CFB Zeitgeist Score
85
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 95th percentile.
Jordan Lawson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
52 TACKLES · 4.5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Louisiana for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · Louisiana
Returning around him
- 57% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 1 Louisiana player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (5 in / 7 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Louisiana · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #91 · 2026 recruiting class #81
DE · LOUISIANA · SUN BELT
Jordan Lawson
- 4
- 6-4 | 243 lb
- Brandon, MS
Heisman Heat
#8974
<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
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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 · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
2022
Louisiana · DE
—
2023
Louisiana · DE
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★
2024
Louisiana · DE
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
Louisiana · DE
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Louisiana
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8200 | No. 2154 recruit | HighSchool | Louisiana |
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.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Louisiana
Composite
0.8200
#2154 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 Jordan Lawson
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 Jordan Lawson
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 13g
52Tackles
14.5Tackles for loss
4.5Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
1.1Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Final
52Tackles
14.5Tackles for loss
4.5Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jordan Lawson is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Louisiana's defense, with 4.5 sacks, 14.5 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.
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-disruption defender | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
52 89th
SOLO
27 86th
TFL
14.5 100th
SACK
4.5 97th
QBH
9 99th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
1 43rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-14vs Rice | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10vs McNeese | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-52@ Missouri | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 54-51vs Marshall | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-24@ James Madison | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-22vs Southern Miss | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-35@ Troy | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-22@ South Alabama | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-39vs Texas State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 34-30@ Arkansas State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-27vs UL Monroe | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 13-20@ Delaware | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 27 | 14.5 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
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
2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced
2023Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning
2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning
2025Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning
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 | 52 | #550/4942 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 14.5 | #25/4972 | 100th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 4.5 | #136/4972 | 97th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 1 | #1241/2184 | 43rd pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 9 | #27/1878 | 99th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 27 | #649/4584 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting 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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Losses7g | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DE cohort
85All-Conference
Elite: tackles for loss (99th). Strength: qb hurries (98th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DE · 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 LawsonLouisianaOumar DiomandeUConn· 88% simAmare CampbellPenn State· 87% simGideon LampronBowling Green· 87% sim
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Sacks
Tackles
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Versatile End
Holds up against run and pass without a single dominant trait.
EDGE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Khris Bogle’s 2022 season.
Khris Bogle
88%match
#2
Jahfari Harvey
84%
#3
Praise Amaewhule
All-Conference USA
82%
#4
Joey Noble
82%
#5
Jayd Thiergood
81%
Matches Khris on
Sack rate
Weight
TFL rate
Differs from Khris on
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Mascoll's senior season at Clemson (2023).
Justin Mascoll
84%match
#2
Eric O'Neill
All-Sun Belt
78%
#3
Andres Fox
78%
#4
Ethan Downs
All-Big 12
78%
#5
Dasan McCullough
78%
Matches Justin on
Class year
Height
Sack rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
Pass share
40.1%
341 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.8%
257 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Michael Desormeaux
Louisiana
2023
Michael Desormeaux
Louisiana
2024
Michael Desormeaux
Louisiana
2025
Michael Desormeaux
Louisiana
Played his entire career under Michael Desormeaux.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownBrandon, MS
Height6'4"
Weight243 lb
Class4
PositionDE
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Current teamLouisiana
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Sun Belt
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 all-conference honors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | Louisiana | Sun Belt | DL |
| 2024 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | Louisiana | Sun Belt | DL |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisiana | DE4 | #8974 | #9668 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Louisiana | DE4 | #9705 | #10351 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | Louisiana | DE4 | #11393 | #11377 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2021 | Louisiana | DE4 | #10855 | #10535 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | DE | 4 | 6-4 | 243 lb | Brandon, MS |
| 2024 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | DE | 4 | 6-4 | 243 lb | Brandon, MS |
| 2023 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | DE | 4 | 6-4 | 243 lb | Brandon, MS |
| 2022 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | DE | 4 | 6-4 | 243 lb | Brandon, MS |
| 2021 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | DE | 4 | 6-4 | 243 lb | Brandon, MS |