CFB Zeitgeist Score
28
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 55th percentile.
Shawn Miller
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
199 REC YDS · 15 REC · 1 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to New Mexico for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · New Mexico
Returning around him
- 12% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 1 New Mexico player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (15 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
New Mexico · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #131 · 2026 recruiting class #138
WR · NEW MEXICO · MOUNTAIN WEST
Shawn Miller
- 3
- #14
- 6-0 | 199 lb
- Chandler, AZ
Heisman Heat
#5370
<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
New Mexico
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 | 0.8730 | No. 709 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Illinois -> New Mexico | 3-star | 0.8300 | 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 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.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8730
#709 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 Shawn Miller
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 Shawn Miller
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 8g
199Rec yards
15Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
24.9Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
323.4Rec yards
24Receptions
2Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 199): needs 100.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 199): needs 160.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 15): needs 9/game over remaining 5.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 15): needs 13/game over remaining 5.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 1.4/game over remaining 5.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 1.8/game over remaining 5.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Shawn Miller's story is about how role and output meet each other. For New Mexico, 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
15 56th
YDS
199 58th
YPR
13.3 62nd
TD
1 64th
Returns
PR YDS
-16 0th
PR AVG
-8.0 0th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 35-10@ UCLA | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-20vs New Mexico State | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 1 | 31 | Season-high 80 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 28-35@ San José State | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 42 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-41@ Boise State | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-22vs Nevada | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-14vs Utah State | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-17vs San Diego State | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bowl | L 17-20@ Minnesota | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 15 | 199 | 10.6 | 1 | 42 |
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
2025New Mexico9-4HC: Jason Eck · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 15 | 199 | 13.3 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 15 | 199 | 13.3 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | -- | -- | -- | -16 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | -- | -- | -- | -16 | -- |
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 | 15 | #484/1110 | 56th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 199 | #468/1107 | 58th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #396/1111 | 64th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.3 | #420/1106 | 62nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | -16 | #224/224 | 0th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 8.9% | #537/1137 | 53rd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 42 | #407/1105 | 63rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 2 | #156/237 | 35th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | -8.0 | #222/222 | 0th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.2% | #402/1137 | 65th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.7% | #420/1137 | 63rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 4.2% | #612/1137 | 46th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 4.2% | #582/1137 | 49th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 2.9% | #830/1137 | 27th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 2.9% | #914/1137 | 20th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #131/302 | 57th pct | Turnoversvs 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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 27.5 | 11.7 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 22.2 | 9.9 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 1.8 | 24.8 | 12.2 | 0.2 |
| Losses3g | 2.0 | 25.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 33.8 | 11.9 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
28Below cohort
Concern: receptions (12th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 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
Shawn MillerNew MexicoMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 54% simTrent WalkerOregon State· 52% simSean WilsonDelaware· 52% sim
Yards / catch
Long catch
Fumbles lost
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Receptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Chimere Dike’s 2023 season.
Chimere Dike
85%match
NFL Rd 4
#2
Javon Tracy
78%
#3
Kelvontay Dixon
77%
#4
Diante Vines
77%
#5
Sean Ryan
72%
Matches Chimere on
TD rate
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Diante Vines's sophomore season at Iowa (2023).
Diante Vines
83%match
#2
Makai Jackson
All-Sun Belt
76%
#3
Micah Tease
76%
#4
Kobe Drake
74%
#5
Kearis Jackson
73%
Matches Diante on
TD rate
Recruiting rating
Yards / reception
Differs from Diante on
Class year (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Pass share
43.3%
350 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
11.3%
293 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Jason Eck
New Mexico
Played his entire career under Jason Eck.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownChandler, AZ
Height6'0"
Weight199 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey14
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamNew Mexico
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2025
Career arc4 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 | New Mexico | WR3 | #5370 | #6100 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2023 | Illinois | WR3 | #4056 | #4112 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2022 | Illinois | WR3 | #2975 | #2662 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | Mountain West | WR | 3 | No. 14 | 6-0 | 199 lb | Chandler, AZ |
| 2024 | New Mexico | Mountain West | WR | 3 | No. 14 | 6-0 | 199 lb | Chandler, AZ |
| 2023 | Illinois | Big Ten | WR | 3 | No. 14 | 6-0 | 199 lb | Chandler, AZ |
| 2022 | Illinois | Big Ten | WR | 3 | No. 14 | 6-0 | 199 lb | Chandler, AZ |