CFB Zeitgeist Score
79
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 100th percentile.
Elijah Sarratt
The Long Memoryas of 2026-06-22
Elijah Sarratt arrives at Indiana with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
806REC YDS64REC15REC TD
REC YDS · 900-YD CLUB
957
957 receiving yards — clears the 900-WR volume bar.
Rival fans bring him up unprompted, and rarely to praise him.
low confidence1 source
Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season
#115Rd 4 · Pick 15
Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season
WR · INDIANA · BIG TEN
Elijah Sarratt
- 4
- #13
- 6-2 | 209 lb
- Stafford, VA
Heisman Heat
#106
<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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
In Their Words
64 windows · 2025 fan posts
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“Indiana WR Elijah Sarratt has declared for the NFL Draft [Source]( Made with the /r/CFB [Recruiting and Draft Post Generator](”
reddit/CFB · fan post, verbatim
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
★
2023
James Madison · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2024
Indiana · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
Indiana · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 4, Pick 15 · #115 overall · Baltimore
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025-32%
Sharp dropoff (-32%) — career inflection point.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R4 · #115
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | James Madison -> Indiana | 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 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
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 4, Pick 15
#115 overall · Baltimore
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 Elijah Sarratt
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
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Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Rivals · n=1
- National · n=5
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Elijah Sarratt
Only 1 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving yards (total)
806
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #64 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 88th
Why it matters
#64 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving yards — 806 yards on 64 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 806 (88th)
HIGH · n=64 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#1 / 531
- Yards per reception#249 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 5 at Iowa — 132 receiving_yards_total
Result W 20-15
The week the volume broke through — put up 132 yds at Iowa.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 13g
806Rec yards
64Receptions
15Rec TDs
Per game
62Rec yards
5Receptions
1Rec TDs
Final
806Rec yards
64Receptions
15Rec TDs
✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 806.
✓ Hit 60-catch season · finished with 64.
✓ Hit 8 receiving TDs · finished with 15.
✓ Hit 10 receiving TDs · finished with 15.
Why the honors trail matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Elijah Sarratt already has 3 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
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
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
64 96th
YDS
806 94th
YPR
12.6 56th
TD
15 100th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-14vs Old Dominion | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 22 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 2 | W 56-9vs Kennesaw State | 9 | 97 | 10.8 | 3 | 27 | 3 TD catches |
| Wk 3 | W 73-0vs Indiana State | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-10vs Illinois | 9 | 92 | 10.2 | 2 | 21 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 5 | W 20-15@ Iowa | 6 | 132 | 22.0 | 1 | 49 | Season-high 132 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 30-20@ Oregon | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-13vs Michigan State | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 2 | 27 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 9 | W 56-6vs UCLA | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-3@ Purdue | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 15 | W 13-10@ Ohio State | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | 17 | |
| Bowl | W 38-3vs Alabama | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 1 | 24 | |
| Bowl | W 56-22vs Oregon | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 2 | 23 | |
| Bowl | W 27-21vs Miami | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 64 | 806 | 12.1 | 15 | 49 |
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
2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced
2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning
2025Indiana16-0HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indiana | 64 | 806 | 12.6 | 15 | -- |
| 2024 | Indiana | 53 | 957 | 18.1 | 8 | -- |
| 2023 | James Madison | 82 | 1,191 | 14.5 | 8 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 199 | 2,954 | 14.8 | 31 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indiana | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Indiana | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | James Madison | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 64 | #41/1110 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 806 | #68/1107 | 94th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 15 | #1/1111 | 100th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.6 | #486/1106 | 56th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 26.0% | #21/1137 | 98th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 49 | #283/1105 | 74th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 14.7% | #53/1137 | 95th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 12.7% | #106/1137 | 91st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 10.3% | #100/1137 | 91st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 10.2% | #94/1137 | 92nd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 9.4% | #85/1137 | 93rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 8.1% | #180/1137 | 84th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
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
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home9g | 4.9 | 52.8 | 10.4 | 1.2 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 82.8 | 15.8 | 1.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins13g | 4.9 | 62.0 | 12.1 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 5.8 | 72.4 | 12.3 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 38.5 | 11.6 | 1.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
79All-Conference
Elite: rec tds (99th). Strength: receptions (92nd).
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
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
Elijah SarrattIndianaJosh CameronBaylor· 97% simGriffin WildeNorthwestern· 96% simIverson HooksUAB· 95% sim
Rec TDs
Receptions
Rec yards
Long catch
Yards / catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Jump-Ball Target
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kaedin Robinson’s 2023 season.
Kaedin Robinson
72%match
#2
Josh Cameron
All-Big 12NFL Rd 6
71%
#3
Cedric Tillman
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 11
70%
#4
Marcell Barbee
All-Sun Belt
62%
#5
Tre Harris
All-Conference USANFL Rd 2 · Pk 23
68%
Matches Kaedin on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Class year
Differs from Kaedin on
TD rate (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ben Ratzlaff’s path through Houston Christian.
Ben Ratzlaff
100%match
#2
Colton Dowell
NFL Rd 7
99%
#3
Marlon Williams
All-AAC
99%
#4
Blayne Taylor
99%
#5
Josh Palmer
99%
Matches Ben on
Yards per reception
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Will Sheppard's senior season at Vanderbilt (2023).
Will Sheppard
70%match
#2
Nick Nash
Consensus All-American
66%
#3
Camden Brown
All-Sun Belt
65%
#4
Cortez Braham
64%
#5
Brant Kuithe
All-Big 12
63%
Matches Will on
Total EPA (college ability)
Height
Differs from Will on
TD rate (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Reception volume (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Pass share
38.7%
404 pass / 641 run
Plays / game
65.3
16 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.3%
275 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Tom Allen
Indiana
2024era →
Curt Cignetti
Indiana
2025
Curt Cignetti
Indiana
Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. 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.
HometownStafford, VA
Height6'2"
Weight209 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey13
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Current teamIndiana
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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-Big Ten | all_conference | Indiana | Big Ten | WR |
| 2024 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Indiana | Big Ten | WR |
| 2023 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | James Madison | Sun Belt | WR |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Indiana | WR4 | #106 | #90 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2023 | James Madison | WR4 | #180 | #212 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indiana | Big Ten | WR | 4 | No. 13 | 6-2 | 209 lb | Stafford, VA |
| 2024 | Indiana | Big Ten | WR | 4 | No. 13 | 6-2 | 209 lb | Stafford, VA |
| 2023 | James Madison | Sun Belt | WR | 4 | No. 13 | 6-2 | 209 lb | Stafford, VA |