CFB Zeitgeist Score
7
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by fumbles lost at the 49th percentile.
Johnny Thompson Jr.
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
75 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 19 CARRIES
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Ball State
2025Kansas
2026Ball State
RB · KANSAS · BIG 12
Johnny Thompson Jr.
- 2
- #20
- 5-11 | 200 lb
- Canoga Park, CA
Heisman Heat
#1403
<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
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2024–2025+134%
Up 134% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Kansas
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 | 0.8622 | No. 1060 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kansas -> Ball State | 3-star | 0.8400 | 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 —
Composite
0.8622
#1060 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 Johnny Thompson Jr.
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
64
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=7
- Rivals · n=2
- National · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Johnny Thompson Jr.
Only 2 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
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
75Rush yards
19Carries
0Rush TDs
Per game
25Rush yards
6Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
325Rush yards
82Carries
0Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 75): needs 67.5/game over remaining 10.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 75): needs 92.5/game over remaining 10.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 75): needs 142.5/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.
Johnny Thompson Jr.'s story is about how role and output meet each other. For Kansas, 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
19 39th
YDS
75 36th
YPC
3.9 30th
TD
0 40th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-7vs Fresno State | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | Season-high 39 yds |
| Wk 1 | W 46-7vs Wagner | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 | Season-high 39 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 41-10vs West Virginia | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 19 | 75 | 3.8 | 0 | 9 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
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 | 75 | #472/735 | 36th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #447/739 | 40th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 3.9 | #516/735 | 30th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 8.7% | #364/738 | 51st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 19 | #454/739 | 39th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 9 | #583/733 | 21st pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 14.7% | #75/738 | 90th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 14.3% | #368/738 | 50th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 9.1% | #375/738 | 49th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 8.1% | #414/738 | 44th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 7.4% | #454/738 | 39th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.0% | #345/738 | 53rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 0.0% | #564/738 | 24th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #78/256 | 70th pct | Turnoversvs 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 25.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 25.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 25.0 | 3.8 | 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
7Below cohort
Concern: carries (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
Johnny Thompson Jr.KansasTae MeadowsTroy· 42% simRashod DubinionApp State· 41% simSeth McGowanKentucky· 40% sim
Fumbles lost
Yards / carry
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Long run
Carries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
45.1%
344 pass / 419 run
Plays / game
63.6
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.1%
293 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Lance Leipold
Kansas
2025
Lance Leipold
Kansas
Played his entire career under Lance Leipold.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownCanoga Park, CA
Height5'11"
Weight200 lb
Class2
PositionRB
Jersey20
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamKansas
ConferenceBig 12
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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.