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Heisman / Players / AG McGhee /Arkansas State

AG McGhee

S · Arkansas State · Sr · #6

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

83 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

IN PORTALIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Arkansas State)

In Portal · 2026

In transfer portal

2025Arkansas State
DestinationTBD

S · ARKANSAS STATE · SUN BELT

AG McGhee

  • 4
  • #6
  • 5-10 | 187 lb
  • Chipley, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

59

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 91st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#11789

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1890 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionS
Class4
Jersey6
Measurements5-10 | 187 lb
HometownChipley, FL
Primary teamArkansas State

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1890 recruit
Composite rating 0.8204 HighSchool
Signed with Marshall 2022
Origin Chipley Chipley, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8204 No. 1890 recruit | HighSchool | Marshall

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 -- 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Withdrawn Jan 9, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Arkansas State -> -- 3-star | Withdrawn

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#11789Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11965Where 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 Marshall

Composite

0.8204

#1890 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 AG McGhee

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 AG McGhee

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.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

final
Through 13g
83Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Final
83Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks

✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 83.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

AG McGhee is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Arkansas State's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 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.

Current place #11789 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

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
Total tackles 83 45 solo | #124/4942 (98th pct)
TFL 2.5 Backfield disruption | #1236/4972 (75th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
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.

Coverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
83 98th
SOLO
45 97th
TFL
2.5 75th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
1 44th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
5 90th
INT
1 65th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 42-24vs Southeast Missouri State650.00.00
Wk 2L 14-56@ Arkansas640.50.00
Wk 3L 16-24vs Iowa State410.50.02
Wk 4L 21-28@ Kennesaw State520.50.01
Wk 5L 16-28@ UL Monroe630.00.01
Wk 6W 31-30vs Texas State840.00.00
Wk 8W 15-14@ South Alabama620.00.00
Wk 9W 34-24vs Georgia Southern741.00.00
Wk 10W 23-10@ Troy220.00.010
Wk 11L 21-27vs Southern Miss860.00.00
Wk 13L 30-34vs Louisiana1240.00.01Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 14W 30-29@ App State630.00.00
BowlW 34-28vs Missouri State750.00.00
Total83452.50.015
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

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy
2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
2024Marshall10-3HC: Charles Huff · Run-leaning
2025Arkansas State7-6HC: Butch Jones · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Arkansas State83452.50.051--
2024Marshall54280.50.0------
2023Marshall48210.50.031--
2022Marshall410.00.0------
Career4 loaded seasons189953.50.082--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT 1 0 pick-six TD | #308/869 (65th pct)
Pass breakups 5 Coverage disruption | #218/2184 (90th pct)
QB pressures 1 Quarterback hurries | #1051/1878 (44th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 83 #124/4942 98th 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 1 #308/869 65th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 5 #218/2184 90th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 1 #1051/1878 44th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 45 #128/4584 97th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense INT return avg 23.0 #169/578 71st pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense INT return yards 23 #285/578 51st pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF

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 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home7g7.40.20.00.4
Road6g5.20.20.00.3

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins7g6.00.10.00.0
Losses6g6.80.20.00.8

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-77g6.00.20.00.6
Weeks 8+6g6.80.20.00.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort

59Solid starter
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (95th). Strength: solo tackles (95th). Concern: sacks (23rd).

Tackles#124 / 2975 · 96th pct
83defe
Solo tackles#128 / 2975 · 96th pct
45defe
Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct
5defe
Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct
2.5defe
QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct
1defe
Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct
1inte
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe

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
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 · 7 metrics
AG McGheeArkansas StateRobert FitzgeraldNorthwestern· 88% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 86% simTyler MartinMassachusetts· 84% sim
Tackles
96
McGhee
99
Fitzgerald
99
Ra-El
98
Martin
Solo tackles
96
McGhee
100
Fitzgerald
100
Ra-El
87
Martin
Passes defended
91
McGhee
86
Fitzgerald
91
Ra-El
67
Martin
Tackles for loss
56
McGhee
85
Fitzgerald
56
Ra-El
63
Martin
QB hurries
55
McGhee
55
Fitzgerald
22
Ra-El
22
Martin
Interceptions
31
McGhee
31
Fitzgerald
31
Martin
Sacks
24
McGhee
24
Fitzgerald
24
Ra-El
24
Martin

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 Tanner Ingle’s 2021 season.

Tanner Ingle

87%match

NC State · 2021

#2

Kaleb Culp

Texas State · 2023

85%
#3

Angelo Grose

Michigan State · 2021

87%
#4

Lento Smith Jr.

Tulsa · 2025

84%
#5

CJ Brown

Northern Illinois · 2022

81%

Matches Tanner on

Tackle volume
Interceptions
PD rate

Differs from Tanner on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Rod Heard II's senior season at Northwestern (2023).

Rod Heard II

87%match

Northwestern · 2023

#2

Anthony Wilson

West Virginia · 2023

All-Sun Belt
86%
#3

Myles Heard

Louisiana Tech · 2023

82%
#4

Jeremy Mack Jr.

Old Dominion · 2025

83%
#5

Jusfin Meyers

Georgia Southern · 2025

80%

Matches Rod on

Class year
Tackle volume
PD rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

Pass share

53.7%

506 pass / 437 run

Plays / game

72.5

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.6%

367 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach
2022
Butch Jones
Arkansas State
2023
Butch Jones
Arkansas State
2024
Butch Jones
Arkansas State
2025
Butch Jones
Arkansas State

Played his entire career under Butch Jones.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownChipley, FL
Height5'10"
Weight187 lb
Class4
PositionS
Jersey6

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 Marshall S4 #11789 #11965 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt
2023 Marshall S4 #11314 #11439 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt
2022 Marshall S4 #9222 #8864 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Arkansas State Sun Belt S 4 No. 6 | 5-10 | 187 lb | Chipley, FL
2024 Marshall Sun Belt S 4 No. 6 | 5-10 | 187 lb | Chipley, FL
2023 Marshall Sun Belt S 4 No. 6 | 5-10 | 187 lb | Chipley, FL
2022 Marshall Sun Belt S 4 No. 6 | 5-10 | 187 lb | Chipley, FL