CFB Zeitgeist Score
58
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 91st percentile.
Xamarion Gordon
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
62 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Coastal Carolina for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Coastal Carolina
Returning around him
- 97% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: -10 net (33 in / 43 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Coastal Carolina · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #80 · 2026 recruiting class #91
S · COASTAL CAROLINA · SUN BELT
Xamarion Gordon
- 4
- #6
- 6-2 | 215 lb
- Houston, TX
Heisman Heat
#13361
<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
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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 · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2021
USC · S
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2022
USC · S
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★
2025
Coastal Carolina · S
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4-star | 0.9013 | No. 303 recruit | HighSchool | USC |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | USC -> Coastal Carolina | 3-star | 0.8400 | 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—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to USC
Composite
0.9013
#303 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 Xamarion Gordon
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 Xamarion Gordon
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 11g
62Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
73Tackles
3.0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 62): needs 9/game over remaining 2.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 62): needs 19/game over remaining 2.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 5/game over remaining 2.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Xamarion Gordon is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Coastal Carolina's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 2.5 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?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
62 92nd
SOLO
33 91st
TFL
2.5 75th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
5 90th
INT
2 87th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-48@ Virginia | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 13-0vs Charleston Southern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38vs East Carolina | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20@ South Alabama | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-47@ Old Dominion | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-8vs UL Monroe | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-37@ App State | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 40-27vs Georgia State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 40-45@ Georgia Southern | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-51@ South Carolina | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-59vs James Madison | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 33 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
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
2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo
2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 62 | 33 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | USC | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | USC | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 71 | 40 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 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 | 62 | #373/4942 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 2.5 | #1236/4972 | 75th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 2 | #114/869 | 87th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 5 | #218/2184 | 90th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 33 | #417/4584 | 91st pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 12 | #382/578 | 34th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 6.0 | #420/578 | 28th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 2 | #13/736 | 98th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs 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
Status—Awaiting 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 6.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Losses6g | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
58Solid starter
Elite: passes defended (90th). Strength: tackles (87th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · S · 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
Xamarion GordonCoastal CarolinaTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 93% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 84% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 83% sim
Passes defended
Tackles
Solo tackles
Interceptions
Tackles for loss
Forced fumbles
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tyjon Jones’s 2024 season.
Tyjon Jones
85%match
#2
Marvin Grant
82%
#3
Michael Dowell
83%
#4
Brad Hawkins
All-Big Ten
80%
#5
Jaxen Turner
80%
Matches Tyjon on
Interceptions
Tackle volume
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jamal Morris's senior season at Houston (2023).
Jamal Morris
92%match
#2
Tyjon Jones
92%
#3
Michael Dowell
89%
#4
Hunter Wohler
All-Big TenNFL Rd 7
84%
#5
Jaylon Carlies
NFL Rd 5
86%
Matches Jamal on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Beck
Pass share
46.3%
399 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
66.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.2%
290 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coaches2021
Jamey Chadwell
Coastal Carolina
2022era →
Chad Staggs
Coastal Carolina
2025era →
Tim Beck
Coastal Carolina
Played under 3 different head coaches: Jamey Chadwell, Chad Staggs, and Tim Beck. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownHouston, TX
Height6'2"
Weight215 lb
Class4
PositionS
Jersey6
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Current teamCoastal Carolina
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Sun Belt
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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-Sun Belt | all_conference | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | DB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | S4 | #13361 | #13216 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | USC | S4 | #12754 | #12534 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2022 | USC | S4 | #7422 | #7169 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2021 | USC | S4 | #12748 | #12623 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Pac-12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | S | 4 | No. 6 | 6-2 | 215 lb | Houston, TX |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | S | 4 | No. 6 | 6-2 | 215 lb | Houston, TX |
| 2023 | USC | Pac-12 | S | 4 | No. 6 | 6-2 | 215 lb | Houston, TX |
| 2022 | USC | Pac-12 | S | 4 | No. 6 | 6-2 | 215 lb | Houston, TX |
| 2021 | USC | Pac-12 | S | 4 | No. 6 | 6-2 | 215 lb | Houston, TX |