CFB Zeitgeist Score
69
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 98th percentile.
Bishop Fitzgerald
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
51 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to USC for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · USC
Returning around him
- 37% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 3 USC players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -13 net (9 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
USC · Last season: 9-4 (AP #16) · Talent rank #17 · 2026 recruiting class #14
S · USC · BIG TEN
Bishop Fitzgerald
- 4
- #19
- 5-11 | 205 lb
- Woodbridge, VA
Heisman Heat
#11716
<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 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
2 seasons on the ladder
2023
NC State · S
—
★
2025
USC · S
R13 · Consensus All-American
Elite
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 | 0.8861 | No. 10 recruit | JUCO | NC State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NC State -> USC | 3-star | 0.8900 | 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.
Achievements
- Honors Badge 0.7% Honors Badge Recognized on a major honors list (Heisman, All-American, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Nagurski, Biletnikoff). Held by 0.7% of the 2025 pool. Recognized on: All-America (AP).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to NC State
Composite
0.8861
#10 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
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 Bishop Fitzgerald
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 Bishop Fitzgerald
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 10g
51Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
5Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
66Tackles
3.2Tackles for loss
1.3Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 51): needs 9.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 51): needs 16.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 1.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 3/game over remaining 3.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Bishop Fitzgerald is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on USC's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 5 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?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
51 88th
SOLO
34 92nd
TFL
2.5 75th
SACK
1.0 82nd
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
3 76th
INT
5 99th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-13vs Missouri State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-20vs Georgia Southern | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-17@ Purdue | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-31vs Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 32-34@ Illinois | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-13vs Michigan | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-34@ Notre Dame | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 21-17@ Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-17vs Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 26-21vs Iowa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 34 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 |
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
2023NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning
2025USC9-4HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
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 | 51 | #579/4942 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 2.5 | #1236/4972 | 75th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 5 | #6/869 | 99th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 3 | #521/2184 | 76th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 86 | #27/578 | 96th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 34 | #386/4584 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 17.2 | #252/578 | 57th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Defensive TD | 1 | #23/200 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pick-six TD | 1 | #13/119 | 90th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
CONSENSUS AA
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
CONSENSUS AA · Rung 13 of 16
Why he’s here
Consensus All-American — 1st team on at least three of the five NCAA selectors.
What moves him up
Sweep the remaining selectors for Unanimous status.
What moves him down
Fall below three selectors and this returns to plain All-American.
Accolade streams
All-America statusCONSENSUS
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
AP1st
FWAA1st
AFCA1st
WCFF1st
SN1st
SI1st
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Losses2g | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
69Solid starter
Elite: interceptions (98th). Strength: solo tackles (86th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
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
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
Bishop FitzgeraldUSCDalton JohnsonArizona· 89% simAhmaad MosesSMU· 87% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 87% sim
Interceptions
Solo tackles
Tackles
Passes defended
Sacks
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tyson Flowers’s 2025 season.
Tyson Flowers
81%match
#2
A'Khori Jones
81%
#3
Chance Keith
81%
#4
Owen Goss
80%
#5
Murvin Kenion III
All-Mountain West
81%
Matches Tyson on
Height
Weight
Tackle volume
Differs from Tyson on
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Gregory Rubin's junior season at Memphis (2023).
Gregory Rubin
91%match
#2
Chance Keith
88%
#3
A'Khori Jones
88%
#4
Jett Elad
84%
#5
Jaylen McCollough
84%
Matches Gregory on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
50.4%
420 pass / 414 run
Plays / game
64.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
3.8%
313 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Lincoln Riley
USC
2025
Lincoln Riley
USC
Played his entire career under Lincoln Riley.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownWoodbridge, VA
Height5'11"
Weight205 lb
Class4
PositionS
Jersey19
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamUSC
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🏆
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2025)
4 first-team selectors
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
5 All-America selections
National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-America (PFF) | all_america | PFF | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (WCFF) | all_america | WCFF | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (FWAA) | all_america | FWAA | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (AP) | all_america | AP | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (Consensus) | all_america | USC | Consensus | -- |
| 2025 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | USC | Big Ten | DB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.