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Heisman / Players / Jeremiah Wilson /Florida State

Jeremiah Wilson

DB · Florida State · Sr · #19

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

42 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Florida State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Florida State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Florida State

Returning around him

  • 13% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • 1 Florida State player drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -21 net (22 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Florida State · Last season: 5-7 (AP #25) · Talent rank #19 · 2026 recruiting class #19

DB · FLORIDA STATE · ACC

Jeremiah Wilson

  • 4
  • #19
  • 5-10 | 183 lb
  • Kissimmee, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

52

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 90th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#8237

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1161 national
CFB
College
3 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionDB
Class4
Jersey19
Measurements5-10 | 183 lb
HometownKissimmee, FL
Primary teamFlorida State

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 293 recruit
Composite rating 0.9058 HighSchool
Signed with Houston 2023
Origin Dekaney Houston, TX, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 4-star | 0.9058 No. 293 recruit | HighSchool | Houston
2022 3-star | 0.8533 No. 1161 recruit | HighSchool | Syracuse

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#8237Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#9074Where 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 Houston

Composite

0.9058

#293 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 Jeremiah Wilson

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 Wilson

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 defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
42Tackles
1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
46Tackles
1.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 42): needs 38/game over remaining 1.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 42): needs 58/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 6/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Jeremiah Wilson is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Florida State's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.0 tackles for loss, and 3 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.

Current place #8237 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 293 recruit

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
Total tackles 42 26 solo | #834/4942 (83rd pct)
TFL 1.0 Backfield disruption | #2051/4972 (59th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

Coverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
42 83rd
SOLO
26 85th
TFL
1.0 59th
SACK
0.0 65th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
2 64th
INT
3 94th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 31-17vs Alabama430.00.00
Wk 2W 77-3vs East Texas A&M220.00.010
Wk 4W 66-10vs Kent State1
Wk 5L 38-46@ Virginia320.00.00
Wk 6L 22-28vs Miami320.00.01
Wk 7L 31-34vs Pittsburgh430.00.00
Wk 8L 13-20@ Stanford630.00.00Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 10W 42-7vs Wake Forest330.00.01
Wk 11L 10-24@ Clemson530.00.00
Wk 12W 34-14vs Virginia Tech541.00.010
Wk 13L 11-21@ NC State210.00.00
Wk 14L 21-40@ Florida500.00.00
Total42261.00.032
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

2022Syracuse7-6HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2023Syracuse6-7HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy
2024Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2025Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Florida State42261.00.023--
2024Houston24163.50.044--
2023Syracuse16131.00.041--
2022Syracuse20171.50.01----
Career4 loaded seasons102727.00.0118--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT 3 0 pick-six TD | #56/869 (94th pct)
Pass breakups 2 Coverage disruption | #792/2184 (64th pct)
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 42 #834/4942 83rd pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 1.0 #2051/4972 59th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Interceptions 3 #56/869 94th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 2 #792/2184 64th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 26 #696/4584 85th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense INT return yards 1 #546/578 6th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense INT return avg 0.3 #562/578 3rd pct Takeawaysvs 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

StatusAwaiting 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home7g3.00.10.00.3
Road5g4.20.00.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins5g2.80.20.00.2
Losses7g4.00.00.00.1

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g2.70.00.00.2
Weeks 8+6g4.30.20.00.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort

52Mid-pack
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (89th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).

Interceptions#56 / 817 · 90th pct
3inte
Solo tackles#696 / 2975 · 76th pct
26defe
Tackles#834 / 2975 · 71st pct
42defe
Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct
2defe
Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct
1.0defe
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
0defe

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
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 · 7 metrics
Jeremiah WilsonFlorida StateTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 79% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 76% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 75% sim
Interceptions
90
Wilson
95
Johnson
75
Lafayette
Solo tackles
76
Wilson
100
Ra-El
97
Johnson
98
Lafayette
Tackles
71
Wilson
99
Ra-El
98
Johnson
99
Lafayette
Passes defended
67
Wilson
91
Ra-El
96
Johnson
91
Lafayette
Tackles for loss
28
Wilson
56
Ra-El
47
Johnson
56
Lafayette
Sacks
24
Wilson
24
Ra-El
63
Johnson
63
Lafayette
QB hurries
22
Wilson
22
Ra-El
22
Johnson
22
Lafayette

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

Player DNA

The Centerfielder

Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.

S

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig’s 2023 season.

Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig

90%match

Colorado · 2023

#2

Cale Sanders

SMU · 2024

81%
#3

Ahmere Foster

Southern Miss · 2025

82%
#4

Jonathan Jean

East Carolina · 2025

80%
#5

Daveon Hook

Rice · 2024

79%

Matches Cam'Ron on

Weight
PD rate
Interceptions

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Syrus Dumas's senior season at UTSA (2024).

Syrus Dumas

94%match

UTSA · 2024

#2

Cale Sanders

SMU · 2024

85%
#3

JaTravis Broughton

Utah · 2023

84%
#4

Patrick Day

Bowling Green · 2023

83%
#5

Sean Fresch

Rice · 2023

78%

Matches Syrus on

Class year
Height
PD rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

Pass share

40.3%

339 pass / 502 run

Plays / game

70.1

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

8.5%

282 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach
2022
Mike Norvell
Florida State
2023
Mike Norvell
Florida State
2024
Mike Norvell
Florida State
2025
Mike Norvell
Florida State

Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownKissimmee, FL
Height5'10"
Weight183 lb
Class4
PositionDB
Jersey19

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 Houston DB4 #8237 #9074 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 Syracuse DB4 #8907 #9406 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | ACC
2022 Syracuse DB4 #10786 #10681 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Florida State ACC DB 4 No. 19 | 5-10 | 183 lb | Kissimmee, FL
2024 Houston Big 12 DB 4 No. 19 | 5-10 | 183 lb | Kissimmee, FL
2023 Syracuse ACC DB 4 No. 19 | 5-10 | 183 lb | Kissimmee, FL
2022 Syracuse ACC DB 4 No. 19 | 5-10 | 183 lb | Kissimmee, FL