CFB Zeitgeist Score
86
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 96th percentile.
Keionte Scott
One of Usas of 2026-06-22
Keionte Scott is Miami's steady hand — loved less for the stat line than for staying.
64TACKLES5SACKS
Miami fans claim him as family first and a player second.
high confidence3 sources
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Tampa Bay2026 NFL rookie season
#116Rd 4 · Pick 16
Tampa Bay2026 NFL rookie season
DB · MIAMI · ACC
Keionte Scott
- 4
- 6-0 | 192 lb
- San Diego, CA
Heisman Heat
#11108
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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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
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R4 · #116
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.
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
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 4, Pick 16
#116 overall · Tampa Bay
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 Keionte Scott
Fan sentiment · Season 2025 conversation window
Belief Meter
65
Quietly Bullish
Top Take
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Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=46
- Rivals · n=2
- National · n=7
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Keionte Scott
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 defensive totals stand
Through 14g
64Tackles
13Tackles for loss
5Sacks
Per game
5Tackles
0.9Tackles for loss
0.4Sacks
Final
64Tackles
13Tackles for loss
5Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Keionte Scott is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Miami's defense, with 5.0 sacks, 13.0 tackles for loss, and 2 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 | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
64 93rd
SOLO
42 96th
TFL
13.0 99th
SACK
5.0 98th
QBH
8 98th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
5 90th
INT
2 87th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 14 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24vs Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 3 | W 49-12vs South Florida | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-7vs Florida | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-22@ Florida State | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs Louisville | 9 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 9 | W 42-7vs Stanford | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-26@ SMU | 8 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-7vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 10-3@ Texas A&M | 10 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 24-14@ Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 31-27@ Ole Miss | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 21-27@ Indiana | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 42 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 5 |
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
2022Auburn5-7HC: Cadillac Williams · Run-heavy
2023Auburn6-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy
2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced
2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
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 | 64 | #340/4942 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 13.0 | #42/4972 | 99th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 5.0 | #102/4972 | 98th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 2 | #114/869 | 87th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 5 | #218/2184 | 90th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 8 | #41/1878 | 98th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 110 | #11/578 | 98th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 55.0 | #23/578 | 96th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 42 | #165/4584 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Defensive TD | 2 | #4/200 | 98th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 2 | #13/736 | 98th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pick-six TD | 2 | #1/119 | 100th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
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
The Thorpe 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 · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 6.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins11g | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Losses3g | 6.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 4.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort
86All-Conference
Elite: tackles for loss (98th). Strength: qb hurries (98th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DB · 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
Keionte ScottMiamiRasheem BilesPittsburgh· 94% simRolijah HardyIndiana· 94% simCade UluaveCalifornia· 93% sim
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Sacks
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Tackles
Interceptions
Forced fumbles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
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His 2025 production profile sits closest to Coen King’s 2023 season.
Coen King
89%match
#2
Joseph Charleston
86%
#3
Akili Arnold
85%
#4
Elliott Davison
84%
#5
Nicolas Sessions
83%
Matches Coen on
PD rate
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Coen King's senior season at Virginia (2023).
Coen King
92%match
#2
Joseph Charleston
90%
#3
Akili Arnold
89%
#4
Dave Herard
87%
#5
Kenneth Robinson
85%
Matches Coen on
Class year
Height
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
47.2%
496 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
65.6
16 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.1%
245 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2023
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2024
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2025
Mario Cristobal
Miami
Played his entire career under Mario Cristobal.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSan Diego, CA
Height6'0"
Weight192 lb
Class4
PositionDB
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Current teamMiami
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc4 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.