CFB Zeitgeist Score
53
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 56th percentile.
Devin Mockobee
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
521 RUSH YDS · 4 RUSH TD · 125 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Purdue for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Running back · Purdue · editorial
Returning around him
- 54% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- Transfer portal: +5 net (29 in / 24 out)
2026 Award watch
- Doak Walker
Purdue · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #54 · 2026 recruiting class #99
RB · PURDUE · BIG TEN
Devin Mockobee
- 4
- #45
- 6-0 | 202 lb
- Boonville, IN
Heisman Heat
#328
<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
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2022–2025-46%
Sharp dropoff (-46%) — career inflection point.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Purdue
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8156 | No. 2118 recruit | HighSchool | Purdue |
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 rushing yards (521).
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 Purdue
Composite
0.8156
#2118 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 Devin Mockobee
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 Devin Mockobee
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Rushing WEPA per carry
+0.120
EPA
P4 + Notre Dame RBs, min 80 carries
National rank #39 of 66
Percentile vs P4 + Notre Dame RBs, min 80 carries 42nd
Why it matters
#39 of 66 P4 + Notre Dame RBs by rushing weighted- EPA per carry — +0.120 EPA/carry on 95 carries.
Vs cohort
This player +0.120 (42th)
MODERATE · n=95 cohort 66
- Also strong
- Rushing yards (total)#50 / 69
- Yards per carry#59 / 69
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 rushing totals stand
Through 8g
521Rush yards
125Carries
4Rush TDs
Per game
65.1Rush yards
16Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
846.6Rush yards
203Carries
6Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 521): needs 45.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 521): needs 95.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 521): needs 195.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 1.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 2.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 3.2/game over remaining 5.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Devin Mockobee's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Purdue, 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
RB 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?
Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
125 86th
YDS
521 79th
YPC
4.2 38th
TD
4 79th
Receiving
REC
18 83rd
YDS
215 92nd
YPR
11.9 87th
TD
1 89th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Ball State | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-17vs Southern Illinois | 32 | 126 | 3.9 | 2 | 12 | Season-high 126 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 17-33vs USC | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-56@ Notre Dame | 12 | 16 | 1.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-43vs Illinois | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-27@ Minnesota | 21 | 98 | 4.7 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-19@ Northwestern | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Rutgers | 16 | 91 | 5.7 | 0 | 32 | |
| Total | 125 | 521 | 4.1 | 4 | 32 |
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
2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning
2023Purdue4-8HC: Ryan Walters · Run-leaning
2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo
2025Purdue2-10HC: Barry Odom · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 521 | #153/735 | 79th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 4 | #154/739 | 79th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.2 | #455/735 | 38th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 18 | #96/552 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 215 | #45/548 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.12 | #173/362 | 52nd pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 95 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 26.7% | #30/738 | 96th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 125 | #101/739 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 32 | #286/733 | 61st pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 29 | #133/540 | 76th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 11.9 | #74/548 | 87th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #60/552 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 49.1% | #18/738 | 98th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 32.9% | #20/738 | 97th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 31.8% | #21/738 | 97th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 26.3% | #39/738 | 95th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 15.8% | #53/738 | 93rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 14.9% | #70/738 | 91st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 7.8% | #61/738 | 92nd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/256 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs 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
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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 75.8 | 4.6 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 47.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 92.5 | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| Losses6g | 56.0 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 67.0 | 3.9 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 59.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
53Mid-pack
Elite: rec yards (87th). Strength: fumbles lost (86th). Concern: yards / carry (20th).
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
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_rushing0.12Low (p25–p50) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Devin MockobeePurdueTJ HardenSMU· 76% simKamari MoultonIowa· 76% simSeth McGowanKentucky· 75% sim
Rec yards
Fumbles lost
Receptions
Carries
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Long run
Yards / carry
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Casey Filkins’s 2022 season.
Casey Filkins
75%match
#2
Ronald Awatt
64%
#3
Sieh Bangura
71%
#4
Dylan Carson
63%
#5
Dominic Richardson
65%
Matches Casey on
Weight
Total rush EPA (college ability)
EPA / carry (adj)
Differs from Casey on
Recruiting rating (lower)
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Joshua Samuel’s path through Austin Peay.
Joshua Samuel
99%match
#2
Garrett Groshek
93%
#3
Greg McCrae
92%
#4
Demetric Felton
NFL Rd 6
92%
#5
Narii Gaither
90%
Matches Joshua on
Yards per carry
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Anthony Watkins's senior season at Tulsa (2024).
Anthony Watkins
77%match
All-AAC
#2
Aveon Smith
74%
#3
Larry McCammon III
All-Conference USA
75%
#4
Coleman Bennett
All-Conference USA
72%
#5
Frank Harris
All-AAC
68%
Matches Anthony on
Yards / carry
Height
Rush TD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Pass share
52.0%
404 pass / 373 run
Plays / game
64.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.9%
348 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
3 coaches2022
Jeff Brohm
Purdue
2023era →
Ryan Walters
Purdue
2024
Ryan Walters
Purdue
2025era →
Barry Odom
Purdue
Played under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Brohm, Ryan Walters, and Barry Odom. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownBoonville, IN
Height6'0"
Weight202 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey45
No fields populated yet.
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Current teamPurdue
ConferenceBig Ten
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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.