CFB Zeitgeist Score
27
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 68th percentile.
Ky Woods
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
103 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 19 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Nevada for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Nevada
Returning around him
- 66% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- Transfer portal: -7 net (14 in / 21 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Nevada · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #119 · 2026 recruiting class #88
RB · NEVADA · MOUNTAIN WEST
Ky Woods
- 3
- #25
- 5-9 | 173 lb
- League City, TX
Heisman Heat
#2944
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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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
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2024–2025+312%
Up 312% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Nevada
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Texas -> Nevada | 3-star | 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 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.
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 Ky Woods
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 Ky Woods
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 rushing totals stand
Through 12g
103Rush yards
19Carries
0Rush TDs
Per game
8.6Rush yards
2Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
111.6Rush yards
21Carries
0Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 103): needs 647/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 103): needs 897/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 103): needs 1,397/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 15/game over remaining 1.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 20/game over remaining 1.
Why this is more than a rushing profile
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Ky Woods is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 103 rushing yards, 8 catches, and 311 return yards for Nevada. That kind of all-purpose footprint gives the card a much richer story than a basic carry total.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
19 39th
YDS
103 42nd
YPC
5.4 72nd
TD
0 40th
Receiving
REC
8 55th
YDS
89 66th
YPR
11.1 84th
TD
1 89th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-46@ Penn State | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-17vs Sacramento State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-14vs Middle Tennessee | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 28 | Season-high 40 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 16-31@ Western Kentucky | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-20@ Fresno State | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-44vs San Diego State | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | L 22-24@ New Mexico | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-24vs Boise State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-51@ Utah State | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-10vs San José State | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 13-7@ Wyoming | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-42vs UNLV | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 103 | 5.2 | 0 | 28 |
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
2024Nevada3-10HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning
2025Nevada3-9HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 103 | #429/735 | 42nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #447/739 | 40th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.4 | #206/735 | 72nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 8 | #248/552 | 55th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 89 | #187/548 | 66th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 4.7% | #558/738 | 25th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 28 | #311/733 | 58th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 19 | #454/739 | 39th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 47 | #54/540 | 90th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 11.1 | #86/548 | 84th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #60/552 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 311 | #20/200 | 90th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 25.9 | #24/199 | 88th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick returns | 12 | #17/206 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return TD | 1 | #3/14 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 6.9% | #465/738 | 37th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 5.9% | #606/738 | 18th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 5.5% | #539/738 | 27th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 3.4% | #530/738 | 28th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 3.4% | #273/738 | 63rd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 3.3% | #560/738 | 24th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.0% | #649/738 | 12th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #78/256 | 70th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
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
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 10.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 6.7 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 4.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Losses9g | 10.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 14.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
27Below cohort
Concern: carries (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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
Ky WoodsNevadaTae MeadowsTroy· 50% simKamari MoultonIowa· 48% simJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 48% sim
Yards / carry
Rec yards
Fumbles lost
Receptions
Long run
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Carries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Pass share
42.6%
306 pass / 413 run
Plays / game
59.9
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
251 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Jeff Choate
Nevada
2025
Jeff Choate
Nevada
Played his entire career under Jeff Choate.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLeague City, TX
Height5'9"
Weight173 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey25
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamNevada
ConferenceMountain West
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.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nevada | Mountain West | RB | 3 | No. 25 | 5-9 | 173 lb | League City, TX |
| 2024 | Nevada | Mountain West | RB | 3 | No. 25 | 5-9 | 173 lb | League City, TX |
| 2023 | Texas | Big 12 | RB | 3 | No. 25 | 5-9 | 173 lb | League City, TX |
| 2022 | Texas | Big 12 | RB | 3 | No. 25 | 5-9 | 173 lb | League City, TX |