CFB Zeitgeist Score
38
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by pass tds at the 55th percentile.
Skyler Locklear
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
1,418 PASS YDS · 13 PASS TD · 396 RUSH YDS
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Missouri State
2025UTEP
2026Missouri State
QB · UTEP · CONFERENCE USA
Skyler Locklear
- 3
- #9
- 5-11 | 195 lb
- Clayton, NC
Heisman Heat
#402
<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 QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2024–2025-11%
Down 11% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
UTEP
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UTEP -> Missouri State | 3-star | 0.8400 | Immediate |
| 2024 | Austin Peay -> UTEP | 3-star | 0.8200 | 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.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in rushing yards (396).
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 Skyler Locklear
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
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Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- National · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Skyler Locklear
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 passing totals stand
Through 9g
1,418Pass yards
13Pass TDs
11INT
Per game
157.6Pass yards
1Pass TDs
1INT
Projected (13g)
2,048Pass yards
19Pass TDs
16INT
To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 1,418): needs 395.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 1,418): needs 645.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 13): needs 3/game over remaining 4.
To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 13): needs 4.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 13): needs 5.5/game over remaining 4.
Why this is a two-channel quarterback case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The unusual part of Skyler Locklear's case is that the production comes in two channels, not one. For UTEP, he has 1,418 passing yards and 13 touchdown passes, but he also adds 396 rushing yards and 8 rushing scores. That kind of dual-threat load tends to create a more resilient Heisman case because the offense can tilt the game in multiple ways.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB 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?
Steady volume | Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
117 67th
ATT
211 71st
CMP%
55.5% 27th
Y/A
6.7 45th
Passing Production
YDS
1,418 69th
TD
13 81st
INT
11 5th
Rushing
CAR
103 88th
YDS
396 88th
YPC
3.8 63rd
TD
8 92nd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-17vs UT Martin | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 76.4 | |
| Wk 5 | L 11-30vs Louisiana Tech | 4/6 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 12.3 | 54.4 | |
| Wk 7 | L 8-19vs Liberty | 9/17 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 5.3 | 56.3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-17@ Sam Houston | 21/26 | 236 | 2 | 1 | 9.1 | 60.1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-33@ Kennesaw State | 14/29 | 160 | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | 29.3 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-30vs Jacksonville State | 16/32 | 244 | 2 | 1 | 7.6 | 41.1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-38@ Missouri State | 14/29 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 44.8 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34vs New Mexico State | 16/30 | 151 | 2 | 1 | 5.0 | 32.6 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-61@ Delaware | 22/39 | 338 | 4 | 5 | 8.7 | 36.3 | Season-high 338 yds · 5 INTs — rough day |
| Total | 117/211 | 1418 | 13 | 11 | 6.4 | 47.9 |
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
2024UTEP3-9HC: Scotty Walden · Run-leaning
2025UTEP2-10HC: Scotty Walden · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 1,418 | #118/382 | 69th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 13 | #80/407 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 117 | #126/383 | 67th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 55.5% | #279/383 | 27th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 6.7 | #210/382 | 45th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 396 | #48/408 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.07 | #195/200 | 3rd pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 180 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 49.4% | #89/428 | 79th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 211 | #118/407 | 71st pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 11 | #386/407 | 5th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 103 | #50/408 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 63 | #19/391 | 95th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 8 | #33/408 | 92nd pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 3.8 | #153/407 | 63rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 68.0% | #143/428 | 67th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 57.0% | #115/428 | 73rd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 55.5% | #128/428 | 70th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 47.3% | #98/428 | 77th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 46.4% | #55/428 | 87th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 46.1% | #59/428 | 86th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 28.9% | #18/428 | 96th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.27 | #58/140 | 59th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 66 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #69/258 | 74th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 112 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 215 | 2.0 | 6.9 | 1.5 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 118 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Losses7g | 169 | 1.6 | 7.0 | 1.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 54.7 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 209 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 1.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
38Mid-pack
Elite: rush tds (81st). Concern: interceptions (9th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · QB · 2024
Percentile Card
Concerns: EPA / dropback.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_passing0.07Below (<p25) (n=94)
wepa_rushing0.27Low (p25–p50) (n=72)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Skyler LocklearUTEPJohn MateerOklahoma· 79% simMalik WashingtonMaryland· 78% simAvery JohnsonKansas State· 78% sim
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Fumbles lost
Pass TDs
Pass yards
Yards / att
Completion %
Interceptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Scrambler
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
QB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jiya Wright’s 2023 season.
Jiya Wright
58%match
#2
Cooper Legas
52%
#3
Thomas Castellanos
50%
#4
Isaac Wilson
49%
#5
McCae Hillstead
46%
Matches Jiya on
Total pass EPA (college ability)
Weight
Differs from Jiya on
Height (lower)
INT rate (higher)
TD rate (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ross Bowers’s path through Northern Illinois.
Ross Bowers
92%match
#2
DJ Williams
92%
#3
Logan Fife
86%
#4
McCae Hillstead
85%
#5
Jacob Free
82%
Matches Ross on
Yards per attempt
Completion %
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Anthony Colandrea's sophomore season at Virginia (2024).
Anthony Colandrea
46%match
All-Mountain West
#2
Thomas Castellanos
All-ACC
44%
#3
Justin Tomlin
43%
#4
Tyler Buchner
39%
#5
Brady McBride
39%
Matches Anthony on
Height
Differs from Anthony on
INT rate (higher)
Completion % (lower)
TD rate (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Pass share
52.4%
410 pass / 372 run
Plays / game
65.2
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.2%
342 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Scotty Walden
UTEP
2025
Scotty Walden
UTEP
Played his entire career under Scotty Walden.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownClayton, NC
Height5'11"
Weight195 lb
Class3
PositionQB
Jersey9
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Current teamUTEP
ConferenceConference USA
Joined2025
Career arc2 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 | UTEP | QB3 | #402 | #680 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Conference USA |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.