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Treydan Stukes

DB · Arizona · Sr · #2

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

52 TACKLES · 1 SACKS

2026 NFL DRAFTDrafted by Las Vegas — Rd 2, Pick 6, #38 overall

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las Vegas2026 NFL rookie season

#38Rd 2 · Pick 6
Las Vegas2026 NFL rookie season

DB · ARIZONA · BIG 12

Treydan Stukes

  • 4
  • #2
  • 6-2 | 195 lb
  • Litchfield Park, AZ

CFB Zeitgeist Score

65

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 95th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#11726

<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 DB AWARD

Jim Thorpe

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

5 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2021

Arizona · DB

2022

Arizona · DB

2023

Arizona · DB

2024

Arizona · DB

2025

Arizona · DB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 2, Pick 6 · #38 overall · Las Vegas

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Arizona
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
R2 &middot; #38
Las Vegas &middot; 2026

Identity & Role

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

PositionDB
Class4
Jersey2
Measurements6-2 | 195 lb
HometownLitchfield Park, AZ
Primary teamArizona

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
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.

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 · 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 16
Current nowcast#11726Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11809Where 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

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

NFL Draft

2026 · Rd 2, Pick 6

#38 overall · Las Vegas

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 Treydan Stukes

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 Treydan Stukes

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.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 10g
52Tackles
1Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
5Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
68Tackles
1.3Tackles for loss
1.3Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 52): needs 9.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 52): needs 16/game over remaining 3.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 1.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 3/game over remaining 3.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Treydan Stukes is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Arizona's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 1.0 tackles for loss, and 4 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.

Current place #11726 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Honors spine 1 honors loaded

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
Total tackles 52 24 solo | #550/4942 (89th pct)
TFL 1.0 Backfield disruption | #2051/4972 (59th pct)
Sacks 1.0 Pass-rush finish | #872/4972 (82nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

Coverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
52 89th
SOLO
24 83rd
TFL
1.0 59th
SACK
1.0 82nd

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
6 93rd
INT
4 97th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 3W 23-17vs Kansas State200.50.50
Wk 5L 14-39@ Iowa State970.00.011Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 6W 41-13vs Oklahoma State110.00.00
Wk 7L 27-33vs BYU820.00.011
Wk 8L 28-31@ Houston410.00.00
Wk 10W 52-17@ Colorado530.50.50
Wk 11W 24-20vs Kansas410.00.03
Wk 12W 30-24@ Cincinnati960.00.01
Wk 13W 41-17vs Baylor720.00.010
Wk 14W 23-7@ Arizona State310.00.010
Total52241.01.046
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

2021Arizona1-11HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced
2022Arizona5-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Pass-leaning
2023Arizona10-3HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced
2024Arizona4-8HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning
2025Arizona9-4HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Arizona52241.01.064--
2024Arizona19102.50.02----
2023Arizona55304.00.071--
2022Arizona43303.50.051--
2021Arizona30220.00.06----
Career5 loaded seasons19911611.01.0266--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT 4 0 pick-six TD | #23/869 (97th pct)
Pass breakups 6 Coverage disruption | #144/2184 (93rd pct)
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 52 #550/4942 89th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 1.0 #2051/4972 59th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 1.0 #872/4972 82nd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Interceptions 4 #23/869 97th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 6 #144/2184 93rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 24 #790/4584 83rd pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense INT return yards 15 #357/578 38th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense INT return avg 3.8 #484/578 16th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

ALL-CONF HM

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16

Why he’s here

All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.

What moves him up

A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.

What moves him down

A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Thorpe 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g4.40.10.10.8
Road5g6.00.10.10.4

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins7g4.40.10.10.6
Losses3g7.00.00.00.7

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-74g5.00.10.10.5
Weeks 8+6g5.30.10.10.7

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort

65Solid starter
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (95th). Strength: passes defended (93rd). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).

Interceptions#23 / 817 · 95th pct
4inte
Passes defended#144 / 2975 · 94th pct
6defe
Tackles#550 / 2975 · 81st pct
52defe
Solo tackles#790 / 2975 · 73rd pct
24defe
Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct
1.0defe
Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct
1.0defe
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DB · 2024

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 · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Treydan StukesArizonaDalton JohnsonArizona· 87% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 82% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 76% sim
Interceptions
95
Stukes
95
Johnson
75
Lafayette
Passes defended
94
Stukes
96
Johnson
91
Lafayette
91
Ra-El
Tackles
81
Stukes
98
Johnson
99
Lafayette
99
Ra-El
Solo tackles
73
Stukes
97
Johnson
98
Lafayette
100
Ra-El
Sacks
63
Stukes
63
Johnson
63
Lafayette
24
Ra-El
Tackles for loss
28
Stukes
47
Johnson
56
Lafayette
56
Ra-El
QB hurries
22
Stukes
22
Johnson
22
Lafayette
22
Ra-El

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

S

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalen Huskey’s 2023 season.

Jalen Huskey

89%match

Bowling Green · 2023

All-MACNFL Rd 3 · Pk 36
#2

Deane Leonard

Ole Miss · 2021

NFL Rd 7
85%
#3

Giovanni Biggers

North Carolina · 2021

84%
#4

Jaise Oliver

Tulsa · 2023

86%
#5

Malcolm Bell

Michigan State · 2025

84%

Matches Jalen on

Tackle volume
Interceptions
PD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

Pass share

49.7%

447 pass / 452 run

Plays / game

69.2

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.9%

340 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

2 coaches
2021
Jedd Fisch
Arizona
2022
Jedd Fisch
Arizona
2023
Jedd Fisch
Arizona
2024
Brent Brennan
Arizona
era →
2025
Brent Brennan
Arizona

Coaching transition mid-career: Jedd Fisch → Brent Brennan. 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.

HometownLitchfield Park, AZ
Height6'2"
Weight195 lb
Class4
PositionDB
Jersey2

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-Big 12

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
2025 All-Big 12 all_conference Arizona | Big 12 DB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Arizona DB4 #11726 #11809 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 Arizona DB4 #7070 #7233 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 Arizona DB4 #12264 #12483 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12
2021 Arizona DB4 #11686 #12005 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Arizona Big 12 DB 4 No. 2 | 6-2 | 195 lb | Litchfield Park, AZ
2024 Arizona Big 12 DB 4 No. 2 | 6-2 | 195 lb | Litchfield Park, AZ
2023 Arizona Pac-12 DB 4 No. 2 | 6-2 | 195 lb | Litchfield Park, AZ
2022 Arizona Pac-12 DB 4 No. 2 | 6-2 | 195 lb | Litchfield Park, AZ
2021 Arizona Pac-12 DB 4 No. 2 | 6-2 | 195 lb | Litchfield Park, AZ