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Heisman / Players / Aidan Armenta /UL Monroe

Aidan Armenta

QB · UL Monroe · So · #10

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

1,619 PASS YDS · 12 PASS TD · 60 RUSH YDS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to UL Monroe for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to UL Monroe for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Quarterback · UL Monroe

Returning around him

  • 78% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +3 net (20 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

UL Monroe · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #124 · 2026 recruiting class #115

QB · UL MONROE · SUN BELT

Aidan Armenta

  • 2
  • #10
  • 6-3 | 210 lb
  • Albuquerque, NM

CFB Zeitgeist Score

34

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by pass tds at the 49th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1478

<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 QB AWARD

Davey O'Brien

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
UL Monroe
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionQB
Class2
Jersey10
Measurements6-3 | 210 lb
HometownAlbuquerque, NM
Primary teamUL Monroe

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

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#1478Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1561Where 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.

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 passing yards (1619).

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.

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 Aidan Armenta

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmNational: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here]( https://www.r"National
  • National · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Aidan Armenta

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 passing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 11g
1,619Pass yards
12Pass TDs
8INT
Per game
147.2Pass yards
1Pass TDs
1INT
Projected (13g)
1,913Pass yards
14Pass TDs
9INT

To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 1,619): needs 690.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 1,619): needs 1,190/game over remaining 2.

To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 12): needs 6.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 12): needs 9/game over remaining 2.

To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 12): needs 11.5/game over remaining 2.

What made this player interesting

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

Aidan Armenta's story is about how role and output meet each other. For UL Monroe, 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.

Current place #1478 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 44.6% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

QB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Pass yards 1,619 12 TD | 8 INT | #107/382 (72nd pct)
Completion rate 58.3% 147/252 completions | #243/383 (37th pct)
Yards/attempt 6.4 Explosiveness through the air | #233/382 (39th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Steady volume against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Steady volume

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
147 73rd
ATT
252 74th
CMP%
58.3% 37th
Y/A
6.4 39th

Passing Production

YDS
1,619 72nd
TD
12 79th
INT
8 17th

Rushing

CAR
60 75th
YDS
60 57th
YPC
1.0 26th
TD
2 73rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCMP/ATTYDSTDINTYPAQBRNote
Wk 1W 29-0vs St. Francis (PA)12/2395114.19.5
Wk 2L 0-73@ Alabama8/1428012.03.8
Wk 4W 31-25@ UTEP8/14136209.778.5
Wk 5W 28-16vs Arkansas State16/25175217.036.4
Wk 6L 7-42@ Northwestern10/19129106.856.6
Wk 7L 8-23@ Coastal Carolina14/28176116.324.0
Wk 8L 14-37vs Troy19/33171125.219.5
Wk 10L 6-31vs Old Dominion12/20150117.59.2
Wk 12L 14-26vs South Alabama10/1982014.32.8
Wk 13L 14-31@ Texas State19/26166006.449.4
Wk 14L 27-30@ Louisiana19/313113010.061.5Season-high 311 yds
Total147/25216191286.331.9
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

2025UL Monroe3-9HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-leaning, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2025UL Monroe14725258.3%1,6196.4128121.7----
Career1 loaded season14725258.3%1,6196.4128121.7----
SeasonTeam
2025UL Monroe60601.02--
Career1 loaded season60601.02--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

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.

Rush impact 60 2 rush TD | #176/408 (57th pct)
Usage 44.6% 89.9% pass share | 10.3% rush share | #120/428 (72nd pct)
Passing WEPA +0.24 Opponent-adjusted passing value | #118/200 (42nd pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 1,619 #107/382 72nd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 12 #88/407 79th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 147 #105/383 73rd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 58.3% #243/383 37th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 6.4 #233/382 39th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing yards 60 #176/408 57th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Value Passing WEPA +0.24 #118/200 42nd pct Opponent-adjusted passing value | 240 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Usage Role share 44.6% #120/428 72nd pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 252 #105/407 74th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 8 #339/407 17th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Rushing Carries 60 #103/408 75th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing LONG 32 #101/391 74th pct Metricvs FBS QB
Rushing Rush TD 2 #113/408 73rd pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Rushing Yards / carry 1.0 #302/407 26th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 89.9% #62/428 86th pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 60.6% #106/428 75th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 59.9% #103/428 76th pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 40.5% #138/428 68th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 38.9% #111/428 74th pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 35.4% #134/428 69th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 10.3% #155/428 64th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS QB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.08 #131/140 7th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 35 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 2 #163/258 37th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Home5g1351.05.61.2
Road6g1581.26.90.3

Win vs Loss

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Wins3g1351.76.90.7
Losses8g1520.96.10.8

First half vs Second half

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Weeks 1-76g1231.26.00.7
Weeks 8+5g1761.06.70.8

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

34Below cohort
8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: completion % (23rd).

Pass TDs#88 / 183 · 49th pct
12pass
Pass yards#107 / 183 · 42nd pct
1619pass
Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct
2rush
Fumbles lost#87 / 174 · 38th pct
2fumb
Rush yards#119 / 183 · 35th pct
60rush
Interceptions#115 / 183 · 32nd pct
8pass
Yards / att#139 / 183 · 23rd pct
6.4pass
Completion %#139 / 183 · 23rd pct
58.3%pass

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Pass Profile · Completion depth (PBP)

Where the throws are landing

75/142 (52.8%) · 4 TD · 6 INT

Short

0–9 yds
45%of completions
34 comp4.6 yds avg

Middle

10–19 yds
40%of completions
30 comp12.8 yds avg3 TD

Deep

20+ yds
15%of completions
11 comp30.0 yds avg1 TD

Overall 52.8% completion on 142 attempts · 11 deep completions averaging 30.0 yds.

Advanced Savant · QB · 2024

Percentile Card

Concerns: EPA / dropback.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback0.240
23th pct
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.

wepa_passing0.24Low (p25–p50) (n=94)
wepa_rushing0.08Below (<p25) (n=72)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Aidan ArmentaUL MonroeNick VattiatoMiddle Tennessee· 85% simPreston StoneNorthwestern· 84% simLogan FifeNew Mexico State· 84% sim
Pass TDs
49
Armenta
64
Vattiato
68
Stone
45
Fife
Pass yards
42
Armenta
57
Vattiato
62
Stone
58
Fife
Rush TDs
39
Armenta
39
Vattiato
26
Stone
26
Fife
Fumbles lost
38
Armenta
66
Vattiato
38
Stone
18
Fife
Rush yards
35
Armenta
27
Vattiato
24
Stone
20
Fife
Interceptions
32
Armenta
44
Vattiato
5
Stone
5
Fife
Yards / att
23
Armenta
13
Vattiato
26
Stone
19
Fife
Completion %
23
Armenta
41
Vattiato
34
Stone
13
Fife

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Pocket Passer

Balanced passer who operates within the system. Profile sits near league average across dimensions.

QB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Athan Kaliakmanis’s 2023 season.

Athan Kaliakmanis

83%match

Minnesota · 2023

NFL Rd 7
#2

Evan Simon

Temple · 2024

78%
#3

Brock Vandagriff

Kentucky · 2024

74%
#4

Haynes King

Texas A&M · 2022

73%
#5

Grant Wilson

Old Dominion · 2023

73%

Matches Athan on

Rush yards / carry
Yards / attempt
EPA / dropback (adj)

Differs from Athan on

Class year (lower)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Malachi Nelson’s path through UTEP.

Malachi Nelson

90%match

UTEP · 2025

#2

Cam Ransom

Bethune-Cookman · 2025

89%
#3

Ethan Hampton

Northern Illinois · 2024

89%
#4

Grayson Loftis

Charlotte · 2025

88%
#5

Kaden Anderson

Wyoming · 2025

87%

Matches Malachi on

Height
Completion %
Yards per attempt

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Desmond Trotter's sophomore season at South Alabama (2021).

Desmond Trotter

70%match

South Alabama · 2021

#2

Athan Kaliakmanis

Minnesota · 2023

NFL Rd 7
70%
#3

Terry Wilson

New Mexico · 2021

69%
#4

Behren Morton

Texas Tech · 2022

NFL Rd 7
67%
#5

Matt McDonald

Bowling Green · 2021

65%

Matches Desmond on

Yards / attempt
Total pass EPA (college ability)
Completion %

Differs from Desmond on

Class year (lower)
Weight (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Bryant Vincent

Pass share

41.4%

302 pass / 428 run

Plays / game

60.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

8.3%

241 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Bryant Vincent
UL Monroe

Played his entire career under Bryant Vincent.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownAlbuquerque, NM
Height6'3"
Weight210 lb
Class2
PositionQB
Jersey10

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 UL Monroe QB2 #1478 #1561 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt
2023 New Mexico QB2 #2740 #3036 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 UL Monroe Sun Belt QB 2 No. 10 | 6-3 | 210 lb | Albuquerque, NM
2024 UL Monroe Sun Belt QB 2 No. 10 | 6-3 | 210 lb | Albuquerque, NM
2023 New Mexico Mountain West QB 2 No. 10 | 6-3 | 210 lb | Albuquerque, NM