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Heisman / Players / Christopher Frew /Air Force

Christopher Frew

RB · Air Force · Sr · #8

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

285 RUSH YDS · 2 RUSH TD · 57 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Air Force for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Air Force for 2026

Updated May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Running back · Air Force

Returning around him

  • 63% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -4 net (0 in / 4 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Air Force · Last season: 4-8 · 2026 recruiting class #129

RB · AIR FORCE · MOUNTAIN WEST

Christopher Frew

  • 4
  • #8
  • 5-9 | 190 lb
  • Green Cove Springs, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

28

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 53rd percentile.

Heisman Heat

#3989

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1807 national
CFB
College
Air Force
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey8
Measurements5-9 | 190 lb
HometownGreen Cove Springs, FL
Primary teamAir Force

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1807 recruit
Composite rating 0.8256 HighSchool
Signed with Air Force 2022
Origin The Bolles School Jacksonville, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8256 No. 1807 recruit | HighSchool | Air Force

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#3989Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#4332Where 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 Air Force

Composite

0.8256

#1807 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 Frew

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 Frew

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 rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
285Rush yards
57Carries
2Rush TDs
Per game
23.8Rush yards
5Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
308.8Rush yards
62Carries
2Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 285): needs 465/game over remaining 1.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 285): needs 715/game over remaining 1.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 285): needs 1,215/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 8/game over remaining 1.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 13/game over remaining 1.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 18/game over remaining 1.

What made this player interesting

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

Christopher Frew's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Air Force, 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 #3989 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 8.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc 24 return yds

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 337 285 rush | 52 rec | #270/735 (63rd pct)
Rush TD 2 57 carries | #247/739 (67th pct)
Yards/carry 5.0 Per-rush efficiency | #280/735 (62nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
57 61st
YDS
285 63rd
YPC
5.0 62nd
TD
2 67th

Receiving

REC
7 51st
YDS
52 50th
YPR
7.4 57th
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 49-13vs Bucknell55210.4014Season-high 52 yds
Wk 3L 30-49@ Utah State188.008
Wk 4L 37-49vs Boise State4133.3010
Wk 5L 35-44vs Hawai'i3289.3112
Wk 6L 31-34@ Navy7101.406
Wk 7L 48-51@ UNLV5367.2013
Wk 8W 24-21vs Wyoming13493.8110
Wk 10L 17-20vs Army2-6-3.000
Wk 11W 26-16@ San José State3268.7017
Wk 12L 16-26@ UConn7385.4011
Wk 13L 3-20vs New Mexico5122.409
Wk 14W 42-21@ Colorado State2199.5012
Total572855.5217
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

2025Air Force4-8HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Air Force572855.02--
Career1 loaded season572855.02--
SeasonTeam
2025Air Force7527.40--
Career1 loaded season7527.40--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

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.

Receiving work 7 52 rec yds | #270/552 (51st pct)
Usage 8.4% 9.0% rush share | #374/738 (49th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.24 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #26/362 (93rd pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 285 #270/735 63rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 2 #247/739 67th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 5.0 #280/735 62nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 7 #270/552 51st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 52 #276/548 50th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.24 #26/362 93rd pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 55 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 8.4% #374/738 49th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 57 #288/739 61st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 17 #434/733 41st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 15 #296/540 45th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 7.4 #237/548 57th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Returns Kick return avg 24.0 #34/199 83rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Returns Kick return yards 24 #137/200 32nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Returns Kick returns 1 #139/206 33rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 11.1% #157/738 79th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 9.0% #520/738 30th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 8.6% #400/738 46th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 8.3% #268/738 64th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 7.5% #449/738 39th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 7.3% #458/738 38th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 6.4% #103/738 86th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home6g24.74.40.3
Road6g22.86.70.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins4g36.58.10.2
Losses8g17.44.20.1

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-76g24.56.60.2
Weeks 8+6g23.04.50.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

28Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long run (7th).

Yards / carry#157 / 349 · 53rd pct
5.0rush
Rec yards#235 / 338 · 30th pct
52rece
Receptions#240 / 338 · 27th pct
7rece
Rush TDs#236 / 349 · 26th pct
2rush
Rush yards#270 / 349 · 23rd pct
285rush
Carries#288 / 349 · 17th pct
57rush
Long run#319 / 349 · 8th pct
17rush

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

Advanced Savant · RB · 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.

wepa_rushing0.24Elite (≥p90) (n=178)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Christopher FrewAir ForceTae MeadowsTroy· 58% simKamari MoultonIowa· 58% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 57% sim
Yards / carry
53
Frew
29
Meadows
62
Moulton
33
Wright
Rec yards
30
Frew
38
Meadows
53
Moulton
10
Wright
Receptions
27
Frew
45
Meadows
63
Moulton
32
Wright
Rush TDs
26
Frew
72
Meadows
62
Moulton
62
Wright
Rush yards
23
Frew
74
Meadows
84
Moulton
84
Wright
Carries
17
Frew
84
Meadows
86
Moulton
92
Wright
Long run
8
Frew
53
Meadows
33
Moulton
49
Wright

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

Player DNA

The Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

RB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jamal Jones’s 2020 season.

Jamal Jones

74%match

Arkansas State · 2020

#2

Jermaine Brown Jr.

UAB · 2020

64%
#3

Treshaun Ward

Kansas State · 2023

67%
#4

Jocquez Smith

Temple · 2023

62%
#5

Dontae Smith

Georgia Tech · 2023

66%

Matches Jamal on

Yards / carry
Rush TD rate
Class year

Differs from Jamal on

Yards / reception (higher)
Receiving share (lower)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Asim Rose’s path through Kentucky.

Asim Rose

95%match

Kentucky · 2020

#2

Cooper Wallace

The Citadel · 2024

93%
#3

Calvin Turner

Hawai'i · 2020

All-Mountain West
92%
#4

Julius Loughridge

Fordham · 2024

91%
#5

Corey Taylor II

Tulsa · 2020

91%

Matches Asim on

Yards per carry

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Frank Gore Jr.'s sophomore season at Southern Miss (2021).

Frank Gore Jr.

76%match

Southern Miss · 2021

All-Sun Belt
#2

Zuberi Mobley

Florida Atlantic · 2022

75%
#3

Kaegun Williams

San Diego State · 2021

72%
#4

Jermaine Brown Jr.

UAB · 2021

71%
#5

OJ Arnold

Georgia Southern · 2023

All-Sun Belt
71%

Matches Frank on

Yards / carry
Weight
Height

Differs from Frank on

Class year (higher)
EPA / carry (adj) (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Troy Calhoun

Pass share

20.0%

163 pass / 650 run

Plays / game

67.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

10.6%

151 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Troy Calhoun
Air Force

Played his entire career under Troy Calhoun.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownGreen Cove Springs, FL
Height5'9"
Weight190 lb
Class4
PositionRB
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 Air Force RB4 #3989 #4332 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West
2023 Air Force RB4 #3201 #2963 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Air Force Mountain West RB 4 No. 8 | 5-9 | 190 lb | Green Cove Springs, FL
2024 Air Force Mountain West RB 4 No. 8 | 5-9 | 190 lb | Green Cove Springs, FL
2023 Air Force Mountain West RB 4 No. 8 | 5-9 | 190 lb | Green Cove Springs, FL