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Heisman / Players / Wyatt Sullivan /South Florida

Wyatt Sullivan

TE · South Florida · Jr · #8

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

176 REC YDS · 18 REC · 2 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to South Florida for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to South Florida for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Tight end · South Florida

Returning around him

  • 100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +10 net (44 in / 34 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

South Florida · Last season: 9-4 (AP #25) · Talent rank #61 · 2026 recruiting class #65

TE · SOUTH FLORIDA · AMERICAN ATHLETIC

Wyatt Sullivan

  • 3
  • #8
  • 6-4 | 242 lb
  • Atlanta, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

34

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 43rd percentile.

Heisman Heat

#4659

<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 TE AWARD

Mackey

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
29.02023
1762025

+507%

Up 507% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1191 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionTE
Class3
Jersey8
Measurements6-4 | 242 lb
HometownAtlanta, GA
Primary teamSouth Florida

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1191 recruit
Composite rating 0.8522 HighSchool
Signed with Florida Atlantic 2022
Origin Robert F. Munroe Day School Quincy, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8522 No. 1191 recruit | HighSchool | Florida Atlantic

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#4659Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#4941Where 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 Florida Atlantic

Composite

0.8522

#1191 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 Wyatt Sullivan

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmRivals: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here]( https://www.r"Rivals
  • Rivals · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Wyatt Sullivan

Only 2 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.

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 receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 10g
176Rec yards
18Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
17.6Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
228.8Rec yards
23Receptions
3Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 176): needs 174.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 176): needs 274.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 18): needs 14/game over remaining 3.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 18): needs 20.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 2/game over remaining 3.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 2.7/game over remaining 3.

What made this player interesting

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

Wyatt Sullivan's story is about how role and output meet each other. For South Florida, 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.

Current place #4659 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 3.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

TE season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 18 2 rec TD | #124/475 (74th pct)
Receiving yards 176 9.8 per catch | #127/475 (73rd pct)
Scrimmage yards 176 Total offensive yardage | #127/475 (73rd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
18 74th
YDS
176 73rd
YPR
9.8 49th
TD
2 84th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 34-7vs Boise State133.003
Wk 2W 18-16@ Florida2178.5015
Wk 3L 12-49@ Miami55511.0030Season-high 55 yds
Wk 6W 54-26vs Charlotte111.001
Wk 7W 63-36@ North Texas22211.0015
Wk 8W 48-13vs Florida Atlantic12424.0124
Wk 9L 31-34@ Memphis2199.5010
Wk 12L 38-41@ Navy11919.0019
Wk 13W 48-18@ UAB2178.5111
BowlL 10-24vs Old Dominion1-1-1.000
Total181769.4230
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

2023Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Tom Herman · Balanced
2025South Florida9-4HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025South Florida181769.82--
2023Florida Atlantic5295.80--
Career2 loaded seasons232058.92--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.

Role share

A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.

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.

Usage 3.2% 6.9% pass-game share | #185/468 (61st pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 2 Across offense and returns | #79/475 (84th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 18 #124/475 74th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving yards 176 #127/475 73rd pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #79/475 84th pct Scoringvs FBS TE
Receiving Yards / catch 9.8 #241/475 49th pct Efficiencyvs FBS TE
Usage Pass share 6.9% #185/468 61st pct Air-game usagevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving LONG 30 #134/475 72nd pct Metricvs FBS TE
Usage 3rd-down usage 6.6% #94/468 80th pct Money-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Passing-down usage 5.2% #138/468 71st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS TE
Usage Role share 3.2% #200/468 57th pct Share of team offensevs FBS TE
Usage 2nd-down usage 2.8% #282/468 40th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Standard-down usage 2.4% #283/468 40th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS TE
Usage 1st-down usage 1.7% #334/468 29th pct Early-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Rush share 0.0% #58/468 88th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS TE

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

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Mackey 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

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home4g1.06.86.80.2
Road6g2.324.811.20.2

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins6g1.514.09.30.3
Losses4g2.223.09.60.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-76g2.016.25.60.0
Weeks 8+4g1.519.815.20.5

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

34Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: receptions (28th).

Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd pct
2rece
Long catch#105 / 175 · 39th pct
30rece
Yards / catch#114 / 175 · 35th pct
9.8rece
Rec yards#126 / 175 · 28th pct
176rece
Receptions#124 / 175 · 28th pct
18rece

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

Advanced Savant · TE · 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 · 5 metrics
Wyatt SullivanSouth FloridaHayden HansenFlorida· 77% simBryce CaufieldOregon State· 76% simTyler FortenberryArkansas State· 75% sim
Rec TDs
43
Sullivan
43
Hansen
21
Caufield
43
Fortenberry
Long catch
39
Sullivan
32
Hansen
39
Caufield
32
Fortenberry
Yards / catch
35
Sullivan
16
Hansen
7
Caufield
26
Fortenberry
Rec yards
28
Sullivan
54
Hansen
44
Caufield
58
Fortenberry
Receptions
28
Sullivan
69
Hansen
66
Caufield
75
Fortenberry

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

Player DNA

The Complete TE

Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.

TE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Broc Lane’s 2025 season.

Broc Lane

85%match

Utah State · 2025

#2

Niko Hea

Missouri · 2021

82%
#3

Jordan Dingle

Kentucky · 2022

81%
#4

Keanu Hill

BYU · 2023

80%
#5

Bentley Hanshaw

Liberty · 2024

79%

Matches Broc on

Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Yards / reception

Differs from Broc on

Class year (lower)
Recruiting rating (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jack Endries's junior season at Texas (2025).

Jack Endries

83%match

Texas · 2025

All-SECNFL Rd 7
#2

Kaden Feagin

Illinois · 2025

80%
#3

Matthew Klopfenstein

Baylor · 2025

80%
#4

Christopher Toudle

NC State · 2022

80%
#5

Kamrean Johnson

Wake Forest · 2025

79%

Matches Jack on

Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate

Differs from Jack on

Reception volume (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

Pass share

44.8%

404 pass / 498 run

Plays / game

69.4

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

5.8%

291 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Alex Golesh
South Florida
2025
Alex Golesh
South Florida

Played his entire career under Alex Golesh.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownAtlanta, GA
Height6'4"
Weight242 lb
Class3
PositionTE
Jersey8

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

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 Florida Atlantic TE3 #4659 #4941 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | American Athletic
2023 Florida Atlantic TE3 #4500 #4782 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | American Athletic
2022 Florida Atlantic TE3 #4870 #5088 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Conference USA

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 South Florida American Athletic TE 3 No. 8 | 6-4 | 242 lb | Atlanta, GA
2024 Florida Atlantic American Athletic TE 3 No. 8 | 6-4 | 242 lb | Atlanta, GA
2023 Florida Atlantic American Athletic TE 3 No. 8 | 6-4 | 242 lb | Atlanta, GA
2022 Florida Atlantic Conference USA TE 3 No. 8 | 6-4 | 242 lb | Atlanta, GA