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Heisman / Players / Braeden Wisloski /James Madison

Braeden Wisloski

WR · James Madison · Jr · #10

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

358 REC YDS · 26 REC · 4 REC TD

IN PORTALIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from James Madison)

In Portal · 2026

In transfer portal

2025James Madison
DestinationTBD

WR · JAMES MADISON · SUN BELT

Braeden Wisloski

  • 3
  • #10
  • 5-10 | 186 lb
  • Elysburg, PA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

53

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 68th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1229

<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 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

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
-2.02023
75.02024
3582025

-18000%

Sharp dropoff (-18000%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1095 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey10
Measurements5-10 | 186 lb
HometownElysburg, PA
Primary teamJames Madison

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1095 recruit
Composite rating 0.8608 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2023
Origin Southern Columbia Area Catawissa, PA, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8608 No. 1095 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 2 Programs changed on file
Latest destination -- 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Withdrawn Jan 6, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 James Madison -> -- 3-star | Withdrawn
2025 Maryland -> James Madison 3-star | 0.8200 | 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 16
Current nowcast#1229Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1403Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%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.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to —

Composite

0.8608

#1095 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

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 Braeden Wisloski

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

100

Grounded Optimism

Sample 1 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 1 mentions · belief +100 · "Wide receiver Braeden Wisloski gives JMU football an important returning contrib"Own fans
  • Own fans · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Braeden Wisloski

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Yards per reception

13.8

yds

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #173 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 68th

Why it matters

#173 of 531 All FBS WRs at 13.8 yards per reception (26 catches).

Vs cohort

This player 13.8 (68th)

MODERATE · n=26 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving TDs#161 / 531
  • Receiving yards (total)#344 / 531

Signature Moment

Week 7 vs Louisiana — 69 ypr

Result W 24-14

The week the volume broke through — put up 69 yds vs Louisiana.

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

final
Through 14g
358Rec yards
26Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
25.6Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
358Rec yards
26Receptions
4Rec TDs

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Braeden Wisloski's story is about how role and output meet each other. For James Madison, 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 #1229 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 3.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 2 portal moves

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 26 4 rec TD | #335/1110 (70th pct)
Receiving yards 358 13.8 per catch | #314/1107 (72nd pct)
Scrimmage yards 362 Total offensive yardage | #314/1107 (72nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
26 70th
YDS
358 72nd
YPR
13.8 66th
TD
4 86th

Rushing

CAR
1 35th
YDS
4 30th
YPC
4.0 47th
TD
0 81st

Returns

KR YDS
98 63rd
KR AVG
16.3 32nd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 45-10vs Weber State133.003
Wk 2L 14-28@ Louisville
Wk 4W 31-13@ Liberty111.001
Wk 5W 35-10vs Georgia Southern
Wk 6W 14-7@ Georgia State
Wk 7W 24-14vs Louisiana7699.9031Season-high 69 yds
Wk 8W 63-27vs Old Dominion133.003
Wk 10W 52-20@ Texas State12626.0026
Wk 11W 35-23@ Marshall12626.0126
Wk 12W 58-10vs App State11515.0015
Wk 13W 24-20vs Washington State16868.0168
Wk 14W 59-10@ Coastal Carolina46416.0139
Wk 15W 31-14vs Troy23115.5126
BowlL 34-51@ Oregon6528.7032
Total2635817.5468
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

2023Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning
2024Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning
2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025James Madison2635813.84--
2024Maryland57515.00--
2023Maryland1-2-2.00--
Career3 loaded seasons3243113.54--
SeasonTeam
2025James Madison1498----
2024Maryland----4358--
2023Maryland----380----
Career3 loaded seasons1452158--
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% 8.4% pass-game share | #575/1137 (50th pct)
Return yards 98 0 return TD | #88/238 (63rd pct)
Touchdowns 4 Across offense and returns | #152/1111 (86th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 26 #335/1110 70th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 358 #314/1107 72nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 4 #152/1111 86th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 13.8 #375/1106 66th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 98 #88/238 63rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 8.4% #575/1137 50th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 4 #279/346 20th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 4 #277/397 30th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 4.0 #211/393 47th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 1 #264/407 35th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 68 #109/1105 90th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 16.3 #161/236 32nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 6 #77/243 69th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 4.2% #526/1137 54th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 3.7% #569/1137 50th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 3.5% #774/1137 32nd 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 2.8% #925/1137 19th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 2.1% #908/1137 20th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.2% #374/1137 67th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #131/302 57th pct Turnoversvs 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 · 14 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home7g1.927.019.10.3
Road7g1.924.115.50.3

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins12g1.725.518.30.3
Losses2g3.026.08.70.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-77g2.117.95.70.0
Weeks 8+7g1.633.324.20.6

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

53Mid-pack
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (81st). Concern: rush yards (27th).

Long catch#100 / 558 · 81st pct
68rece
Rec TDs#152 / 558 · 68th pct
4rece
Yards / catch#216 / 558 · 60th pct
13.8rece
Rec yards#314 / 558 · 44th pct
358rece
Receptions#335 / 558 · 39th pct
26rece
Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct
0rush
Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct
1fumb
Rush yards#204 / 287 · 28th pct
4rush

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

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

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 · 8 metrics
Braeden WisloskiJames MadisonJordan HudsonSMU· 75% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 73% simQue'Sean BrownDuke· 73% sim
Long catch
81
Wisloski
84
Hudson
65
III
83
Brown
Rec TDs
68
Wisloski
87
Hudson
68
III
78
Brown
Yards / catch
60
Wisloski
46
Hudson
78
III
56
Brown
Rec yards
44
Wisloski
86
Hudson
94
III
91
Brown
Receptions
39
Wisloski
90
Hudson
90
III
92
Brown
Rush TDs
39
Wisloski
39
Hudson
39
III
39
Brown
Fumbles lost
36
Wisloski
36
Hudson
36
III
36
Brown
Rush yards
28
Wisloski
35
Hudson
20
III
1
Brown

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

Player DNA

The Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tony Johnson’s 2022 season.

Tony Johnson

84%match

Florida Atlantic · 2022

#2

Sean Atkins

South Florida · 2022

80%
#3

Tarique Milton

Iowa State · 2021

80%
#4

Eugene Wilson

Florida · 2025

80%
#5

Tony Johnson

Florida Atlantic · 2023

80%

Matches Tony on

Height
Yards / reception
Reception volume

Differs from Tony on

EPA / play (adj) (lower)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ma'jon Wright’s path through Arizona.

Ma'jon Wright

98%match

Arizona · 2020

#2

Keegan Jones

UCLA · 2024

98%
#3

Taylor Grimes

Incarnate Word · 2022

96%
#4

Anthony Lowe

Gardner-Webb · 2025

95%
#5

Ryan Flournoy

Southeast Missouri State · 2023

NFL Rd 6
94%

Matches Ma'jon on

Yards per reception

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Isaac Jernigan's junior season at San José State (2023).

Isaac Jernigan

89%match

San José State · 2023

#2

Keegan Jones

UCLA · 2022

80%
#3

DJ Allen

UTSA · 2025

79%
#4

Eugene Wilson

Florida · 2025

78%
#5

Chrishon Mccray

Michigan State · 2025

All-MAC
76%

Matches Isaac on

Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Yards / reception

Differs from Isaac on

Reception volume (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

Pass share

39.7%

385 pass / 584 run

Plays / game

69.2

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.8%

269 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Damian Wroblewski
James Madison
2024
Bob Chesney
James Madison
era →
2025
Bob Chesney
James Madison

Coaching transition mid-career: Damian Wroblewski → Bob Chesney. 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.

HometownElysburg, PA
Height5'10"
Weight186 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey10

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
2024 Maryland WR3 #1229 #1403 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 Maryland WR3 #3059 #2937 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big Ten

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 James Madison Sun Belt WR 3 No. 10 | 5-10 | 186 lb | Elysburg, PA
2024 Maryland Big Ten WR 3 No. 10 | 5-10 | 186 lb | Elysburg, PA
2023 Maryland Big Ten WR 3 No. 10 | 5-10 | 186 lb | Elysburg, PA