CFB Zeitgeist Score
70
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 92nd percentile.
Jaden Barnes
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
608 REC YDS · 55 REC · 7 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Charlotte
2025App State
2026Charlotte
WR · APP STATE · SUN BELT
Jaden Barnes
- 3
- #15
- 5-8 | 170 lb
- Mcdonough, GA
Heisman Heat
Awaiting
Not on the live Heisman board this week.
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
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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
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
App State
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | App State -> Charlotte | 3-star | 0.8600 | Immediate |
| 2025 | Austin Peay -> App State | 3-star | 0.8400 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens
Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.
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
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 Jaden Barnes
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- National · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Jaden Barnes
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving TDs
7
count
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #36 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 93rd
Why it matters
#36 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 7 TDs on 55 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 7 (93th)
HIGH · n=55 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#143 / 531
- Yards per reception#349 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 1 at Charlotte — 1 receiving_tds
Result W 34-11
The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Charlotte.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 9g
608Rec yards
55Receptions
7Rec TDs
Per game
67.6Rec yards
6Receptions
1Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
878.2Rec yards
79Receptions
10Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 608): needs 23/game over remaining 4.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 608): needs 98/game over remaining 4.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 55): needs 1.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 55): needs 6.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 7): needs 0.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 7): needs 0.8/game over remaining 4.
Why the profile pops beyond receiving
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about Jaden Barnes is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.
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 | All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
55 92nd
YDS
608 87th
YPR
11.1 43rd
TD
7 97th
Returns
KR YDS
1 3rd
KR AVG
1.0 3rd
PR YDS
154 87th
PR AVG
9.6 65th
RET TD
1 89th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-11@ Charlotte | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 1 | 59 | 134-yard receiving day |
| Wk 2 | W 20-13vs Lindenwood | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 3 | L 22-38@ Southern Miss | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 1 | 42 | 132-yard receiving day |
| Wk 6 | W 27-23vs Oregon State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-20@ Georgia State | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 37-45vs Coastal Carolina | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-24@ Old Dominion | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-25vs Georgia Southern | 13 | 160 | 12.3 | 1 | 34 | Season-high 160 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 10-58@ James Madison | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 55 | 608 | 9.3 | 7 | 59 |
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
2025App State5-8HC: Dowell Loggains · Pass-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | App State | 55 | 608 | 11.1 | 7 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 55 | 608 | 11.1 | 7 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | App State | -- | -- | 1 | 154 | 1 |
| Career | 1 loaded season | -- | -- | 1 | 154 | 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 | 55 | #88/1110 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 608 | #148/1107 | 87th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 7 | #37/1111 | 97th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 11.1 | #635/1106 | 43rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 1 | #231/238 | 3rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 154 | #31/224 | 87th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 19.8% | #94/1137 | 92nd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 59 | #184/1105 | 83rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 16 | #35/237 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 9.6 | #78/222 | 65th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 1.0 | #229/236 | 3rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 1 | #169/243 | 31st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return TD | 1 | #4/27 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 17.8% | #15/1137 | 99th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 13.3% | #87/1137 | 92nd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 11.6% | #48/1137 | 96th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 10.6% | #50/1137 | 96th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 8.9% | #127/1137 | 89th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 8.9% | #175/1137 | 85th pct | Middle-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.
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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.8 | 65.8 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 69.0 | 10.4 | 0.8 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 4.2 | 55.8 | 10.7 | 0.8 |
| Losses5g | 7.6 | 77.0 | 8.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.4 | 71.0 | 11.2 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 7.0 | 63.2 | 6.9 | 0.8 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
70Solid starter
Elite: rec tds (91st). Strength: receptions (83rd). Concern: yards / catch (28th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2025
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
Jaden BarnesApp StateDonovan FaupelNew Mexico State· 95% simJordyn TysonArizona State· 94% simDevin MccuinUTSA· 92% 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 Slot Technician
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Brennan Presley’s 2021 season.
Brennan Presley
84%match
#2
Robert Ferrel
81%
#3
Devin Maddox
80%
#4
Elijah Metcalf
All-Conference USA
78%
#5
Malik Rutherford
78%
Matches Brennan on
Weight
Yards / reception
Reception volume
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Derick Eugene’s path through Long Island University.
Derick Eugene
98%match
#2
Elijah Steward
98%
#3
Hassan Beydoun
All-MAC
97%
#4
Zack Dobson
97%
#5
Robert Ferrel
97%
Matches Derick on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Yamir Knight's junior season at SMU (2025).
Yamir Knight
78%match
#2
Javon Robinson
76%
#3
Dashaun Davis
75%
#4
Hassan Beydoun
All-MAC
75%
#5
Alred Luke
67%
Matches Yamir on
Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Differs from Yamir on
Weight (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Pass share
55.6%
508 pass / 405 run
Plays / game
70.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.7%
389 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Dowell Loggains
App State
Played his entire career under Dowell Loggains.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMcdonough, GA
Height5'8"
Weight170 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey15
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamApp State
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model. | |||||||||
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | App State | Sun Belt | WR | 3 | No. 15 | 5-8 | 170 lb | Mcdonough, GA |