CFB Zeitgeist Score
87
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 93rd percentile.
Cortez Braham
Filling the Shoesas of 2026-06-22
Cortez Braham is a cornerstone for Memphis — measured against the line he joined.
889REC YDS63REC8REC TD
TEAM RECEIVING YARDS LEADER
889
Team leader in receiving yards (889).
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
2026 Outlook
Returning to Memphis for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Memphis
Returning around him
- 12% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 1 Memphis player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +4 net (51 in / 47 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Memphis · Last season: 8-5 (AP #22) · Talent rank #59 · 2026 recruiting class #60
WR · MEMPHIS · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
Cortez Braham
- 4
- #4
- 6-2 | 197 lb
- Baltimore, MD
Heisman Heat
#728
<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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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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+505%
Up 505% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
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 (889).
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.
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 Cortez Braham
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
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Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Rivals · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Cortez Braham
Only 2 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
14.1
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #153 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 71st
Why it matters
#153 of 531 All FBS WRs at 14.1 yards per reception (63 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 14.1 (71th)
HIGH · n=63 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#37 / 531
- Receiving TDs#23 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 5 at Florida Atlantic — 127 ypr
Result W 55-26
The week the volume broke through — put up 127 yds at Florida Atlantic.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
889Rec yards
63Receptions
8Rec TDs
Per game
74.1Rec yards
5Receptions
1Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
963.1Rec yards
68Receptions
9Rec TDs
✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 889.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 889): needs 111/game over remaining 1.
✓ Hit 60-catch season · finished with 63.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 63): needs 17/game over remaining 1.
✓ Hit 8 receiving TDs · finished with 8.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 8): needs 2/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.
Cortez Braham's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Memphis, 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
63 96th
YDS
889 96th
YPR
14.1 69th
TD
8 98th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-10vs Chattanooga | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-16@ Georgia State | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-7@ Troy | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 4 | W 32-31vs Arkansas | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 1 | 38 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 2 | 73 | Season-high 127 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 45-7vs Tulsa | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ UAB | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-31vs South Florida | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 2 | 18 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 10 | W 38-14@ Rice | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 11 | L 32-38vs Tulane | 11 | 113 | 10.3 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-31@ East Carolina | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-28vs Navy | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 1 | 38 | |
| Total | 63 | 889 | 15.3 | 8 | 73 |
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
2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced
2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy
2024Nevada3-10HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning
2025Memphis8-5HC: Ryan Silverfield · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Memphis | 63 | 889 | 14.1 | 8 | -- |
| 2024 | Nevada | 56 | 724 | 12.9 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 14 | 147 | 10.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 136 | 1,777 | 13.1 | 12 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Memphis | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Nevada | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | West Virginia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
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 | 63 | #44/1110 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 889 | #40/1107 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 8 | #23/1111 | 98th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 14.1 | #340/1106 | 69th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 21.6% | #66/1137 | 94th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 73 | #75/1105 | 93rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 15.5% | #37/1137 | 97th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 13.0% | #96/1137 | 92nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 11.9% | #61/1137 | 95th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 10.3% | #88/1137 | 92nd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 8.0% | #148/1137 | 87th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.3% | #216/1137 | 81st 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
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 | 5.7 | 72.2 | 13.7 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 4.8 | 76.0 | 17.0 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 4.2 | 68.6 | 16.5 | 0.9 |
| Losses4g | 7.2 | 85.0 | 13.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 68.0 | 16.6 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.5 | 80.2 | 14.1 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
87All-Conference
Elite: rec tds (94th). Strength: rec yards (92nd).
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
Cortez BrahamMemphisDenzel BostonWashington· 96% simBeau SparksTexas State· 96% simTed HurstGeorgia State· 95% sim
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Receptions
Long catch
Yards / catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Slot Technician
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tre Harris’s 2022 season.
Tre Harris
86%match
All-Conference USANFL Rd 2 · Pk 23
#2
Rashee Rice
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 24
76%
#3
Griffin Wilde
All-Big Ten
78%
#4
Ja'Corey Brooks
77%
#5
Josh Kelly
76%
Matches Tre on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
TD rate
Differs from Tre on
Class year (higher)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Josh Imatorbhebhe’s path through Illinois.
Josh Imatorbhebhe
99%match
#2
Tauskie Dove
98%
#3
Jadon Thompson
98%
#4
Rashod Bateman
All-Big TenNFL Rd 1 · Pk 27
98%
#5
Keshunn Abram
98%
Matches Josh on
Yards per reception
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah Spencer's senior season at Minnesota (2024).
Elijah Spencer
82%match
#2
O'Mega Blake
All-AAC
82%
#3
Theo Wease Jr.
82%
#4
Germie Bernard
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 15
82%
#5
Casey Washington
NFL Rd 6
78%
Matches Elijah on
Weight
TD rate
Yards / reception
Differs from Elijah on
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
Pass share
46.9%
412 pass / 466 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
11.2%
285 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis
2023
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis
2024
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis
2025
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis
Played his entire career under Ryan Silverfield.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownBaltimore, MD
Height6'2"
Weight197 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey4
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMemphis
ConferenceAmerican Athletic
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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nevada | WR4 | #728 | #1100 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2023 | West Virginia | WR4 | #2702 | #2593 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2022 | West Virginia | WR4 | #2324 | #2678 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Memphis | American Athletic | WR | 4 | No. 4 | 6-2 | 197 lb | Baltimore, MD |
| 2024 | Nevada | Mountain West | WR | 4 | No. 4 | 6-2 | 197 lb | Baltimore, MD |
| 2023 | West Virginia | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 4 | 6-2 | 197 lb | Baltimore, MD |
| 2022 | West Virginia | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 4 | 6-2 | 197 lb | Baltimore, MD |