CFB Zeitgeist Score
71
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by tackles for loss at the 85th percentile.
Blayne Myrick
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
84 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Miami (OH)
2025South Alabama
2026Miami (OH)
LB · SOUTH ALABAMA · SUN BELT
Blayne Myrick
- 3
- #32
- 6-3 | 226 lb
- Fairhope, AL
Heisman Heat
#13287
<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 LB AWARD
Butkus
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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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
South Alabama · LB
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★
2025
South Alabama · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
South Alabama
NFL
NFL Draft
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | South Alabama -> Miami (OH) | 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—
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 Blayne Myrick
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 Blayne Myrick
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 11g
84Tackles
6Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
8Tackles
0.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
99Tackles
7.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 84.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 84): needs 8/game over remaining 2.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 5/game over remaining 2.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Blayne Myrick is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on South Alabama's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 6.0 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?
High-disruption defender | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
84 98th
SOLO
38 94th
TFL
6.0 92nd
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
3 75th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
3 76th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-21vs Morgan State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-33vs Tulane | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 22-36@ North Texas | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ Troy | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-15vs Arkansas State | 13 | 9 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 38-31@ Georgia State | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 22-31vs Louisiana | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 26-14@ UL Monroe | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-35vs Southern Miss | 9 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 26-49@ Texas State | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 84 | 38 | 6.0 | 0.0 | — | 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
2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced
2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | 84 | 38 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | South Alabama | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 91 | 44 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
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 | 84 | #114/4942 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 6.0 | #406/4972 | 92nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 3 | #521/2184 | 76th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 3 | #462/1878 | 75th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 38 | #271/4584 | 94th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Butkus 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 7.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Losses7g | 8.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
71Solid starter
Elite: tackles (96th). Strength: solo tackles (90th). Concern: sacks (23rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 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
Blayne MyrickSouth AlabamaBryce LlewellynEastern Michigan· 94% simRobert FitzgeraldNorthwestern· 88% simTy BenefieldBoise State· 88% sim
Tackles
Solo tackles
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Passes defended
Sacks
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Every-Down Linebacker
Leads the team in tackles and rarely leaves the field.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jett Johnson’s 2021 season.
Jett Johnson
85%match
#2
Chandler Wooten
83%
#3
Yvandy Rigby
82%
#4
Alan Tisdale
81%
#5
JT Killen
All-Sun Belt
80%
Matches Jett on
PD rate
TFL rate
Weight
Differs from Jett on
Height (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Braylan Lovelace's junior season at Pittsburgh (2025).
Braylan Lovelace
86%match
#2
Ben Roberts
86%
#3
Jeremiah Telander
83%
#4
Jordan Hall
82%
#5
Jared Lloyd
82%
Matches Braylan on
PD rate
Weight
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Pass share
37.0%
310 pass / 527 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.2%
249 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Kane Wommack
South Alabama
2025era →
Major Applewhite
South Alabama
Coaching transition mid-career: Kane Wommack → Major Applewhite. 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.
HometownFairhope, AL
Height6'3"
Weight226 lb
Class3
PositionLB
Jersey32
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Current teamSouth Alabama
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Sun Belt
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 all-conference honors
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-Sun Belt | all_conference | South Alabama | Sun Belt | LB |
| 2024 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | South Alabama | Sun Belt | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Alabama | LB3 | #13287 | #13332 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | South Alabama | LB3 | #11816 | #11791 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | South Alabama | LB3 | #9685 | #9180 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | LB | 3 | No. 32 | 6-3 | 226 lb | Fairhope, AL |
| 2024 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | LB | 3 | No. 32 | 6-3 | 226 lb | Fairhope, AL |
| 2023 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | LB | 3 | No. 32 | 6-3 | 226 lb | Fairhope, AL |
| 2022 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | LB | 3 | No. 32 | 6-3 | 226 lb | Fairhope, AL |