CFB Zeitgeist Score
24
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by long run at the 58th percentile.
Angel Johnson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
252 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 75 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Washington State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Washington State
Returning around him
- 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -13 net (28 in / 41 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Washington State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #71
RB · WASHINGTON STATE · PAC-12
Angel Johnson
- 4
- #1
- 5-9 | 192 lb
- Viborg, SD
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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
Washington State
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#29 in market ▼ from #23 · 5 books
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Dakota State -> Washington State | 3-star | 0.8400 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens
Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.
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
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 Angel Johnson
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 Angel Johnson
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the rushing totals stand
Through 13g
252Rush yards
75Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
19.4Rush yards
6Carries
0Rush TDs
Final
252Rush yards
75Carries
1Rush TDs
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Angel Johnson's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Washington State, 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.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
75 70th
YDS
252 59th
YPC
3.4 20th
TD
1 56th
Receiving
REC
7 51st
YDS
55 52nd
YPR
7.9 60th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-10vs Idaho | 10 | -4 | -0.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-13vs San Diego State | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-59@ North Texas | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-59vs Washington | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-3@ Colorado State | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Ole Miss | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-22@ Virginia | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7vs Toledo | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-10@ Oregon State | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-24@ James Madison | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 32-8vs Oregon State | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 1 | 50 | Season-high 64 yds |
| Bowl | W 34-21@ Utah State | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Total | 75 | 252 | 4.0 | 1 | 50 |
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
2025Washington State7-6HC: Jimmy Rogers · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 75 | 252 | 3.4 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 75 | 252 | 3.4 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 0 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 252 | #301/735 | 59th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #323/739 | 56th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 3.4 | #591/735 | 20th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 7 | #270/552 | 51st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 55 | #263/548 | 52nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.00 | #346/362 | 5th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 63 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 9.9% | #320/738 | 57th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 75 | #223/739 | 70th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 50 | #162/733 | 78th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 31 | #124/540 | 77th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 7.9 | #218/548 | 60th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 18.3% | #284/738 | 62nd pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 13.5% | #259/738 | 65th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 12.4% | #288/738 | 61st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 11.3% | #296/738 | 60th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 4.6% | #478/738 | 35th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 2.2% | #386/738 | 48th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 0.6% | #621/738 | 16th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #78/256 | 70th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
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
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
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 17.3 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 21.1 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 21.3 | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Losses6g | 17.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 17.1 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 22.0 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
24Below cohort
Concern: yards / carry (3rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2025
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.
wepa_rushing0Below (<p25) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Angel JohnsonWashington StateTae MeadowsTroy· 64% simJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 62% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 61% sim
Long run
Fumbles lost
Carries
Rec yards
Receptions
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Yards / carry
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kobe Johnson’s 2023 season.
Kobe Johnson
77%match
#2
Amir Rasul
69%
#3
Joshua Fields
62%
#4
Kevin Mensah
67%
#5
Destin Coates
All-Sun Belt
65%
Matches Kobe on
Yards / carry
Weight
Rush TD rate
Differs from Kobe on
EPA / carry (adj) (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Raiden Hunter’s path through Idaho State.
Raiden Hunter
99%match
#2
Lamagea McDowell
99%
#3
Zach Hrbacek
94%
#4
Davis Bryson
93%
#5
Kobe Johnson
92%
Matches Raiden on
Yards per carry
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kobe Johnson's sophomore season at Colorado State (2023).
Kobe Johnson
89%match
#2
Patrick Smith
74%
#3
Justin Tomlin
70%
#4
Jamari Ferrell
70%
#5
D'Eriq King
65%
Matches Kobe on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Yards / carry
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Pass share
48.7%
407 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
64.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.1%
327 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Jimmy Rogers
Washington State
Played his entire career under Jimmy Rogers.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownViborg, SD
Height5'9"
Weight192 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey1
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamWashington State
ConferencePac-12
Joined2025
Career arc1 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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 | Washington State | Pac-12 | RB | 4 | No. 1 | 5-9 | 192 lb | Viborg, SD |