CFB Zeitgeist Score
56
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 63rd percentile.
Jeremiah Vessel
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
54 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025UAB
DestinationTBD
S · UAB · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
Jeremiah Vessel
- 2
- #14
- 5-11 | 190 lb
- Baton Rouge, LA
Heisman Heat
#8403
<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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8428 | No. 1622 recruit | HighSchool | New Mexico State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UAB -> -- | 3-star | Immediate |
| 2025 | UNLV -> UAB | 3-star | 0.8400 | Immediate |
| 2024 | New Mexico State -> UNLV | 3-star | 0.8200 | 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 New Mexico State
Composite
0.8428
#1622 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 Jeremiah Vessel
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 Jeremiah Vessel
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 11g
54Tackles
1Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
5Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
64Tackles
1.2Tackles for loss
1.2Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 54): needs 13/game over remaining 2.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 54): needs 23/game over remaining 2.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 4.5/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.
Jeremiah Vessel is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on UAB's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 1.0 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.
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-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
54 90th
SOLO
33 91st
TFL
1.0 59th
SACK
1.0 82nd
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-42vs Alabama State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-28vs Akron | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-56@ Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-31vs Army | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 33-53@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs Memphis | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-38@ UConn | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-24@ Rice | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-53vs North Texas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 18-48vs South Florida | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-24@ Tulsa | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Total | 54 | 33 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
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
2023New Mexico State10-5HC: Jerry Kill · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024UNLV11-3HC: Barry Odom · Run-heavy
2025UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UAB | 54 | 33 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | UNLV | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | New Mexico State | 11 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 75 | 47 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
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 | 54 | #500/4942 | 90th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 1.0 | #2051/4972 | 59th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 33 | #417/4584 | 91st 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
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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Losses7g | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
56Solid starter
Elite: solo tackles (85th). Strength: tackles (82nd). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
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
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
Jeremiah VesselUABDalton JohnsonArizona· 84% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 83% simBrevin HamblinUtah State· 81% sim
Solo tackles
Tackles
Passes defended
Sacks
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
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 Kerry Brown’s 2025 season.
Kerry Brown
82%match
#2
Isaac Paul
81%
#3
Braden Turner
81%
#4
Wesley Miller
All-Sun Belt
81%
#5
Kentrell Webb
80%
Matches Kerry on
Class year
Weight
Tackle volume
Differs from Kerry on
Height (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kerry Brown's junior season at Minnesota (2025).
Kerry Brown
85%match
#2
Devin Robinson
82%
#3
Joey Pope
77%
#4
DJ Walker
All-MAC
74%
#5
Kevin Adams
73%
Matches Kerry on
Class year
Weight
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Trent Dilfer
Pass share
53.0%
438 pass / 389 run
Plays / game
68.9
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.5%
352 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Trent Dilfer
UAB
2024
Trent Dilfer
UAB
2025
Trent Dilfer
UAB
Played his entire career under Trent Dilfer.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownBaton Rouge, LA
Height5'11"
Weight190 lb
Class2
PositionS
Jersey14
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamUAB
ConferenceAmerican Athletic
Joined2025
Career arc3 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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UNLV | S2 | #8403 | #8381 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2023 | New Mexico State | S2 | #12541 | #12498 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Conference USA |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UAB | American Athletic | S | 2 | No. 14 | 5-11 | 190 lb | Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2024 | UNLV | Mountain West | S | 2 | No. 14 | 5-11 | 190 lb | Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2023 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | S | 2 | No. 14 | 5-11 | 190 lb | Baton Rouge, LA |