CFB Zeitgeist Score
61
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 63rd percentile.
Anterio Thompson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
29 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Atlanta2026 NFL rookie season
#208Rd 6 · Pick 27
Atlanta2026 NFL rookie season
DL · WASHINGTON · BIG TEN
Anterio Thompson
- 4
- #54
- 6-4 | 306 lb
- Dubuque, IA
Heisman Heat
#14522
<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 DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R6 · #208
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8753 | No. 23 recruit | JUCO | Iowa |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan -> Washington | 3-star | Immediate |
| 2024 | Iowa -> Western Michigan | 3-star | 0.8400 | Immediate |
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 16Heisman 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 Iowa
Composite
0.8753
#23 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 6, Pick 27
#208 overall · Atlanta
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 Anterio Thompson
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 Anterio Thompson
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 defensive totals stand
Through 12g
29Tackles
2Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
31Tackles
2.2Tackles for loss
1.1Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 29): needs 51/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 29): needs 71/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 5/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 9/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Anterio Thompson is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Washington's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 2.0 tackles for loss, and -- 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.
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
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
29 71st
SOLO
17 73rd
TFL
2.0 71st
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
3 75th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-21vs Colorado State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 70-10vs UC Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-24@ Washington State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-20@ Maryland | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-19vs Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-24@ Michigan | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 42-25vs Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-13@ Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-13vs Purdue | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-14@ UCLA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-26vs Oregon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 38-10vs Boise State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
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
2023Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Washington9-4HC: Jedd Fisch · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 29 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 30 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 29 | #1415/4942 | 71st pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 2.0 | #1443/4972 | 71st pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 3 | #462/1878 | 75th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 17 | #1252/4584 | 73rd pct | Volumevs 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
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Lombardi 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Losses3g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort
61Solid starter
Elite: qb hurries (81st).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DL · 2024
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.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Anterio ThompsonWashingtonBlake FletcherAir Force· 70% simAndon ThomasArmy· 70% simTrey FieldsNorth Texas· 70% sim
QB hurries
Passes defended
Sacks
Solo tackles
Tackles
Tackles for loss
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Nose Anchor
Two-gap space-eater who occupies blockers and frees the linebackers.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Rayshaun Benny’s 2025 season.
Rayshaun Benny
92%match
All-Big TenNFL Rd 7
#2
Mike Lockhart
91%
#3
Nathan Pickering
90%
#4
Keenan Hester
89%
#5
Cameron Horsley
89%
Matches Rayshaun on
Class year
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Alex Huntley's junior season at South Carolina (2022).
Alex Huntley
89%match
#2
Myles Murphy
88%
#3
Dez Morgan
87%
#4
Dion Wilson Jr.
86%
#5
Demerick Morris
86%
Matches Alex on
Class year
Height
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
Pass share
44.9%
370 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
63.4
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.3%
268 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Kalen DeBoer
Washington
2025era →
Jedd Fisch
Washington
Coaching transition mid-career: Kalen DeBoer → Jedd Fisch. 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.
HometownDubuque, IA
Height6'4"
Weight306 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey54
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamWashington
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Western Michigan | DL4 | #14522 | #14604 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2023 | Iowa | DL4 | #8952 | #8452 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | Big Ten | DL | 4 | No. 54 | 6-4 | 306 lb | Dubuque, IA |
| 2024 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | DL | 4 | No. 54 | 6-4 | 306 lb | Dubuque, IA |
| 2023 | Iowa | Big Ten | DL | 4 | No. 54 | 6-4 | 306 lb | Dubuque, IA |