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Heisman / Players / Cole Turner /Clemson

Cole Turner

WR · Clemson · Jr · #22

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

144 REC YDS · 16 REC · 0 REC TD

NOW IN NFLWashington — drafted 2022, Rd 5, Pick 6, #149 overall

Where He Ended Up · NFL

WashingtonEntering 5th NFL season

#149Rd 5 · Pick 6
WashingtonEntering 5th NFL season

WR · CLEMSON · ACC

Cole Turner

  • 3
  • #22
  • 6-1 | 185 lb
  • Vestavia Hills, AL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

11

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 39th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#388

<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

2022–2025
1612022
28.02023
2292024
1442025

-11%

Down 11% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1385 national
CFB
College
Clemson
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
R5 &middot; #149
Washington &middot; 2022

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey22
Measurements6-1 | 185 lb
HometownVestavia Hills, AL
Primary teamClemson

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1385 recruit
Composite rating 0.8456 HighSchool
Signed with Clemson 2022
Origin Vestavia Hills Birmingham, AL, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8456 No. 1385 recruit | HighSchool | Clemson

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#388Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#415Where 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 Clemson

Composite

0.8456

#1385 national

NFL Draft

2022 · Rd 5, Pick 6

#149 overall · Washington

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 Cole Turner

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

50

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 1 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "Cole Turner - Football 2026-27 &nbsp;&nbsp; Clemson University Athletics"Own fans
  • Own fans · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Cole Turner

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 9g
144Rec yards
16Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
16Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
208Rec yards
23Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 144): needs 139/game over remaining 4.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 144): needs 214/game over remaining 4.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 16): needs 11/game over remaining 4.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 16): needs 16/game over remaining 4.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 2/game over remaining 4.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 2.5/game over remaining 4.

Why the honors trail matters

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

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Cole Turner already has 2 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #388 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 4.3% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Honors spine 2 honors loaded

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 16 0 rec TD | #465/1110 (58th pct)
Receiving yards 144 9.0 per catch | #548/1107 (51st pct)
Scrimmage yards 142 Total offensive yardage | #548/1107 (51st pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
16 58th
YDS
144 51st
YPR
9.0 25th
TD
0 45th

Rushing

CAR
1 35th
YDS
-2 15th
YPC
-2.0 12th
TD
0 81st

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 10-17vs LSU
Wk 3L 21-24@ Georgia Tech3279.0018
Wk 6W 38-10@ North Carolina177.007
Wk 7W 41-10@ Boston College22311.5021
Wk 8L 24-35vs SMU284.004
Wk 11W 24-10vs Florida State11111.0011
Wk 12W 20-19@ Louisville284.008
Wk 13W 45-10vs Furman23316.5023Season-high 33 yds
Wk 14W 28-14@ South Carolina3279.0021
Total161449.0023
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

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning
2023Clemson9-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo
2024Clemson10-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Clemson7-6HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Clemson161449.00--
2024Clemson1622914.32--
2023Clemson3289.30--
2022Clemson816120.10--
Career4 loaded seasons4356213.12--
SeasonTeam
2025Clemson1-2------
2024Clemson556--6--
2023Clemson----------
2022Clemson----------
Career4 loaded seasons654--6--
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 4.3% 8.2% pass-game share | #591/1137 (48th 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 16 #465/1110 58th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 144 #548/1107 51st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 9.0 #833/1106 25th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 8.2% #591/1137 48th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 1 #264/407 35th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards -2 #340/397 15th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry -2.0 #348/393 12th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 23 #708/1105 36th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 6.3% #557/1137 51st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 5.6% #442/1137 61st pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 4.3% #566/1137 50th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 4.1% #547/1137 52nd pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 3.5% #774/1137 32nd pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 3.5% #604/1137 47th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.4% #312/1137 73rd 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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home4g1.213.010.50.0
Road5g2.218.48.10.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins6g1.818.29.80.0
Losses3g1.711.76.50.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-74g1.514.29.20.0
Weeks 8+5g2.017.48.90.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

11Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec yards (6th).

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct
0rush
Receptions#465 / 558 · 15th pct
16rece
Rush yards#249 / 287 · 12th pct
-2rush
Yards / catch#508 / 558 · 9th pct
9.0rece
Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Long catch#518 / 558 · 7th pct
23rece
Rec yards#524 / 558 · 6th pct
144rece

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 · 7 metrics
Cole TurnerClemsonMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 62% simChauncy CobbArkansas State· 51% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 51% sim
Rush TDs
39
Turner
39
III
39
Cobb
39
Gibson
Receptions
15
Turner
92
III
98
Cobb
92
Gibson
Rush yards
12
Turner
6
III
12
Cobb
76
Gibson
Yards / catch
9
Turner
9
III
25
Cobb
15
Gibson
Rec TDs
7
Turner
24
III
24
Cobb
7
Gibson
Long catch
7
Turner
16
III
58
Cobb
56
Gibson
Rec yards
6
Turner
70
III
87
Cobb
74
Gibson

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 Ben Ratzlaff’s 2021 season.

Ben Ratzlaff

93%match

Western Kentucky · 2021

#2

Antoine Robinson

Southern Miss · 2020

90%
#3

Austin Upshaw

SMU · 2021

92%
#4

Fred Farrier II

Kentucky · 2024

90%
#5

R.J. Sneed

Colorado · 2022

90%

Matches Ben on

Yards / reception
TD rate
Reception volume

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Joshua Derry’s path through Monmouth.

Joshua Derry

97%match

Monmouth · 2025

#2

Andrel Anthony Jr.

Duke · 2025

96%
#3

Nic Trujillo

UL Monroe · 2025

96%
#4

Dillon Stoner

Oklahoma State · 2020

95%
#5

Jalen Smith

Minnesota · 2025

94%

Matches Joshua on

Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Talik Keaton's senior season at Marshall (2023).

Talik Keaton

67%match

Marshall · 2023

All-Conference USA
#2

Nico Ragaini

Iowa · 2023

66%
#3

Jeremiah Noga

Washington State · 2025

66%
#4

EJ Horton Jr.

Purdue · 2025

66%
#5

DJ Riles

Georgia State · 2025

65%

Matches Talik on

Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Height

Differs from Talik on

Class year (lower)
Yards / reception (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Pass share

53.8%

474 pass / 407 run

Plays / game

67.8

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.5%

337 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach
2022
Dabo Swinney
Clemson
2023
Dabo Swinney
Clemson
2024
Dabo Swinney
Clemson
2025
Dabo Swinney
Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownVestavia Hills, AL
Height6'1"
Weight185 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey22

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2021)

All-Mountain West

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

2 all-conference honors

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2021 All-Mountain West all_conference Nevada | Mountain West TE
2020 All-Mountain West all_conference Nevada | Mountain West TE

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Clemson WR3 #388 #415 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC
2023 Clemson WR3 #2247 #2042 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | ACC
2022 Clemson WR3 #872 #639 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Clemson ACC WR 3 No. 22 | 6-1 | 185 lb | Vestavia Hills, AL
2024 Clemson ACC WR 3 No. 22 | 6-1 | 185 lb | Vestavia Hills, AL
2023 Clemson ACC WR 3 No. 22 | 6-1 | 185 lb | Vestavia Hills, AL
2022 Clemson ACC WR 3 No. 22 | 6-1 | 185 lb | Vestavia Hills, AL