CFB Zeitgeist Score
62
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 77th percentile.
Jordan Faison
Filling the Shoesas of 2026-06-22
Jordan Faison is a cornerstone for Notre Dame — measured against the line he joined.
640REC YDS49REC4REC TD
TEAM RECEIVING YARDS LEADER
640
Team leader in receiving yards (640).
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
2026 Outlook
Returning to Notre Dame for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Notre Dame
Returning around him
- 37% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 6 Notre Dame players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -8 net (7 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Notre Dame · Last season: 10-2 (AP #9) · Talent rank #9 · 2026 recruiting class #12
WR · NOTRE DAME · FBS INDEPENDENTS
Jordan Faison
- 3
- #6
- 5-10 | 183 lb
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
Heisman Heat
#1817
<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
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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
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+99%
Up 99% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Notre Dame
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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| 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 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (640).
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.
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 Jordan Faison
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
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Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
- National · n=3
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Jordan Faison
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
13.1
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #220 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 59th
Why it matters
#220 of 531 All FBS WRs at 13.1 yards per reception (49 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 13.1 (59th)
HIGH · n=49 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#119 / 531
- Receiving TDs#161 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 4 vs Purdue — 105 ypr
Result W 56-30
The week the volume broke through — put up 105 yds vs Purdue.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
640Rec yards
49Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
53.3Rec yards
4Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
693.3Rec yards
53Receptions
4Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 640): needs 60/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 640): needs 360/game over remaining 1.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 49): needs 11/game over remaining 1.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 49): needs 31/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 4/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 6/game over remaining 1.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jordan Faison's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Notre Dame, 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
WR 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?
Target magnet | All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
49 89th
YDS
640 89th
YPR
13.1 60th
TD
4 86th
Rushing
CAR
1 35th
YDS
-8 4th
YPC
-8.0 3rd
TD
0 81st
Returns
PR YDS
153 86th
PR AVG
10.2 68th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-27@ Miami | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | L 40-41vs Texas A&M | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-30vs Purdue | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 1 | 48 | Season-high 105 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 56-13@ Arkansas | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-7vs Boise State | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 7 | W 36-7vs NC State | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-24vs USC | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | W 25-10@ Boston College | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | 46 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-10vs Navy | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-15@ Pittsburgh | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 13 | W 70-7vs Syracuse | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-20@ Stanford | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 1 | 54 | |
| Total | 49 | 640 | 12.6 | 4 | 54 |
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
2023Notre Dame10-3HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Notre Dame10-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 49 | 640 | 13.1 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 19 | 322 | 16.9 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 68 | 962 | 14.1 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 1 | -8 | -- | 153 | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 2 | 22 | -- | 28 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 3 | 14 | -- | 181 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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.
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| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 49 | #123/1110 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 640 | #126/1107 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #152/1111 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.1 | #441/1106 | 60th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 153 | #32/224 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 18.3% | #129/1137 | 89th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 1 | #264/407 | 35th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | -8 | #384/397 | 4th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | -8.0 | #384/393 | 3rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 54 | #228/1105 | 79th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 15 | #39/237 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 10.2 | #71/222 | 68th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 8.9% | #127/1137 | 89th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 8.6% | #328/1137 | 71st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 8.5% | #123/1137 | 89th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 8.1% | #208/1137 | 82nd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.2% | #442/1137 | 61st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 6.9% | #314/1137 | 72nd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.2% | #374/1137 | 67th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/302 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS WR |
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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.1 | 51.7 | 11.8 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 55.6 | 13.7 | 0.4 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins10g | 4.2 | 59.0 | 13.6 | 0.3 |
| Losses2g | 3.5 | 25.0 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 62.7 | 12.5 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 44.0 | 12.8 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
62Solid starter
Elite: fumbles lost (80th). Concern: rush yards (3rd).
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
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
Jordan FaisonNotre DameDevin VoisinSouth Alabama· 88% simChris BellLouisville· 85% simDonovan FaupelNew Mexico State· 84% sim
Fumbles lost
Receptions
Rec yards
Rec TDs
Long catch
Yards / catch
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Slot Technician
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Braden Smith’s 2023 season.
Braden Smith
91%match
#2
Lideatrick Griffin
86%
#3
Tahj Washington
NFL Rd 7
82%
#4
Stephon Robinson
84%
#5
Taylor Morin
84%
Matches Braden on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
TD rate
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Terrace Marshall’s path through LSU.
Terrace Marshall
99%match
#2
Gabriel Benyard
All-Conference USA
99%
#3
Ben Ford
98%
#4
Jalen Camp
NFL Rd 6
97%
#5
Jermaine Jackson
96%
Matches Terrace on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Cayden Lee's junior season at Ole Miss (2025).
Cayden Lee
80%match
#2
DT Sheffield
All-AAC
79%
#3
Dashaun Davis
79%
#4
Anthony Brown
78%
#5
Cam Ross
77%
Matches Cayden on
Total EPA (college ability)
Reception volume
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Pass share
44.0%
321 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
60.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.7%
257 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Marcus Freeman
Notre Dame
2025
Marcus Freeman
Notre Dame
Played his entire career under Marcus Freeman.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownFort Lauderdale, FL
Height5'10"
Weight183 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey6
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Current teamNotre Dame
ConferenceFBS Independents
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 | Notre Dame | WR3 | #1817 | #1470 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | FBS Independents |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | WR3 | #330 | #322 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | FBS Independents |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | WR | 3 | No. 6 | 5-10 | 183 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | WR | 3 | No. 6 | 5-10 | 183 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | WR | 3 | No. 6 | 5-10 | 183 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL |