CFB Zeitgeist Score
41
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 63rd percentile.
Raam Stevenson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
9 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Washington State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · Washington State
Returning around him
- 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -13 net (28 in / 41 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Washington State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #71
DE · WASHINGTON STATE · PAC-12
Raam Stevenson
- 4
- #45
- 6-4 | 255 lb
- Arlington, TX
Heisman Heat
#11845
<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 DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Washington 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.
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
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 Raam Stevenson
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 Raam Stevenson
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 defensive totals stand
Through 8g
9Tackles
1.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
1Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
15Tackles
2.4Tackles for loss
1.6Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 9): needs 14.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 9): needs 18.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 1/game over remaining 5.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 1.8/game over remaining 5.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Raam Stevenson is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Washington State's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF 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?
High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
9 40th
SOLO
3 28th
TFL
1.5 64th
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
5 90th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-10vs Idaho | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 36-13vs San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-59@ North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-59vs Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-3@ Colorado State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-24@ James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 34-21@ Utah State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
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
2022Washington State7-6HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning
2023Washington State5-7HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning
2025Washington State7-6HC: Jimmy Rogers · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 16 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Washington State | 7 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 32 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 9 | #2976/4942 | 40th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 1.5 | #1771/4972 | 64th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 5 | #188/1878 | 90th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 3 | #3280/4584 | 28th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 1 | #103/736 | 86th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
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 Lombardi 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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Losses3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DE cohort
41Mid-pack
Elite: qb hurries (92nd). Concern: tackles (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DE · 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
Raam StevensonWashington StateMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 45% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 44% simEthan WesloskiNorth Texas· 43% sim
QB hurries
Sacks
Forced fumbles
Tackles for loss
Passes defended
Solo tackles
Tackles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Pass share
48.7%
407 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
64.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.1%
327 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Jake Dickert
Washington State
2023
Jake Dickert
Washington State
2025era →
Jimmy Rogers
Washington State
Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Dickert → Jimmy Rogers. 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.
HometownArlington, TX
Height6'4"
Weight255 lb
Class4
PositionDE
Jersey45
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamWashington State
ConferencePac-12
Joined2025
Career arc5 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 | Washington State | DE4 | #11845 | #11702 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2023 | Washington State | DE4 | #11863 | #11799 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2022 | Washington State | DE4 | #11152 | #11093 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2021 | Washington State | DE4 | #12475 | #12453 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Pac-12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | Pac-12 | DE | 4 | No. 45 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Arlington, TX |
| 2024 | Washington State | Pac-12 | DE | 4 | No. 45 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Arlington, TX |
| 2023 | Washington State | Pac-12 | DE | 4 | No. 45 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Arlington, TX |
| 2022 | Washington State | Pac-12 | DE | 4 | No. 45 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Arlington, TX |
| 2021 | Washington State | Pac-12 | DE | 4 | No. 45 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Arlington, TX |