CFB Zeitgeist Score
61
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 61st percentile.
Pearson Baldwin
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
302 REC YDS · 26 REC · 2 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Jacksonville State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Jacksonville State
Returning around him
- 84% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +7 net (20 in / 13 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #111 · 2026 recruiting class #110
TE · JACKSONVILLE STATE · CONFERENCE USA
Pearson Baldwin
- 4
- #13
- 6-2 | 225 lb
- Springville, AL
Heisman Heat
#4634
<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
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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
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Jacksonville State
NFL
NFL Draft
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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
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (302).
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 Pearson Baldwin
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 Pearson Baldwin
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 receiving totals stand
Through 13g
302Rec yards
26Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
23.2Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
302Rec yards
26Receptions
2Rec TDs
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Pearson Baldwin's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Jacksonville 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.
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
26 85th
YDS
302 86th
YPR
11.6 69th
TD
2 84th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-17@ UCF | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-24vs Liberty | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-41@ Georgia Southern | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Murray State | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 5 | L 25-42@ Southern Miss | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 29-27@ Sam Houston | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | 23 | Season-high 72 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 38-25vs Delaware | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-27@ UTEP | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-26vs Kennesaw State | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 52 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-27@ Florida International | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-34vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Bowl | W 17-13vs Troy | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 26 | 302 | 10.6 | 2 | 52 |
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
2023Jacksonville State9-4HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2025Jacksonville State9-5HC: Charles Kelly · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville State | 26 | 302 | 11.6 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 26 | 302 | 11.6 | 2 | -- |
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 | 26 | #71/475 | 85th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 302 | #68/475 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #79/475 | 84th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 11.6 | #146/475 | 69th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 11.4% | #63/468 | 87th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 52 | #31/475 | 94th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 6.2% | #99/468 | 79th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 4.8% | #125/468 | 74th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 4.8% | #164/468 | 65th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 4.0% | #127/468 | 73rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 3.2% | #198/468 | 58th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 3.1% | #205/468 | 56th pct | Base-situation 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 19.3 | 12.8 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 2.6 | 26.6 | 8.7 | 0.1 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 1.7 | 22.0 | 11.3 | 0.1 |
| Losses4g | 2.8 | 26.0 | 9.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.3 | 23.3 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.7 | 23.2 | 12.2 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
61Solid starter
Elite: long catch (84th).
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
Pearson BaldwinJacksonville StateRiley NowakowskiIndiana· 87% simNoah MeyersWestern Kentucky· 86% simJett CarpenterNevada· 85% sim
Long catch
Yards / catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Rec TDs
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 Cooper Mathers’s 2023 season.
Cooper Mathers
83%match
#2
Princeton Fant
71%
#3
Bryce Kennon
69%
#4
Gino Campiotti
69%
#5
Jackson Canaan
67%
Matches Cooper on
Reception volume
Class year
Weight
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Xavier Gaines’s path through Marshall.
Xavier Gaines
80%match
All-Conference USA
#2
Tommy Tremble
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 20
75%
#3
Hayden Hatten
72%
#4
Hayden Pittman
All-Conference USA
68%
#5
Jaren Kanak
NFL Rd 7
67%
Matches Xavier on
Yards per reception
Weight
Differs from Xavier on
Height (lower)
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Roschon Johnson's junior season at Texas (2022).
Roschon Johnson
84%match
NFL Rd 4
#2
Cooper Mathers
83%
#3
Alec Holler
79%
#4
Bru McCoy
79%
#5
TJ Harden
76%
Matches Roschon on
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Differs from Roschon on
Reception volume (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Kelly
Pass share
33.8%
328 pass / 642 run
Plays / game
69.3
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.8%
243 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Rich Rodriguez
Jacksonville State
2025era →
Charles Kelly
Jacksonville State
Coaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Charles Kelly. 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.
HometownSpringville, AL
Height6'2"
Weight225 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey13
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Current teamJacksonville State
ConferenceConference USA
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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | TE4 | #4634 | #5010 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Conference USA |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | TE4 | #3990 | #3708 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Conference USA |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | TE | 4 | No. 13 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Springville, AL |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | TE | 4 | No. 13 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Springville, AL |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | TE | 4 | No. 13 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Springville, AL |