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Heisman / Players / Ezekiel Durham-Campbell /Coastal Carolina

Ezekiel Durham-Campbell

DE · Coastal Carolina · Jr · #18

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

40 TACKLES · 5.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Coastal Carolina for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Coastal Carolina for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Coastal Carolina

Returning around him

  • 97% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -10 net (33 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Coastal Carolina · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #80 · 2026 recruiting class #91

DE · COASTAL CAROLINA · SUN BELT

Ezekiel Durham-Campbell

  • 3
  • #18
  • 6-5 | 243 lb
  • Atlanta, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

81

All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 97th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#12409

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionDE
Class3
Jersey18
Measurements6-5 | 243 lb
HometownAtlanta, GA
Primary teamCoastal Carolina

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
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.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
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 16
Current nowcast#12409Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#12454Where 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.

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 Ezekiel Durham-Campbell

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 Ezekiel Durham-Campbell

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.

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

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
40Tackles
7.5Tackles for loss
5.5Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.6Tackles for loss
0.5Sacks
Projected (13g)
43Tackles
8.1Tackles for loss
6.0Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 40): needs 40/game over remaining 1.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 40): needs 60/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 5.5): needs 0.5/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 5.5): needs 4.5/game over remaining 1.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Ezekiel Durham-Campbell is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Coastal Carolina's defense, with 5.5 sacks, 7.5 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.

Current place #12409 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

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
Total tackles 40 22 solo | #906/4942 (82nd pct)
TFL 7.5 Backfield disruption | #234/4972 (95th pct)
Sacks 5.5 Pass-rush finish | #90/4972 (98th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defenderHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
40 82nd
SOLO
22 80th
TFL
7.5 95th
SACK
5.5 98th
QBH
8 98th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
1 43rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 7-48@ Virginia300.00.00
Wk 2W 13-0vs Charleston Southern312.01.51
Wk 3L 0-38vs East Carolina220.00.00
Wk 4W 38-20@ South Alabama210.50.50
Wk 6L 7-47@ Old Dominion631.51.00Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 7W 23-8vs UL Monroe220.00.00
Wk 8W 45-37@ App State321.01.00
Wk 10W 44-27vs Marshall551.01.00
Wk 11W 40-27vs Georgia State220.00.00
Wk 12L 40-45@ Georgia Southern511.50.50
Wk 13L 7-51@ South Carolina510.00.00
Wk 14L 10-59vs James Madison220.00.00
Total40227.55.51
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

2023Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced
2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Coastal Carolina40227.55.51----
2023Louisiana Tech1531.50.02----
Career2 loaded seasons55259.05.53----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 1 Coverage disruption | #1241/2184 (43rd pct)
QB pressures 8 Quarterback hurries | #41/1878 (98th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 40 #906/4942 82nd pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 7.5 #234/4972 95th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 5.5 #90/4972 98th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 1 #1241/2184 43rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 8 #41/1878 98th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 22 #902/4584 80th pct Volumevs FBS DEF

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

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home6g2.70.50.40.2
Road6g4.00.80.50.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins6g2.80.80.70.2
Losses6g3.80.50.20.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g3.00.70.50.2
Weeks 8+6g3.70.60.40.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DE cohort

81All-Conference
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th). Strength: sacks (96th).

QB hurries#41 / 2975 · 98th pct
8defe
Sacks#90 / 2975 · 97th pct
5.5defe
Tackles for loss#234 / 2975 · 91st pct
7.5defe
Tackles#906 / 2975 · 69th pct
40defe
Solo tackles#902 / 2975 · 69th pct
22defe
Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct
1defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DE · 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 · 6 metrics
Ezekiel Durham-CampbellCoastal CarolinaOumar DiomandeUConn· 82% simAmare CampbellPenn State· 82% simMaverick BaranowskiMinnesota· 82% sim
QB hurries
98
Durham-Campbell
92
Diomande
88
Campbell
82
Baranowski
Sacks
97
Durham-Campbell
96
Diomande
89
Campbell
89
Baranowski
Tackles for loss
91
Durham-Campbell
93
Diomande
96
Campbell
95
Baranowski
Tackles
69
Durham-Campbell
99
Diomande
99
Campbell
98
Baranowski
Solo tackles
69
Durham-Campbell
100
Diomande
100
Campbell
98
Baranowski
Passes defended
48
Durham-Campbell
48
Diomande
48
Campbell
48
Baranowski

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

Player DNA

The Versatile End

Holds up against run and pass without a single dominant trait.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Turner Coxe’s 2020 season.

Turner Coxe

86%match

SMU · 2020

#2

Steve Linton

Texas Tech · 2023

85%
#3

Marlon Bradley

Florida Atlantic · 2023

85%
#4

Connor O'Toole

Utah · 2023

83%
#5

Bradyn Swinson

Oregon · 2021

NFL Rd 5
82%

Matches Turner on

Sack rate
Weight
TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Adam Trick's junior season at Miami (OH) (2025).

Adam Trick

85%match

Miami (OH) · 2025

All-MAC
#2

Jayden Wayne

California · 2025

82%
#3

Koron Hayward

Western Kentucky · 2025

78%
#4

Gabe Kirschke

Wake Forest · 2025

77%
#5

Jonathan Maldonado

Nevada · 2025

76%

Matches Adam on

Class year
Weight
Sack rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Tim Beck

Pass share

46.3%

399 pass / 463 run

Plays / game

66.3

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.2%

290 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Tim Beck
Coastal Carolina
2025
Tim Beck
Coastal Carolina

Played his entire career under Tim Beck.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownAtlanta, GA
Height6'5"
Weight243 lb
Class3
PositionDE
Jersey18

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 Louisiana Tech DE3 #12409 #12454 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Conference USA
2023 Louisiana Tech DE3 #14632 #14814 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Conference USA

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt DE 3 No. 18 | 6-5 | 243 lb | Atlanta, GA
2024 Louisiana Tech Conference USA DE 3 No. 18 | 6-5 | 243 lb | Atlanta, GA
2023 Louisiana Tech Conference USA DE 3 No. 18 | 6-5 | 243 lb | Atlanta, GA