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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON
Heisman / Players / Peny Boone /UCF

Peny Boone

RB · UCF · Sr · #13

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

CAREER COMPLETEUCF 2024 — college career complete

RB · UCF · BIG 12

Peny Boone

  • 4
  • #13
  • 6-1 | 232 lb
  • Detroit, MI

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#385

<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 RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R02 · Deep reserve

Deep reserve. In the program, working up the two-deep.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2023

2021

Maryland · RB

2022

Toledo · RB

2023

Toledo · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2024

UCF · RB

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2024
1722021
4432022
1,4002023
2082024

+21%

Modest growth (21%) across the multi-season window.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#359 national
CFB
College
3 teams
2021–2024
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey13
Measurements6-1 | 232 lb
HometownDetroit, MI
Primary teamUCF

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 359 recruit
Composite rating 0.8956 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2020
Origin Martin Luther King Detroit, MI, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 4-star | 0.8956 No. 359 recruit | HighSchool

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 UCF 2024
Transfer stars 4-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Apr 18, 2024
Season Move Context
2024 Louisville -> UCF 4-star | 0.9000 | Immediate
2022 Maryland -> Toledo 3-star | 0.8100 | 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#385Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#454Where 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 —

Composite

0.8956

#359 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 Peny Boone

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 Peny Boone

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.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

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

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Peny Boone already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #385 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 8.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 359 recruit

2024 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2024 season snapshot | final

2024 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 217 208 rush | 9 rec | #333/735 (55th pct)
Rush TD 2 34 carries | #247/739 (67th pct)
Yards/carry 6.1 Per-rush efficiency | #104/735 (86th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Efficient runner against FBS RB peers.

Efficient runner

2024 Season · Final

2024 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
34 50th
YDS
208 55th
YPC
6.1 86th
TD
2 67th

Receiving

REC
1 16th
YDS
9 16th
YPR
9.0 71st
TD
0 70th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

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

2021Maryland6-6HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Toledo9-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning
2023Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning
2024UCF4-8HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2024UCF342086.12--
2023Toledo1941,4007.215--
2022Toledo1164433.83--
2021Maryland391724.42--
Career4 loaded seasons3832,2235.822--
SeasonTeam
2024UCF199.00--
2023Toledo1521914.61--
2022Toledo11847.60--
2021Maryland320.70--
Career4 loaded seasons3031410.51--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

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.

Receiving work 1 9 rec yds | #467/552 (16th pct)
Usage 8.9% 13.6% rush share | #360/738 (51st pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.27 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #14/362 (96th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 208 #333/735 55th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 2 #247/739 67th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 6.1 #104/735 86th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 1 #467/552 16th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 9 #460/548 16th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.27 #14/362 96th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 33 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 8.9% #360/738 51st pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 59 #108/733 85th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 34 #370/739 50th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 9 #425/540 21st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 9.0 #159/548 71st pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Returns Kick returns 1 #139/206 33rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 13.6% #390/738 47th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 11.3% #310/738 58th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 10.5% #338/738 54th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 9.4% #366/738 51st pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 4.3% #473/738 36th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 1.2% #638/738 14th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 0.8% #526/738 29th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB

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 splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · RB · 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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
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

Scott Frost

Pass share

51.7%

403 pass / 377 run

Plays / game

65.0

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.5%

324 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach
2021
Gus Malzahn
UCF
2022
Gus Malzahn
UCF
2023
Gus Malzahn
UCF
2024
Gus Malzahn
UCF

Played his entire career under Gus Malzahn.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownDetroit, MI
Height6'1"
Weight232 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey13

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-MAC

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

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
2023 All-MAC all_conference Toledo | MAC RB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 UCF RB4 #385 #454 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 Toledo RB4 #94 #108 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mid-American
2022 Toledo RB4 #1001 #1050 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American
2021 Maryland RB4 #882 #812 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 UCF Big 12 RB 4 No. 13 | 6-1 | 232 lb | Detroit, MI
2023 Toledo Mid-American RB 4 No. 13 | 6-1 | 232 lb | Detroit, MI
2022 Toledo Mid-American RB 4 No. 13 | 6-1 | 232 lb | Detroit, MI
2021 Maryland Big Ten RB 4 No. 13 | 6-1 | 232 lb | Detroit, MI