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Heisman / Players / Allen Middleton /Bowling Green

Allen Middleton

WR · Bowling Green · So · #1

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

52 REC YDS · 8 REC · 0 REC TD

IN PORTALIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Bowling Green)

In Portal · 2026

In transfer portal

2025Bowling Green
DestinationTBD

WR · BOWLING GREEN · MID-AMERICAN

Allen Middleton

  • 2
  • #1
  • 5-11 | 190 lb
  • Mascoutah, IL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

9

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 55th percentile.

Heisman Heat

Awaiting

Not on the live Heisman board this week.

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

TOP WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Bowling Green
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class2
Jersey1
Measurements5-11 | 190 lb
HometownMascoutah, IL
Primary teamBowling Green

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 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination -- 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 6, 2025
Season Move Context
2026 Bowling Green -> -- 3-star | Immediate

Heisman Lens

Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.

Current nowcast--Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast--Where the full season sim points
Win probability--Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability--Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability--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.

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 Allen Middleton

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 Allen Middleton

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 receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 9g
52Rec yards
8Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
5.8Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
75.1Rec yards
12Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 52): needs 162/game over remaining 4.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 52): needs 237/game over remaining 4.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 8): needs 13/game over remaining 4.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 8): needs 18/game over remaining 4.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 2/game over remaining 4.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 2.5/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.

Allen Middleton's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Bowling Green, 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 -- -- win | -- finalist
Role load 3.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc 156 return yds

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
Receptions 8 0 rec TD | #631/1110 (43rd pct)
Receiving yards 52 6.5 per catch | #773/1107 (30th pct)
Scrimmage yards 68 Total offensive yardage | #773/1107 (30th 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

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
8 43rd
YDS
52 30th
YPR
6.5 11th
TD
0 45th

Rushing

CAR
5 78th
YDS
16 60th
YPC
3.2 37th
TD
0 81st

Returns

KR YDS
156 72nd
KR AVG
22.3 73rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 2L 20-34@ Cincinnati155.005
Wk 3W 23-13vs Liberty133.003
Wk 4L 17-40@ Louisville
Wk 5L 20-35@ Ohio2115.509
Wk 7W 28-23vs Toledo
Wk 8L 6-27vs Central Michigan2115.508
Wk 9L 21-24@ Kent State22211.0021Season-high 22 yds
Wk 10L 3-28vs Buffalo
Wk 11L 21-27@ Eastern Michigan
Total8526.0021
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

2025Bowling Green4-8HC: Eddie George · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Bowling Green8526.50--
Career1 loaded season8526.50--
SeasonTeam
2025Bowling Green516156----
Career1 loaded season516156----
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 3.4% 4.8% pass-game share | #874/1137 (23rd pct)
Return yards 156 0 return TD | #68/238 (72nd pct)
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #615/1111 (45th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 8 #631/1110 43rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 52 #773/1107 30th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 6.5 #983/1106 11th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 156 #68/238 72nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 4.8% #874/1137 23rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 16 #160/397 60th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 7 #212/346 39th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 5 #90/407 78th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 3.2 #250/393 37th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 21 #741/1105 33rd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 22.3 #65/236 73rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 7 #69/243 72nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 4.9% #435/1137 62nd pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 4.0% #522/1137 54th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 3.4% #784/1137 31st pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 3.4% #696/1137 39th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 2.3% #952/1137 16th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 2.1% #89/1137 92nd pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 1.7% #942/1137 17th pct Middle-down loadvs 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

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home4g0.83.54.20.0
Road5g1.07.67.20.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins2g0.51.53.00.0
Losses7g1.07.06.80.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-75g0.83.84.50.0
Weeks 8+4g1.08.28.20.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

9Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: receptions (0th).

Rush yards#128 / 287 · 55th pct
16rush
Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct
0rush
Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Long catch#532 / 558 · 4th pct
21rece
Yards / catch#552 / 558 · 1st pct
6.5rece
Rec yards#558 / 558 · 0th pct
52rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
8rece

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

Advanced Savant · WR · 2025

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
Allen MiddletonBowling GreenMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 52% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 50% simKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 46% sim
Rush yards
55
Middleton
6
III
76
Gibson
89
Jr.
Rush TDs
39
Middleton
39
III
39
Gibson
39
Jr.
Rec TDs
7
Middleton
24
III
7
Gibson
24
Jr.
Long catch
4
Middleton
16
III
56
Gibson
56
Jr.
Yards / catch
1
Middleton
9
III
15
Gibson
28
Jr.
Rec yards
0
Middleton
70
III
74
Gibson
84
Jr.
Receptions
0
Middleton
92
III
92
Gibson
94
Jr.

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

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

Eddie George

Pass share

37.7%

281 pass / 465 run

Plays / game

62.2

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

10.9%

265 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Eddie George
Bowling Green

Played his entire career under Eddie George.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownMascoutah, IL
Height5'11"
Weight190 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey1

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
This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model.

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Bowling Green Mid-American WR 2 No. 1 | 5-11 | 190 lb | Mascoutah, IL