CFB Zeitgeist Score
56
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 66th percentile.
Mason Williams
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
285 REC YDS · 27 REC · 3 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Ohio for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Ohio
Returning around him
- 65% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- Transfer portal: +2 net (18 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ohio · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #126 · 2026 recruiting class #121
TE · OHIO · MID-AMERICAN
Mason Williams
- 2
- #85
- 6-5 | 257 lb
- Mogadore, OH
Heisman Heat
#1094
<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 TE AWARD
Mackey
—
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
In Their Words
240 windows · 2025 fan posts
kam×77.5noah×61.1mason×64.5justin×129.1guard×161.4alex×43.0gabe×172.1doesn×57.4
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+265%
Up 265% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Ohio
NFL
NFL Draft
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Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#21 in market ▼ from #18 · 6 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.
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.
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 Mason Williams
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
71
Grounded Optimism
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=7
- Rivals · n=4
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Mason Williams
Obsession score 3
Rival mentions 4
Weeks on radar 2
Peak moment Week 0 · 2 mentions
Grudging respect 50% Neutral 50% Mockery 0%
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving TDs
3
count
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #222 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 58th
Why it matters
#222 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 3 TDs on 27 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 3 (58th)
MODERATE · n=27 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Yards per reception#384 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#406 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 1 at Rutgers — 1 receiving_tds
Result L 31-34
The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Rutgers.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 13g
285Rec yards
27Receptions
3Rec TDs
Per game
21.9Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
285Rec yards
27Receptions
3Rec TDs
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Mason Williams's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Ohio, 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
TE 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?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
27 86th
YDS
285 84th
YPR
10.6 60th
TD
3 91st
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-34@ Rutgers | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-10vs West Virginia | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | L 9-37@ Ohio State | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-35vs Gardner-Webb | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-20vs Bowling Green | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 1 | 19 | Season-high 93 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 14-20@ Ball State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-21vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-21@ Eastern Michigan | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-20vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-17@ Western Michigan | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-14vs Massachusetts | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-26@ Buffalo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Bowl | W 17-10vs UNLV | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 27 | 285 | 10.4 | 3 | 30 |
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
2023Ohio10-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning
2024Ohio11-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-heavy
2025Ohio9-4HC: Brian Smith · Run-heavy
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 27 | #66/475 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 285 | #77/475 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 3 | #45/475 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 10.6 | #190/475 | 60th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 9.7% | #97/468 | 79th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 30 | #134/475 | 72nd pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 5.2% | #105/468 | 78th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.0% | #120/468 | 75th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 3.6% | #159/468 | 66th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 2.8% | #247/468 | 47th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 2.6% | #263/468 | 44th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 2.6% | #293/468 | 38th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
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
The Mackey 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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 27.4 | 12.4 | 0.1 |
| Road6g | 1.7 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 2.3 | 27.6 | 12.5 | 0.2 |
| Losses4g | 1.5 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 21.7 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.7 | 22.2 | 13.6 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
56Solid starter
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 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
Mason WilliamsOhioRichie AndersonFresno State· 88% simJack VellingMichigan State· 87% simLuke LindenmeyerNebraska· 87% sim
Rec TDs
Receptions
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Long catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaden Platt’s 2025 season.
Jaden Platt
79%match
#2
Michael Masunas
72%
#3
Miles Kitselman
All-SEC
72%
#4
C.J. Dippre
72%
#5
Jeremy Ruckert
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 37
72%
Matches Jaden on
TD rate
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Jaden on
Yards / reception (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaden Platt's junior season at Arkansas (2025).
Jaden Platt
85%match
#2
Ethan Davis
82%
#3
Michael Masunas
75%
#4
Tristian Brank
All-MAC
72%
#5
Blake Whiteheart
71%
Matches Jaden on
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Smith
Pass share
36.6%
311 pass / 539 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.4%
278 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Tim Albin
Ohio
2024
Tim Albin
Ohio
2025era →
Brian Smith
Ohio
Coaching transition mid-career: Tim Albin → Brian Smith. 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.
HometownMogadore, OH
Height6'5"
Weight257 lb
Class2
PositionTE
Jersey85
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Current teamOhio
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc3 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.