CFB Zeitgeist Score
1
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 3rd percentile.
James Jointer
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
8 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 5 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Eastern Michigan for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Eastern Michigan
Returning around him
- 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -15 net (11 in / 26 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Eastern Michigan · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #94 · 2026 recruiting class #97
RB · EASTERN MICHIGAN · MID-AMERICAN
James Jointer
- 4
- #23
- 6-0 | 218 lb
- Little Rock, AR
Heisman Heat
#1258
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2022–2025-11%
Down 11% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8774 | No. 617 recruit | HighSchool | Arkansas |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arkansas -> Liberty | 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 16Heisman 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 Arkansas
Composite
0.8774
#617 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
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 James Jointer
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 James Jointer
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 rushing totals stand
Through 3g
8Rush yards
5Carries
0Rush TDs
Per game
2.7Rush yards
2Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
34.7Rush yards
22Carries
0Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 8): needs 74.2/game over remaining 10.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 8): needs 99.2/game over remaining 10.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 8): needs 149.2/game over remaining 10.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 1/game over remaining 10.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 1.5/game over remaining 10.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 2/game over remaining 10.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
James Jointer's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Eastern Michigan, 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.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
5 19th
YDS
8 9th
YPC
1.6 4th
TD
0 40th
Receiving
REC
1 16th
YDS
-4 1st
YPR
-4.0 1st
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-52@ Texas State | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | Season-high 4 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 23-28vs Long Island University | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 16-10vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 3 |
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
2022Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy
2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2024Liberty8-4HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2025Eastern Michigan4-8HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Liberty | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Liberty | 43 | 251 | 5.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Arkansas | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 63 | 329 | 5.2 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Liberty | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Liberty | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Arkansas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 8 | #668/735 | 9th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #447/739 | 40th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 1.6 | #703/735 | 4th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 1 | #467/552 | 16th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | -4 | #544/548 | 1st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 2.6% | #664/738 | 10th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 5 | #602/739 | 19th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 3 | #695/733 | 5th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | -4 | #540/540 | 0th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | -4.0 | #544/548 | 1st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 5.9% | #402/738 | 46th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 4.3% | #493/738 | 33rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 4.0% | #658/738 | 11th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 2.0% | #678/738 | 8th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 1.9% | #694/738 | 6th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 1.3% | #473/738 | 36th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 0.0% | #706/738 | 4th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
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 · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins1g | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Losses2g | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
1Below cohort
Concern: rec yards (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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
James JointerEastern MichiganJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 43% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 42% simTae MeadowsTroy· 41% sim
Rush TDs
Receptions
Rush yards
Yards / carry
Long run
Carries
Rec yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
51.1%
403 pass / 385 run
Plays / game
65.7
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
2.9%
342 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Chris Creighton
Eastern Michigan
2023
Chris Creighton
Eastern Michigan
2024
Chris Creighton
Eastern Michigan
2025
Chris Creighton
Eastern Michigan
Played his entire career under Chris Creighton.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLittle Rock, AR
Height6'0"
Weight218 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey23
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamEastern Michigan
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc4 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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | RB | 4 | No. 23 | 6-0 | 218 lb | Little Rock, AR |
| 2024 | Liberty | Conference USA | RB | 4 | No. 23 | 6-0 | 218 lb | Little Rock, AR |
| 2023 | Liberty | Conference USA | RB | 4 | No. 23 | 6-0 | 218 lb | Little Rock, AR |
| 2022 | Arkansas | SEC | RB | 4 | No. 23 | 6-0 | 218 lb | Little Rock, AR |