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Heisman / Players / Fisher Camac /Virginia

Fisher Camac

DE · Virginia · Sr · #14

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

44 TACKLES · 3.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Virginia for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Virginia for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Virginia

Returning around him

  • 28% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +8 net (30 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Virginia · Last season: 11-3 (AP #20) · Talent rank #62 · 2026 recruiting class #58

DE · VIRGINIA · ACC

Fisher Camac

  • 4
  • #14
  • 6-7 | 248 lb
  • Gilbert, AZ

CFB Zeitgeist Score

76

All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 91st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#5079

<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
★★
#2209 national
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
Class4
Jersey14
Measurements6-7 | 248 lb
HometownGilbert, AZ
Primary teamVirginia

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 2-star No. 2209 recruit
Composite rating 0.7833 HighSchool
Signed with UNLV 2022
Origin Highland Gilbert, AZ, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 2-star | 0.7833 No. 2209 recruit | HighSchool | UNLV

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#5079Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#5952Where 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.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★☆☆☆

to UNLV

Composite

0.7833

#2209 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

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 Fisher Camac

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 Fisher Camac

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

final
Through 13g
44Tackles
5.5Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Final
44Tackles
5.5Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Fisher Camac is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Virginia's defense, with 3.5 sacks, 5.5 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 #5079 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 44 21 solo | #756/4942 (85th pct)
TFL 5.5 Backfield disruption | #477/4972 (90th pct)
Sacks 3.5 Pass-rush finish | #233/4972 (95th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

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

High-disruption defenderCoverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
44 85th
SOLO
21 79th
TFL
5.5 90th
SACK
3.5 95th
QBH
2 66th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
4 84th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 48-7vs Coastal Carolina500.50.50
Wk 2L 31-35@ NC State210.00.00
Wk 4W 48-20vs Stanford110.00.00
Wk 5W 46-38vs Florida State630.50.01Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 6W 30-27@ Louisville220.00.01
Wk 8W 22-20vs Washington State321.01.01
Wk 9W 17-16@ North Carolina410.00.00
Wk 10W 31-21@ California210.00.00
Wk 11L 9-16vs Wake Forest421.00.00
Wk 12W 34-17@ Duke632.52.002 sacks
Wk 14W 27-7vs Virginia Tech210.00.01
Wk 15L 20-27vs Duke310.00.00
BowlW 13-7@ Missouri430.00.00
Total44215.53.54
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

2023UNLV9-5HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning
2024UNLV11-3HC: Barry Odom · Run-heavy
2025Virginia11-3HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Virginia44215.53.54----
2024UNLV462115.07.55----
2023UNLV521.51.0------
Career3 loaded seasons954422.012.09----
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 4 Coverage disruption | #340/2184 (84th pct)
QB pressures 2 Quarterback hurries | #647/1878 (66th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 44 #756/4942 85th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 5.5 #477/4972 90th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 3.5 #233/4972 95th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 4 #340/2184 84th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 2 #647/1878 66th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 21 #959/4584 79th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense Fumbles recovered 1 #103/736 86th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/773 100th pct Turnoversvs 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home7g3.40.40.20.4
Road6g3.30.40.30.2

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins10g3.50.50.30.4
Losses3g3.00.30.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g3.30.20.10.3
Weeks 8+7g3.40.60.40.3

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DE cohort

76All-Conference
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st). Strength: passes defended (85th).

Sacks#233 / 2975 · 91st pct
3.5defe
Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct
4defe
Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct
5.5defe
Tackles#756 / 2975 · 74th pct
44defe
QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct
2defe
Solo tackles#959 / 2975 · 67th pct
21defe
Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct
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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 · 7 metrics
Fisher CamacVirginiaColton PharesApp State· 84% simRasheem BilesPittsburgh· 84% simMatt RoseStanford· 84% sim
Sacks
91
Camac
80
Phares
95
Biles
89
Rose
Passes defended
86
Camac
78
Phares
86
Biles
78
Rose
Tackles for loss
83
Camac
96
Phares
100
Biles
93
Rose
Tackles
74
Camac
98
Phares
98
Biles
99
Rose
QB hurries
72
Camac
72
Phares
88
Biles
82
Rose
Solo tackles
67
Camac
95
Phares
91
Biles
97
Rose
Forced fumbles
47
Camac
47
Phares
47
Biles
47
Rose

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 Izayah Green-May’s 2022 season.

Izayah Green-May

80%match

Northern Illinois · 2022

#2

Darren Agu

New Mexico · 2025

77%
#3

Roy Williams

Northern Illinois · 2025

74%
#4

Landon Woodson

UCF · 2021

69%
#5

Billy Koudelka

Virginia · 2025

69%

Matches Izayah on

TFL rate
Sack rate
Weight

Differs from Izayah on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kelle Sanders's junior season at UAB (2022).

Kelle Sanders

83%match

UAB · 2022

#2

Jabari Ishmael

Marshall · 2024

80%
#3

Elijah McAllister

Auburn · 2023

80%
#4

Xavier Carlton

California · 2023

All-ACC
78%
#5

Jalen Harris

Arizona · 2022

77%

Matches Kelle on

Class year
Sack rate
Weight

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

Pass share

48.0%

492 pass / 534 run

Plays / game

73.3

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

5.0%

337 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Tony Elliott
Virginia
2024
Tony Elliott
Virginia
2025
Tony Elliott
Virginia

Played his entire career under Tony Elliott.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownGilbert, AZ
Height6'7"
Weight248 lb
Class4
PositionDE
Jersey14

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 UNLV DE4 #5079 #5952 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West
2023 UNLV DE4 #12378 #12408 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mountain West
2022 UNLV DE4 #14321 #14321 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Virginia ACC DE 4 No. 14 | 6-7 | 248 lb | Gilbert, AZ
2024 UNLV Mountain West DE 4 No. 14 | 6-7 | 248 lb | Gilbert, AZ
2023 UNLV Mountain West DE 4 No. 14 | 6-7 | 248 lb | Gilbert, AZ
2022 UNLV Mountain West DE 4 No. 14 | 6-7 | 248 lb | Gilbert, AZ