CFB Zeitgeist Score
76
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by tackles for loss at the 83rd percentile.
Bryce Boettcher
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
132 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Indianapolis2026 NFL rookie season
#135Rd 4 · Pick 35
Indianapolis2026 NFL rookie season
LB · OREGON · BIG TEN
Bryce Boettcher
- 4
- #28
- 6-2 | 232 lb
- Eugene, OR
Heisman Heat
#1386
<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
—
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
4 seasons on the ladder
2022
Oregon · LB
—
2023
Oregon · LB
—
2024
Oregon · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
★
2025
Oregon · LB
R11 · National watch / fringe AA
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 4, Pick 35 · #135 overall · Indianapolis
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Oregon
NFL
NFL Draft
R4 · #135
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8000 | No. 2819 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| 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 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 (SI).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8000
#2819 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 4, Pick 35
#135 overall · Indianapolis
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 Bryce Boettcher
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 Bryce Boettcher
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 15g
132Tackles
5.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
9Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Final
132Tackles
5.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 132.
✓ Hit 100-tackle season · finished with 132.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Bryce Boettcher is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Oregon's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 1 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 | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
132 100th
SOLO
55 99th
TFL
5.5 90th
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
5 90th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
5 90th
INT
1 65th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 15 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-13vs Montana State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 69-3vs Oklahoma State | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-14@ Northwestern | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-7vs Oregon State | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-24@ Penn State | 12 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-30vs Indiana | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-10@ Rutgers | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-7vs Wisconsin | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 18-16@ Iowa | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-13vs Minnesota | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-27vs USC | 13 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 26-14@ Washington | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 51-34vs James Madison | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | W 23-0@ Texas Tech | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 22-56@ Indiana | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 132 | 55 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 |
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
2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning
2023Oregon12-2HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced
2024Oregon13-1HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced
2025Oregon13-2HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning
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 | 132 | #5/4942 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 5.5 | #477/4972 | 90th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 1 | #308/869 | 65th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 5 | #218/2184 | 90th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 5 | #188/1878 | 90th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 55 | #41/4584 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 31.0 | #86/578 | 85th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 31 | #209/578 | 64th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
NATIONAL WATCH
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
NATIONAL WATCH · Rung 11 of 16
Why he’s here
National watch / fringe All-American — on the edge of a 1st-team nod.
What moves him up
Convert a fringe mention into a 1st-team NCAA-selector All-American spot.
What moves him down
A quiet close drops this back to the conference honors.
Accolade streams
1st-team selections1×1ST
First-team selections from 1 selectors.
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI1st
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 8.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road7g | 9.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins13g | 8.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Losses2g | 11.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 9.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 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
76All-Conference
Elite: tackles (99th). Strength: solo tackles (98th).
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
Bryce BoettcherOregonAndon ThomasArmy· 92% simJordan PollardSan José State· 91% simTrey FieldsNorth Texas· 91% sim
Tackles
Solo tackles
QB hurries
Passes defended
Tackles for loss
Sacks
Interceptions
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 Wayne Matthews III’s 2023 season.
Wayne Matthews III
79%match
All-Sun Belt
#2
Jackson Mitchell
78%
#3
Bumper Pool
78%
#4
Jay Higgins
Consensus All-American
77%
#5
Chase Kline
All-MAC
77%
Matches Wayne on
Weight
TFL rate
Sack rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Matt Salopek's senior season at Miami (OH) (2023).
Matt Salopek
84%match
All-MAC
#2
Chase Kline
All-MAC
83%
#3
Kendarin Ray
All-AAC
79%
#4
K.C. Ossai
All-Sun Belt
73%
#5
Bryce Gallagher
All-Big Ten
71%
Matches Matt on
Tackle volume
TFL rate
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
44.9%
436 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
64.7
15 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.8%
250 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Dan Lanning
Oregon
2023
Dan Lanning
Oregon
2024
Dan Lanning
Oregon
2025
Dan Lanning
Oregon
Played his entire career under Dan Lanning.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownEugene, OR
Height6'2"
Weight232 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey28
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamOregon
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2025)
1 selectors honored him
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 All-America selection
National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.
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-America (SI) | all_america | SI | LB |
| 2025 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Oregon | Big Ten | LB |
| 2024 | Burlsworth | position_award | Oregon | Burlsworth | winner | LB |
| 2024 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Oregon | Big Ten | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.