CFB Zeitgeist Score
64
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 98th percentile.
Louis Moore
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
90 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Indiana for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Indiana
Returning around him
- 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 8 Indiana players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (17 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Indiana · Last season: 16-0 (AP #1) · Talent rank #72 · 2026 recruiting class #47
DB · INDIANA · BIG TEN
Louis Moore
- 4
- #7
- 5-11 | 200 lb
- Mesquite, TX
Heisman Heat
#6769
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2022
Indiana · DB
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2023
Indiana · DB
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★
2025
Indiana · DB
R11 · National watch / fringe AA
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Indiana
NFL
NFL Draft
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Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#3 in market ▲ from #5 · 4 books
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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
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 · 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 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Honors Badge 0.7% Honors Badge Recognized on a major honors list (Heisman, All-American, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Nagurski, Biletnikoff). Held by 0.7% of the 2025 pool. Recognized on: All-America (CBS).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
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 Louis Moore
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 Louis Moore
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 defensive totals stand
Through 16g
90Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Final
90Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 90.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Louis Moore is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Indiana's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 5 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.
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
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
90 98th
SOLO
45 97th
TFL
2.5 75th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
3 76th
INT
5 99th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 16 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-14vs Old Dominion | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-9vs Kennesaw State | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 73-0vs Indiana State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-10vs Illinois | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-15@ Iowa | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-20@ Oregon | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-13vs Michigan State | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 56-6vs UCLA | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-10@ Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-24@ Penn State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-7vs Wisconsin | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-3@ Purdue | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 13-10@ Ohio State | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 38-3vs Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | W 56-22vs Oregon | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 27-21vs Miami | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 90 | 45 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 |
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
2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning
2023Indiana3-9HC: Tom Allen · Run-leaning
2025Indiana16-0HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-heavy
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 90 | #86/4942 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 2.5 | #1236/4972 | 75th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 5 | #6/869 | 99th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 3 | #521/2184 | 76th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 53 | #99/578 | 83rd pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 45 | #128/4584 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 10.6 | #353/578 | 39th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
NATIONAL WATCH
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
NATIONAL WATCH · Rung 11 of 16
Why he’s here
National watch / fringe All-American — on the edge of a 1st-team nod.
What moves him up
Convert a fringe mention into a 1st-team NCAA-selector All-American spot.
What moves him down
A quiet close drops this back to the conference honors.
Accolade streams
1st-team selections3×1ST
Listed 1st-team by 3 selectors — on the doorstep of Consensus All-American.
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI1st
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 16 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home10g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins16g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort
64Solid starter
Elite: interceptions (98th). Strength: tackles (97th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DB · 2024
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.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Louis MooreIndianaTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 95% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 83% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 82% sim
Interceptions
Tackles
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Myles Heard’s 2023 season.
Myles Heard
89%match
#2
Jordan Lee
84%
#3
Khoury Bethley
84%
#4
Tywan Francis
81%
#5
Christian Izien
80%
Matches Myles on
Height
Tackle volume
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Myles Heard's senior season at Louisiana Tech (2023).
Myles Heard
92%match
#2
Mason Woods
83%
#3
Jusfin Meyers
81%
#4
Dalton Johnson
All-Big 12NFL Rd 5
79%
#5
Fred Perry
All-Conference USA
79%
Matches Myles on
Class year
Height
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Pass share
38.7%
404 pass / 641 run
Plays / game
65.3
16 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.3%
275 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Tom Allen
Indiana
2023
Tom Allen
Indiana
2025era →
Curt Cignetti
Indiana
Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMesquite, TX
Height5'11"
Weight200 lb
Class4
PositionDB
Jersey7
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Current teamIndiana
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2025)
3 selectors honored him
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
3 All-America selections
National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-America (USA Today) | all_america | USA Today | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (SI) | all_america | SI | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (CBS) | all_america | CBS | DB |
| 2025 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Indiana | Big Ten | DB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.