CFB Zeitgeist Score
84
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 89th percentile.
TJ Quinn
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
95 TACKLES · 3 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Louisville for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Louisville
Returning around him
- 46% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 1 Louisville player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -6 net (33 in / 39 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Louisville · Last season: 9-4 (AP #19) · Talent rank #50 · 2026 recruiting class #68
LB · LOUISVILLE · ACC
TJ Quinn
- 4
- #34
- 6-1 | 235 lb
- Valdosta, GA
Heisman Heat
#8415
<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 LB AWARD
Butkus
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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
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Louisville
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8574 | No. 992 recruit | HighSchool |
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.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8574
#992 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 TJ Quinn
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 TJ Quinn
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 13g
95Tackles
8Tackles for loss
3Sacks
Per game
7Tackles
0.6Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Final
95Tackles
8Tackles for loss
3Sacks
✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 95.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
TJ Quinn is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Louisville's defense, with 3.0 sacks, 8.0 tackles for loss, and 2 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 | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
95 99th
SOLO
45 97th
TFL
8.0 96th
SACK
3.0 94th
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
4 84th
INT
2 87th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-17vs Eastern Kentucky | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-14vs James Madison | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 40-17vs Bowling Green | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-27@ Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-30vs Virginia | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21@ Miami | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-24vs Boston College | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 28-16@ Virginia Tech | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-29vs California | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-20vs Clemson | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-38@ SMU | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-0vs Kentucky | 10 | 6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Bowl | W 27-22vs Toledo | 8 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 95 | 45 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 4 |
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
2021Louisville6-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning
2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning
2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced
2025Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisville | 95 | 45 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Louisville | 82 | 35 | 4.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 87 | 31 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Louisville | 16 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Louisville | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 loaded seasons | 282 | 119 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | -- |
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 | 95 | #65/4942 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 8.0 | #198/4972 | 96th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 3.0 | #292/4972 | 94th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 2 | #114/869 | 87th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 4 | #340/2184 | 84th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 45 | #128/4584 | 97th pct | Volumevs 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 Butkus 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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home9g | 7.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 6.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 7.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Losses4g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
84All-Conference
Elite: tackles (97th). Strength: solo tackles (95th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 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
TJ QuinnLouisvilleJordan StringerTroy· 97% simGavin MoulDelaware· 91% simMarsel McDuffieUNLV· 91% sim
Tackles
Solo tackles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
Passes defended
Interceptions
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Every-Down Linebacker
Leads the team in tackles and rarely leaves the field.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zack Woodard’s 2021 season.
Zack Woodard
85%match
#2
Edefuan Ulofoshio
NFL Rd 5
84%
#3
Trent Hendrick
All-Sun Belt
83%
#4
C.J. Allen
83%
#5
Shadrach Banks
81%
Matches Zack on
Sack rate
TFL rate
PD rate
Differs from Zack on
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Shadrach Banks's graduate season at UTSA (2025).
Shadrach Banks
91%match
#2
Devon Williams
86%
#3
Jadon Pearson
All-Mountain West
83%
#4
Nick Jackson
80%
#5
Dorian Hopkins
80%
Matches Shadrach on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
50.2%
414 pass / 410 run
Plays / game
63.4
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.0%
314 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Scott Satterfield
Louisville
2022
Scott Satterfield
Louisville
2023era →
Jeff Brohm
Louisville
2024
Jeff Brohm
Louisville
2025
Jeff Brohm
Louisville
Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. 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.
HometownValdosta, GA
Height6'1"
Weight235 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey34
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamLouisville
ConferenceACC
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 | Louisville | LB4 | #8415 | #8857 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Louisville | LB4 | #5769 | #6133 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Louisville | LB4 | #9363 | #9050 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Louisville | LB4 | #11489 | #11324 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisville | ACC | LB | 4 | No. 34 | 6-1 | 235 lb | Valdosta, GA |
| 2024 | Louisville | ACC | LB | 4 | No. 34 | 6-1 | 235 lb | Valdosta, GA |
| 2023 | Louisville | ACC | LB | 4 | No. 34 | 6-1 | 235 lb | Valdosta, GA |
| 2022 | Louisville | ACC | LB | 4 | No. 34 | 6-1 | 235 lb | Valdosta, GA |
| 2021 | Louisville | ACC | LB | 4 | No. 34 | 6-1 | 235 lb | Valdosta, GA |