CFB Zeitgeist Score
60
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 91st percentile.
D'Angelo Hutchinson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
84 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Louisville for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Louisville
Returning around him
- 46% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 1 Louisville player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -6 net (33 in / 39 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Louisville · Last season: 9-4 (AP #19) · Talent rank #50 · 2026 recruiting class #68
DB · LOUISVILLE · ACC
D'Angelo Hutchinson
- 4
- #21
- 6-3 | 200 lb
- Saint Petersburg, FL
Heisman Heat
#10402
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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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
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Louisville
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8515 | No. 1229 recruit | HighSchool | Louisville |
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.
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 Louisville
Composite
0.8515
#1229 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 D'Angelo Hutchinson
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 D'Angelo Hutchinson
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 13g
84Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Final
84Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 84.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
D'Angelo Hutchinson is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Louisville's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 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.
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
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
84 98th
SOLO
39 95th
TFL
2.5 75th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
2 66th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
5 90th
INT
1 65th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-17vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-14vs James Madison | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 40-17vs Bowling Green | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-27@ Pittsburgh | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-30vs Virginia | 11 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21@ Miami | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-24vs Boston College | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-16@ Virginia Tech | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-29vs California | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-20vs Clemson | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-38@ SMU | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-0vs Kentucky | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 27-22vs Toledo | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 84 | 39 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
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
2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning
2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning
2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced
2025Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisville | 84 | 39 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Louisville | 52 | 29 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Louisville | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 147 | 74 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 84 | #114/4942 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 2.5 | #1236/4972 | 75th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 1 | #308/869 | 65th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 5 | #218/2184 | 90th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 2 | #647/1878 | 66th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 39 | #237/4584 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 5.0 | #432/578 | 25th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 5 | #459/578 | 21st pct | Takeawaysvs 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
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Thorpe 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 vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home9g | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Losses4g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort
60Solid starter
Elite: tackles (96th). Strength: solo tackles (91st). Concern: sacks (23rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DB · 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
D'Angelo HutchinsonLouisvilleRobert FitzgeraldNorthwestern· 87% simAndon ThomasArmy· 86% simBlake FletcherAir Force· 83% sim
Tackles
Solo tackles
Passes defended
QB hurries
Tackles for loss
Interceptions
Sacks
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Trey Dean’s 2022 season.
Trey Dean
82%match
#2
Kendarin Ray
83%
#3
Tory Spears
82%
#4
Tahj Ra-El
81%
#5
Paul Lewis III
All-MAC
79%
Matches Trey on
Height
PD rate
Tackle volume
Differs from Trey on
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Magee's senior season at Temple (2023).
Jordan Magee
83%match
All-AACNFL Rd 5
#2
Skyler Thomas
84%
#3
Deshawn Pace
84%
#4
Michael Dixon
83%
#5
Tui Faumuina-Brown
81%
Matches Jordan on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Differs from Jordan on
Weight (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
50.2%
414 pass / 410 run
Plays / game
63.4
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.0%
314 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Scott Satterfield
Louisville
2023era →
Jeff Brohm
Louisville
2024
Jeff Brohm
Louisville
2025
Jeff Brohm
Louisville
Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSaint Petersburg, FL
Height6'3"
Weight200 lb
Class4
PositionDB
Jersey21
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamLouisville
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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisville | DB4 | #10402 | #10478 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Louisville | DB4 | #8152 | #7813 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Louisville | DB4 | #9991 | #9694 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisville | ACC | DB | 4 | No. 21 | 6-3 | 200 lb | Saint Petersburg, FL |
| 2024 | Louisville | ACC | DB | 4 | No. 21 | 6-3 | 200 lb | Saint Petersburg, FL |
| 2023 | Louisville | ACC | DB | 4 | No. 21 | 6-3 | 200 lb | Saint Petersburg, FL |
| 2022 | Louisville | ACC | DB | 4 | No. 21 | 6-3 | 200 lb | Saint Petersburg, FL |