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Heisman / Players / Moussa Barry /Western Kentucky

Moussa Barry

WR · Western Kentucky · Jr · #3

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

488 REC YDS · 34 REC · 1 REC TD

IN PORTALIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Western Kentucky)

In Portal · 2026

In transfer portal

2025Western Kentucky
DestinationTBD

WR · WESTERN KENTUCKY · CONFERENCE USA

Moussa Barry

  • 3
  • #3
  • 6-2 | 194 lb
  • Dacula, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

48

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 58th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#3845

<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 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
1452023
4882025

+237%

Up 237% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Western Kentucky
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey3
Measurements6-2 | 194 lb
HometownDacula, GA
Primary teamWestern Kentucky

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
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.

Portal moves 2 Programs changed on file
Latest destination -- 2026
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 2, 2025
Season Move Context
2026 Western Kentucky -> -- Immediate
2025 Western Kentucky -> -- Withdrawn

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#3845Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#3681Where 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.

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 Moussa Barry

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 Moussa Barry

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Yards per reception

14.4

yds

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #129 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 76th

Why it matters

#129 of 531 All FBS WRs at 14.4 yards per reception (34 catches).

Vs cohort

This player 14.4 (76th)

HIGH · n=34 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving yards (total)#229 / 531
  • Receiving TDs#402 / 531

Signature Moment

Week 2 at Toledo — 110 ypr

Result L 21-45

The week the volume broke through — put up 110 yds at Toledo.

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

final
Through 13g
488Rec yards
34Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
37.5Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
488Rec yards
34Receptions
1Rec TDs

What made this player interesting

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

Moussa Barry's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Western Kentucky, 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 #3845 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 6.1% Overall usage share
Profile quirk All-purpose load The card should explain why this profile stands out

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 34 1 rec TD | #240/1110 (78th pct)
Receiving yards 488 14.4 per catch | #233/1107 (79th pct)
Scrimmage yards 488 Total offensive yardage | #233/1107 (79th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
34 78th
YDS
488 79th
YPR
14.4 72nd
TD
1 64th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 41-24vs Sam Houston69015.0048
Wk 1W 55-6vs North Alabama2105.006
Wk 2L 21-45@ Toledo311036.7039Season-high 110 yds
Wk 4W 31-16vs Nevada3124.006
Wk 5W 27-22@ Missouri State11313.0013
Wk 6W 27-24@ Delaware11212.0012
Wk 8L 6-25vs Florida International2178.5011
Wk 9W 28-27@ Louisiana Tech11515.0015
Wk 10W 35-16vs New Mexico State5397.8121
Wk 12W 42-26vs Middle Tennessee45213.0022
Wk 13L 10-13@ LSU11818.0018
Wk 14L 34-37@ Jacksonville State36822.7032
BowlW 27-16@ Southern Miss23216.0018
Total3448814.4148
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

2023Western Kentucky8-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning
2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Western Kentucky3448814.41--
2023Western Kentucky914516.11--
Career2 loaded seasons4363314.72--
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 6.1% 10.8% pass-game share | #453/1137 (60th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 1 Across offense and returns | #396/1111 (64th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 34 #240/1110 78th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 488 #233/1107 79th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #396/1111 64th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 14.4 #309/1106 72nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 10.8% #453/1137 60th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 48 #298/1105 73rd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 7.3% #290/1137 75th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 7.3% #437/1137 62nd pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 6.1% #351/1137 69th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 5.6% #362/1137 68th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 5.6% #324/1137 72nd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 3.9% #742/1137 35th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Ball Security Fumbles lost 2 #274/302 10th pct Turnoversvs 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home6g3.736.78.90.2
Road7g1.738.319.10.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins9g2.830.611.20.1
Losses4g2.253.221.50.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-77g2.639.914.50.0
Weeks 8+6g2.734.814.20.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

48Mid-pack
6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: fumbles lost (5th).

Yards / catch#167 / 558 · 70th pct
14.4rece
Rec yards#233 / 558 · 58th pct
488rece
Receptions#240 / 558 · 57th pct
34rece
Long catch#260 / 558 · 52nd pct
48rece
Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct
1rece
Fumbles lost#196 / 218 · 6th pct
2fumb

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 · 6 metrics
Moussa BarryWestern KentuckyTrent WalkerOregon State· 75% simKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 72% simChauncy CobbArkansas State· 72% sim
Yards / catch
70
Barry
40
Walker
28
Jr.
25
Cobb
Rec yards
58
Barry
89
Walker
84
Jr.
87
Cobb
Receptions
57
Barry
95
Walker
94
Jr.
98
Cobb
Long catch
52
Barry
39
Walker
56
Jr.
58
Cobb
Rec TDs
24
Barry
42
Walker
24
Jr.
24
Cobb
Fumbles lost
6
Barry
6
Walker
6
Cobb

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

Player DNA

The Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Gunner Romney’s 2020 season.

Gunner Romney

85%match

BYU · 2020

#2

Jadon Thompson

Cincinnati · 2022

87%
#3

Casey Washington

Illinois · 2021

NFL Rd 6
83%
#4

Shedrick Jackson

Auburn · 2022

80%
#5

Tauskie Dove

Missouri · 2022

79%

Matches Gunner on

Height
TD rate
Yards / reception

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Keith Corbin’s path through Jackson State.

Keith Corbin

100%match

Jackson State · 2021

#2

Tre Walker

San José State · 2020

100%
#3

Malik Murray

East Tennessee State · 2021

99%
#4

Tory Horton

Colorado State · 2024

All-Mountain WestNFL Rd 5
98%
#5

Julius Young

Lafayette · 2022

98%

Matches Keith on

Yards per reception

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ayden Williams's junior season at Mississippi State (2025).

Ayden Williams

77%match

Mississippi State · 2025

#2

Shedrick Jackson

Auburn · 2022

76%
#3

Jadon Thompson

Cincinnati · 2022

74%
#4

Javon Swinton

Indiana · 2022

74%
#5

Austin Upshaw

SMU · 2022

74%

Matches Ayden on

Total EPA (college ability)
Height
Weight

Differs from Ayden on

Reception volume (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

Pass share

54.9%

492 pass / 404 run

Plays / game

68.9

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

5.5%

366 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Tyson Helton
Western Kentucky
2025
Tyson Helton
Western Kentucky

Played his entire career under Tyson Helton.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownDacula, GA
Height6'2"
Weight194 lb
Class3
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 Western Kentucky WR3 #3845 #3681 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Conference USA
2023 Western Kentucky WR3 #2409 #2583 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Conference USA

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Western Kentucky Conference USA WR 3 No. 3 | 6-2 | 194 lb | Dacula, GA
2024 Western Kentucky Conference USA WR 3 No. 3 | 6-2 | 194 lb | Dacula, GA
2023 Western Kentucky Conference USA WR 3 No. 3 | 6-2 | 194 lb | Dacula, GA