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Jamari Person

WR · Liberty · Jr · #3

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

315 REC YDS · 28 REC · 0 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Liberty for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Liberty for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Liberty

Returning around him

  • 100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +7 net (26 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Liberty · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #84 · 2026 recruiting class #86

WR · LIBERTY · CONFERENCE USA

Jamari Person

  • 3
  • #3
  • 6-1 | 200 lb
  • Nashville, TN

CFB Zeitgeist Score

26

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 38th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#4760

<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 WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
8.02023
3152025

+3838%

Up 3838% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1731 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey3
Measurements6-1 | 200 lb
HometownNashville, TN
Primary teamLiberty

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1731 recruit
Composite rating 0.8370 HighSchool
Signed with Colorado State 2023
Origin Haywood Brownsville, TN, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8370 No. 1731 recruit | HighSchool | Colorado State

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 Liberty 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 10, 2025
Season Move Context
2025 Colorado State -> Liberty 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 16
Current nowcast#4760Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#5078Where 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 Colorado State

Composite

0.8370

#1731 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 Jamari Person

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmRivals: 1 mentions · belief -100 · "This is like the third or fourth time i had an experience were i said "no thank "Rivals
  • Rivals · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jamari Person

Only 1 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Yards per reception

11.3

yds

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #331 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 38th

Why it matters

#331 of 531 All FBS WRs at 11.3 yards per reception (28 catches).

Vs cohort

This player 11.3 (38th)

MODERATE · n=28 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving yards (total)#377 / 531
  • Receiving TDs#476 / 531

Signature Moment

Week 7 at UTEP — 52 ypr

Result W 19-8

The week the volume broke through — put up 52 yds at UTEP.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 11g
315Rec yards
28Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
28.6Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
372.3Rec yards
33Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 315): needs 192.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 315): needs 342.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 28): needs 16/game over remaining 2.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 28): needs 26/game over remaining 2.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 4/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 5/game over remaining 2.

What made this player interesting

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

Jamari Person's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Liberty, 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.

Current place #4760 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 6.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

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
Receptions 28 0 rec TD | #303/1110 (73rd pct)
Receiving yards 315 11.3 per catch | #346/1107 (69th pct)
Scrimmage yards 315 Total offensive yardage | #346/1107 (69th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
28 73rd
YDS
315 69th
YPR
11.3 45th
TD
0 45th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 28-7vs Maine33913.0020
Wk 2L 24-34@ Jacksonville State44711.8014
Wk 3L 13-23@ Bowling Green22010.0013
Wk 4L 13-31vs James Madison22914.5017
Wk 7W 19-8@ UTEP55210.4013Season-high 52 yds
Wk 8W 30-27vs New Mexico State11515.0015
Wk 10W 59-30vs Delaware11616.0016
Wk 11L 17-21vs Missouri State4338.309
Wk 12L 27-34@ Florida International33110.3014
Wk 13L 28-34@ Louisiana Tech188.008
Wk 14L 42-48vs Kennesaw State22512.5013
Total2831511.8020
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

2023Colorado State5-7HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning
2025Liberty4-8HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Liberty2831511.20--
2023Colorado State188.00--
Career2 loaded seasons2932311.10--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

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.

Usage 6.2% 15.6% pass-game share | #217/1137 (81st pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #615/1111 (45th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 28 #303/1110 73rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 315 #346/1107 69th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 11.3 #609/1106 45th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 15.6% #217/1137 81st pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 20 #760/1105 31st pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 11.9% #132/1137 88th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 8.7% #320/1137 72nd pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 7.9% #235/1137 79th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 6.2% #345/1137 70th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 4.3% #509/1137 55th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 3.9% #543/1137 52nd pct Base-situation sharevs 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home6g2.226.213.20.0
Road5g3.031.610.10.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins4g2.530.513.60.0
Losses7g2.627.610.80.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-75g3.237.411.90.0
Weeks 8+6g2.021.311.70.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

26Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (3rd).

Receptions#303 / 558 · 44th pct
28rece
Rec yards#346 / 558 · 38th pct
315rece
Yards / catch#381 / 558 · 32nd pct
11.3rece
Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Long catch#539 / 558 · 3rd pct
20rece

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

Advanced Savant · WR · 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 · 5 metrics
Jamari PersonLibertyMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 71% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 64% simKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 61% sim
Receptions
44
Person
92
III
92
Gibson
94
Jr.
Rec yards
38
Person
70
III
74
Gibson
84
Jr.
Yards / catch
32
Person
9
III
15
Gibson
28
Jr.
Rec TDs
7
Person
24
III
7
Gibson
24
Jr.
Long catch
3
Person
16
III
56
Gibson
56
Jr.

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

Player DNA

The Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to JB Mitchell III’s 2023 season.

JB Mitchell III

87%match

Eastern Michigan · 2023

#2

Jonah Panoke

Hawai'i · 2022

86%
#3

Antoine Robinson

Southern Miss · 2020

76%
#4

Keelan Marion

BYU · 2023

80%
#5

Boobie Curry

Buffalo · 2023

79%

Matches JB on

Yards / reception
Weight
Reception volume

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Tony Poljan’s path through Virginia.

Tony Poljan

98%match

Virginia · 2020

#2

Miequle Brock

Nicholls · 2025

97%
#3

Brandon Smith

Iowa · 2020

97%
#4

Nate Stewart

Akron · 2020

96%
#5

Noah Gray

Duke · 2020

NFL Rd 5
96%

Matches Tony on

Yards per reception

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to R.J. Sneed's junior season at Colorado (2022).

R.J. Sneed

80%match

Colorado · 2022

#2

Jonah Panoke

Hawai'i · 2022

79%
#3

Casey Washington

Illinois · 2022

NFL Rd 6
77%
#4

Keelan Marion

BYU · 2023

All-Big 12
75%
#5

Dominic Richardson

Oklahoma State · 2022

74%

Matches R.J. on

Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
EPA / play (adj)

Differs from R.J. on

Class year (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jamey Chadwell

Pass share

38.7%

314 pass / 498 run

Plays / game

67.7

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

8.4%

249 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Jamey Chadwell
Liberty
2025
Jamey Chadwell
Liberty

Played his entire career under Jamey Chadwell.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownNashville, TN
Height6'1"
Weight200 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey3

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 Colorado State WR3 #4760 #5078 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West
2023 Colorado State WR3 #4773 #5006 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Liberty Conference USA WR 3 No. 3 | 6-1 | 200 lb | Nashville, TN
2024 Colorado State Mountain West WR 3 No. 3 | 6-1 | 200 lb | Nashville, TN
2023 Colorado State Mountain West WR 3 No. 3 | 6-1 | 200 lb | Nashville, TN