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Heisman / Players / Da'Shawn Womack /Ole Miss

Da'Shawn Womack

DE · Ole Miss · Jr · #15

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

27 TACKLES · 2 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Ole Miss for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Ole Miss for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Ole Miss

Returning around him

  • 18% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • 2 Ole Miss players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: +3 net (28 in / 25 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Ole Miss · Last season: 13-2 (AP #6) · Talent rank #21 · 2026 recruiting class #16

DE · OLE MISS · SEC

Da'Shawn Womack

  • 3
  • #15
  • 6-5 | 260 lb
  • Baltimore, MD

CFB Zeitgeist Score

63

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 80th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#8944

<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 DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

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
★★★★
#32 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionDE
Class3
Jersey15
Measurements6-5 | 260 lb
HometownBaltimore, MD
Primary teamOle Miss

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 32 recruit
Composite rating 0.9826 HighSchool
Signed with LSU 2023
Origin St. Frances Academy Baltimore, MD, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 4-star | 0.9826 No. 32 recruit | HighSchool | LSU

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#8944Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#9032Where 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 LSU

Composite

0.9826

#32 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 Da'Shawn Womack

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 Da'Shawn Womack

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 defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
27Tackles
4.5Tackles for loss
2Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Projected (13g)
29Tackles
4.9Tackles for loss
2.2Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 27): needs 53/game over remaining 1.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 27): needs 73/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 2): needs 4/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 2): needs 8/game over remaining 1.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Da'Shawn Womack is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Ole Miss's defense, with 2.0 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, and -- 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.

Current place #8944 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 32 recruit

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
Total tackles 27 14 solo | #1543/4942 (69th pct)
TFL 4.5 Backfield disruption | #648/4972 (87th pct)
Sacks 2.0 Pass-rush finish | #491/4972 (90th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defender

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
27 69th
SOLO
14 67th
TFL
4.5 87th
SACK
2.0 90th
QBH
7 96th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 63-7vs Georgia State651.00.00Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2W 30-23@ Kentucky100.00.00
Wk 3W 41-35vs Arkansas100.00.00
Wk 4W 45-10vs Tulane200.00.00
Wk 5W 24-19vs LSU000.00.00
Wk 9W 34-26@ Oklahoma200.00.00
Wk 10W 30-14vs South Carolina111.01.00
Wk 11W 49-0vs The Citadel300.00.00
Wk 14W 38-19@ Mississippi State432.01.00
BowlW 41-10vs Tulane430.00.00
BowlW 39-34@ Georgia210.50.00
BowlL 27-31vs Miami110.00.00
Total27144.52.00
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

2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced
2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2025Ole Miss13-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Ole Miss27144.52.0------
2024LSU841.01.04----
2023LSU1571.51.5----1
Career3 loaded seasons50257.04.54--1
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 0 Coverage disruption
QB pressures 7 Quarterback hurries | #69/1878 (96th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 27 #1543/4942 69th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 4.5 #648/4972 87th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 2.0 #491/4972 90th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 7 #69/1878 96th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 14 #1520/4584 67th pct Volumevs 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Lombardi 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home8g2.20.20.10.0
Road4g2.20.60.20.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins11g2.40.40.20.0
Losses1g1.00.00.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-78g2.10.20.00.0
Weeks 8+4g2.50.80.50.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DE cohort

63Solid starter
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (96th). Concern: passes defended (17th).

QB hurries#69 / 2975 · 97th pct
7defe
Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct
2.0defe
Tackles for loss#648 / 2975 · 77th pct
4.5defe
Solo tackles#1520 / 2975 · 47th pct
14defe
Tackles#1543 / 2975 · 47th pct
27defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe

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

Advanced Savant · DE · 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 · 6 metrics
Da'Shawn WomackOle MissMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 71% simEthan WesloskiNorth Texas· 69% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 68% sim
QB hurries
97
Womack
88
Parker
95
Wesloski
82
Davey
Sacks
80
Womack
80
Parker
74
Wesloski
63
Davey
Tackles for loss
77
Womack
87
Parker
95
Wesloski
91
Davey
Solo tackles
47
Womack
96
Parker
99
Wesloski
99
Davey
Tackles
47
Womack
98
Parker
99
Wesloski
99
Davey
Passes defended
18
Womack
18
Parker
18
Wesloski
18
Davey

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

Player DNA

The Versatile End

Holds up against run and pass without a single dominant trait.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Christopher Herrera’s 2021 season.

Christopher Herrera

88%match

Air Force · 2021

#2

Cam Robertson

North Texas · 2022

87%
#3

Zion Young

Michigan State · 2023

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 13
86%
#4

Marcus Bragg

Auburn · 2022

86%
#5

Jimari Butler

LSU · 2025

85%

Matches Christopher on

Sack rate
Weight
TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Davin Wilson's junior season at Bowling Green (2023).

Davin Wilson

90%match

Bowling Green · 2023

#2

Michael Kilbane

Northwestern · 2025

88%
#3

James Williams

Florida State · 2025

87%
#4

Christian Alliegro

Wisconsin · 2025

84%
#5

A.J. Hoffler

Georgia Tech · 2025

82%

Matches Davin on

Class year
Height
Sack rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

Pass share

48.2%

521 pass / 560 run

Plays / game

72.1

15 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.5%

330 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Lane Kiffin
Ole Miss
2024
Lane Kiffin
Ole Miss
2025
Lane Kiffin
Ole Miss

Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownBaltimore, MD
Height6'5"
Weight260 lb
Class3
PositionDE
Jersey15

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 LSU DE3 #8944 #9032 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 LSU DE3 #8925 #8988 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Ole Miss SEC DE 3 No. 15 | 6-5 | 260 lb | Baltimore, MD
2024 LSU SEC DE 3 No. 15 | 6-5 | 260 lb | Baltimore, MD
2023 LSU SEC DE 3 No. 15 | 6-5 | 260 lb | Baltimore, MD