CFB Zeitgeist Score
44
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 60th percentile.
Yasin Willis
Filling the Shoesas of 2026-06-22
Yasin Willis arrives at Syracuse with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
553RUSH YDS4RUSH TD129CARRIES
PRODUCES ABOVE PERCEPTION · PCTL GAP
+27
perception vs production percentile · 2025
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Kansas
2025Syracuse
2026Kansas
RB · SYRACUSE · ACC
Yasin Willis
- 2
- #6
- 6-1 | 235 lb
- Newark, NJ
Heisman Heat
#868
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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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 · rushing yards
2024–2025+325%
Up 325% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Syracuse
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-star | 0.8872 | No. 523 recruit | HighSchool | Syracuse |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Syracuse -> Kansas | 3-star | 0.8600 | 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 (553).
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 Syracuse
Composite
0.8872
#523 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 Yasin Willis
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Rivals · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Yasin Willis
Only 2 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Rushing WEPA per carry
+0.190
EPA
P4 + Notre Dame RBs, min 80 carries
National rank #17 of 66
Percentile vs P4 + Notre Dame RBs, min 80 carries 75th
Why it matters
#17 of 66 P4 + Notre Dame RBs by rushing weighted- EPA per carry — +0.190 EPA/carry on 132 carries.
Vs cohort
This player +0.190 (75th)
HIGH · n=132 cohort 66
- Also strong
- Rushing yards (total)#46 / 69
- Yards per carry#58 / 69
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 rushing totals stand
Through 9g
553Rush yards
129Carries
4Rush TDs
Per game
61.4Rush yards
14Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
798.8Rush yards
186Carries
6Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 553): needs 49.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 553): needs 111.8/game over remaining 4.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 553): needs 236.8/game over remaining 4.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 1.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 2.8/game over remaining 4.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 4/game over remaining 4.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Yasin Willis's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Syracuse, 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.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
129 87th
YDS
553 81st
YPC
4.3 41st
TD
4 79th
Receiving
REC
8 55th
YDS
34 40th
YPR
4.3 19th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45@ Tennessee | 23 | 91 | 4.0 | 3 | 14 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 2 | W 27-20vs UConn | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-21@ Clemson | 18 | 94 | 5.2 | 0 | 32 | Season-high 94 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 3-38vs Duke | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 6 | L 18-31@ SMU | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-30vs Pittsburgh | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41@ Georgia Tech | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 0 | 41 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-27vs North Carolina | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38@ Miami | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 0 | 22 | |
| Total | 129 | 553 | 4.4 | 4 | 41 |
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
2024Syracuse10-3HC: Fran Brown · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2025Syracuse3-9HC: Fran Brown · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 553 | #139/735 | 81st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 4 | #154/739 | 79th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.3 | #435/735 | 41st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 8 | #248/552 | 55th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 34 | #330/548 | 40th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.19 | #67/362 | 82nd pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 132 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 23.2% | #62/738 | 92nd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 129 | #96/739 | 87th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 41 | #225/733 | 69th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 11 | #395/540 | 27th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 4.3 | #447/548 | 19th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 46.8% | #26/738 | 97th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 31.0% | #29/738 | 96th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 26.4% | #68/738 | 91st pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 24.7% | #49/738 | 93rd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 12.9% | #121/738 | 84th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.5% | #323/738 | 56th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.2% | #215/738 | 71st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #78/256 | 70th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
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 | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 47.0 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 73.0 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 71.0 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
| Losses7g | 58.7 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 67.4 | 4.4 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 54.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
44Mid-pack
Concern: rec yards (19th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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.
wepa_rushing0.19High (p75–p90) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Yasin WillisSyracuseChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 87% simTae MeadowsTroy· 87% simJordan GantAkron· 83% sim
Carries
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Fumbles lost
Long run
Receptions
Yards / carry
Rec yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Workhorse
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tavion Thomas’s 2022 season.
Tavion Thomas
79%match
#2
Tyrion Davis-Price
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 29
78%
#3
Jakobi Buchanan
67%
#4
Antwain Littleton II
71%
#5
Jadan Baugh
71%
Matches Tavion on
EPA / carry (adj)
Height
Differs from Tavion on
Yards / reception (lower)
Class year (higher)
Rush TD rate (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Andrew Body’s path through Alabama State.
Andrew Body
98%match
#2
Chuba Hubbard
All-Big 12NFL Rd 4
98%
#3
Christopher Brown Jr.
92%
#4
Narii Gaither
90%
#5
CJ Donaldson
90%
Matches Andrew on
Yards per carry
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Malachi Singleton's sophomore season at Purdue (2025).
Malachi Singleton
76%match
#2
Tavion Thomas
73%
#3
Tyrion Davis-Price
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 29
72%
#4
Chaton Mobley
69%
#5
Carson Smith
65%
Matches Malachi on
Recruiting rating
Yards / carry
Rush TD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Pass share
48.6%
408 pass / 432 run
Plays / game
70.0
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.2%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Fran Brown
Syracuse
2025
Fran Brown
Syracuse
Played his entire career under Fran Brown.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownNewark, NJ
Height6'1"
Weight235 lb
Class2
PositionRB
Jersey6
No fields populated yet.
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Current teamSyracuse
ConferenceACC
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 | Syracuse | RB2 | #868 | #937 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.