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Bryson Lamb

DT · Washington State · Jr · #99

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

25 TACKLES · 1.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Washington State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Washington State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Washington State

Returning around him

  • 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -13 net (28 in / 41 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Washington State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #71

DT · WASHINGTON STATE · PAC-12

Bryson Lamb

  • 3
  • #99
  • 6-2 | 301 lb
  • Bellingham, WA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

63

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 74th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#11966

<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 DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

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

Identity & Role

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

PositionDT
Class3
Jersey99
Measurements6-2 | 301 lb
HometownBellingham, WA
Primary teamWashington 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#11966Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11829Where 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 Bryson Lamb

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 Bryson Lamb

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
25Tackles
3.5Tackles for loss
1.5Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.3Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
27Tackles
3.8Tackles for loss
1.6Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 25): needs 55/game over remaining 1.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 25): needs 75/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 1.5): needs 4.5/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 1.5): needs 8.5/game over remaining 1.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Bryson Lamb is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Washington State's defense, with 1.5 sacks, 3.5 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.

Current place #11966 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 1.5 sacks | 3.5 TFL

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
Total tackles 25 13 solo | #1667/4942 (66th pct)
TFL 3.5 Backfield disruption | #869/4972 (83rd pct)
Sacks 1.5 Pass-rush finish | #724/4972 (85th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defender

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
25 66th
SOLO
13 65th
TFL
3.5 83rd
SACK
1.5 85th
QBH
3 75th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
2 64th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 13-10vs Idaho431.00.00
Wk 2W 36-13vs San Diego State320.00.00
Wk 3L 10-59@ North Texas110.00.00
Wk 5W 20-3@ Colorado State400.50.50
Wk 7L 21-24@ Ole Miss100.00.00
Wk 8L 20-22@ Virginia210.00.00
Wk 9W 28-7vs Toledo000.00.01
Wk 10L 7-10@ Oregon State532.01.00Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 12W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech100.00.00
Wk 13L 20-24@ James Madison210.00.01
Wk 14W 32-8vs Oregon State110.00.00
BowlW 34-21@ Utah State110.00.00
Total25133.51.52
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

2025Washington State7-6HC: Jimmy Rogers · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Washington State25133.51.52----
Career1 loaded season25133.51.52----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 2 Coverage disruption | #792/2184 (64th pct)
QB pressures 3 Quarterback hurries | #462/1878 (75th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 25 #1667/4942 66th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 3.5 #869/4972 83rd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 1.5 #724/4972 85th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 2 #792/2184 64th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 3 #462/1878 75th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 13 #1622/4584 65th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense Fumbles recovered 1 #103/736 86th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/773 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS DEF

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

The Lombardi 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g1.80.20.00.2
Road7g2.30.40.20.1

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins7g2.00.20.10.1
Losses5g2.20.40.20.2

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g2.30.20.10.0
Weeks 8+6g1.80.30.20.3

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DT cohort

63Solid starter
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (81st).

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct
3defe
Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct
1.5defe
Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct
3.5defe
Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct
2defe
Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct
0fumb
Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct
13defe
Tackles#1667 / 2975 · 43rd pct
25defe

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

Advanced Savant · DT · 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
Bryson LambWashington StateTrey FieldsNorth Texas· 69% simMarsel McDuffieUNLV· 69% simColton PharesApp State· 69% sim
QB hurries
82
Lamb
95
Fields
72
McDuffie
72
Phares
Sacks
74
Lamb
63
Fields
80
McDuffie
80
Phares
Tackles for loss
69
Lamb
87
Fields
83
McDuffie
96
Phares
Passes defended
67
Lamb
67
Fields
78
McDuffie
78
Phares
Forced fumbles
47
Lamb
47
Fields
47
McDuffie
47
Phares
Solo tackles
44
Lamb
96
Fields
99
McDuffie
95
Phares
Tackles
43
Lamb
98
Fields
99
McDuffie
98
Phares

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

Player DNA

The Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack; controls his gap and stacks blocks.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Dominic Wiseman’s 2025 season.

Dominic Wiseman

92%match

South Alabama · 2025

#2

Izeya Floyd

Rice · 2021

92%
#3

Tyler Bentley

Pittsburgh · 2022

91%
#4

Blessman Ta'ala

Hawai'i · 2022

90%
#5

Aaron Faumui

Virginia · 2021

90%

Matches Dominic on

Class year
Height
Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Cohen Fuller's sophomore season at UNLV (2025).

Cohen Fuller

88%match

UNLV · 2025

#2

Byron Murphy II

Texas · 2022

All-Big 12NFL Rd 1 · Pk 16
87%
#3

Preston Carr

East Carolina · 2025

87%
#4

Logan Hawkins

Akron · 2021

85%
#5

Bear Alexander

USC · 2023

All-Big Ten
85%

Matches Cohen on

Class year
Weight
TFL rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

Pass share

48.7%

407 pass / 429 run

Plays / game

64.3

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.1%

327 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Jimmy Rogers
Washington State

Played his entire career under Jimmy Rogers.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownBellingham, WA
Height6'2"
Weight301 lb
Class3
PositionDT
Jersey99

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 Washington State DT3 #11966 #11829 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Pac-12
2023 Washington State DT3 #12459 #12335 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 Washington State DT3 #11539 #11417 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Washington State Pac-12 DT 3 No. 99 | 6-2 | 301 lb | Bellingham, WA
2024 Washington State Pac-12 DT 3 No. 99 | 6-2 | 301 lb | Bellingham, WA
2023 Washington State Pac-12 DT 3 No. 99 | 6-2 | 301 lb | Bellingham, WA
2022 Washington State Pac-12 DT 3 No. 99 | 6-2 | 301 lb | Bellingham, WA