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Heisman / Players / Brock Rechsteiner /Jacksonville State

Brock Rechsteiner

WR · Jacksonville State · Sr · #3

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

383 REC YDS · 36 REC · 5 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Jacksonville State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Jacksonville State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Jacksonville State

Returning around him

  • 84% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +7 net (20 in / 13 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #111 · 2026 recruiting class #110

WR · JACKSONVILLE STATE · CONFERENCE USA

Brock Rechsteiner

  • 4
  • #3
  • 6-2 | 225 lb
  • Woodstock, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

57

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 78th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#4627

<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 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
5.02023
3832025

+7560%

Up 7560% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Jacksonville State
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey3
Measurements6-2 | 225 lb
HometownWoodstock, GA
Primary teamJacksonville State

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
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.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

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#4627Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#5003Where 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.

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 Brock Rechsteiner

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

50

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 1 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "Countdown to Kickoff: Brock Rechsteiner is the Saints Player of Day 89 &nbsp;&nb"Own fans
  • Own fans · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Brock Rechsteiner

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Receiving TDs

5

count

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #98 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 82nd

Why it matters

#98 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 5 TDs on 36 receptions.

Vs cohort

This player 5 (82th)

HIGH · n=36 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving yards (total)#315 / 531
  • Yards per reception#384 / 531

Signature Moment

Week 3 at Georgia Southern — 1 receiving_tds

Result L 34-41

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Georgia Southern.

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

projecting to 13-game
Through 11g
383Rec yards
36Receptions
5Rec TDs
Per game
34.8Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
452.6Rec yards
43Receptions
6Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 383): needs 158.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 383): needs 308.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 36): needs 12/game over remaining 2.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 36): needs 22/game over remaining 2.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 1.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.

Why the profile pops beyond receiving

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

The most interesting thing about Brock Rechsteiner is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.

Current place #4627 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 6.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk All-purpose load The card should explain why this profile stands out

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 36 5 rec TD | #218/1110 (80th pct)
Receiving yards 383 10.6 per catch | #296/1107 (73rd pct)
Scrimmage yards 401 Total offensive yardage | #296/1107 (73rd 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
36 80th
YDS
383 73rd
YPR
10.6 38th
TD
5 91st

Rushing

CAR
3 64th
YDS
18 63rd
YPC
6.0 69th
TD
1 96th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 10-17@ UCF33411.3020
Wk 2W 34-24vs Liberty1-1-1.000
Wk 3L 34-41@ Georgia Southern46917.3156
Wk 4W 45-10vs Murray State58917.8135Season-high 89 yds
Wk 5L 25-42@ Southern Miss4246.019
Wk 8W 38-25vs Delaware34816.0123
Wk 10W 24-21@ Middle Tennessee5428.4014
Wk 11W 30-27@ UTEP3268.7010
Wk 12W 35-26vs Kennesaw State393.008
Wk 13L 21-27@ Florida International2168.0010
BowlW 17-13vs Troy3279.0122
Total363839.5556
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

2023Jacksonville State9-4HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2025Jacksonville State9-5HC: Charles Kelly · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Jacksonville State3638310.65--
2023Jacksonville State155.00--
Career2 loaded seasons3738810.55--
SeasonTeam
2025Jacksonville State318------
2023Jacksonville State----------
Career2 loaded seasons318------
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 6.9% 18.0% pass-game share | #135/1137 (88th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 6 Across offense and returns | #96/1111 (91st pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 36 #218/1110 80th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 383 #296/1107 73rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 5 #96/1111 91st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 10.6 #691/1106 38th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 18.0% #135/1137 88th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 18 #147/397 63rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 14 #122/346 65th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 6.0 #124/393 69th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 3 #146/407 64th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 1 #19/411 96th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 56 #205/1105 82nd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 8.6% #344/1137 70th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 8.2% #361/1137 68th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 6.9% #285/1137 75th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 6.5% #356/1137 69th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 6.3% #297/1137 74th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 6.1% #284/1137 75th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.4% #312/1137 73rd pct Ground-game usagevs 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home5g3.034.49.00.6
Road6g3.535.210.00.3

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins7g3.334.38.80.4
Losses4g3.235.810.70.5

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-76g3.340.310.10.7
Weeks 8+5g3.228.28.80.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

57Solid starter
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (85th). Concern: yards / catch (21st).

Rush TDs#19 / 287 · 85th pct
1rush
Rec TDs#96 / 558 · 78th pct
5rece
Long catch#183 / 558 · 67th pct
56rece
Receptions#218 / 558 · 60th pct
36rece
Rush yards#118 / 287 · 58th pct
18rush
Rec yards#296 / 558 · 47th pct
383rece
Yards / catch#435 / 558 · 22nd pct
10.6rece

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 · 7 metrics
Brock RechsteinerJacksonville StateDonovan FaupelNew Mexico State· 79% simAaron TurnerRice· 78% simJordyn TysonArizona State· 78% sim
Rush TDs
85
Rechsteiner
99
Turner
85
Tyson
Rec TDs
78
Rechsteiner
92
Faupel
68
Turner
95
Tyson
Long catch
67
Rechsteiner
65
Faupel
65
Turner
68
Tyson
Receptions
60
Rechsteiner
90
Faupel
92
Turner
90
Tyson
Rush yards
58
Rechsteiner
98
Turner
28
Tyson
Rec yards
47
Rechsteiner
79
Faupel
48
Turner
81
Tyson
Yards / catch
22
Rechsteiner
24
Faupel
1
Turner
36
Tyson

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

Player DNA

The Jump-Ball Target

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Malik Heath’s 2021 season.

Malik Heath

78%match

Mississippi State · 2021

#2

CJ Windham

Middle Tennessee · 2020

68%
#3

Elijah Higgins

Stanford · 2021

NFL Rd 6
74%
#4

Kawaan Baker

South Alabama · 2020

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 7
67%
#5

Jalil Farooq

Oklahoma · 2022

73%

Matches Malik on

Yards / reception
EPA / play (adj)
Height

Differs from Malik on

Weight (higher)
Class year (higher)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Elijah Steward’s path through Lafayette.

Elijah Steward

99%match

Lafayette · 2025

#2

Derick Eugene

Long Island University · 2021

98%
#3

Grant Hollier

Georgia State · 2025

96%
#4

Corey Dyches

California · 2024

All-Big Ten
92%
#5

Daniel George

Akron · 2023

All-MAC
92%

Matches Elijah on

Yards per reception

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Traeshon Holden's junior season at Oregon (2023).

Traeshon Holden

81%match

Oregon · 2023

#2

Brant Kuithe

Utah · 2022

All-Big 12
80%
#3

Christian Trahan

Houston · 2022

75%
#4

Pearson Baldwin

Jacksonville State · 2025

74%
#5

Monroe Young

California · 2022

73%

Matches Traeshon on

Total EPA (college ability)
Height
TD rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Charles Kelly

Pass share

33.8%

328 pass / 642 run

Plays / game

69.3

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.8%

243 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Rich Rodriguez
Jacksonville State
2025
Charles Kelly
Jacksonville State
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Charles Kelly. 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.

HometownWoodstock, GA
Height6'2"
Weight225 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey3

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 Jacksonville State WR4 #4627 #5003 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Conference USA
2023 Jacksonville State WR4 #3898 #3608 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Conference USA

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Jacksonville State Conference USA WR 4 No. 3 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Woodstock, GA
2024 Jacksonville State Conference USA WR 4 No. 3 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Woodstock, GA
2023 Jacksonville State Conference USA WR 4 No. 3 | 6-2 | 225 lb | Woodstock, GA