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Heisman / Players / Cameran Brown /Georgia State

Cameran Brown

QB · Georgia State · Jr · #8

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

1,259 PASS YDS · 13 PASS TD · 284 RUSH YDS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Georgia State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Georgia State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Quarterback · Georgia State

Returning around him

  • 68% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 1 Georgia State player drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -6 net (33 in / 39 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Georgia State · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #77 · 2026 recruiting class #67

QB · GEORGIA STATE · SUN BELT

Cameran Brown

  • 3
  • #8
  • 6-3 | 238 lb
  • Warner Robins, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

59

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 97th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#861

<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 QB AWARD

Davey O'Brien

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
Georgia State
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#20 in market ▼ from #17 · 6 books

+35002.8% implied▼ lengthened from +2500

Identity & Role

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

PositionQB
Class3
Jersey8
Measurements6-3 | 238 lb
HometownWarner Robins, GA
Primary teamGeorgia 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 2 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Georgia State 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 10, 2025
Season Move Context
2025 Texas Tech -> Georgia State 3-star | 0.8300 | Immediate
2024 West Georgia -> Texas Tech 3-star | 0.8400 | 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#861Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#762Where 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.

Achievements

  • Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in passing yards (1259).

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 Cameran Brown

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmNational: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here]( https://www.r"National
  • National · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Cameran Brown

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 passing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 10g
1,259Pass yards
13Pass TDs
1INT
Per game
125.9Pass yards
1Pass TDs
0INT
Projected (13g)
1,637Pass yards
17Pass TDs
1INT

To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 1,259): needs 580.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 1,259): needs 913.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 13): needs 4/game over remaining 3.

To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 13): needs 5.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 13): needs 7.3/game over remaining 3.

Why this is a two-channel quarterback case

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

The unusual part of Cameran Brown's case is that the production comes in two channels, not one. For Georgia State, he has 1,259 passing yards and 13 touchdown passes, but he also adds 284 rushing yards and 4 rushing scores. That kind of dual-threat load tends to create a more resilient Heisman case because the offense can tilt the game in multiple ways.

Current place #861 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 30.6% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 2 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

QB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Pass yards 1,259 13 TD | 1 INT | #131/382 (66th pct)
Completion rate 64.7% 119/184 completions | #134/383 (65th pct)
Yards/attempt 6.8 Explosiveness through the air | #199/382 (48th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Steady volume | Efficient | Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Steady volumeEfficientDual-threat

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
119 68th
ATT
184 69th
CMP%
64.7% 65th
Y/A
6.8 48th

Passing Production

YDS
1,259 66th
TD
13 81st
INT
1 63rd

Rushing

CAR
61 76th
YDS
284 85th
YPC
4.7 74th
TD
4 82nd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCMP/ATTYDSTDINTYPAQBRNote
Wk 1L 7-63@ Ole Miss8/1417001.242.7
Wk 2L 16-38vs Memphis8/121391011.694.4
Wk 3W 37-21vs Murray State9/11101309.293.63 TD passes
Wk 4L 21-70@ Vanderbilt9/1382106.381.6
Wk 6L 7-14vs James Madison3/414003.578.0
Wk 7L 20-41vs App State19/35212206.121.2
Wk 8L 24-41@ Georgia Southern29/38280107.489.2Season-high 280 yds
Wk 9L 31-38vs South Alabama19/33241417.380.54 TD passes
Wk 11L 27-40@ Coastal Carolina9/12116109.743.0
Wk 13L 19-31@ Troy6/1257004.84.5
Total119/18412591316.762.9
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

2025Georgia State1-11HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Georgia State11918464.7%1,2596.8131144.4----
Career1 loaded season11918464.7%1,2596.8131144.4----
SeasonTeam
2025Georgia State612844.74--
Career1 loaded season612844.74--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

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.

Rush impact 284 4 rush TD | #63/408 (85th pct)
Usage 30.6% 41.3% pass share | 15.8% rush share | #177/428 (59th pct)
Passing WEPA +0.25 Opponent-adjusted passing value | #113/200 (44th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 1,259 #131/382 66th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 13 #80/407 81st pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 119 #124/383 68th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 64.7% #134/383 65th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 6.8 #199/382 48th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing yards 284 #63/408 85th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Value Passing WEPA +0.25 #113/200 44th pct Opponent-adjusted passing value | 182 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Usage Role share 30.6% #177/428 59th pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 184 #128/407 69th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 1 #153/407 63rd pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Rushing Carries 61 #100/408 76th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing LONG 22 #159/391 60th pct Metricvs FBS QB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.7 #108/407 74th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rush TD 4 #74/408 82nd pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 41.4% #177/428 59th pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 41.3% #199/428 54th pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 36.9% #190/428 56th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 29.4% #184/428 57th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 27.4% #172/428 60th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 25.2% #181/428 58th pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 15.8% #95/428 78th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS QB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.33 #32/140 78th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 50 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/258 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Home5g1412.07.50.2
Road5g1100.65.90.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Wins1g1013.09.20.0
Losses9g1291.16.40.1

First half vs Second half

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Weeks 1-76g94.21.26.30.0
Weeks 8+4g1741.57.30.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

59Solid starter
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (97th). Strength: fumbles lost (91st). Concern: pass yards (28th).

Interceptions#4 / 183 · 97th pct
1pass
Fumbles lost#1 / 174 · 91st pct
0fumb
Rush yards#56 / 183 · 70th pct
284rush
Completion %#59 / 183 · 67th pct
64.7%pass
Rush TDs#67 / 183 · 59th pct
4rush
Pass TDs#80 / 183 · 55th pct
13pass
Yards / att#110 / 183 · 38th pct
6.8pass
Pass yards#131 / 183 · 29th pct
1259pass

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

Pass Profile · Completion depth (PBP)

Where the throws are landing

78/122 (63.9%) · 7 TD · 0 INT

Short

0–9 yds
47%of completions
37 comp5.2 yds avg4 TD

Middle

10–19 yds
44%of completions
34 comp13.0 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds
9%of completions
7 comp31.7 yds avg2 TD

Overall 63.9% completion on 122 attempts.

Advanced Savant · QB · 2024

Percentile Card

Concerns: EPA / dropback.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback0.250
29th pct
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.

wepa_passing0.25Low (p25–p50) (n=94)
wepa_rushing0.33Mid (p50–p75) (n=72)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Cameran BrownGeorgia StateAvery JohnsonKansas State· 74% simCade KlubnikClemson· 72% simNick VattiatoMiddle Tennessee· 69% sim
Interceptions
97
Brown
56
Johnson
56
Klubnik
44
Vattiato
Fumbles lost
91
Brown
66
Johnson
66
Klubnik
66
Vattiato
Rush yards
70
Brown
80
Johnson
42
Klubnik
27
Vattiato
Completion %
67
Brown
33
Johnson
73
Klubnik
41
Vattiato
Rush TDs
59
Brown
81
Johnson
59
Klubnik
39
Vattiato
Pass TDs
55
Brown
72
Johnson
64
Klubnik
64
Vattiato
Yards / att
38
Brown
46
Johnson
63
Klubnik
13
Vattiato
Pass yards
29
Brown
61
Johnson
78
Klubnik
57
Vattiato

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

Player DNA

The Scrambler

Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.

QB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Brendan Sorsby’s 2023 season.

Brendan Sorsby

61%match

Indiana · 2023

#2

Aidan Chiles

Michigan State · 2025

All-Big Ten
59%
#3

Braylon Braxton

Marshall · 2024

All-Sun Belt
59%
#4

Kyron Drones

Virginia Tech · 2023

58%
#5

Ethan Vasko

Coastal Carolina · 2023

58%

Differs from Brendan on

Class year (higher)
INT rate (lower)
Rush yards / carry (higher)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Brendon Lewis’s path through Memphis.

Brendon Lewis

94%match

Memphis · 2025

#2

Jalon Jones

Charlotte · 2023

91%
#3

Ken Seals

TCU · 2025

90%
#4

Parker McKinney

Eastern Kentucky · 2023

87%
#5

Tristan Gebbia

Oregon State · 2020

86%

Matches Brendon on

Height
Yards per attempt
Completion %

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Ethan Vasko's sophomore season at Coastal Carolina (2023).

Ethan Vasko

68%match

Coastal Carolina · 2023

#2

Brendan Sorsby

Indiana · 2023

All-Big 12
62%
#3

Kyron Drones

Virginia Tech · 2023

57%
#4

Braylon Braxton

Tulsa · 2022

All-Sun Belt
56%
#5

Lucas Johnson

San Diego State · 2021

51%

Matches Ethan on

Rush yards / carry
EPA / dropback (adj)

Differs from Ethan on

Weight (higher)
Rush usage (lower)
TD rate (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

Pass share

56.5%

472 pass / 363 run

Plays / game

69.6

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.6%

373 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Dell McGee
Georgia State

Played his entire career under Dell McGee.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownWarner Robins, GA
Height6'3"
Weight238 lb
Class3
PositionQB
Jersey8

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 Texas Tech QB3 #861 #762 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Georgia State Sun Belt QB 3 No. 8 | 6-3 | 238 lb | Warner Robins, GA
2024 Texas Tech Big 12 QB 3 No. 8 | 6-3 | 238 lb | Warner Robins, GA