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Heisman / Players / Korey Foreman /Fresno State

Korey Foreman

DL · Fresno State · Sr

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

19 TACKLES · 3.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Fresno State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Fresno State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Fresno State

Returning around him

  • 17% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +3 net (13 in / 10 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Fresno State · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #90 · 2026 recruiting class #103

DL · FRESNO STATE · MOUNTAIN WEST

Korey Foreman

  • 4
  • 6-4 | 250 lb
  • Corona, CA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

68

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 91st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#12021

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★★
#2 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionDL
Class4
Jersey--
Measurements6-4 | 250 lb
HometownCorona, CA
Primary teamFresno State

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 5-star No. 2 recruit
Composite rating 0.9992 HighSchool
Signed with USC 2021
Origin Centennial Corona, CA, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 5-star | 0.9992 No. 2 recruit | HighSchool | USC

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
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 16
Current nowcast#12021Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11899Where 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 USC

Composite

0.9992

#2 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 Korey Foreman

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 Korey Foreman

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 defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 11g
19Tackles
5.5Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.5Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Projected (13g)
22Tackles
6.5Tackles for loss
4.1Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 19): needs 30.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 19): needs 40.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 3.5): needs 1.2/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 3.5): needs 3.2/game over remaining 2.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Korey Foreman is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Fresno State's defense, with 3.5 sacks, 5.5 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.

Current place #12021 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 2 recruit

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
Total tackles 19 11 solo | #2072/4942 (58th pct)
TFL 5.5 Backfield disruption | #477/4972 (90th pct)
Sacks 3.5 Pass-rush finish | #233/4972 (95th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defender

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
19 58th
SOLO
11 60th
TFL
5.5 90th
SACK
3.5 95th
QBH
2 66th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
2 64th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 7-31@ Kansas210.00.00
Wk 1W 42-14vs Georgia Southern210.00.00
Wk 2W 36-27@ Oregon State211.00.00
Wk 3W 56-7vs Southern311.51.50Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 4W 23-21@ Hawai'i110.00.01
Wk 6W 20-17vs Nevada100.00.00
Wk 7L 21-49@ Colorado State100.00.00
Wk 10W 30-7@ Boise State332.01.00
Wk 12W 24-3vs Wyoming110.00.00
Wk 13L 17-28vs Utah State221.01.00
Wk 14W 41-14@ San José State100.00.01
Total19115.53.52
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

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo
2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo
2025Fresno State9-4HC: Matt Entz · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Fresno State19115.53.52----
2023USC1--0.00.0------
2022USC1281.00.0--1--
2021USC1173.52.5------
Career4 loaded seasons432610.06.021--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 2 Coverage disruption | #792/2184 (64th pct)
QB pressures 2 Quarterback hurries | #647/1878 (66th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 19 #2072/4942 58th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 5.5 #477/4972 90th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 3.5 #233/4972 95th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 2 #792/2184 64th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 2 #647/1878 66th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 11 #1855/4584 60th pct Volumevs 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

StatusAwaiting 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g1.80.50.50.0
Road6g1.70.50.20.3

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins8g1.80.60.30.2
Losses3g1.70.30.30.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-77g1.70.40.20.1
Weeks 8+4g1.80.80.50.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort

68Solid starter
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st). Strength: tackles for loss (82nd). Concern: tackles (28th).

Sacks#233 / 2975 · 91st pct
3.5defe
Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct
5.5defe
QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct
2defe
Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct
2defe
Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th pct
11defe
Tackles#2072 / 2975 · 29th pct
19defe

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
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 · 6 metrics
Korey ForemanFresno StateTreylin PayneTexas State· 62% simColton PharesApp State· 62% simRay ConeyTulsa· 62% sim
Sacks
91
Foreman
80
Payne
80
Phares
80
Coney
Tackles for loss
83
Foreman
87
Payne
96
Phares
90
Coney
QB hurries
72
Foreman
82
Payne
72
Phares
88
Coney
Passes defended
67
Foreman
67
Payne
78
Phares
67
Coney
Solo tackles
35
Foreman
95
Payne
95
Phares
93
Coney
Tackles
29
Foreman
98
Payne
98
Phares
100
Coney

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The 3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kendron Wayman’s 2022 season.

Kendron Wayman

90%match

Wake Forest · 2022

#2

Tramel Logan Jr.

Louisville · 2024

86%
#3

Blaine Spires

Utah State · 2023

84%
#4

Pryce Yates

UConn · 2024

84%
#5

Fadil Diggs

Syracuse · 2024

NFL Rd 7
84%

Matches Kendron on

Weight
Sack rate
Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tramel Logan Jr.'s graduate season at Louisville (2024).

Tramel Logan Jr.

92%match

Louisville · 2024

#2

Ethan Hurkett

Iowa · 2025

82%
#3

Fadil Diggs

Syracuse · 2024

NFL Rd 7
82%
#4

Johnny Walker

Missouri · 2024

81%
#5

Jasiyah Robinson

East Carolina · 2025

80%

Matches Tramel on

Class year
Height
Weight

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

Pass share

44.2%

373 pass / 471 run

Plays / game

64.9

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.4%

282 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

3 coaches
2021
Lee Marks
Fresno State
2022
Jeff Tedford
Fresno State
era →
2023
Jeff Tedford
Fresno State
2025
Matt Entz
Fresno State
era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Lee Marks, Jeff Tedford, and Matt Entz. Multi-era developmental context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownCorona, CA
Height6'4"
Weight250 lb
Class4
PositionDL

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 Fresno State DL4 #12021 #11899 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West
2023 USC DL4 #12504 #12332 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 USC DL4 #7473 #7189 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12
2021 USC DL4 #10222 #10545 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Fresno State Mountain West DL 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Corona, CA
2024 Fresno State Mountain West DL 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Corona, CA
2023 USC Pac-12 DL 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Corona, CA
2022 USC Pac-12 DL 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Corona, CA
2021 USC Pac-12 DL 4 6-4 | 250 lb | Corona, CA