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Heisman / Players / Jahquez Robinson /Auburn

Jahquez Robinson

S · Auburn · Sr · #5

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

27 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Auburn for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Auburn for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Auburn

Returning around him

  • 22% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • 5 Auburn players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -1 net (38 in / 39 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Auburn · Last season: 5-7 (AP #22) · Talent rank #13 · 2026 recruiting class #8

S · AUBURN · SEC

Jahquez Robinson

  • 4
  • #5
  • 6-2 | 205 lb
  • Jacksonville, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

28

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by solo tackles at the 71st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#11245

<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 DB AWARD

Jim Thorpe

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#285 national
CFB
College
3 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionS
Class4
Jersey5
Measurements6-2 | 205 lb
HometownJacksonville, FL
Primary teamAuburn

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 285 recruit
Composite rating 0.9041 HighSchool
Signed with Alabama 2020
Origin Sandalwood Jacksonville, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 4-star | 0.9041 No. 285 recruit | HighSchool | Alabama

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 Auburn 2024
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 11, 2024
Season Move Context
2024 Colorado -> Auburn 3-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#11245Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11328Where 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 Alabama

Composite

0.9041

#285 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 Jahquez Robinson

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 Jahquez Robinson

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 11g
27Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
32Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 27): needs 26.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 27): needs 36.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 3/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 5/game over remaining 2.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Jahquez Robinson is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Auburn's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 0.0 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 #11245 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 285 recruit

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 27 23 solo | #1543/4942 (69th pct)
TFL 0.0 Backfield disruption | #3020/4972 (39th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
27 69th
SOLO
23 82nd
TFL
0.0 39th
SACK
0.0 65th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 38-24@ Baylor220.00.00
Wk 2W 42-3vs Ball State220.00.00
Wk 3W 31-15vs South Alabama220.00.00
Wk 4L 17-24@ Oklahoma100.00.00
Wk 5L 10-16@ Texas A&M220.00.00
Wk 7L 10-20vs Georgia110.00.00
Wk 8L 17-23vs Missouri330.00.00
Wk 10L 3-10vs Kentucky330.00.00
Wk 11L 38-45@ Vanderbilt740.00.00Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 13W 62-17vs Mercer330.00.00
Wk 14L 20-27vs Alabama110.00.00
Total27230.00.00
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

2022Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced
2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning
2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced
2025Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Auburn27230.00.0------
2024Auburn110.00.01----
2023Colorado861.00.0--1--
2022Alabama221.01.0------
Career4 loaded seasons38322.01.011--
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 0 Coverage disruption
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 27 #1543/4942 69th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 0.0 #3020/4972 39th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 23 #839/4584 82nd 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 Thorpe 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home7g2.10.00.00.0
Road4g3.00.00.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins4g2.20.00.00.0
Losses7g2.60.00.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g1.70.00.00.0
Weeks 8+5g3.40.00.00.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort

28Below cohort
6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th).

Solo tackles#839 / 2975 · 71st pct
23defe
Tackles#1543 / 2975 · 47th pct
27defe
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
0defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe
Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct
0.0defe

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

Advanced Savant · S · 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
Jahquez RobinsonAuburnTyler MartinMassachusetts· 63% simBlake FletcherAir Force· 57% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 57% sim
Solo tackles
71
Robinson
87
Martin
91
Fletcher
100
Ra-El
Tackles
47
Robinson
98
Martin
99
Fletcher
99
Ra-El
Sacks
24
Robinson
24
Martin
24
Fletcher
24
Ra-El
QB hurries
22
Robinson
22
Martin
92
Fletcher
22
Ra-El
Passes defended
18
Robinson
67
Martin
67
Fletcher
91
Ra-El
Tackles for loss
7
Robinson
63
Martin
28
Fletcher
56
Ra-El

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

Player DNA

The Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

S

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ben Finneseth’s 2025 season.

Ben Finneseth

96%match

Colorado · 2025

#2

Shyheim Brown

Florida State · 2025

91%
#3

Jordan Lovett

Kentucky · 2023

89%
#4

L.J. Wallace

Tulsa · 2021

88%
#5

Tra Fluellen

Middle Tennessee · 2021

88%

Matches Ben on

Class year
Height
PD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jalen Cheek's senior season at UAB (2025).

Jalen Cheek

93%match

UAB · 2025

#2

Josh Foster

TCU · 2023

91%
#3

Layton Jordan

Temple · 2023

All-AAC
90%
#4

Asa Turner

Washington · 2023

87%
#5

Kristian Story

Kentucky · 2024

87%

Matches Jalen on

Class year
Height
PD rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Hugh Freeze

Pass share

44.7%

360 pass / 445 run

Plays / game

67.1

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

13.3%

308 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Cadillac Williams
Auburn
2023
Hugh Freeze
Auburn
era →
2024
Hugh Freeze
Auburn
2025
Hugh Freeze
Auburn

Coaching transition mid-career: Cadillac Williams → Hugh Freeze. 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.

HometownJacksonville, FL
Height6'2"
Weight205 lb
Class4
PositionS
Jersey5

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 Auburn S4 #11245 #11328 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Colorado S4 #13802 #13953 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 Alabama S4 #4480 #4078 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC
2021 Alabama S4 #4258 #3814 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Auburn SEC S 4 No. 5 | 6-2 | 205 lb | Jacksonville, FL
2024 Auburn SEC S 4 No. 5 | 6-2 | 205 lb | Jacksonville, FL
2023 Colorado Pac-12 S 4 No. 5 | 6-2 | 205 lb | Jacksonville, FL
2022 Alabama SEC S 4 No. 5 | 6-2 | 205 lb | Jacksonville, FL
2021 Alabama SEC S 4 No. 5 | 6-2 | 205 lb | Jacksonville, FL