CFB Zeitgeist Score
24
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by qb hurries at the 72nd percentile.
Dontay Corleone
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
14 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Cincinnati for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Cincinnati
Returning around him
- 79% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 4 Cincinnati players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -1 net (22 in / 23 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Cincinnati · Last season: 7-6 (AP #22) · Talent rank #73 · 2026 recruiting class #61
DL · CINCINNATI · BIG 12
Dontay Corleone
- 4
- #2
- 6-1 | 335 lb
- Cincinnati, OH
Heisman Heat
#7740
<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 DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
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CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
★
2022
Cincinnati · DL
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2023
Cincinnati · DL
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2024
Cincinnati · DL
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2025
Cincinnati · DL
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Cincinnati
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 | 0.8326 | No. 1671 recruit | HighSchool | Cincinnati |
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.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Cincinnati
Composite
0.8326
#1671 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 Dontay Corleone
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 Dontay Corleone
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 9g
14Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
20Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 14): needs 16.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 14): needs 21.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 1.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 2.5/game over remaining 4.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Dontay Corleone is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Cincinnati's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 0.0 tackles for loss, and -- 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?
Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
14 50th
SOLO
5 39th
TFL
0.0 39th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
2 66th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-20vs Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-20vs Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-30vs Iowa State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 20-11vs UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-17@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-20vs Baylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-45@ Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-30vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-45@ TCU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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
2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced
2023Cincinnati3-9HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning
2024Cincinnati5-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced
2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Cincinnati | 26 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 39 | 22 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 44 | 19 | 5.5 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 123 | 60 | 17.0 | 8.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
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 | 14 | #2476/4942 | 50th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 0.0 | #3020/4972 | 39th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 2 | #647/1878 | 66th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 5 | #2793/4584 | 39th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Losses4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort
24Below cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DL · 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
Dontay CorleoneCincinnatiBlake FletcherAir Force· 46% simTyler MartinMassachusetts· 41% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 37% sim
QB hurries
Sacks
Passes defended
Tackles
Solo tackles
Tackles for loss
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Nose Anchor
Two-gap space-eater who occupies blockers and frees the linebackers.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Logan Sagapolu’s 2024 season.
Logan Sagapolu
88%match
#2
Stanley McKenzie
88%
#3
Kobe Pepe
87%
#4
Stanley McKenzie
83%
#5
Ben Roberts
82%
Matches Logan on
TFL rate
Sack rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Stanley McKenzie's senior season at California (2025).
Stanley McKenzie
91%match
#2
Devin Phillips
86%
#3
Sio Nofoagatoto'a
81%
#4
Quincy Ledet
72%
#5
Tymon Mitchell
72%
Matches Stanley on
Class year
Sack rate
TFL rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
47.8%
363 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
58.4
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
2.6%
266 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Luke Fickell
Cincinnati
2023era →
Scott Satterfield
Cincinnati
2024
Scott Satterfield
Cincinnati
2025
Scott Satterfield
Cincinnati
Coaching transition mid-career: Luke Fickell → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownCincinnati, OH
Height6'1"
Weight335 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey2
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Current teamCincinnati
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big 12
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
4 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-Big 12 | all_conference | Cincinnati | Big 12 | DL |
| 2023 | All-Big 12 | all_conference | Cincinnati | Big 12 | DL |
| 2022 | All-AAC | all_conference | Cincinnati | AAC | DT |
| 2022 | All-AAC | all_conference | Cincinnati | AAC | DL |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cincinnati | DL4 | #7740 | #8289 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | DL4 | #10354 | #11041 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | DL4 | #6407 | #6990 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | American Athletic |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | DL | 4 | No. 2 | 6-1 | 335 lb | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2024 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | DL | 4 | No. 2 | 6-1 | 335 lb | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | DL | 4 | No. 2 | 6-1 | 335 lb | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | American Athletic | DL | 4 | No. 2 | 6-1 | 335 lb | Cincinnati, OH |