CFB Zeitgeist Score
52
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 66th percentile.
Ja'Vin Simpkins
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
590 RUSH YDS · 2 RUSH TD · 125 CARRIES
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to UAB
2025Coastal Carolina
2026UAB
RB · COASTAL CAROLINA · SUN BELT
Ja'Vin Simpkins
- 3
- #5
- 5-9 | 190 lb
- Miami, FL
Heisman Heat
#3045
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2023–2025+357%
Up 357% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Coastal Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
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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 | 0.8869 | No. 494 recruit | HighSchool | Coastal Carolina |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Coastal Carolina -> UAB | 3-star | 0.8400 | 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.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in rushing yards (590).
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 Coastal Carolina
Composite
0.8869
#494 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 Ja'Vin Simpkins
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 Ja'Vin Simpkins
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 rushing totals stand
Through 13g
590Rush yards
125Carries
2Rush TDs
Per game
45.4Rush yards
10Carries
0Rush TDs
Final
590Rush yards
125Carries
2Rush TDs
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Ja'Vin Simpkins's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Coastal Carolina, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
RB 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?
Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
125 86th
YDS
590 84th
YPC
4.7 53rd
TD
2 67th
Receiving
REC
17 80th
YDS
74 61st
YPR
4.4 19th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-48@ Virginia | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | W 13-0vs Charleston Southern | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38vs East Carolina | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20@ South Alabama | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 1 | 24 | Season-high 84 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 7-47@ Old Dominion | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-8vs UL Monroe | 10 | 63 | 6.3 | 0 | 46 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-37@ App State | 9 | 65 | 7.2 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-27vs Marshall | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-27vs Georgia State | 16 | 74 | 4.6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 12 | L 40-45@ Georgia Southern | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-51@ South Carolina | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-59vs James Madison | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bowl | L 14-23@ Louisiana Tech | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 125 | 590 | 4.7 | 2 | 46 |
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
2023Coastal Carolina8-5HC: Tim Beck · Balanced
2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 125 | 590 | 4.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 21 | 129 | 6.1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 146 | 719 | 4.9 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 17 | 74 | 4.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 18 | 77 | 4.3 | 0 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 590 | #120/735 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 2 | #247/739 | 67th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.7 | #343/735 | 53rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 17 | #111/552 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 74 | #217/548 | 61st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.06 | #279/362 | 23rd pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 115 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 16.4% | #145/738 | 80th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 125 | #101/739 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 46 | #191/733 | 74th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 21 | #218/540 | 60th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 4.4 | #444/548 | 19th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 27.3% | #152/738 | 80th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 22.4% | #104/738 | 86th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 20.1% | #123/738 | 83rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 13.6% | #221/738 | 70th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 10.3% | #190/738 | 74th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 9.7% | #218/738 | 71st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.7% | #179/738 | 76th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/256 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
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
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
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 43.8 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 46.7 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 63.7 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
| Losses7g | 29.7 | 3.6 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 45.4 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 45.3 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
52Mid-pack
Elite: fumbles lost (86th). Concern: rush tds (25th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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.
wepa_rushing0.06Below (<p25) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Ja'Vin SimpkinsCoastal CarolinaKamari MoultonIowa· 80% simJevon JacksonUAB· 78% simJeremiah CobbAuburn· 78% sim
Fumbles lost
Carries
Receptions
Rush yards
Long run
Rec yards
Yards / carry
Rush TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jermaine Brown Jr.’s 2020 season.
Jermaine Brown Jr.
82%match
#2
Jamal Jones
82%
#3
Jocquez Smith
80%
#4
Bill Jackson
80%
#5
Kaegun Williams
80%
Matches Jermaine on
Yards / carry
Weight
Height
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gerrid Doaks’s path through Cincinnati.
Gerrid Doaks
94%match
All-AACNFL Rd 7
#2
Cyncir Bowers
92%
#3
Chuba Hubbard
All-Big 12NFL Rd 4
90%
#4
Anwar Lewis
89%
#5
Clay Thevenin
89%
Matches Gerrid on
Yards per carry
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Velton Gardner's junior season at SMU (2022).
Velton Gardner
80%match
#2
Jaivian Thomas
78%
#3
Qua Ashley
All-Conference USA
78%
#4
Alexander Diggs
76%
#5
Charvis Thornton
75%
Matches Velton on
EPA / carry (adj)
Receiving share
Yards / carry
Differs from Velton on
Class year (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
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 coach2023
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.
HometownMiami, FL
Height5'9"
Weight190 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey5
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamCoastal Carolina
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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 | Coastal Carolina | RB3 | #3045 | #3019 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | RB3 | #2099 | #2243 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | RB | 3 | No. 5 | 5-9 | 190 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | RB | 3 | No. 5 | 5-9 | 190 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | RB | 3 | No. 5 | 5-9 | 190 lb | Miami, FL |