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Heisman / Players / Deuce Alexander /Ole Miss

Deuce Alexander

WR · Ole Miss · So · #11

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

684 REC YDS · 44 REC · 2 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Ole Miss for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Ole Miss for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · 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

WR · OLE MISS · SEC

Deuce Alexander

  • 2
  • #11
  • 6-0 | 175 lb
  • Douglasville, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

72

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 81st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#4247

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
30.02023
6842025

+2180%

Up 2180% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#970 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.

PositionWR
Class2
Jersey11
Measurements6-0 | 175 lb
HometownDouglasville, GA
Primary teamOle Miss

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 970 recruit
Composite rating 0.8653 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2023
Origin Douglas County Douglasville, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8653 No. 970 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Ole Miss 2025
Transfer stars 4-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 22, 2024
Season Move Context
2025 Wake Forest -> Ole Miss 4-star | 0.9000 | Immediate

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#4247Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#4537Where 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 —

Composite

0.8653

#970 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 Deuce Alexander

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

50

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 1 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "Lane Kiffin’s controversial Vanity Fair comments ignited a firestorm across coll"Own fans
  • Own fans · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Deuce Alexander

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Yards per reception

15.5

yds

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #86 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 84th

Why it matters

#86 of 531 All FBS WRs at 15.5 yards per reception (44 catches).

Vs cohort

This player 15.5 (84th)

HIGH · n=44 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving yards (total)#102 / 531
  • Receiving TDs#302 / 531

Signature Moment

Week 14 at Mississippi State — 94 ypr

Result W 38-19

The week the volume broke through — put up 94 yds at Mississippi State.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

final
Through 15g
684Rec yards
44Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
45.6Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
684Rec yards
44Receptions
2Rec TDs

What made this player interesting

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

Deuce Alexander's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Ole Miss, 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 #4247 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 7.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

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
Receptions 44 2 rec TD | #153/1110 (86th pct)
Receiving yards 684 15.5 per catch | #108/1107 (90th pct)
Scrimmage yards 806 Total offensive yardage | #108/1107 (90th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.

Target magnet

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
44 86th
YDS
684 90th
YPR
15.5 79th
TD
2 75th

Rushing

CAR
19 97th
YDS
122 96th
YPC
6.4 71st
TD
0 81st

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 63-7vs Georgia State2178.509
Wk 2W 30-23@ Kentucky46817.0030
Wk 3W 41-35vs Arkansas47017.5035
Wk 4W 45-10vs Tulane49423.5135Season-high 94 yds
Wk 5W 24-19vs LSU36421.3025
Wk 7W 24-21vs Washington State33612.0018
Wk 8L 35-43@ Georgia23316.5032
Wk 9W 34-26@ Oklahoma3124.006
Wk 10W 30-14vs South Carolina25226.0043
Wk 11W 49-0vs The Citadel3217.0011
Wk 12W 34-24vs Florida2168.009
Wk 14W 38-19@ Mississippi State29447.0188
BowlW 41-10vs Tulane78712.4026
BowlW 39-34@ Georgia2136.507
BowlL 27-31vs Miami177.007
Total4468415.6288
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

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning
2025Ole Miss13-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Ole Miss4468415.52--
2023Wake Forest23015.01--
Career2 loaded seasons4671415.53--
SeasonTeam
2025Ole Miss19122------
2023Wake Forest----------
Career2 loaded seasons19122------
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

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.

Usage 7.2% 11.4% pass-game share | #414/1137 (64th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 2 Across offense and returns | #281/1111 (75th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 44 #153/1110 86th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 684 #108/1107 90th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #281/1111 75th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 15.5 #232/1106 79th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 11.4% #414/1137 64th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 122 #16/397 96th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 31 #34/346 90th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 19 #14/407 97th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 6.4 #115/393 71st pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 88 #8/1105 99th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 9.4% #278/1137 76th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 8.4% #156/1137 86th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 7.4% #276/1137 76th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 7.2% #262/1137 77th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 6.5% #258/1137 77th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 4.1% #722/1137 37th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 3.4% #42/1137 96th 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home10g3.146.414.30.1
Road5g2.644.018.20.2

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins13g3.249.516.20.2
Losses2g1.520.011.80.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-79g3.350.714.00.1
Weeks 8+6g2.338.018.10.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

72Solid starter
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (98th). Strength: rush yards (95th).

Long catch#7 / 558 · 99th pct
88rece
Rush yards#14 / 287 · 95th pct
122rush
Rec yards#108 / 558 · 81st pct
684rece
Yards / catch#111 / 558 · 80th pct
15.5rece
Receptions#153 / 558 · 72nd pct
44rece
Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct
2rece
Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct
0rush

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
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
Deuce AlexanderOle MissNik McMillanBuffalo· 80% simCorey RuckerArkansas State· 77% simAnthony Evans IIIMississippi State· 77% sim
Long catch
99
Alexander
65
McMillan
85
Rucker
68
III
Rush yards
95
Alexander
55
Rucker
80
III
Rec yards
81
Alexander
96
McMillan
97
Rucker
90
III
Yards / catch
80
Alexander
84
McMillan
65
Rucker
44
III
Receptions
72
Alexander
90
McMillan
98
Rucker
95
III
Rec TDs
42
Alexander
57
McMillan
68
Rucker
68
III
Rush TDs
39
Alexander
39
Rucker
39
III

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

Player DNA

The Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to J.C. Santana’s 2021 season.

J.C. Santana

77%match

Tulsa · 2021

#2

Dorian Singer

Utah · 2024

76%
#3

Dante Cephas

Kent State · 2022

All-MAC
76%
#4

Jacob Cowing

UTEP · 2020

All-Conference USANFL Rd 4
69%
#5

Steve Jenkins

UNLV · 2021

74%

Matches J.C. on

Reception volume
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight

Differs from J.C. on

Class year (lower)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to DeVontres Dukes’s path through South Florida.

DeVontres Dukes

97%match

South Florida · 2020

#2

Kobe Clark

Abilene Christian · 2022

96%
#3

Jarrod Barnes

Central Arkansas · 2023

96%
#4

Sam James

West Virginia · 2022

95%
#5

Darien Chase

Portland State · 2021

95%

Matches DeVontres on

Yards per reception

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Napier's junior season at San Diego State (2025).

Jordan Napier

78%match

San Diego State · 2025

All-Mountain West
#2

Carlos Hernandez

Wake Forest · 2025

77%
#3

Cayden Lee

Ole Miss · 2025

74%
#4

Jayce Brown

Kansas State · 2025

71%
#5

DeAndre Moore Jr.

Texas · 2025

70%

Matches Jordan on

EPA / play (adj)
Reception volume
Yards / reception

Differs from Jordan on

Weight (lower)

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
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.

HometownDouglasville, GA
Height6'0"
Weight175 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey11

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 Wake Forest WR2 #4247 #4537 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC
2023 Wake Forest WR2 #3185 #3650 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Ole Miss SEC WR 2 No. 11 | 6-0 | 175 lb | Douglasville, GA
2024 Wake Forest ACC WR 2 No. 11 | 6-0 | 175 lb | Douglasville, GA
2023 Wake Forest ACC WR 2 No. 11 | 6-0 | 175 lb | Douglasville, GA