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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON
Heisman / Players / David Cordero /Hawai'i

David Cordero

RB · Hawai'i · Sr · #10

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

51 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 14 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Hawai'i for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Hawai'i for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Hawai'i

Returning around him

  • 46% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +7 net (16 in / 9 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Hawai'i · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #124

RB · HAWAI'I · MOUNTAIN WEST

David Cordero

  • 4
  • #10
  • 5-9 | 200 lb
  • Tucson, AZ

CFB Zeitgeist Score

3

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 6th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#3562

<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 RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2023–2025
1382023
51.02025

-63%

Sharp dropoff (-63%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Hawai'i
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey10
Measurements5-9 | 200 lb
HometownTucson, AZ
Primary teamHawai'i

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
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.

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#3562Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#3703Where 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.

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 David Cordero

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 David Cordero

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 rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 7g
51Rush yards
14Carries
0Rush TDs
Per game
7.3Rush yards
2Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
94.7Rush yards
26Carries
0Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 51): needs 116.5/game over remaining 6.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 51): needs 158.2/game over remaining 6.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 51): needs 241.5/game over remaining 6.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 1.7/game over remaining 6.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 2.5/game over remaining 6.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 3.3/game over remaining 6.

What made this player interesting

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

David Cordero's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Hawai'i, 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.

Current place #3562 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 4.8% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc 21 return yds

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 67 51 rush | 16 rec | #519/735 (30th pct)
Rush TD 0 14 carries | #447/739 (40th pct)
Yards/carry 3.6 Per-rush efficiency | #561/735 (24th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
14 33rd
YDS
51 30th
YPC
3.6 24th
TD
0 40th

Receiving

REC
2 25th
YDS
16 26th
YPR
8.0 63rd
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 6-40@ Arizona591.809
Wk 2W 37-20vs Sam Houston273.504
Wk 4L 21-23vs Fresno State
Wk 10L 38-45@ San José State
Wk 11W 38-6vs San Diego State221.002
Wk 13L 10-38@ UNLV2115.509
Wk 14W 27-7vs Wyoming3227.3011Season-high 22 yds
Total14513.8011
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

2023Hawai'i5-8HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-heavy
2025Hawai'i9-4HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Hawai'i14513.60--
2023Hawai'i321384.30--
Career2 loaded seasons461894.10--
SeasonTeam
2025Hawai'i2168.00--
2023Hawai'i5244.80--
Career2 loaded seasons7405.70--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

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.

Receiving work 2 16 rec yds | #414/552 (25th pct)
Usage 4.8% 9.8% rush share | #552/738 (25th pct)
Rushing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 51 #519/735 30th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 0 #447/739 40th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 3.6 #561/735 24th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 2 #414/552 25th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 16 #408/548 26th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Role share 4.8% #552/738 25th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 14 #495/739 33rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 11 #546/733 26th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 10 #415/540 23rd pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 8.0 #206/548 63rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Returns Kick return avg 21.0 #66/199 67th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Returns Kick return yards 21 #147/200 27th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Returns Kick returns 1 #139/206 33rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 9.8% #496/738 33rd pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 6.5% #495/738 33rd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 5.5% #534/738 28th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 5.4% #545/738 26th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 3.7% #541/738 27th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 1.4% #614/738 17th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 1.1% #495/738 33rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB

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 · 7 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home4g7.83.90.0
Road3g6.73.60.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins3g10.33.90.0
Losses4g5.03.60.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-73g5.32.60.0
Weeks 8+4g8.84.60.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

3Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: carries (0th).

Rec yards#304 / 338 · 10th pct
16rece
Yards / carry#326 / 349 · 6th pct
3.6rush
Receptions#318 / 338 · 5th pct
2rece
Rush TDs#326 / 349 · 3rd pct
0rush
Long run#347 / 349 · 0th pct
11rush
Rush yards#350 / 349 · 0th pct
51rush
Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct
14rush

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

Advanced Savant · RB · 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
David CorderoHawai'iJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 44% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 43% simTae MeadowsTroy· 43% sim
Rec yards
10
Cordero
3
Brunson
10
Wright
38
Meadows
Yards / carry
6
Cordero
41
Brunson
33
Wright
29
Meadows
Receptions
5
Cordero
2
Brunson
32
Wright
45
Meadows
Rush TDs
3
Cordero
50
Brunson
62
Wright
72
Meadows
Long run
0
Cordero
73
Brunson
49
Wright
53
Meadows
Rush yards
0
Cordero
80
Brunson
84
Wright
74
Meadows
Carries
0
Cordero
85
Brunson
92
Wright
84
Meadows

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

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Timmy Chang

Pass share

60.2%

540 pass / 357 run

Plays / game

69.0

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.8%

427 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Timmy Chang
Hawai'i
2025
Timmy Chang
Hawai'i

Played his entire career under Timmy Chang.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownTucson, AZ
Height5'9"
Weight200 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey10

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 Hawai'i RB4 #3562 #3703 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West
2023 Hawai'i RB4 #2849 #3406 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mountain West
2022 Hawai'i RB4 #4459 #4913 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mountain West
2021 Hawai'i RB4 #4052 #4149 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Hawai'i Mountain West RB 4 No. 10 | 5-9 | 200 lb | Tucson, AZ
2024 Hawai'i Mountain West RB 4 No. 10 | 5-9 | 200 lb | Tucson, AZ
2023 Hawai'i Mountain West RB 4 No. 10 | 5-9 | 200 lb | Tucson, AZ
2022 Hawai'i Mountain West RB 4 No. 10 | 5-9 | 200 lb | Tucson, AZ
2021 Hawai'i Mountain West RB 4 No. 10 | 5-9 | 200 lb | Tucson, AZ