CFB Zeitgeist Score
78
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 91st percentile.
Jakobe Thomas
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
75 TACKLES · 3.5 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Minnesota2026 NFL rookie season
#98Rd 3 · Pick 34
Minnesota2026 NFL rookie season
DB · MIAMI · ACC
Jakobe Thomas
- 4
- #8
- 6-2 | 200 lb
- Tullahoma, TN
Heisman Heat
#4182
<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
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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
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
2022
Middle Tennessee · DB
—
2023
Middle Tennessee · DB
—
2024
Tennessee · DB
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★
2025
Miami · DB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 3, Pick 34 · #98 overall · Minnesota
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R3 · #98
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8183 | No. 2048 recruit | HighSchool | Middle Tennessee |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| 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 16Heisman 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 Middle Tennessee
Composite
0.8183
#2048 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 3, Pick 34
#98 overall · Minnesota
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 Jakobe Thomas
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 Jakobe Thomas
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 defensive totals stand
Through 15g
75Tackles
4Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks
Per game
5Tackles
0.3Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Final
75Tackles
4Tackles 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.
Jakobe Thomas is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Miami's defense, with 3.5 sacks, 4.0 tackles for loss, and 5 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.
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
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.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
75 96th
SOLO
45 97th
TFL
4.0 85th
SACK
3.5 95th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
6 93rd
INT
5 99th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 15 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24vs Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-12vs South Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-7vs Florida | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-22@ Florida State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs Louisville | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-7vs Stanford | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-26@ SMU | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Syracuse | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-7vs NC State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-7@ Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 10-3@ Texas A&M | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 24-14@ Ohio State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 31-27@ Ole Miss | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Bowl | L 21-27@ Indiana | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 45 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 5 | 6 |
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
2022Middle Tennessee8-5HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced
2023Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced
2024Tennessee10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami | 75 | 45 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 6 | 5 | -- |
| 2024 | Tennessee | 22 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 71 | 52 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 35 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 203 | 137 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 15 | 9 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 75 | #207/4942 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 4.0 | #738/4972 | 85th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 3.5 | #233/4972 | 95th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 5 | #6/869 | 99th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 6 | #144/2184 | 93rd pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 73 | #49/578 | 92nd pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 45 | #128/4584 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 14.6 | #287/578 | 51st pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 2 | #13/736 | 98th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Defensive TD | 1 | #23/200 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pick-six TD | 1 | #13/119 | 90th pct | Scoringvs 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.
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
Status—Awaiting 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 · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 6.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins12g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Losses3g | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort
78All-Conference
Elite: interceptions (98th). Strength: solo tackles (95th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DB · 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.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Jakobe ThomasMiamiOwen LongColorado State· 94% simNick AndersenWake Forest· 90% simAhmaad MosesSMU· 88% sim
Interceptions
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Tackles
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Forced fumbles
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Paul Lewis III’s 2024 season.
Paul Lewis III
88%match
All-MAC
#2
Jakobe Thomas
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 34
86%
#3
Dustin Johnson
74%
#4
M.J. Griffin
73%
#5
Isaac Gifford
71%
Matches Paul on
Height
PD rate
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Hunter Wohler's senior season at Wisconsin (2024).
Hunter Wohler
87%match
All-Big TenNFL Rd 7
#2
Dustin Johnson
80%
#3
Barrett Carter
All-ACCNFL Rd 4
79%
#4
JD Bertrand
NFL Rd 5
78%
#5
Deontae Lawson
All-SEC
75%
Matches Hunter on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
47.2%
496 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
65.6
16 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.1%
245 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2023
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2024
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2025
Mario Cristobal
Miami
Played his entire career under Mario Cristobal.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownTullahoma, TN
Height6'2"
Weight200 lb
Class4
PositionDB
Jersey8
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMiami
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2025)
All-ACC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 all-conference honors
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-ACC | all_conference | ACC | DB |
| 2025 | All-ACC | all_conference | ACC | S |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tennessee | DB4 | #4182 | #3894 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | DB4 | #11797 | #11988 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Conference USA |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | DB4 | #9784 | #10106 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Conference USA |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami | ACC | DB | 4 | No. 8 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Tullahoma, TN |
| 2024 | Tennessee | SEC | DB | 4 | No. 8 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Tullahoma, TN |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | DB | 4 | No. 8 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Tullahoma, TN |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | DB | 4 | No. 8 | 6-2 | 200 lb | Tullahoma, TN |