CFB Zeitgeist Score
52
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 93rd percentile.
Cam Barfield
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
371 RUSH YDS · 4 RUSH TD · 80 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Hawai'i for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Hawai'i
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Hawai'i · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #124
RB · HAWAI'I · MOUNTAIN WEST
CFB Zeitgeist Score
52
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 93rd percentile.
Heisman Heat
#3663
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterStarter. A locked-in starting role.
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2022
Boston College · RB
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2023
Boston College · RB
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2025
Hawai'i · RB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2022–2025Up 600% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8589 | No. 1033 recruit | HighSchool |
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boston College -> Hawai'i | 3-star | 0.8400 | Immediate |
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.
Selector Grid · 2025
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8589
#1033 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
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.
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
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Trajectory
Rival Radar
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
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 rushing totals stand
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Cam Barfield is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 371 rushing yards, 27 catches, and 316 return yards for Hawai'i. That kind of all-purpose footprint gives the card a much richer story than a basic carry total.
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
2025 season snapshot | final
30-second read
Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
Receiving
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20vs Stanford | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-40@ Arizona | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20vs Sam Houston | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-3vs Portland State | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-23vs Fresno State | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-35@ Air Force | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 1 | 27 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-26vs Utah State | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-19@ Colorado State | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 1 | 35 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-45@ San José State | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-6vs San Diego State | 11 | 69 | 6.3 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-38@ UNLV | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Wyoming | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 1 | 41 | Season-high 77 yds |
| Bowl | W 35-31vs California | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 80 | 371 | 4.2 | 4 | 41 |
Traditional history
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hawai'i | 80 | 371 | 4.6 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 25 | 53 | 2.1 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 116 | 438 | 3.8 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hawai'i | 27 | 257 | 9.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 31 | 255 | 8.2 | 3 | -- |
Advanced metrics second
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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.
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 371 | #222/735 | 70th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 4 | #154/739 | 79th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.6 | #364/735 | 51st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 27 | #46/552 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 257 | #24/548 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.10 | #209/362 | 43rd pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 75 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 12.1% | #248/738 | 67th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 80 | #211/739 | 72nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 41 | #225/733 | 69th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 59 | #30/540 | 95th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 9.5 | #145/548 | 74th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 3 | #5/552 | 99th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 316 | #17/200 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 28.7 | #15/199 | 93rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick returns | 11 | #24/206 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return TD | 1 | #3/14 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 22.4% | #223/738 | 70th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 14.1% | #237/738 | 68th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 13.7% | #255/738 | 66th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 11.8% | #272/738 | 63rd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 8.1% | #284/738 | 62nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.1% | #288/738 | 61st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 6.0% | #116/738 | 84th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/256 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
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
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 32.8 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 21.8 | 4.3 | 0.6 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 35.6 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Losses4g | 12.8 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 18.0 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 45.4 | 5.4 | 0.6 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Elite: rec yards (93rd). Strength: fumbles lost (86th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2024
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Calvin Hill’s 2020 season.
Calvin Hill
Malik Sherrod
Sutton Smith
Ron Cook Jr.
Maquel Haywood
Matches Calvin on
Differs from Calvin on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Andrew Body’s path through Alabama State.
Andrew Body
Larry Rountree III
Narii Gaither
Garrett Groshek
Gerrid Doaks
Matches Andrew on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Robert Briggs's senior season at Southern Miss (2025).
Robert Briggs
Desmond Reid
Joseph Himon II
Rayshon Luke
Damon Bankston
Matches Robert on
Differs from Robert on
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
60.2%
540 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
427 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Timmy Chang.
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
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Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Mountain West
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Mountain West | all_conference | Mountain West | RET |
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hawai'i | RB3 | #3663 | #3836 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2023 | Boston College | RB3 | #2828 | #2996 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Boston College | RB3 | #3072 | #3413 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | RB | 3 | 5-7 | 185 lb | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2024 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | RB | 3 | 5-7 | 185 lb | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2023 | Boston College | ACC | RB | 3 | 5-7 | 185 lb | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2022 | Boston College | ACC | RB | 3 | 5-7 | 185 lb | Las Vegas, NV |