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Heisman / Players / Aaron Bedgood /Liberty

Aaron Bedgood

WR · Liberty · Sr · #82

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSLiberty 2023 alumnus

WR · LIBERTY · CONFERENCE USA

Aaron Bedgood

  • 4
  • #82
  • 5-8 | 165 lb
  • Richmond Hill, GA

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#466

<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 1 · 2-deep

R02 · Deep reserve

Deep reserve. In the program, working up the two-deep.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2023

2021

Coastal Carolina · WR

2022

Coastal Carolina · WR

2023

Liberty · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2023
69.02021
2202023

+219%

Up 219% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#3462 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey82
Measurements5-8 | 165 lb
HometownRichmond Hill, GA
Primary teamLiberty

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 2-star No. 3462 recruit
Composite rating 0.7744 HighSchool
Signed with Coastal Carolina 2019
Origin Richmond Hill Richmond Hill, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2019 2-star | 0.7744 No. 3462 recruit | HighSchool | Coastal Carolina

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination -- 2023
Transfer stars 2-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jul 6, 2023
Season Move Context
2023 Coastal Carolina -> -- 2-star | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2023 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 19
Current nowcast#466Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#420Where 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 Coastal Carolina

Composite

0.7744

#3462 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 Aaron Bedgood

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 Aaron Bedgood

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.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

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. Aaron Bedgood already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #466 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 1.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 21 2 rec TD | #402/1110 (64th pct)
Receiving yards 220 10.5 per catch | #442/1107 (60th pct)
Scrimmage yards 772 Total offensive yardage | #442/1107 (60th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.

All-purpose weapon

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
21 64th
YDS
220 60th
YPR
10.5 37th
TD
2 75th

Rushing

CAR
58 99th
YDS
552 100th
YPC
9.5 85th
TD
3 100th

Returns

KR YDS
463 93rd
KR AVG
20.1 55th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

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

2021Coastal Carolina10-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2022Coastal Carolina9-4HC: Chad Staggs · Run-leaning
2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2023Liberty2122010.52--
2022Coastal Carolina----------
2021Coastal Carolina56913.82--
Career3 loaded seasons2628911.14--
SeasonTeam
2023Liberty58552463----
2022Coastal Carolina845------
2021Coastal Carolina144291
Career3 loaded seasons6760150591
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

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 1.9% 3.7% pass-game share | #976/1137 (14th pct)
Return yards 463 0 return TD | #18/238 (93rd pct)
Touchdowns 5 Across offense and returns | #281/1111 (75th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 21 #402/1110 64th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 220 #442/1107 60th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #281/1111 75th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 10.5 #700/1106 37th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 463 #18/238 93rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 3.7% #976/1137 14th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 552 #2/397 100th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 58 #4/407 99th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 49 #13/346 97th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 9.5 #59/393 85th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 3 #2/411 100th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 29 #611/1105 45th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 23 #6/243 98th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 20.1 #107/236 55th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 3.8% #828/1137 27th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.3% #751/1137 34th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 1.9% #971/1137 15th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 1.1% #995/1137 13th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 1.1% #1029/1137 10th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.5% #284/1137 75th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 0.0% #937/1137 18th pct Money-down loadvs 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.

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

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2023

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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

Pass share

38.7%

314 pass / 498 run

Plays / game

67.7

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

8.4%

249 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches
2021
Hugh Freeze
Liberty
2022
Hugh Freeze
Liberty
2023
Jamey Chadwell
Liberty
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Hugh Freeze → Jamey Chadwell. 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.

HometownRichmond Hill, GA
Height5'8"
Weight165 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey82

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-Conference USA

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
2023 All-Conference USA all_conference Liberty | Conference USA RET

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2023 Liberty WR4 #466 #420 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Conference USA
2022 Coastal Carolina WR4 #3687 #3537 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2021 Coastal Carolina WR4 #1078 #940 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2023 Liberty Conference USA WR 4 No. 82 | 5-8 | 165 lb | Richmond Hill, GA
2022 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt WR 4 No. 82 | 5-8 | 165 lb | Richmond Hill, GA
2021 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt WR 4 No. 82 | 5-8 | 165 lb | Richmond Hill, GA