CFB Zeitgeist Score
66
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 68th percentile.
Zavion Thomas
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
488 REC YDS · 41 REC · 4 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Chicago2026 NFL rookie season
#89Rd 3 · Pick 25
Chicago2026 NFL rookie season
WR · LSU · SEC
Zavion Thomas
- 4
- 5-10 | 192 lb
- Woodmere, LA
Heisman Heat
#330
<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 WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
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
4 seasons on the ladder
2022
Mississippi State · WR
—
2023
Mississippi State · WR
—
★
2024
LSU · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
LSU · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 3, Pick 25 · #89 overall · Chicago
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+12100%
Up 12100% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R3 · #89
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4-star | 0.8926 | No. 391 recruit | HighSchool | Mississippi State |
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8663 | No. 756 recruit | HighSchool | Mississippi State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mississippi State -> LSU | 4-star | 0.9000 | Immediate |
| 2023 | Mississippi State -> Mississippi State | 4-star | 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 Mississippi State
Composite
0.8926
#391 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 3, Pick 25
#89 overall · Chicago
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 Zavion Thomas
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
75
Grounded Optimism
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=5
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Zavion Thomas
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
11.9
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #297 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 44th
Why it matters
#297 of 531 All FBS WRs at 11.9 yards per reception (41 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 11.9 (44th)
HIGH · n=41 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#229 / 531
- Receiving TDs#161 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 12 vs Arkansas — 80 ypr
Result W 23-22
The week the volume broke through — put up 80 yds vs Arkansas.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 13g
488Rec yards
41Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
37.5Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
488Rec yards
41Receptions
4Rec TDs
Why the honors trail matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Zavion Thomas already has 2 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR 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?
All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
41 84th
YDS
488 79th
YPR
11.9 50th
TD
4 86th
Rushing
CAR
19 97th
YDS
99 94th
YPC
5.2 59th
TD
1 96th
Returns
KR YDS
22 28th
KR AVG
22.0 70th
PR YDS
170 88th
PR AVG
10.0 68th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10@ Clemson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-7vs Louisiana Tech | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-10vs Florida | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-10vs SE Louisiana | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-24@ Ole Miss | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 50 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10vs South Carolina | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Vanderbilt | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 1 | 62 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-49vs Texas A&M | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | L 9-20@ Alabama | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-22vs Arkansas | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | 34 | Season-high 80 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 13-10vs Western Kentucky | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-17@ Oklahoma | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 1 | 18 | |
| Bowl | L 35-38@ Houston | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 41 | 488 | 12.3 | 4 | 62 |
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
2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy
2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2025LSU7-6HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LSU | 41 | 488 | 11.9 | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | LSU | 23 | 218 | 9.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 40 | 503 | 12.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 106 | 1,213 | 11.4 | 7 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LSU | 19 | 99 | 22 | 170 | -- |
| 2024 | LSU | 9 | 76 | 633 | 66 | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 12 | 23 | 202 | 163 | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | 95 | 202 | 1 |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 40 | 198 | 952 | 601 | 1 |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 41 | #178/1110 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 488 | #233/1107 | 79th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #152/1111 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 11.9 | #556/1106 | 50th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 22 | #172/238 | 28th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 170 | #27/224 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 8.7% | #556/1137 | 51st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 99 | #24/397 | 94th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 48 | #15/346 | 96th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 19 | #14/407 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.2 | #164/393 | 59th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #19/411 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 62 | #154/1105 | 86th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 22.0 | #71/236 | 70th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 17 | #27/237 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 10.0 | #73/222 | 68th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 1 | #169/243 | 31st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.9% | #397/1137 | 65th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 7.7% | #243/1137 | 79th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 7.5% | #239/1137 | 79th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.2% | #225/1137 | 80th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 7.2% | #203/1137 | 82nd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 7.0% | #458/1137 | 60th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 6.0% | #17/1137 | 99th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/302 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS WR |
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
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 33.9 | 9.4 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 2.8 | 41.8 | 15.6 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 3.4 | 35.4 | 11.0 | 0.3 |
| Losses6g | 2.8 | 40.0 | 13.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.3 | 28.4 | 13.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 48.2 | 11.3 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
66Solid starter
Elite: rush yards (92nd). Strength: rush tds (85th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 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
Zavion ThomasLSUDevin VoisinSouth Alabama· 84% simHank BeattyIllinois· 83% simAaron TurnerRice· 83% sim
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Fumbles lost
Long catch
Rec TDs
Receptions
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to BJ Hawkins Jr.’s 2025 season.
BJ Hawkins Jr.
89%match
#2
Roderic Burns
84%
#3
TJ Sheffield
84%
#4
DeMeer Blankumsee
83%
#5
Will Pauling
82%
Matches BJ on
EPA / play (adj)
Yards / reception
Weight
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Joshua Harris’s path through Furman.
Joshua Harris
98%match
#2
Hunter Long
All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 18
97%
#3
Jake Bailey
97%
#4
Taylor Grimes
94%
#5
Jalen McDonald
93%
Matches Joshua on
Yards per reception
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Preston Fox's senior season at West Virginia (2023).
Preston Fox
83%match
#2
Cade McDonald
82%
#3
Yulkeith Brown
77%
#4
Nate Mccollum
74%
#5
Roderic Burns
73%
Matches Preston on
Weight
Yards / reception
TD rate
Differs from Preston on
Reception volume (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
55.0%
443 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Brian Kelly
LSU
2023
Brian Kelly
LSU
2024
Brian Kelly
LSU
2025
Brian Kelly
LSU
Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownWoodmere, LA
Height5'10"
Weight192 lb
Class4
PositionWR
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Current teamLSU
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-SEC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 all-conference honors
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-SEC | all_conference | LSU | SEC | AP |
| 2024 | All-SEC | all_conference | LSU | SEC | AP |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | LSU | WR4 | #330 | #363 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | WR4 | #994 | #1261 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | SEC |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | WR4 | #2821 | #2564 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LSU | SEC | WR | 4 | 5-10 | 192 lb | Woodmere, LA |
| 2024 | LSU | SEC | WR | 4 | 5-10 | 192 lb | Woodmere, LA |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | SEC | WR | 4 | 5-10 | 192 lb | Woodmere, LA |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | SEC | WR | 4 | 5-10 | 192 lb | Woodmere, LA |