CFB Zeitgeist Score
28
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 62nd percentile.
Joshon Barbie
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
249 RUSH YDS · 5 RUSH TD · 56 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Marshall for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Marshall
Returning around him
- 100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +5 net (27 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Marshall · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #89 · 2026 recruiting class #120
RB · MARSHALL · SUN BELT
Joshon Barbie
- 3
- #5
- 5-9 | 190 lb
- Harvey, LA
Heisman Heat
Awaiting
Not on the live Heisman board this week.
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
—
TOP RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Marshall
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
Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.
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.
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 Joshon Barbie
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 Joshon Barbie
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 rushing totals stand
Through 9g
249Rush yards
56Carries
5Rush TDs
Per game
27.7Rush yards
6Carries
1Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
359.7Rush yards
81Carries
7Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 249): needs 125.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 249): needs 187.8/game over remaining 4.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 249): needs 312.8/game over remaining 4.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 5): needs 1.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 5): needs 2.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 5): needs 3.8/game over remaining 4.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Joshon Barbie's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Marshall, 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
56 61st
YDS
249 59th
YPC
4.4 44th
TD
5 85th
Receiving
REC
5 43rd
YDS
30 37th
YPR
6.0 38th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-45@ Georgia | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-21vs Missouri State | 12 | 67 | 5.6 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-37vs Texas State | 12 | 33 | 2.8 | 2 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-44@ Coastal Carolina | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-35vs James Madison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-18@ Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-26@ App State | 10 | 102 | 10.2 | 1 | 23 | Season-high 102 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 19-24vs Georgia Southern | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 56 | 249 | 3.8 | 5 | 28 |
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 | 249 | #303/735 | 59th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 5 | #115/739 | 85th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.4 | #409/735 | 44th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 5 | #315/552 | 43rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 30 | #344/548 | 37th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.14 | #141/362 | 61st pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 56 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 9.2% | #342/738 | 54th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 56 | #292/739 | 61st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 28 | #311/733 | 58th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 12 | #365/540 | 33rd pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 6.0 | #340/548 | 38th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 15.2% | #342/738 | 54th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 11.8% | #303/738 | 59th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 11.8% | #272/738 | 63rd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 10.6% | #332/738 | 55th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 6.1% | #397/738 | 46th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 1.5% | #451/738 | 39th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 0.0% | #622/738 | 16th pct | Money-down loadvs 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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 25.6 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 30.2 | 3.7 | 0.8 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 16.7 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
| Losses6g | 33.2 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 32.0 | 4.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 25.5 | 3.6 | 0.7 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
28Below cohort
Concern: rush yards (13th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2025
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.
wepa_rushing0.14Mid (p50–p75) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Joshon BarbieMarshallTae MeadowsTroy· 62% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 59% simJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 58% sim
Rush TDs
Yards / carry
Long run
Receptions
Rec yards
Carries
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Daijun Edwards’s 2021 season.
Daijun Edwards
62%match
#2
Tre Siggers
64%
#3
Cam Cook
63%
#4
Mike Hollins
62%
#5
Jon Denman
61%
Matches Daijun on
Yards / carry
Receiving share
Differs from Daijun on
Rush TD rate (higher)
Height (lower)
Weight (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to TK Wilkerson’s path through Tulsa.
TK Wilkerson
96%match
#2
Kevin Daniels
96%
#3
Israel Tucker
94%
#4
Jocquez Smith
91%
#5
Travis Theis
91%
Matches TK on
Yards per carry
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Cam Cook's sophomore season at TCU (2024).
Cam Cook
68%match
All-Conference USA
#2
Daijun Edwards
59%
#3
Sean McGrew
63%
#4
DJ McKinney
All-Conference USA
62%
#5
Sheldon Evans
61%
Matches Cam on
Weight
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Rush TD rate
Differs from Cam on
Height (lower)
Receiving share (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Pass share
40.4%
335 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.0%
244 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Tony Gibson
Marshall
Played his entire career under Tony Gibson.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownHarvey, LA
Height5'9"
Weight190 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey5
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMarshall
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model. | |||||||||
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marshall | Sun Belt | RB | 3 | No. 5 | 5-9 | 190 lb | Harvey, LA |