CFB Zeitgeist Score
38
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 49th percentile.
Kenny Fletcher
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
236 REC YDS · 26 REC · 0 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Rutgers for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Rutgers
Returning around him
- 67% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 1 Rutgers player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (15 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Rutgers · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #53 · 2026 recruiting class #33
TE · RUTGERS · BIG TEN
Kenny Fletcher
- 4
- #12
- 6-3 | 252 lb
- Delran, NJ
Heisman Heat
#733
<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 TE AWARD
Mackey
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025+72%
Up 72% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Rutgers
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8833 | No. 515 recruit | HighSchool | Rutgers |
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
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Rutgers
Composite
0.8833
#515 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 Kenny Fletcher
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 Kenny Fletcher
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
9.1
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #460 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 13th
Why it matters
#460 of 531 All FBS WRs at 9.1 yards per reception (26 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 9.1 (13th)
MODERATE · n=26 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#463 / 531
- Receiving TDs#476 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 14 vs Penn State — 85 ypr
Result L 36-40
The week the volume broke through — put up 85 yds vs Penn State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
236Rec yards
26Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
21.5Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
278.9Rec yards
31Receptions
0Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 236): needs 232/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 236): needs 382/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 26): needs 17/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 26): needs 27/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 4/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 5/game over remaining 2.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Kenny Fletcher's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Rutgers, 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
TE 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 against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
26 85th
YDS
236 81st
YPR
9.1 43rd
TD
0 46th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-31vs Ohio | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | W 60-10vs Norfolk State | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-38vs Iowa | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-31@ Minnesota | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-38@ Washington | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-56vs Oregon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ Purdue | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-20vs Maryland | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-42@ Ohio State | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 14 | L 36-40vs Penn State | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 0 | 39 | Season-high 85 yds |
| Total | 26 | 236 | 8.1 | 0 | 39 |
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
2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning
2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2024Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2025Rutgers5-7HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 26 | #71/475 | 85th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 236 | #89/475 | 81st pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #257/475 | 46th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 9.1 | #270/475 | 43rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 9.8% | #94/468 | 80th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 39 | #77/475 | 84th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 5.3% | #138/468 | 71st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 5.3% | #132/468 | 72nd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.2% | #72/468 | 85th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 4.7% | #98/468 | 79th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.5% | #89/468 | 81st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 4.3% | #163/468 | 65th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
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 Mackey 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.1 | 23.7 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 17.5 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 1.8 | 11.6 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| Losses6g | 2.8 | 29.7 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 17.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 26.8 | 8.8 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
38Mid-pack
Concern: rec tds (6th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 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
Kenny FletcherRutgersJackson CanaanSan José State· 88% simBryce CaufieldOregon State· 85% simD'Andre RogersTCU· 80% sim
Long catch
Receptions
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Brady Russell’s 2021 season.
Brady Russell
74%match
#2
Nate Adkins
74%
#3
Jett Carpenter
74%
#4
Jack Westover
73%
#5
Jay Rose
72%
Matches Brady on
Height
Yards / reception
Weight
Differs from Brady on
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to James Della Pesca's senior season at Temple (2024).
James Della Pesca
80%match
#2
Drew Biber
76%
#3
Lake McRee
All-Big Ten
74%
#4
Nicky Dalmolin
74%
#5
Jeremiah Franklin
All-ACC
73%
Matches James on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Differs from James on
Recruiting rating (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Reception volume (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Greg Schiano
Pass share
45.1%
378 pass / 460 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
11.1%
359 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
2023
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
2024
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
2025
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
Played his entire career under Greg Schiano.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownDelran, NJ
Height6'3"
Weight252 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey12
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamRutgers
ConferenceBig Ten
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.