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Christopher Boti

DT · Arkansas State · Sr · #17

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

37 TACKLES · 2.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Arkansas State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Arkansas State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Arkansas State

Returning around him

  • 59% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -13 net (24 in / 37 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Arkansas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #88 · 2026 recruiting class #75

DT · ARKANSAS STATE · SUN BELT

Christopher Boti

  • 4
  • #17
  • 6-1 | 274 lb
  • Columbia, MD

CFB Zeitgeist Score

61

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 85th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#10479

<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

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#2236 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionDT
Class4
Jersey17
Measurements6-1 | 274 lb
HometownColumbia, MD
Primary teamArkansas State

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 2236 recruit
Composite rating 0.8111 HighSchool
Signed with Liberty 2021
Origin St. Vincent Pallotti Laurel, MD, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8111 No. 2236 recruit | HighSchool | Liberty

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#10479Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#10439Where 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 Liberty

Composite

0.8111

#2236 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 Christopher Boti

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 Christopher Boti

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

final
Through 13g
37Tackles
3Tackles for loss
2.5Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Final
37Tackles
3Tackles for loss
2.5Sacks

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Christopher Boti is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Arkansas State's defense, with 2.5 sacks, 3.0 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 #10479 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

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 37 10 solo | #1007/4942 (80th pct)
TFL 3.0 Backfield disruption | #1006/4972 (80th pct)
Sacks 2.5 Pass-rush finish | #393/4972 (92nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defenderHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
37 80th
SOLO
10 56th
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
2.5 92nd
QBH
1 44th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
1 43rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 42-24vs Southeast Missouri State510.00.00Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2L 14-56@ Arkansas000.00.01
Wk 3L 16-24vs Iowa State200.00.00
Wk 4L 21-28@ Kennesaw State420.50.00
Wk 5L 16-28@ UL Monroe420.00.00
Wk 6W 31-30vs Texas State200.00.00
Wk 8W 15-14@ South Alabama200.00.00
Wk 9W 34-24vs Georgia Southern100.00.00
Wk 10W 23-10@ Troy311.01.00
Wk 11L 21-27vs Southern Miss420.00.00
Wk 13L 30-34vs Louisiana410.50.50
Wk 14W 30-29@ App State200.00.00
BowlW 34-28vs Missouri State411.01.00
Total37103.02.51
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

2021Liberty7-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning
2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2024Liberty8-4HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2025Arkansas State7-6HC: Butch Jones · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Arkansas State37103.02.51----
2024Liberty36160.50.51----
2023Liberty1433.52.5------
2021Liberty1751.01.0------
Career4 loaded seasons104348.06.52----
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 1 Coverage disruption | #1241/2184 (43rd pct)
QB pressures 1 Quarterback hurries | #1051/1878 (44th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 37 #1007/4942 80th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 3.0 #1006/4972 80th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 2.5 #393/4972 92nd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 1 #1241/2184 43rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 1 #1051/1878 44th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 10 #1996/4584 56th pct Volumevs 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home7g3.10.20.20.0
Road6g2.50.20.20.2

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins7g2.70.30.30.0
Losses6g3.00.20.10.2

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-77g3.00.20.10.1
Weeks 8+6g2.70.20.20.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DT cohort

61Solid starter
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (85th).

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct
2.5defe
Tackles#1007 / 2975 · 65th pct
37defe
Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct
3.0defe
QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct
1defe
Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct
1defe
Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st pct
10defe

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 · 6 metrics
Christopher BotiArkansas StateMichael MontgomerySouthern Miss· 69% simTJ DotteryOle Miss· 67% simJackson KuwatchMiami (OH)· 67% sim
Sacks
85
Boti
89
Montgomery
74
Dottery
96
Kuwatch
Tackles
65
Boti
99
Montgomery
98
Dottery
98
Kuwatch
Tackles for loss
63
Boti
85
Montgomery
83
Dottery
96
Kuwatch
QB hurries
55
Boti
22
Montgomery
55
Dottery
55
Kuwatch
Passes defended
48
Boti
67
Montgomery
67
Dottery
48
Kuwatch
Solo tackles
31
Boti
82
Montgomery
97
Dottery
95
Kuwatch

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 Amon Williams’s 2025 season.

Amon Williams

89%match

Kent State · 2025

#2

Jayden Jernigan

Oklahoma State · 2021

88%
#3

Esean Carter

Toledo · 2024

87%
#4

Scott Hudson

Ball State · 2025

86%
#5

Elijah Chatman

SMU · 2022

All-AAC
86%

Matches Amon on

Class year
Height
Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Voi Tunuufi's senior season at Washington (2024).

Voi Tunuufi

89%match

Washington · 2024

#2

Charles Coleman III

South Alabama · 2023

80%
#3

Tyrone Taleni

USC · 2023

80%
#4

David Green

Pittsburgh · 2023

80%
#5

Deonte Anderson

Mississippi State · 2025

79%

Matches Voi on

Class year
Height
Sack rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

Pass share

53.7%

506 pass / 437 run

Plays / game

72.5

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.6%

367 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

1 coach
2021
Butch Jones
Arkansas State
2023
Butch Jones
Arkansas State
2024
Butch Jones
Arkansas State
2025
Butch Jones
Arkansas State

Played his entire career under Butch Jones.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownColumbia, MD
Height6'1"
Weight274 lb
Class4
PositionDT
Jersey17

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 Liberty DT4 #10479 #10439 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Conference USA
2023 Liberty DT4 #7307 #7576 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Conference USA
2022 Liberty DT4 #10089 #9919 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | FBS Independents
2021 Liberty DT4 #8806 #8614 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | FBS Independents

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Arkansas State Sun Belt DT 4 No. 17 | 6-1 | 274 lb | Columbia, MD
2024 Liberty Conference USA DT 4 No. 17 | 6-1 | 274 lb | Columbia, MD
2023 Liberty Conference USA DT 4 No. 17 | 6-1 | 274 lb | Columbia, MD
2022 Liberty FBS Independents DT 4 No. 17 | 6-1 | 274 lb | Columbia, MD
2021 Liberty FBS Independents DT 4 No. 17 | 6-1 | 274 lb | Columbia, MD