CFB Zeitgeist Score
35
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 59th percentile.
Quaron Adams
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
273 REC YDS · 20 REC · 1 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to California for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · California
Returning around him
- 22% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 1 California player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -4 net (32 in / 36 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
California · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #36 · 2026 recruiting class #69
WR · CALIFORNIA · ACC
Quaron Adams
- 3
- #18
- 5-7 | 170 lb
- Phoenix, AZ
Heisman Heat
#3169
<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 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
California
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8674 | No. 826 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Dakota -> California | 3-star | 0.8500 | Immediate |
| 2024 | Iowa State -> South Dakota | 3-star | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2023 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 19Heisman 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
0.8674
#826 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
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 Quaron Adams
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 Quaron Adams
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
13.7
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #185 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 65th
Why it matters
#185 of 531 All FBS WRs at 13.7 yards per reception (20 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 13.7 (65th)
MODERATE · n=20 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#420 / 531
- Receiving TDs#402 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 14 vs SMU — 65 ypr
Result W 38-35
The week the volume broke through — put up 65 yds vs SMU.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 10g
273Rec yards
20Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
27.3Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
354.9Rec yards
26Receptions
1Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 273): needs 142.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 273): needs 242.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 20): needs 13.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 20): needs 20/game over remaining 3.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 2.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 3/game over remaining 3.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Quaron Adams's story is about how role and output meet each other. For California, 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
WR 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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
20 63rd
YDS
273 65th
YPR
13.7 65th
TD
1 64th
Rushing
CAR
4 74th
YDS
17 61st
YPC
4.3 48th
TD
0 81st
Returns
KR YDS
21 27th
KR AVG
21.0 63rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 35-3vs Texas Southern | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-14vs Minnesota | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-34@ San Diego State | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-18vs North Carolina | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42@ Virginia Tech | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31vs Virginia | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-26@ Louisville | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 0 | 39 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-31@ Stanford | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-35vs SMU | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 1 | 32 | Season-high 65 yds |
| Bowl | L 31-35@ Hawai'i | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | 17 | |
| Total | 20 | 273 | 15.6 | 1 | 39 |
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
2025California7-6HC: Justin Wilcox · Pass-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | 20 | 273 | 13.7 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 20 | 273 | 13.7 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | 4 | 17 | 21 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 4 | 17 | 21 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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 | 20 | #417/1110 | 63rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 273 | #383/1107 | 65th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #396/1111 | 64th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.7 | #389/1106 | 65th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 21 | #174/238 | 27th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 5.5% | #826/1137 | 27th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 17 | #154/397 | 61st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 9 | #182/346 | 48th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.3 | #205/393 | 48th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 4 | #108/407 | 74th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 39 | #472/1105 | 57th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 21.0 | #88/236 | 63rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 1 | #169/243 | 31st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 1 | #182/237 | 24th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 5.0% | #509/1137 | 55th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.7% | #420/1137 | 63rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 4.2% | #526/1137 | 54th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 4.0% | #610/1137 | 46th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 2.4% | #947/1137 | 17th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 2.3% | #871/1137 | 23rd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 1.6% | #133/1137 | 88th 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
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 28.8 | 14.6 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 25.8 | 16.6 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 2.0 | 36.0 | 21.8 | 0.2 |
| Losses5g | 2.0 | 18.6 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 32.2 | 16.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.7 | 24.0 | 15.3 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
35Mid-pack
Concern: rec tds (23rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2023
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
Quaron AdamsCaliforniaJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 63% simKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 61% simMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 60% sim
Yards / catch
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Rec yards
Long catch
Receptions
Rec TDs
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 Jah'Marae Sheread’s 2020 season.
Jah'Marae Sheread
84%match
#2
Tyrin Smith
83%
#3
Erik Brooks
82%
#4
Erik Brooks
78%
#5
Alred Luke
77%
Matches Jah'Marae on
Height
Yards / reception
Weight
Differs from Jah'Marae on
Reception volume (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Alred Luke's sophomore season at UL Monroe (2023).
Alred Luke
79%match
#2
Zachary Dixon
77%
#3
BJ Busbee
73%
#4
Erik Brooks
72%
#5
Ta'Zhawn Henry
72%
Matches Alred on
TD rate
Weight
Height
Differs from Alred on
Class year (lower)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
57.0%
502 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.2%
353 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Justin Wilcox
California
Played his entire career under Justin Wilcox.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownPhoenix, AZ
Height5'7"
Weight170 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey18
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamCalifornia
ConferenceACC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Iowa State | WR3 | #3169 | #2901 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2022 | Iowa State | WR3 | #3901 | #3981 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | ACC | WR | 3 | No. 18 | 5-7 | 170 lb | Phoenix, AZ |
| 2023 | Iowa State | Big 12 | WR | 3 | No. 18 | 5-7 | 170 lb | Phoenix, AZ |
| 2022 | Iowa State | Big 12 | WR | 3 | No. 18 | 5-7 | 170 lb | Phoenix, AZ |