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Heisman / Players / Jameson Tucker /Coastal Carolina

Jameson Tucker

WR · Coastal Carolina · Sr · #8

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

197 REC YDS · 10 REC · 2 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Coastal Carolina for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Coastal Carolina for 2026

Updated May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Wide receiver · Coastal Carolina

Returning around him

  • 97% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -10 net (33 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Coastal Carolina · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #80 · 2026 recruiting class #91

WR · COASTAL CAROLINA · SUN BELT

Jameson Tucker

  • 4
  • #8
  • 6-2 | 190 lb
  • Mauldin, SC

CFB Zeitgeist Score

44

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 97th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#3878

<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 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2022

Coastal Carolina · WR

2023

Coastal Carolina · WR

2025

Coastal Carolina · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
4232023
1972025

-53%

Sharp dropoff (-53%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1670 national
CFB
College
Coastal Carolina
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey8
Measurements6-2 | 190 lb
HometownMauldin, SC
Primary teamCoastal Carolina

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1670 recruit
Composite rating 0.8330 HighSchool
Signed with Coastal Carolina 2021
Origin Mauldin Mauldin, SC, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8330 No. 1670 recruit | HighSchool | Coastal Carolina

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
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 16
Current nowcast#3878Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#3736Where 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

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Coastal Carolina

Composite

0.8330

#1670 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 Jameson Tucker

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 Jameson Tucker

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 receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 8g
197Rec yards
10Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
24.6Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
320.1Rec yards
16Receptions
3Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 197): needs 100.6/game over remaining 5.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 197): needs 160.6/game over remaining 5.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 10): needs 10/game over remaining 5.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 10): needs 14/game over remaining 5.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 1.2/game over remaining 5.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 1.6/game over remaining 5.

Why the honors trail matters

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

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Jameson Tucker already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #3878 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 4.3% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Honors spine 1 honors loaded

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 10 2 rec TD | #578/1110 (48th pct)
Receiving yards 197 19.7 per catch | #470/1107 (58th pct)
Scrimmage yards 204 Total offensive yardage | #470/1107 (58th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.

Big-play receiver

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
10 48th
YDS
197 58th
YPR
19.7 93rd
TD
2 75th

Rushing

CAR
1 35th
YDS
7 42nd
YPC
7.0 76th
TD
0 81st

Returns

PR YDS
30 42nd
PR AVG
15.0 89th
RET TD
1 89th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 7-48@ Virginia122.002
Wk 3L 0-38vs East Carolina2136.5012
Wk 6L 7-47@ Old Dominion111.001
Wk 7W 23-8vs UL Monroe13737.0037
Wk 8W 45-37@ App State13737.0137
Wk 11W 40-27vs Georgia State
Wk 12L 40-45@ Georgia Southern410726.8175Season-high 107 yds
Wk 13L 7-51@ South Carolina
Total1019718.4275
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

2022Coastal Carolina9-4HC: Chad Staggs · Run-leaning
2023Coastal Carolina8-5HC: Tim Beck · Balanced
2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Coastal Carolina1019719.72--
2023Coastal Carolina2042321.13--
2022Coastal Carolina----------
Career3 loaded seasons3062020.75--
SeasonTeam
2025Coastal Carolina17--301
2023Coastal Carolina----------
2022Coastal Carolina------12--
Career3 loaded seasons17--421
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 4.3% 8.5% pass-game share | #569/1137 (50th pct)
Return yards 30 1 return TD
Touchdowns 3 Across offense and returns | #281/1111 (75th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 10 #578/1110 48th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 197 #470/1107 58th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #281/1111 75th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 19.7 #78/1106 93rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Punt return yards 30 #131/224 42nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 8.5% #569/1137 50th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 7 #212/346 39th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 7 #233/397 42nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 7.0 #95/393 76th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 1 #264/407 35th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 75 #47/1105 96th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Punt return avg 15.0 #26/222 89th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Punt returns 2 #156/237 35th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return TD 1 #4/27 89th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 9.3% #277/1137 76th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 7.8% #403/1137 65th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 4.3% #566/1137 50th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.1% #783/1137 31st pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 2.9% #739/1137 35th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 2.4% #787/1137 31st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.5% #284/1137 75th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #131/302 57th pct Turnoversvs FBS WR

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

StatusAwaiting tracker

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

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home3g1.016.721.80.0
Road5g1.429.416.70.4

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins3g0.724.737.00.3
Losses5g1.624.69.10.2

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-74g1.213.211.60.0
Weeks 8+4g1.236.031.90.5

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

44Mid-pack
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (97th). Strength: long catch (90th). Concern: receptions (0th).

Yards / catch#15 / 558 · 97th pct
19.7rece
Long catch#43 / 558 · 91st pct
75rece
Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct
2rece
Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct
0rush
Rush yards#176 / 287 · 38th pct
7rush
Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct
1fumb
Rec yards#466 / 558 · 16th pct
197rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
10rece

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 · 8 metrics
Jameson TuckerCoastal CarolinaHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 55% simChris Dawn Jr.Texas State· 54% simJordan HudsonSMU· 53% sim
Yards / catch
97
Tucker
78
III
80
Jr.
46
Hudson
Long catch
91
Tucker
65
III
96
Jr.
84
Hudson
Rec TDs
42
Tucker
68
III
68
Jr.
87
Hudson
Rush TDs
39
Tucker
39
III
39
Jr.
39
Hudson
Rush yards
38
Tucker
20
III
12
Jr.
35
Hudson
Fumbles lost
36
Tucker
36
III
36
Jr.
36
Hudson
Rec yards
16
Tucker
94
III
96
Jr.
86
Hudson
Receptions
0
Tucker
90
III
93
Jr.
90
Hudson

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

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Tim Beck

Pass share

46.3%

399 pass / 463 run

Plays / game

66.3

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.2%

290 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Chad Staggs
Coastal Carolina
2023
Tim Beck
Coastal Carolina
era →
2025
Tim Beck
Coastal Carolina

Coaching transition mid-career: Chad Staggs → Tim Beck. 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.

HometownMauldin, SC
Height6'2"
Weight190 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey8

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-Sun Belt

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

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-Sun Belt all_conference Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt WR

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Coastal Carolina WR4 #3878 #3736 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt
2023 Coastal Carolina WR4 #1043 #1249 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt
2022 Coastal Carolina WR4 #4033 #3824 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2021 Coastal Carolina WR4 #2647 #2279 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt WR 4 No. 8 | 6-2 | 190 lb | Mauldin, SC
2024 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt WR 4 No. 8 | 6-2 | 190 lb | Mauldin, SC
2023 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt WR 4 No. 8 | 6-2 | 190 lb | Mauldin, SC
2022 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt WR 4 No. 8 | 6-2 | 190 lb | Mauldin, SC
2021 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt WR 4 No. 8 | 6-2 | 190 lb | Mauldin, SC