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Chase Tyler

WR · Duke · Fr · #11

On Trialas of 2026-06-22

Chase Tyler arrives at Duke with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.

120REC YDS4REC0REC TD

4★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT

No.457

recruiting national rank

Duke fans can't agree whether the tape backs the reputation.

low confidence2 sources

Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.

Read the story so far

Chase Tyler arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.457 recruit nationally. He lines up at WR for Duke.

On the field, the headline is 120 rec yds, with 4 rec.

Duke fans can't agree whether the tape backs the reputation.

The number to watch: No.457 — 4★ · national recruit.

Why nowHe changed programs heading into 2026 — a fresh fit to prove out.
  • season totals
  • recruiting national rank
  • compiled from tagged fan discourse

AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data

2026 TRANSFERTransferred Duke → Wake Forest for 2026

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to Wake Forest

2025Duke
2026Wake Forest

WR · DUKE · ACC

Chase Tyler

  • 1
  • #11
  • 6-2 | 200 lb
  • Powder Springs, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

33

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 100th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#2777

<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

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2024–2025
1.02024
1202025

+11900%

Up 11900% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#457 national
CFB
College
Duke
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class1
Jersey11
Measurements6-2 | 200 lb
HometownPowder Springs, GA
Primary teamDuke

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 457 recruit
Composite rating 0.8917 HighSchool
Signed with Duke 2024
Origin Hiram Hiram, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2024 4-star | 0.8917 No. 457 recruit | HighSchool | Duke

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Wake Forest 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 5, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Duke -> Wake Forest 3-star | 0.8600 | 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#2777Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2456Where 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.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Duke

Composite

0.8917

#457 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

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 Chase Tyler

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

57

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 30 mentions
Confidence MEDIUM

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 30 mentions · belief +13 · "Joe Sealey’s insane US Open bronze medal run at 74kg has completely changed the "Own fansNational: 2 mentions · belief +100 · "It's the locked on podcast network your team every day Get your daily college sp"National
  • Own fans · n=30
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Chase Tyler

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 receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 4g
120Rec yards
4Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
30Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
390Rec yards
13Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 120): needs 64.4/game over remaining 9.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 120): needs 97.8/game over remaining 9.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 4): needs 6.2/game over remaining 9.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 4): needs 8.4/game over remaining 9.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 0.9/game over remaining 9.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.1/game over remaining 9.

What made this player interesting

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

Chase Tyler's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Duke, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #2777 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 1.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 457 recruit

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 4 0 rec TD | #767/1110 (31st pct)
Receiving yards 120 30.0 per catch | #587/1107 (47th pct)
Scrimmage yards 120 Total offensive yardage | #587/1107 (47th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.

Big-play receiver

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
4 31st
YDS
120 47th
YPR
30.0 99th
TD
0 45th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 4 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 2L 19-45vs Illinois16262.0062Season-high 62 yds
Wk 3L 27-34@ Tulane13939.0039
Wk 4W 45-33vs NC State177.007
Wk 5W 38-3@ Syracuse11212.0012
Total412030.0062
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

2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning
2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Duke412030.00--
2024Duke111.00--
Career2 loaded seasons512124.20--
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 1.9% 3.4% pass-game share | #1003/1137 (12th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #615/1111 (45th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 4 #767/1110 31st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 120 #587/1107 47th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 30.0 #14/1106 99th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 3.4% #1003/1137 12th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 62 #154/1105 86th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 3.7% #844/1137 26th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 2.3% #880/1137 23rd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.1% #881/1137 23rd pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 1.9% #971/1137 15th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 1.1% #1029/1137 10th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 0.8% #1006/1137 12th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th 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 · 4 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home2g1.034.534.50.0
Road2g1.025.525.50.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins2g1.09.59.50.0
Losses2g1.050.550.50.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-74g1.030.030.00.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

33Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (100th). Concern: receptions (0th).

Yards / catch#1 / 558 · 100th pct
30.0rece
Long catch#138 / 558 · 74th pct
62rece
Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Rec yards#541 / 558 · 3rd pct
120rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
4rece

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 · 5 metrics
Chase TylerDukeNik McMillanBuffalo· 38% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 36% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 35% sim
Yards / catch
100
Tyler
84
McMillan
78
III
15
Gibson
Long catch
74
Tyler
65
McMillan
65
III
56
Gibson
Rec TDs
7
Tyler
57
McMillan
68
III
7
Gibson
Rec yards
3
Tyler
96
McMillan
94
III
74
Gibson
Receptions
0
Tyler
90
McMillan
90
III
92
Gibson

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

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

Pass share

53.3%

506 pass / 444 run

Plays / game

67.9

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.7%

358 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

1 coach
2024
Manny Diaz
Duke
2025
Manny Diaz
Duke

Played his entire career under Manny Diaz.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownPowder Springs, GA
Height6'2"
Weight200 lb
Class1
PositionWR
Jersey11

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 Duke WR1 #2777 #2456 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Duke ACC WR 1 No. 11 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Powder Springs, GA
2024 Duke ACC WR 1 No. 11 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Powder Springs, GA