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Jackson Kleather

PK · Bowling Green · Jr · #14

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

2026 TRANSFERTransferred Bowling Green → Northwestern for 2026

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to Northwestern

2025Bowling Green
2026Northwestern

PK · BOWLING GREEN · MID-AMERICAN

Jackson Kleather

  • 3
  • #14
  • 5-10 | 185 lb
  • Tipp City, OH

CFB Zeitgeist PK Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#16074

<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 K AWARD

Lou Groza

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

2 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2023

Bowling Green · PK

2025

Bowling Green · PK

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#2118 national
CFB
College
Bowling Green
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionPK
Class3
Jersey14
Measurements5-10 | 185 lb
HometownTipp City, OH
Primary teamBowling Green

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 2118 recruit
Composite rating 0.8167 HighSchool
Signed with Bowling Green 2023
Origin Tippecanoe Tipp City, OH, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8167 No. 2118 recruit | HighSchool | Bowling Green

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Northwestern 2026
Transfer stars 2-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 10, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Bowling Green -> Northwestern 2-star | 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 16
Current nowcast#16074Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#16068Where 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

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Bowling Green

Composite

0.8167

#2118 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 Jackson Kleather

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 Jackson Kleather

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.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

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. Jackson Kleather already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #16074 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Honors spine 1 honors loaded

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

OTHER season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 0 Combined rushing and receiving
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns
Usage -- Role share still loading
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

This player profile will sharpen as more advanced context is loaded.

Balanced profile

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppFGM/FGALONGXPPTSNote
Wk 1W 26-7vs Lafayette4/4562/214
Wk 2L 20-34@ Cincinnati2/3302/28
Wk 3W 23-13vs Liberty3/3502/211
Wk 4L 17-40@ Louisville1/1492/25
Wk 5L 20-35@ Ohio2/2332/28
Wk 7W 28-23vs Toledo0/004/44
Wk 8L 6-27vs Central Michigan2/2490/06
Wk 9L 21-24@ Kent State0/103/33
Wk 10L 3-28vs Buffalo1/1510/03
Wk 11L 21-27@ Eastern Michigan0/003/33
Wk 13L 16-19vs Akron3/4311/110
Wk 14W 45-14@ Massachusetts1/1425/58
Total19/225683
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

2023Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Bowling Green4-8HC: Eddie George · Run-heavy
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
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.

Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Kicking Kicking points 83 #63/221 72nd pct Scoringvs FBS peers
Kicking Kicking LONG 56 #10/175 95th pct Metricvs FBS peers
Kicking Kicking XPA 26 #109/213 49th pct Metricvs FBS peers
Kicking Kicking XPM 26 #108/213 50th pct Metricvs FBS peers
Kicking Kicking FGA 22 #39/188 80th pct Metricvs FBS peers
Kicking FG made 19 #28/175 85th pct Scoringvs FBS peers
Kicking FG % 86.4% #36/175 80th pct Efficiencyvs FBS peers
Punting Punting YDS 99 #161/179 11th pct Metricvs FBS peers
Punting Punting LONG 54 #141/179 22nd pct Metricvs FBS peers
Punting Punting YPP 50 #4/179 98th pct Metricvs FBS peers
Punting Punting NO 2 #160/179 11th pct Metricvs FBS peers
Punting Punting IN 20 1 #155/166 7th pct Metricvs FBS peers

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

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Groza 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

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Home6g
Road6g

Win vs Loss

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Wins4g
Losses8g

First half vs Second half

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Weeks 1-76g
Weeks 8+6g

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

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · PK · 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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

Pass share

37.7%

281 pass / 465 run

Plays / game

62.2

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

10.9%

265 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Scot Loeffler
Bowling Green
2025
Eddie George
Bowling Green
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scot Loeffler → Eddie George. 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.

HometownTipp City, OH
Height5'10"
Weight185 lb
Class3
PositionPK
Jersey14

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-MAC

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

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-MAC all_conference Bowling Green | MAC K

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Bowling Green PK3 #16074 #16068 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mid-American
2023 Bowling Green PK3 #15908 #15848 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Bowling Green Mid-American PK 3 No. 14 | 5-10 | 185 lb | Tipp City, OH
2024 Bowling Green Mid-American PK 3 No. 14 | 5-10 | 185 lb | Tipp City, OH
2023 Bowling Green Mid-American PK 3 No. 14 | 5-10 | 185 lb | Tipp City, OH