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Heisman / Players / Mavin Anderson /Texas State

Mavin Anderson

WR · Texas State · Sr · #3

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

155 REC YDS · 9 REC · 1 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Texas State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Texas State for 2026

Updated May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Wide receiver · Texas State

Returning around him

  • 93% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -4 net (17 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Texas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #76 · 2026 recruiting class #101

WR · TEXAS STATE · SUN BELT

Mavin Anderson

  • 4
  • #3
  • 6-0 | 200 lb
  • Mission Viejo, CA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

33

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 92nd percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1304

<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 WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2022–2025
3722022
87.02023
99.02024
1552025

-58%

Sharp dropoff (-58%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#292 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.

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey3
Measurements6-0 | 200 lb
HometownMission Viejo, CA
Primary teamTexas State

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 292 recruit
Composite rating 0.9031 HighSchool
Signed with California 2021
Origin Mission Viejo Mission Viejo, CA, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 4-star | 0.9031 No. 292 recruit | HighSchool | California

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 Texas State 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Apr 24, 2025
Season Move Context
2025 California -> Texas State 3-star | 0.8200 | 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#1304Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1496Where 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 California

Composite

0.9031

#292 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 Mavin Anderson

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 Mavin Anderson

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 receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 5g
155Rec yards
9Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
31Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
403Rec yards
23Receptions
3Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 155): needs 68.1/game over remaining 8.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 155): needs 105.6/game over remaining 8.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 9): needs 6.4/game over remaining 8.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 9): needs 8.9/game over remaining 8.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 0.9/game over remaining 8.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 1.1/game over remaining 8.

What made this player interesting

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

Mavin Anderson's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Texas State, 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.

Current place #1304 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 3.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 292 recruit

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 9 1 rec TD | #604/1110 (46th pct)
Receiving yards 155 17.2 per catch | #533/1107 (52nd pct)
Scrimmage yards 155 Total offensive yardage | #533/1107 (52nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.

Big-play receiver

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
9 46th
YDS
155 52nd
YPR
17.2 87th
TD
1 64th

Returns

KR YDS
28 32nd
KR AVG
28.0 91st

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 5 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 4W 35-3vs Nicholls23015.0016
Wk 6L 30-31@ Arkansas State11818.0018
Wk 8L 37-40@ Marshall11111.0011
Wk 10L 20-52vs James Madison59619.2148Season-high 96 yds
Wk 11L 39-42@ Louisiana
Total915515.8148
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

2022California4-8HC: Justin Wilcox · Pass-leaning
2023California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Run-leaning
2024California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced
2025Texas State7-6HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Texas State915517.21--
2024California14997.10--
2023California88710.90--
2022California3737210.13--
Career4 loaded seasons6871310.54--
SeasonTeam
2025Texas State----28----
2024California----------
2023California16122----
2022California2-2101----
Career4 loaded seasons34251----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

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.

Usage 3.2% 7.1% pass-game share | #679/1137 (40th pct)
Return yards 28 0 return TD | #164/238 (32nd pct)
Touchdowns 1 Across offense and returns | #396/1111 (64th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 9 #604/1110 46th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 155 #533/1107 52nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #396/1111 64th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 17.2 #141/1106 87th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 28 #164/238 32nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 7.1% #679/1137 40th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 48 #298/1105 73rd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 28.0 #23/236 91st pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 1 #169/243 31st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 6.7% #491/1137 57th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 4.5% #575/1137 50th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 4.2% #713/1137 37th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 3.2% #727/1137 36th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 1.6% #982/1137 14th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 1.2% #987/1137 13th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR

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

2025 season · 5 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home2g3.563.017.10.5
Road3g0.79.714.50.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins1g2.030.015.00.0
Losses4g1.831.216.10.2

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-72g1.524.016.50.0
Weeks 8+3g2.035.715.10.3

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

33Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (91st). Concern: receptions (0th).

Yards / catch#47 / 558 · 92nd pct
17.2rece
Long catch#260 / 558 · 52nd pct
48rece
Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct
1rece
Rec yards#515 / 558 · 8th pct
155rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
9rece

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

Advanced Savant · WR · 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 · 5 metrics
Mavin AndersonTexas StateNik McMillanBuffalo· 41% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 40% simKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 39% sim
Yards / catch
92
Anderson
84
McMillan
78
III
28
Jr.
Long catch
52
Anderson
65
McMillan
65
III
56
Jr.
Rec TDs
24
Anderson
57
McMillan
68
III
24
Jr.
Rec yards
8
Anderson
96
McMillan
94
III
84
Jr.
Receptions
0
Anderson
90
McMillan
90
III
94
Jr.

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

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

G.J. Kinne

Pass share

39.5%

358 pass / 549 run

Plays / game

69.8

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.4%

267 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Jake Spavital
Texas State
2023
G.J. Kinne
Texas State
era →
2024
G.J. Kinne
Texas State
2025
G.J. Kinne
Texas State

Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. 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.

HometownMission Viejo, CA
Height6'0"
Weight200 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey3

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 California WR4 #1304 #1496 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC
2023 California WR4 #2259 #2483 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 California WR4 #1274 #1764 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12
2021 California WR4 #4104 #4216 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Texas State Sun Belt WR 4 No. 3 | 6-0 | 200 lb | Mission Viejo, CA
2024 California ACC WR 4 No. 3 | 6-0 | 200 lb | Mission Viejo, CA
2023 California Pac-12 WR 4 No. 3 | 6-0 | 200 lb | Mission Viejo, CA
2022 California Pac-12 WR 4 No. 3 | 6-0 | 200 lb | Mission Viejo, CA
2021 California Pac-12 WR 4 No. 3 | 6-0 | 200 lb | Mission Viejo, CA