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Justius Lowe

WR · Oregon · Jr · #14

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

56 REC YDS · 6 REC · 0 REC TD

2026 TRANSFERTransferred Oregon → San Diego State for 2026

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to San Diego State

2025Oregon
2026San Diego State

WR · OREGON · BIG TEN

Justius Lowe

  • 3
  • #14
  • 6-1 | 197 lb
  • Portland, OR

CFB Zeitgeist Score

4

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 11th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#562

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2024–2025
2032024
56.02025

-72%

Sharp dropoff (-72%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#488 national
CFB
College
Oregon
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey14
Measurements6-1 | 197 lb
HometownPortland, OR
Primary teamOregon

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 488 recruit
Composite rating 0.8852 HighSchool
Signed with Oregon 2022
Origin Lake Oswego Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8852 No. 488 recruit | HighSchool | Oregon

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination San Diego State 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 13, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Oregon -> San Diego State 3-star | 0.8600 | 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 16
Current nowcast#562Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#447Where 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 Oregon

Composite

0.8852

#488 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 Justius Lowe

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

75

Grounded Optimism

Sample 2 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 2 mentions · belief +50 · "Oregon WR Justius Lowe is reportedly going to enter the transfer portal. The new"Own fansNational: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "[Source](https://x.com/BrandonHuffman/status/2011275643204567549) Made with the"National
  • Own fans · n=2
  • National · n=1

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Justius Lowe

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 receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 4g
56Rec yards
6Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
14Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
182Rec yards
20Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 56): needs 71.6/game over remaining 9.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 56): needs 104.9/game over remaining 9.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 6): needs 6/game over remaining 9.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 6): needs 8.2/game over remaining 9.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 0.9/game over remaining 9.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.1/game over remaining 9.

What made this player interesting

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

Justius Lowe's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Oregon, 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.

Current place #562 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 2.8% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

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
Receptions 6 0 rec TD | #696/1110 (37th pct)
Receiving yards 56 9.3 per catch | #758/1107 (32nd pct)
Scrimmage yards 56 Total offensive yardage | #758/1107 (32nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
6 37th
YDS
56 32nd
YPR
9.3 27th
TD
0 45th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 4 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 59-13vs Montana State11212.0012
Wk 2W 69-3vs Oklahoma State2199.5010
Wk 11W 18-16@ Iowa133.003
Wk 12W 42-13vs Minnesota22211.0014Season-high 22 yds
Total6568.9014
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

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning
2024Oregon13-1HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced
2025Oregon13-2HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Oregon6569.30--
2024Oregon212039.71--
2022Oregon----------
Career3 loaded seasons272599.61--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

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.

Usage 2.8% 6.9% pass-game share | #696/1137 (39th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #615/1111 (45th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 6 #696/1110 37th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 56 #758/1107 32nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 9.3 #808/1106 27th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 6.9% #696/1137 39th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 14 #876/1105 21st pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 7.0% #463/1137 59th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 4.7% #665/1137 42nd pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.7% #696/1137 39th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 2.8% #812/1137 29th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 1.6% #938/1137 18th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 1.5% #999/1137 12th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 4 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home3g1.717.710.80.0
Road1g1.03.03.00.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins4g1.514.08.90.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-72g1.515.510.80.0
Weeks 8+2g1.512.57.00.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

4Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: receptions (0th).

Yards / catch#494 / 558 · 11th pct
9.3rece
Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Long catch#552 / 558 · 1st pct
14rece
Rec yards#558 / 558 · 0th pct
56rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
6rece

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
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 · 5 metrics
Justius LoweOregonMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 48% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 42% simAaron TurnerRice· 39% sim
Yards / catch
11
Lowe
9
III
15
Gibson
1
Turner
Rec TDs
7
Lowe
24
III
7
Gibson
68
Turner
Long catch
1
Lowe
16
III
56
Gibson
65
Turner
Rec yards
0
Lowe
70
III
74
Gibson
48
Turner
Receptions
0
Lowe
92
III
92
Gibson
92
Turner

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

Dan Lanning

Pass share

44.9%

436 pass / 534 run

Plays / game

64.7

15 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.8%

250 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach
2022
Dan Lanning
Oregon
2024
Dan Lanning
Oregon
2025
Dan Lanning
Oregon

Played his entire career under Dan Lanning.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownPortland, OR
Height6'1"
Weight197 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey14

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

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 Oregon WR3 #562 #447 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 Oregon WR3 #2272 #1739 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 Oregon WR3 #2542 #2102 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Oregon Big Ten WR 3 No. 14 | 6-1 | 197 lb | Portland, OR
2024 Oregon Big Ten WR 3 No. 14 | 6-1 | 197 lb | Portland, OR
2023 Oregon Pac-12 WR 3 No. 14 | 6-1 | 197 lb | Portland, OR
2022 Oregon Pac-12 WR 3 No. 14 | 6-1 | 197 lb | Portland, OR