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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON
Heisman / Players / Samson Evans /Eastern Michigan

Samson Evans

RB · Eastern Michigan · Sr · #22

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSEastern Michigan 2023 alumnus

RB · EASTERN MICHIGAN · MID-AMERICAN

Samson Evans

  • 4
  • #22
  • 6-0 | 217 lb
  • Crystal Lake, IL

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#848

<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

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CONSENSUS

All-American

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Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2022

2021

Eastern Michigan · RB

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★

2022

Eastern Michigan · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2023

Eastern Michigan · RB

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Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2023
3162021
1,1662022
6352023

+101%

Up 101% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1223 national
CFB
College
Eastern Michigan
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey22
Measurements6-0 | 217 lb
HometownCrystal Lake, IL
Primary teamEastern Michigan

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1223 recruit
Composite rating 0.8445 HighSchool
Signed with Iowa 2018
Origin Prairie Ridge Crystal Lake, IL, USA
Class Profile Context
2018 3-star | 0.8445 No. 1223 recruit | HighSchool | Iowa

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

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 19
Current nowcast#848Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1185Where 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 Iowa

Composite

0.8445

#1223 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 Samson Evans

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 Samson Evans

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. Samson Evans 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 #848 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 13.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Honors spine 1 honors loaded

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 724 635 rush | 89 rec | #107/735 (86th pct)
Rush TD 12 142 carries | #19/739 (98th pct)
Yards/carry 4.5 Per-rush efficiency | #383/735 (48th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Workhorse against FBS RB peers.

Workhorse

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
142 90th
YDS
635 86th
YPC
4.5 48th
TD
12 98th

Receiving

REC
12 68th
YDS
89 66th
YPR
7.4 57th
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

2021Eastern Michigan7-5HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Eastern Michigan9-4HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning
2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2023Eastern Michigan1426354.512--
2022Eastern Michigan2491,1664.715--
2021Eastern Michigan833163.813--
Career3 loaded seasons4742,1174.540--
SeasonTeam
2023Eastern Michigan12897.40--
2022Eastern Michigan15966.40--
2021Eastern Michigan191075.60--
Career3 loaded seasons462926.30--
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 12 89 rec yds | #180/552 (68th pct)
Usage 13.2% 20.7% rush share | #221/738 (70th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.37 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #2/362 (100th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 635 #107/735 86th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 12 #19/739 98th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.5 #383/735 48th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 12 #180/552 68th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 89 #187/548 66th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.37 #2/362 100th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 76 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 13.2% #221/738 70th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 142 #78/739 90th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 61 #101/733 86th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 17 #264/540 51st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 7.4 #237/548 57th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 28.1% #5/738 99th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 20.7% #251/738 66th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 13.9% #244/738 67th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 11.3% #150/738 80th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 10.2% #334/738 55th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 9.5% #369/738 50th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 6.7% #94/738 87th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 2 #205/256 20th pct Turnoversvs 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

Status—Awaiting 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 · 2023

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

Chris Creighton

Pass share

51.1%

403 pass / 385 run

Plays / game

65.7

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

2.9%

342 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
Chris Creighton
Eastern Michigan
2022
Chris Creighton
Eastern Michigan
2023
Chris Creighton
Eastern Michigan

Played his entire career under Chris Creighton.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownCrystal Lake, IL
Height6'0"
Weight217 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey22

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2022)

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
2022 All-MAC all_conference Eastern Michigan | MAC RB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2023 Eastern Michigan RB4 #848 #1185 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mid-American
2022 Eastern Michigan RB4 #333 #452 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American
2021 Eastern Michigan RB4 #414 #529 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2023 Eastern Michigan Mid-American RB 4 No. 22 | 6-0 | 217 lb | Crystal Lake, IL
2022 Eastern Michigan Mid-American RB 4 No. 22 | 6-0 | 217 lb | Crystal Lake, IL
2021 Eastern Michigan Mid-American RB 4 No. 22 | 6-0 | 217 lb | Crystal Lake, IL