CFB Zeitgeist Score
70
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 85th percentile.
CJ Williams
Filling the Shoesas of 2026-06-22
CJ Williams is a cornerstone for Stanford — measured against the line he joined.
757REC YDS60REC6REC TD
STRAIGHT 100-YD REC GAMES
3
longest 2025 run of 100+ receiving yds
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Jacksonville2026 NFL rookie season
#203Rd 6 · Pick 22
Jacksonville2026 NFL rookie season
WR · STANFORD · ACC
CJ Williams
- 4
- #3
- 6-1 | 205 lb
- Mission Viejo, CA
Heisman Heat
#777
<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 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+2126%
Up 2126% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#21 in market ▼ from #18 · 6 books
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4-star | 0.9706 | No. 73 recruit | HighSchool | USC |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| 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 16Heisman 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 receiving yards (757).
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 USC
Composite
0.9706
#73 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.
The Room on CJ Williams
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
- Rivals · n=2
- National · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about CJ Williams
Only 2 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving yards (total)
757
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #77 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 86th
Why it matters
#77 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving yards — 757 yards on 60 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 757 (86th)
HIGH · n=60 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Yards per reception#249 / 531
- Receiving TDs#55 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 5 vs San José State — 138 receiving_yards_total
Result W 30-29
The week the volume broke through — put up 138 yds vs San José State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
757Rec yards
60Receptions
6Rec TDs
Per game
63.1Rec yards
5Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
820.1Rec yards
65Receptions
6Rec TDs
✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 757.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 757): needs 243/game over remaining 1.
✓ Hit 60-catch season · finished with 60.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 60): needs 20/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 6): needs 2/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 6): needs 4/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.
CJ Williams's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Stanford, 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.
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
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
60 95th
YDS
757 93rd
YPR
12.6 56th
TD
6 95th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-23@ Hawai'i | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-27@ BYU | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-20vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-48@ Virginia | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 0 | 29 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29vs San José State | 12 | 138 | 11.5 | 0 | 24 | Season-high 138 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 10-34@ SMU | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 1 | 36 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-13vs Florida State | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-42@ Miami | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-35vs Pittsburgh | 7 | 122 | 17.4 | 2 | 35 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 11 | L 15-20@ North Carolina | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-10vs California | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-49vs Notre Dame | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 60 | 757 | 11.7 | 6 | 36 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
2023Wisconsin7-6HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced
2024Wisconsin5-7HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning
2025Stanford4-8HC: Frank Reich · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 60 | #61/1110 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 757 | #83/1107 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 6 | #56/1111 | 95th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.6 | #486/1106 | 56th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 22.4% | #51/1137 | 96th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 36 | #512/1105 | 54th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 18.4% | #17/1137 | 99th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 15.3% | #44/1137 | 96th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 12.6% | #43/1137 | 96th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 12.0% | #39/1137 | 97th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 9.6% | #105/1137 | 91st pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 8.8% | #109/1137 | 91st pct | Base-situation sharevs 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
Status—Awaiting 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 vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 68.7 | 12.4 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 5.0 | 57.5 | 11.0 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 5.5 | 69.0 | 10.8 | 0.5 |
| Losses8g | 4.8 | 60.1 | 12.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.0 | 68.7 | 9.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 57.5 | 13.8 | 0.8 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
70Solid starter
Elite: receptions (88th). Strength: rec tds (86th). Concern: long catch (23rd).
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
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
CJ WilliamsStanfordGermie BernardAlabama· 91% simJosh CameronBaylor· 86% simAsaad WaseemFlorida Atlantic· 85% sim
Receptions
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Long catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jordan Hudson’s 2025 season.
Jordan Hudson
93%match
All-ACC
#2
Kawaan Baker
All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 7
78%
#3
Rashee Rice
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 24
77%
#4
Cam Johnson
78%
#5
Javon Baker
NFL Rd 4
77%
Matches Jordan on
Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to DeVontres Dukes’s path through South Florida.
DeVontres Dukes
100%match
#2
Jalen McDonald
98%
#3
Richie Hoskins
94%
#4
Kawaan Baker
All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 7
93%
#5
Caden Burti
93%
Matches DeVontres on
Yards per reception
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Hudson's senior season at SMU (2025).
Jordan Hudson
95%match
All-ACC
#2
Keandre Lambert
78%
#3
Elijhah Badger
77%
#4
Cortez Braham
74%
#5
Josh Cameron
All-Big 12NFL Rd 6
72%
Matches Jordan on
Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Reich
Pass share
50.4%
391 pass / 385 run
Plays / game
64.7
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
12.5%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
3 coaches2022
David Shaw
Stanford
2023era →
Troy Taylor
Stanford
2024
Troy Taylor
Stanford
2025era →
Frank Reich
Stanford
Played under 3 different head coaches: David Shaw, Troy Taylor, and Frank Reich. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMission Viejo, CA
Height6'1"
Weight205 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey3
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamStanford
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Stanford | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 3 | 6-1 | 205 lb | Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2024 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | WR | 4 | No. 3 | 6-1 | 205 lb | Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2023 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | WR | 4 | No. 3 | 6-1 | 205 lb | Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2022 | USC | Pac-12 | WR | 4 | No. 3 | 6-1 | 205 lb | Mission Viejo, CA |