CFB Zeitgeist Score
65
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 85th percentile.
Kevontay Wells
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
33 TACKLES · 2.5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to UL Monroe for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · UL Monroe
Returning around him
- 78% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +3 net (20 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UL Monroe · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #124 · 2026 recruiting class #115
DL · UL MONROE · SUN BELT
Kevontay Wells
- 4
- #1
- 6-3 | 265 lb
- Jackson, MS
Heisman Heat
#13518
<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 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
UL Monroe
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-star | 0.7733 | No. 182 recruit | JUCO | UL Monroe |
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 UL Monroe
Composite
0.7733
#182 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 Kevontay Wells
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 Kevontay Wells
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 12g
33Tackles
4Tackles for loss
2.5Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.3Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Projected (13g)
36Tackles
4.3Tackles for loss
2.7Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 33): needs 47/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 33): needs 67/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 2.5): needs 3.5/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 2.5): needs 7.5/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Kevontay Wells is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on UL Monroe's defense, with 2.5 sacks, 4.0 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 against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
33 76th
SOLO
16 71st
TFL
4.0 85th
SACK
2.5 92nd
QBH
4 85th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-0vs St. Francis (PA) | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-73@ Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-25@ UTEP | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-16vs Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-42@ Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 8-23@ Coastal Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-37vs Troy | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 21-49@ Southern Miss | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-31vs Old Dominion | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-26vs South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-31@ Texas State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 27-30@ Louisiana | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
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
2025UL Monroe3-9HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-leaning, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UL Monroe | 33 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 33 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
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 | 33 | #1194/4942 | 76th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 4.0 | #738/4972 | 85th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 2.5 | #393/4972 | 92nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 4 | #291/1878 | 85th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 16 | #1348/4584 | 71st 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Losses9g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort
65Solid starter
Elite: qb hurries (87th). Strength: sacks (85th). Concern: passes defended (17th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DL · 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
Kevontay WellsUL MonroeMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 76% simEthan WesloskiNorth Texas· 73% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 72% sim
QB hurries
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Tackles
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack; controls his gap and stacks blocks.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Christopher Love’s 2021 season.
Christopher Love
90%match
#2
Ramon Puryear
90%
#3
Shane Cokes
89%
#4
Cade Hall
All-Mountain West
88%
#5
Quashon Fuller
86%
Matches Christopher on
Sack rate
Weight
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Christopher Love's sophomore season at Nevada (2021).
Christopher Love
96%match
#2
Elijah Davis
92%
#3
Ethan Hurkett
91%
#4
Trey Schuman
90%
#5
Deshon Hall
90%
Matches Christopher on
Class year
Height
Sack rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryant Vincent
Pass share
41.4%
302 pass / 428 run
Plays / game
60.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.3%
241 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Bryant Vincent
UL Monroe
Played his entire career under Bryant Vincent.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownJackson, MS
Height6'3"
Weight265 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey1
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Current teamUL Monroe
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc2 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
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 | Sun Belt | DL |
| 2024 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | 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 | UL Monroe | DL4 | #13518 | #13329 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.