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Heisman / Players / Jimmori Robinson /West Virginia

Jimmori Robinson

DL · West Virginia · Sr

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

9 TACKLES · 0.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to West Virginia for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to West Virginia for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · West Virginia

Returning around him

  • 26% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -16 net (34 in / 50 out)

2026 Award watch

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

West Virginia · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #63 · 2026 recruiting class #43

DL · WEST VIRGINIA · BIG 12

Jimmori Robinson

  • 4
  • 6-4 | 250 lb
  • Alexandria, VA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

44

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 51st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#7651

<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 DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R03 · Backup

Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

5 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2024

2021

UTSA · DL

2022

UTSA · DL

2023

UTSA · DL

2024

UTSA · DL

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2025

West Virginia · DL

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#19 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionDL
Class4
Jersey--
Measurements6-4 | 250 lb
HometownAlexandria, VA
Primary teamWest Virginia

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 19 recruit
Composite rating 0.8685 JUCO
Signed with UTSA 2021
Origin Monroe C.C. Alexandria, VA, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8685 No. 19 recruit | JUCO | UTSA

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#7651Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#8563Where 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 UTSA

Composite

0.8685

#19 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 Jimmori Robinson

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 Jimmori Robinson

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 6g
9Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
0.5Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
20Tackles
5.4Tackles for loss
1.1Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 9): needs 10.1/game over remaining 7.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 9): needs 13/game over remaining 7.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0.5): needs 0.8/game over remaining 7.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0.5): needs 1.4/game over remaining 7.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Jimmori Robinson is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on West Virginia's defense, with 0.5 sacks, 2.5 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.

Current place #7651 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

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 9 5 solo | #2976/4942 (40th pct)
TFL 2.5 Backfield disruption | #1236/4972 (75th pct)
Sacks 0.5 Pass-rush finish | #1501/4972 (70th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
9 40th
SOLO
5 39th
TFL
2.5 75th
SACK
0.5 70th
QBH
2 66th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
1 43rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 5L 14-48vs Utah000.00.00
Wk 6L 24-38@ BYU210.00.00Season-high 2 tackles
Wk 10W 45-35@ Houston210.50.51
Wk 11W 29-22vs Colorado211.00.00
Wk 12L 23-25@ Arizona State110.00.00
Wk 14L 0-49vs Texas Tech211.00.00
Total952.50.51
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

2021UTSA12-1HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022UTSA11-3HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced
2023UTSA9-4HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning
2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo
2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025West Virginia952.50.51----
2024UTSA442818.010.51----
2023UTSA402311.04.52----
2022UTSA25112.00.01----
2021UTSA2--0.00.02----
Career5 loaded seasons1206733.515.57----
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 -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 1 Coverage disruption | #1241/2184 (43rd pct)
QB pressures 2 Quarterback hurries | #647/1878 (66th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 9 #2976/4942 40th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 2.5 #1236/4972 75th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.5 #1501/4972 70th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 1 #1241/2184 43rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 2 #647/1878 66th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 5 #2793/4584 39th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense Fumbles recovered 1 #103/736 86th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/773 100th pct Turnoversvs 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 Lombardi 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 · 6 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home3g1.30.70.00.0
Road3g1.70.20.20.3

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins2g2.00.80.20.5
Losses4g1.20.20.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-72g1.00.00.00.0
Weeks 8+4g1.80.60.10.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort

44Mid-pack
7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (0th).

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct
2defe
Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct
2.5defe
Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct
0.5defe
Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct
1defe
Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct
0fumb
Solo tackles#2694 / 2975 · 8th pct
5defe
Tackles#2976 / 2975 · 0th pct
9defe

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

Advanced Savant · DL · 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
Jimmori RobinsonWest VirginiaTyler MartinMassachusetts· 47% simTrey FieldsNorth Texas· 47% simBryce LlewellynEastern Michigan· 46% sim
QB hurries
72
Robinson
22
Martin
95
Fields
72
Llewellyn
Tackles for loss
56
Robinson
63
Martin
87
Fields
80
Llewellyn
Sacks
51
Robinson
24
Martin
63
Fields
24
Llewellyn
Passes defended
48
Robinson
67
Martin
67
Fields
86
Llewellyn
Forced fumbles
47
Robinson
47
Martin
47
Fields
47
Llewellyn
Solo tackles
8
Robinson
87
Martin
96
Fields
95
Llewellyn
Tackles
0
Robinson
98
Martin
98
Fields
99
Llewellyn

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

Rich Rodriguez

Pass share

38.7%

327 pass / 517 run

Plays / game

70.3

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

10.7%

272 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

3 coaches
2021
Neal Brown
West Virginia
2022
Neal Brown
West Virginia
2023
Neal Brown
West Virginia
2024
Chad Scott
West Virginia
era →
2025
Rich Rodriguez
West Virginia
era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Neal Brown, Chad Scott, and Rich Rodriguez. Multi-era developmental context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownAlexandria, VA
Height6'4"
Weight250 lb
Class4
PositionDL

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2024)

All-AAC

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
2024 All-AAC all_conference UTSA | AAC LB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 UTSA DL4 #7651 #8563 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | American Athletic
2023 UTSA DL4 #5770 #6691 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | American Athletic
2022 UTSA DL4 #9465 #9343 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Conference USA
2021 UTSA DL4 #10873 #10624 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Conference USA

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 West Virginia Big 12 DL 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Alexandria, VA
2024 UTSA American Athletic DL 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Alexandria, VA
2023 UTSA American Athletic DL 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Alexandria, VA
2022 UTSA Conference USA DL 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Alexandria, VA
2021 UTSA Conference USA DL 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Alexandria, VA