massachusetts43216.54.01----
2023Massachusetts1982.00.0------
2022Massachusetts610.50.0------
Career4 loaded seasons923813.05.01----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 0 Coverage disruption
QB pressures 4 Quarterback hurries | #291/1878 (85th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 24 #1737/4942 65th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 4.0 #738/4972 85th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 1.0 #872/4972 82nd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 4 #291/1878 85th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 8 #2283/4584 50th pct Volumevs 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Lombardi 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g2.60.50.20.0
Road7g1.60.20.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins7g2.00.40.10.0
Losses5g2.00.20.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-77g2.60.40.10.0
Weeks 8+5g1.20.30.00.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DE cohort

53Mid-pack
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (87th). Concern: passes defended (17th).

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct
4defe
Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct
4.0defe
Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct
1.0defe
Tackles#1737 / 2975 · 40th pct
24defe
Solo tackles#2282 / 2975 · 21st pct
8defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DE · 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 · 6 metrics
Louce JulienToledoMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 61% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 60% simEthan WesloskiNorth Texas· 59% sim
QB hurries
88
Julien
88
Parker
82
Davey
95
Wesloski
Tackles for loss
73
Julien
87
Parker
91
Davey
95
Wesloski
Sacks
63
Julien
80
Parker
63
Davey
74
Wesloski
Tackles
40
Julien
98
Parker
99
Davey
99
Wesloski
Solo tackles
21
Julien
96
Parker
99
Davey
99
Wesloski
Passes defended
18
Julien
18
Parker
18
Davey
18
Wesloski

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

Player DNA

The Versatile End

Holds up against run and pass without a single dominant trait.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Bryan Whitehead II’s 2023 season.

Bryan Whitehead II

85%match

Liberty · 2023

#2

Dennard Flowers

South Florida · 2025

83%
#3

Antonio Showers

Troy · 2021

81%
#4

Dennard Flowers

Arkansas State · 2023

78%
#5

Jamil Muhammad

Georgia State · 2022

77%

Matches Bryan on

Sack rate
TFL rate
Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Datona Jackson's senior season at Tulsa (2024).

Datona Jackson

90%match

Tulsa · 2024

#2

Rushawn Lawrence

Minnesota · 2025

89%
#3

Josh Pearcy

Rice · 2023

86%
#4

Sione Lolohea

Oregon State · 2023

86%
#5

Myles Jernigan

California · 2023

84%

Matches Datona on

Class year
Height
Sack rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jason Candle

Pass share

45.9%

397 pass / 467 run

Plays / game

66.5

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.5%

290 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach
2022
Jason Candle
Toledo
2023
Jason Candle
Toledo
2024
Jason Candle
Toledo
2025
Jason Candle
Toledo

Played his entire career under Jason Candle.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownOrange, NJ
Height6'2"
Weight260 lb
Class4
PositionDE
Jersey9

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 Massachusetts DE4 #10753 #11359 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | FBS Independents
2023 Massachusetts DE4 #13954 #14267 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | FBS Independents
2022 Massachusetts DE4 #13472 #13726 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | FBS Independents

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Toledo Mid-American DE 4 No. 9 | 6-2 | 260 lb | Orange, NJ
2024 Massachusetts FBS Independents DE 4 No. 9 | 6-2 | 260 lb | Orange, NJ
2023 Massachusetts FBS Independents DE 4 No. 9 | 6-2 | 260 lb | Orange, NJ
2022 Massachusetts FBS Independents DE 4 No. 9 | 6-2 | 260 lb | Orange, NJ