CFB Zeitgeist Score
76
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 91st percentile.
Dillon Thieneman
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
92 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Chicago2026 NFL rookie season
#25Rd 1 · Pick 25
Chicago2026 NFL rookie season
DB · OREGON · BIG TEN
Dillon Thieneman
- 3
- #31
- 6-0 | 205 lb
- Westfield, IN
Heisman Heat
#13655
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2023
Purdue · DB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2024
Purdue · DB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
★
2025
Oregon · DB
R11 · National watch / fringe AA
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 1, Pick 25 · #25 overall · Chicago
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R1 · #25
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8647 | No. 988 recruit | HighSchool |
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
- Honors Badge 0.7% Honors Badge Recognized on a major honors list (Heisman, All-American, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Nagurski, Biletnikoff). Held by 0.7% of the 2025 pool. Recognized on: All-America (ESPN).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8647
#988 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 1, Pick 25
#25 overall · Chicago
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 Dillon Thieneman
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 Dillon Thieneman
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 15g
92Tackles
3.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Final
92Tackles
3.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 92.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Dillon Thieneman is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Oregon's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 2 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.
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
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
92 98th
SOLO
44 97th
TFL
3.5 83rd
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
5 90th
INT
2 87th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 15 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-13vs Montana State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 69-3vs Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-14@ Northwestern | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-7vs Oregon State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-24@ Penn State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-30vs Indiana | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-10@ Rutgers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-7vs Wisconsin | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 18-16@ Iowa | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-13vs Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-27vs USC | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 26-14@ Washington | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 51-34vs James Madison | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | W 23-0@ Texas Tech | 12 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 22-56@ Indiana | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 92 | 44 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 |
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
2023Purdue4-8HC: Ryan Walters · Run-leaning
2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo
2025Oregon13-2HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 92 | #77/4942 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 3.5 | #869/4972 | 83rd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 2 | #114/869 | 87th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 5 | #218/2184 | 90th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 44 | #137/4584 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
NATIONAL WATCH
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
NATIONAL WATCH · Rung 11 of 16
Why he’s here
National watch / fringe All-American — on the edge of a 1st-team nod.
What moves him up
Convert a fringe mention into a 1st-team NCAA-selector All-American spot.
What moves him down
A quiet close drops this back to the conference honors.
Accolade streams
1st-team selections2×1ST
First-team selections from 2 selectors.
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road7g | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins13g | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Losses2g | 8.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort
76All-Conference
Elite: tackles (97th). Strength: solo tackles (95th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DB · 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
Dillon ThienemanOregonEli BlakeyMiami (OH)· 89% simMarsel McDuffieUNLV· 88% simTJ DotteryOle Miss· 88% sim
Tackles
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Interceptions
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kobe Hylton’s 2022 season.
Kobe Hylton
84%match
#2
Jack Koerner
85%
#3
Maxen Hook
All-MAC
81%
#4
Kenny Logan Jr.
All-Big 12
80%
#5
Myles Heard
78%
Matches Kobe on
Height
Tackle volume
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Shorts's junior season at Southern Miss (2022).
Malik Shorts
89%match
All-Sun Belt
#2
Drake Thomas
All-ACC
84%
#3
Bronson Olevao
83%
#4
Rasheem Biles
All-ACC
80%
#5
C.J. Allen
77%
Matches Malik on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
44.9%
436 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
64.7
15 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.8%
250 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Dan Lanning
Oregon
2024
Dan Lanning
Oregon
2025
Dan Lanning
Oregon
Played his entire career under Dan Lanning.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownWestfield, IN
Height6'0"
Weight205 lb
Class3
PositionDB
Jersey31
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamOregon
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2025)
2 selectors honored him
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 All-America selections
National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.
3 all-conference honors
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-America (ESPN) | all_america | ESPN | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (The Athletic) | all_america | The Athletic | DB |
| 2025 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Oregon | Big Ten | DB |
| 2024 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Big Ten | OTHE |
| 2023 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Purdue | Big Ten | DB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.