CFB Zeitgeist Score
65
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 68th percentile.
Dashawn Martin
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
507 REC YDS · 33 REC · 4 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Kent State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Kent State
Returning around him
- 11% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -4 net (11 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #128 · 2026 recruiting class #93
WR · KENT STATE · MID-AMERICAN
Dashawn Martin
- 2
- #1
- 6-0 | 170 lb
- Springfield, OH
Heisman Heat
#6092
<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
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Kent State
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-star | 0.8304 | No. 2069 recruit | HighSchool | Kent State |
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 (507).
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 Kent State
Composite
0.8304
#2069 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 Dashawn Martin
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- National · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Dashawn Martin
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
15.4
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #91 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 83rd
Why it matters
#91 of 531 All FBS WRs at 15.4 yards per reception (33 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 15.4 (83th)
HIGH · n=33 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#213 / 531
- Receiving TDs#161 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 4 at Florida State — 94 ypr
Result L 10-66
The week the volume broke through — put up 94 yds at Florida State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
507Rec yards
33Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
46.1Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
599.2Rec yards
39Receptions
5Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 507): needs 96.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 507): needs 246.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 33): needs 13.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 33): needs 23.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 2/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Dashawn Martin's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Kent State, 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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
33 78th
YDS
507 81st
YPR
15.4 78th
TD
4 86th
Returns
KR YDS
3 5th
KR AVG
3.0 5th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 14-62@ Texas Tech | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31vs Buffalo | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-66@ Florida State | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 1 | 75 | Season-high 94 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 0-44@ Oklahoma | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-6vs Massachusetts | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-45@ Toledo | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-21vs Bowling Green | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-17@ Ball State | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35@ Akron | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 1 | 27 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-28vs Central Michigan | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-31@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 1 | 59 | |
| Total | 33 | 507 | 15.2 | 4 | 75 |
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
2025Kent State5-7HC: Mark Carney · Run-leaning, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 33 | 507 | 15.4 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 33 | 507 | 15.4 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- |
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 | 33 | #247/1110 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 507 | #216/1107 | 81st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #152/1111 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 15.4 | #242/1106 | 78th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 3 | #228/238 | 5th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 15.6% | #217/1137 | 81st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 75 | #47/1105 | 96th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 3.0 | #225/236 | 5th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 1 | #169/243 | 31st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.4% | #266/1137 | 77th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.7% | #406/1137 | 64th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 7.0% | #303/1137 | 73rd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 7.0% | #277/1137 | 76th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 6.7% | #242/1137 | 79th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.8% | #345/1137 | 70th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 2 | #274/302 | 10th pct | Turnoversvs 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 39.8 | 11.9 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 2.7 | 49.7 | 17.1 | 0.4 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 4.0 | 63.0 | 17.5 | 0.8 |
| Losses7g | 2.4 | 36.4 | 13.9 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 38.6 | 15.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 52.3 | 15.1 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
65Solid starter
Elite: long catch (90th). Concern: fumbles lost (5th).
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
Dashawn MartinKent StateParker KingstonBYU· 78% simIsaiah SategnaOklahoma· 76% simKyre DuplessisDelaware· 76% sim
Long catch
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Receptions
Fumbles lost
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jayce Brown’s 2023 season.
Jayce Brown
80%match
#2
Jayce Brown
77%
#3
Willie Johnson
69%
#4
Ladd McConkey
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 2
75%
#5
Skyler Bell
NFL Rd 4
74%
Matches Jayce on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Yards / reception
Differs from Jayce on
Class year (higher)
Recruiting rating (lower)
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Jalen Coker’s path through Holy Cross.
Jalen Coker
98%match
#2
Cary Angeline
94%
#3
Jake Herslow
93%
#4
Kris Mitchell
All-Conference USA
92%
#5
Tre Nixon
NFL Rd 7
92%
Matches Jalen on
Yards per reception
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Steve Jenkins's sophomore season at UNLV (2021).
Steve Jenkins
79%match
#2
Jamari Thrash
All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 5
76%
#3
Lawayne McCoy
75%
#4
Dom Henry
72%
#5
Anthony Garcia
71%
Matches Steve on
Yards / reception
TD rate
Differs from Steve on
Class year (lower)
Reception volume (lower)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Pass share
42.8%
292 pass / 390 run
Plays / game
56.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.5%
242 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Mark Carney
Kent State
Played his entire career under Mark Carney.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSpringfield, OH
Height6'0"
Weight170 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey1
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamKent State
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc2 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 | Kent State | WR2 | #6092 | #6887 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mid-American |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | Mid-American | WR | 2 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 170 lb | Springfield, OH |
| 2024 | Kent State | Mid-American | WR | 2 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 170 lb | Springfield, OH |